Greta Belanger deJong 2002 recipient

Katie Lee 2003 recipient

David Lee 2005 recipient

Past winners of the award include:
     1999: Naturalist poet, author and educator Ed Lueders, a retired University of Utah English Professor
     2000: Botanist Ty Harrison, a professor of biology at Westminster College of Salt Lake City and expert on the native plants of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau; and Larry Davis, long-time director of Anasazi Village State Park
     2001: the High Country Quilters, a group of Wayne County residents dedicated to preserving and advancing the art of creating quilts, including narrative quilts designed to tell a story in fabric
     2002: Greta Belanger deJong, publisher and editor of Catalyst magazine, a monthly journal dedicated to community, arts, politics and the environment; and Frank McEntire, former Entrada board member, sculptor and arts writer, who is now director of the Utah Arts Council
     2003: Katie Lee, renowned singer/songwriter and river activist. In her memoir, All My Rivers Are Gone, Lee recounts her adventures on Glen Canyon during a time when that stretch of the Colorado River was little known. Since the flooding of that stretch of the Colorado River in the 1960s, she has remained a fierce advocate of preserving wild rivers and open spaces.
     2004: Cathy and Larry Bagley, local historians and faithful supporters of local artists, and Gary Pankow who owns Cafe Diablo, one of the country’s finest restaurants specializing in innovative southwest cuisine. Gary, certified executive chef and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, New York, donates his wonderful dinners freely to Entrada's presenters and offers his restaurant for the annual Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival.
     2005: David Lee, former poet laureate of Utah and a finalist for the U.S. poet laureate in 2001. Known as Utah's "Pig Poet," for his many poems of rural life and particularly poems about pig farming, David is the author of more than seven full-length books of poetry. David's entertaining style and folksy charm have inspired crowds across the country.
     2006: Ken Sleight, celebrated river runner, outfitter, and activist. Sleight, the inspiration for the character "Seldom Seen Smith" in Edward Abbey's comic novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang, will receive the Ward Roylance Award in honor of his many contributions to building a greater understanding of the Colorado Plateau.