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Awards & Honors

Academy of Western Artists Best CD in 2003 for
"My Home on the Range."

 
Will Rogers Medallion Award in 2004 for book,
"Where Prairie Flowers Bloom"
 
Academy of Western Artists "FEMALE POET OF THE YEAR" 2005
 
Will Rogers Medallion Award in 2006 for book, "From My Window"
 
2006 "FEMALE POET OF THE YEAR"
by the Western Music Association
 
2007 "FEMALE POET OF THE YEAR"
by the Western Music Association
 
Western Music Association top poetry book 2007 for
"From My Window"
 
Western Music Association top poetry CD 2007 for
"What Would Martha Do?"
    (the title cut, "What Would Martha Do?" was the number one requested poem according to DJ Playlists in 2006 and 2007)

 

                        







Margo Metegrano of CowboyPoetry.com and Yvonne at the
Western Music Association Awards at Albuquerque, New Mexico, after Yvonne won the Female Poet of the Year Award as well as Song Collaboration with Jean Prescott for their song,
"How Far Is Lonesome."

 

Charles Williams, VP of Academy of Western Artists presents Yvonne with
Female Poet of theYear award July 12, 2005

 

                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yvonne's latest book -

"From My Window"

has just been awarded the
Will Rogers
Gold Medallion Award.

This sets Yvonne apart as the
first author to win this
prestigious award twice.

 

                                                                                                                                       

Yvonne Hollenbeck & Red Steagall
Heritage of the American West
Spearfish South Dakota

 

                                    

    Yvonne Hollenbeck & Don Kennington
1st place winners
Cowboy Poetry Rodeo
Kanab Utah - 2003

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 28, 2007