I am humbled with this award.

My greatest gratitude to the Will Rogers Medallion Award committee for awarding me 4th place in the Western Short Nonfiction category. Thank you to the folks at Saddlebag Dispatches Magazine for nominating my essay, "Northwest Passage: One Hundred Years of the Ellensburg Rodeo." I certainly cannot forget, my friend and mentor Dennis Doty, for asking me I wanted to take on the assignment.

I most certainly am humbled by this praise.