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, 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
- 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, “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, Western Nonfiction, Cat Tales of the Old West: Poems, Puns, and Perspectives on Frontier Felines, Bariso Press, 2024
- 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
