Spur Award2019

Given by Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Other Names: Golden Spur Award
26 Works / 28 Items 1,519 Books 95 Reviews 4.0
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 show more 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. show less
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All, Winner (435), Finalist (236)
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Years:
All, 2023 (22), 2022 (30), 2020 (22), 2019 (28), 2018 (31), 2017 (21), 2016 (29), 2015 (24), 2014 (27), 2013 (22), 2012 (26), 2011 (27), 2010 (21), 2009 (29), 2008 (9), 2007 (12), 2006 (11), 2005 (13), 2004 (9), 2003 (10), 2002 (11), 2001 (11), 2000 (8), 1999 (6), 1998 (9), 1996 (10), 1995 (8), 1994 (7), 1993 (8), 1992 (7), 1991 (6), 1990 (7), 1989 (4), 1988 (5), 1987 (5), 1986 (5), 1985 (4), 1984 (4), 1983 (3), 1982 (5), 1981 (5), 1980 (3), 1979 (2), 1978 (3), 1977 (4), 1976 (5), 1975 (4), 1974 (3), 1973 (4), 1972 (5), 1971 (4), 1970 (5), 1969 (5), 1968 (5), 1967 (6), 1966 (4), 1965 (5), 1964 (3), 1963 (5), 1962 (4), 1961 (3), 1960 (3), 1959 (4), 1958 (4), 1957 (4), 1956 (4), 1955 (2), 1954 (2), 1953 (3)

Winner 10

WorkCategoryYear
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco CantúFirst Nonfiction Book2019
The River by Starlight: A Novel by Ellen NotbohmFirst Novel2019
White Hat: The Military Career of Captain William Philo Clark by Mark J. NelsonWestern Biography2019
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco CantúWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2019
The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan HendersonWestern Contemporary Novel2019
Native but foreign : indigenous immigrants and refugees in the North American borderlands by Brenden W. RensinkWestern Historical Nonfiction2019
River of Porcupines by G. K. AalborgWestern Historical Novel2019
Taos Lightning by Johnny D. BoggsWestern Juvenile Fiction2019
Hawke's War by Reavis Z. WorthamWestern Mass Market Paperback Novel2019
The Return of Kid Cooper by Brad SmithWestern Traditional Novel2019

Finalist 18

WorkCategoryYear
The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt by Michael F. BlakeBiography2019
Line of Glory: A Novel of the Alamo (Thorndike Press Large Print Western) by Thomas D. ClagettHistorical Novel2019
This Scorched Earth: A Novel of the Civil War by Gear WilliamHistorical Novel2019
The Long Shadow (Winds of Freedom) by Beth KanellHistorical Novel2019
Hardscrabble by Sandra DallasJuvenile Fiction2019
Lust for Glory: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation by Stephen L. HardinJuvenile Nonfiction2019
Where the Bullets Fly by Terrence McCauleyMass Market Paperback Novel2019
No Justice in Hell by Charles G. WestMass Market Paperback Novel2019
Out of the Ashes by Tracie PetersonRomance2019
The River by Starlight: A Novel by Ellen NotbohmTraditional Novel2019
Born to the Badge (Wyatt Earp: An American Odyssey) by Mark WarrenTraditional Novel2019
The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West by John (Watusi) BranchWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2019
Folly Cove: A Smuggler's True Tale of the Pot Rebellion by Kermit SchweidelWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2019
Acid West: Essays by Joshua WheelerWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2019
Deep Fire Rise by Jon GoschWestern Contemporary Novel2019
Broken Field: A Novel by Jeff HullWestern Contemporary Novel2019
The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West by Gregory CrouchWestern Historical Nonfiction2019
West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express by Jim DeFeliceWestern Historical Nonfiction2019

Descriptions

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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