Slim's Awards

Award winning western author Slim Randles has quite a history of writing, along with an impressive list of awards celebrating his craft. Here is a list of awards for both his news writing as well as for his western novels.

2011 - New Mexico Book Award, A Cowboy’s Guide to Growing Up Right, LPD Press (self help)

2011 – New Mexico Book Award, Sweetgrass Mornings, UNM Press (bio/memoirs)

1983 - Best page design, best use of photography, best editorial, Texas Press Club. (small dailies)

1982 - Honorable mention best feature story, UPI California and Nevada.

1982 - Best feature story, UPI California and Nevada.

1980 - Pulitzer Prize nomination for investigative series on malfeasance at a shelter for battered women. Victor Valley Daily Press, Victorville, CA

1980 - Best investigative series, Associated Press, California and Nevada.

1978 - Best column, Alaska Press Club.

1976 - Best feature story, Alaska Press Club.

1975 - Best page design, Alaska Press Club.

1975 - Best column, Alaska Press Club.

1973 - Best column, Alaska Press Club.

1970 - Pulitzer Prize nomination for series on life in Tlingit villages.

1970 - Best feature series, Alaska Press Club.

Several awards for reporting in California 1964-1968.