Boulder, CO-- American Cowboy Magazine, based in Boulder, Colorado, has been recognized by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in their annual Western Heritage awards.
American Cowboy, the only magazine to win a 2007 Wrangler award, is recognized for Outstanding Magazine Article, for a two-part series entitled "Six Days Ablaze," written by John R. Erickson and published in the September/October 2006 and November/December 2006 issues of American Cowboy.
Left to right: John R. Erickson, Michael Martin Murphey, Waddie Mitchell and Jesse Mullins, Jr.
The article graphically depicts the stories of ranchers in the Texas Panhandle who heroically dealt with the fires that swept across the region in March, 2006. Twelve people and over 10,000 cattle died in the worst fire to ever cross Texas. The evocative article includes compelling photographs of the fire and the aftermath of the tragedy.
American Cowboy magazine is owned by Active Interest Media, a publishing group that encompasses a variety of publications focusing on art, home, healthy living and enthusiast sports, including: Southwest Art, Log Home Living, Vegetarian Times, Yoga Journal and Yachts Magazine. American Cowboy magazine is the home of the National Day of the American Cowboy. For more information, visit www.americancowboy.com or www.cowboyday.com.
American
Cowboy magazine's Owner and Publisher Bill
Bales, is given the award by Kendra Santos
of PRCA.
Go
Rodeo! American
Cowboy Wins 2005 “Best
in Print
Journalism” Award
Magazine Recognized During National
Finals Rodeo
Amidst
the annual flurry of excitement that is the 10-day
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo,
the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)
took time to honor American Cowboy magazine with
its prestigious “Best in Print Journalism Award” for
2005.
The
award recognized the magazine’s commitment
to excellence and to the sport of rodeo. In accepting
the award for the magazine, Publisher William E.
Bales expressed his thanks to PRCA and shared wishes
for a continued long relationship with the sport
and with the cowboy lifestyle.
“It has been an honor to serve the broad community
of people who appreciate the Western lifestyle and
the sport of rodeo,” Bales commented later. “Our
readers have supported us faithfully through the
years and rodeo is one of those shared interests
that has made that chemistry work. We’ve had
in-depth rodeo coverage in every issue since our
debut in 1994, and have showcased the superb reportage
and commentary of our Rodeo Editor, Kendra Santos,
throughout that time. Kendra is highly regarded in
her field, and that association has been invaluable
for us and for our readers.”
American
Cowboy magazine was launched in 1994 by
a handful of people who decided they wanted to spend
their professional lives celebrating the courage,
honor, honesty, humility and integrity that are wrapped
up in those people who call themselves American cowboys.
Within a year, the company relocated from Kansas
to Wyoming, taking five families in the process,
all of whom continue to be associated with the magazine.
Today it reaches some quarter-million readers every
issue, and residents in more than 50 foreign countries.
Among the accomplishments of American Cowboy is the
creation of the National Day of the American
Cowboy, which was signed into effect by President Bush last
July.
American
Cowboy promotes itself as a wholesome,
positive, family-oriented magazine dedicated to the
cowboy lifestyle.
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