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LINDA KIRKPATRICK
Linda was born and raised on a
ranch in South Central Texas and her ranch life experience gave her the
foundation to research and write about cowboys, cowgirls and life in the
west. For thirteen years, she managed a 2000 acre cow/calf operation and
still remains in touch with livestock to this day.
She was a Silver Buckle winner in
Poet Serious and Reciter Serious at the Western Legends Roundup and
Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Kanab, Utah in 2004. She also competed in the
2005 and 2006 Poetry Rodeo in Kanab. In 2007 The Cowboy Poetry Rodeo moved to South Dakota and Linda brought home trophy "Winner of Silver Buckle-Division both Categories".
Linda was in the Top 5 for Female
Cowboy Poet with the Academy of Western Artists 2005. In the poetry
writing competition at the AWA Convention in 2005, she and her partner
Woody Woodruff won first place honors. Linda was in the top five for
Female Cowboy Poet with the Western Music Association in 2006.
Her stories and poems can be
found in her book, “Somewhere in the West” (Cowboy Miner Publications,
2001). She was a contributor to “The Big Roundup” (New West Library,
2001) anthology, an Academy of Western Artists’ Buck Ramsey Best Poetry
Book award winner. Her poetry has been featured on the radio and in
other publications.
Linda’s first poetry CD, “Beneath a Western Sky”, was released in 2005
and it was nominated for Poetry CD of the year with the Academy of
Western Artists.
She has performed at major cowboy
gatherings throughout the states of Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana,
Nevada, Colorado and Utah, individually and as a member of the group,
Sunset Serenade (which includes Frank Roberts and Joe Wells).
Individually, Linda was featured
at the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Alpine; The National Cowboy
Symposium in Lubbock; the Cowboy Symposium in Camp Wood, Texas; George
West Storyfest in George West, Texas; Ft. Worth Stock Show & Rodeo;
Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Arizona Cowboy Poetry Gathering to
name a few. She has performed at state parks, schools, other poetry
festivals and for business and private groups. Linda is available and
can also be booked for private groups and small events.
She was also included in the Bar D Roundup compilation CD sponsored by Cowboy Poetry.com
Linda has conducted a class with
the Gifted and Talented students at Leakey School and has judged oral
competitions and writings in area schools.
She lives in her home town of
Leakey, Texas where she enjoys writing cowboy poetry, researching and
writing stories of the west.
Linda's first Chap Book is available. Volumn 1-No 1 June 2007 Somewhere In The West, "Conflict in the Frio Canyon"
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