Awards
Presented To Preston Lewis
Spur Awards (Western Writers of America)
- Recipient, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction, Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
- Recipient, Best Western Novel, Blood of Texas, HarperPaperbacks, 1996
- Recipient, Best Short Non-Fiction, 1993, “Bluster’s Last Stand,” True West (April & May 1992)
- Finalist, Best Western Short Nonfiction, “The Wilde Wild West,” Wild West magazine (Spring 2024), 2025
- Finalist, Juvenile Nonfiction, More Cat Tales of the Old West: Triumphs, Trials & Trivia of Frontier Felines, Bariso Press, 2024
- Finalist, Best Original Paperback, Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral, Bantam, 1996
- Finalist, Best Original Paperback, The Redemption of Jesse James, Bantam, 1995
- Finalist, Best Western Novel, Lone Survivor, HarperPaperbacks, 1995
- Finalist, Best Short Non-Fiction, “Faro Is A Four-Letter Word,” True West, (October 1989)
Will Rogers Medallion Awards
- WRMA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2025
- Medallion (Placement to be announced Nov. 1), Western Young Readers/Non-Fiction, Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
- Gold Medallion, Traditional Western, Rio Hondo, Five Star, 2022
- Gold Medallion, Western Humor, Outlaw West of the Pecos, Wolfpack Publishing, 2022
- Gold Medallion, Western Humor, First Herd to Abilene, Wolfpack Publishing, 2020
- Gold Medallion, Short Story, “The Hope Chest,” The Spoilt Quilt and Other Frontier
Stories: Pioneering Women of the West—Cengage/Gale, 2019 - Gold Medallion, Short Story, “A Grave Too Many,” Contention and Other Frontier Stories: A Five Star Anthology—Cengage/Gale, 2019
- Gold Medallion, Western Humor, Bluster’s Last Stand, Wild Horse Press, October 2017
- Silver Medallion, Short Non-Fiction, “There’ll Be a Caterwauling in the Old Town
Tonight,” Wild West magazine (Winter Issue 2022) - Silver Medallion, Western Humor North to Alaska, Wolfpack Publishing, 2020
- Bronze Medallion, Western Humor, Call of the Wilde, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
- Bronze Medallion, Western Humor, Cat Tales of the Old West: Poems, Puns & Perspectives on Frontier Felines, Bariso Press, 2021
Elmer Kelton Award (West Texas Historical Association)
- Recipient, Best Creative Work on West Texas, The Fleecing of Fort Griffin, Wild Horse Press, 2016
- Recipient, Best Creative Work on West Texas, Blanca Is My Name, Eakin Press, 2002
- Recipient, Best Creative Work on West Texas, They Call Me Old Blue, Eakin Press,
2001
American Legacy Book Awards
- Finalist, Western, The Fleecing of Fort Griffin, for books of literary merit published over the past decade, 2024
Independent Author Awards
- Recipient, Best Children’s Nonfiction Book, Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
- Recipient, Western Nonfiction, Cat Tales of the Old West: Poems, Puns, and Perspectives on Frontier Felines, Bariso Press, 2024
Finalist, Autobiography, To War and Back: The World War II Journey of Two West Texas Farm Boys, Bariso Press, 2025
Finalist, Military Nonfiction, To War and Back: The World War II Journey of Two West Texas Farm Boys, Bariso Press, 2025
Finalist, Book Cover Design-Fiction, Lotties Luck: A Novel of Frontier West Texas, Bariso Press, 2025
Finalist, Inspirational, Devotionals from a Soulless Machine: A Journey of Faith through Artificial Intelligence, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
Finalist, Religion-Nonfiction, Devotionals from a Soulless Machine: A Journey of Faith through Artificial Intelligence, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
Finalist, Memoir, Cotton-Picking Folks: Eulogy for a Texas Depression Era Farm Family, Bariso Press, 2024
- Finalist, Humor, Jokes from a Humorless Machine: A Comedic Romp through Artificial Intelligence, Bariso Press, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, 2024
Literary Global Book Awards
- Recipient, Cookbook, Recipes from a Tasteless Machine: A Culinary Journey through Artificial Intelligence, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, 2024
Lone Star Literary Life
- Recipient, Perfect Five Award, Rio Ruidoso, Five Star, February 2020
- Recipient, Blogger’s Choice Award, Best Western, The Fleecing of Fort Griffin, Wild Horse Press, May 2016.
- Finalist, Blogger’s Choice Award, Best Humor, The Gulag P-Pa Diaries: A Bittersweet Memoir of Grand-Parenting, CKN Christian Publishing, April 2020
- Finalist, Blogger’s Choice Award, Best Western, Rio Ruidoso, Five Star, February 2020
Texas Institute of Letters
- Finalist, Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book, Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, Bariso Press, 2025
Literary Global Children’s Book Awards
- Recipient, Best Historical-Nonfiction, Pintsized Pioneers, Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, 2025
- Finalist, Best Cover Design-Nonfiction, Pintsized Pioneers, Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, 2025
- Finalist, Best Young Adult Book, Pintsized Pioneers, Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time, co-authored with Harriet Kocher Lewis, 2025
Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award
- Finalist, Best Western Short Fiction, “Noah’s Lament” in the Through Western Storms anthology, Lohman Hills Creative, LLC, 2025
Screenplay/Playscript Awards
Finalist, Best Comedy Feature Screenplay, Austin Comedy Film Festival, “The Fleecing of Fort Griffin,” 2025
Second Round Finalist, Stage Play Category, Austin Film Festival, “United States of Amended,” 2024
