a number of awards have been set up to recognize bush balladeers. jeff brown was nominated for a golden guitar award in the bush ballad of the year category for a song he recorded "in the wings of the yard" in 2008. he said it was "...important to keep the old yarns alive through country music ballads. it's our heritage really and it needs to be kept alive somehow and the old bush ballads are the way to do it." past winners of the country music awards australia bush ballad of the year include anne kirkpatrick and joy mckean. the stan coster memorial bush ballad award has several categories. in 2007 reg poole was male vocalist of the year for ‘a tribute to slim’, graham rodger was songwriter of the year for ‘the battle of long tan’, and dean perrett for album of the year for ‘new tradition’ the magazine, the "balladeers bulletin" magazine also hold a "bush balladeer starquest" competition. at the 2008 36th country music awards of australia held in tamworth, amos morris became the youngest artist ever to win the golden guitar trophy for the bush ballad of the year category with "sign of the times".