Spur AwardHistorical Novel

Given by Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

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Western Writers of America annually honors writers for distinguished writing about the American West with the Spur Awards. Since 1953 the Spur Awards have been considered one of the most prestigious

show more awards in American literature. Spurs are given for the best western historical novel, best western traditional novel, best western contemporary novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best drama, best documentary, best poem, best song, best children’s picture book and best first novel as well as best first nonfiction book. show less
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All, Winner (435), Finalist (235)
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Years:
All, 2020 (1), 2019 (3), 2018 (2), 2016 (2), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1972 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (2), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1959 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1), 1953 (1)

Winner 26

WorkYear
Wanderer Springs by Robert Flynn1987
Roman by Douglas C. Jones1986
The Snowblind Moon by John Byrne Cooke1985
Gone the Dreams and Dancing by Douglas C. Jones1984
Sam Bass by Bryan Woolley1983
Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson1982
Aces and Eights by Loren D. Estleman1981
Swimming Man Burning: A Rip-Roaring Novel of the American West by Terrence Kilpatrick1977
The Kincaids by Matt Braun1976
Chiricahua by Will Henry1972
The White Man s Road by Benjamin Capps1969
The Red Sabbath by Lewis B. Patten1968
The Wolf Is My Brother by Chad Oliver1967
Hellfire Jackson by Garland Roark1966
Gold in California! by Todhunter Ballard1965
Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher1965
Indian Fighter by E. E. Halleran1964
The Gates of the Mountains by Will Henry1963
Moontrap: A Novel by Don Berry1962
The Winter War by William Wister Haines1961
From Where the Sun now Stands by Will Henry1960
The Buffalo Soldiers by John Prebble1959
The Fancher train by Amelia Bean1958
The Silver Mountain by Dan Cushman1957
Generations of Men by John Clinton Hunt1956
The wheel and the hearth by Lucia Moore1953

Finalist 8

WorkYear
The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber2020
Line of Glory: A Novel of the Alamo (Thorndike Press Large Print Western) by Thomas D. Clagett2019
This Scorched Earth: A Novel of the Civil War by Gear William2019
The Long Shadow (Winds of Freedom) by Beth Kanell2019
Moon Hunt by W. Michael Gear2018
Copper Sky by Milana Marsenich2018
Playing Custer by Gerald Duff2016
The Memory Weaver: A Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick2016

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Western Writers of America annually honors writers for distinguished writing about the American West with the Spur Awards. Since 1953 the Spur Awards have been considered one of the most prestigious awards in American literature. Spurs are given for the best western historical novel, best western traditional novel, best western contemporary novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best drama, best documentary, best poem, best song, best children’s picture book and best first novel as well as best first nonfiction book.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://westernwriters.org/spur-awards/
Lists of Spur Award winners are at:
http://westernwriters.org/winners/ (English, Member-written)

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