Just finished reading all the entries! (And this whole thread.) I'll vote tomorrow or Monday. I have a clear frontrunner favorite, but my second and third will be (say it with me) SO HARD to narrow down. The quality of these floored me.
A special thank-you to you, Harry. All my life my parents and brother have tried to get me to like westerns - written, filmed, anything. I gave them a sincere try, several times, when I was younger but decided nope, no way, I don't like westerns and I never will, never never not ever.
But, like others here, I want to give back to AW, which has helped me immeasurably in uncountable ways, so I started reading these entries with an open, yet still slightly doubtful, mind. And, like others here --
blown away. Not only did I enjoy reading through them, I also feel like I have an inkling of what I've missed out on all these years. (And did I
mention the quality?
)
So thanks for starting and running this, Harry. Now I've got a whole 'nother TBR stack...more possibly-writeable ideas in my head...hmm, all that takes so much time...and effort....why am I thanking you, again?
Seriously, you've helped make me a new western fan. All the entrants have the rest of the blame for that.