Spur Award2016

Uddelt af Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Andre Navne: Golden Spur Award (Engelsk)
29 Værker 3,390 Bøger 191 Anmeldelser ½ 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 vis mere 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. vis mindre
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Winner 11

VærkKategoriÅr
American Copper af Shann RayFirst Novel2016
Lords of an Empty Land af Randy DenmonMass Market Paperback Novel2016
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America af T. J. StilesWestern Biography2016
The Size of the Risk: Histories of Multiple Use in the Great Basin af Leisl Carr ChildersWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2016
Crazy Mountain Kiss af Keith McCaffertyWestern Contemporary Novel2016
William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest af Prof. William Heath Ph.D.Western Historical Nonfiction2016
Paradise Sky af Joe R. LansdaleWestern Historical Novel2016
Walk on Earth a Stranger af Rae CarsonWestern Juvenile Fiction2016
This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon af Nancy PlainWestern Juvenile Nonfiction2016
Buckaroo Bobbie Sue af JoJo ThoreauWestern Storyteller (Illustrated Childrens' Book)2016
The Last Midwife af Sandra DallasWestern Traditional Novel2016

Finalist 18

VærkKategoriÅr
The Gray Fox: George Crook and the Indian Wars af Paul MagidBiography2016
Juan Bautista de Anza: The King's Governor in New Mexico af Prof. Carlos R. HerreraBiography2016
Playing Custer af Gerald DuffHistorical Novel2016
The Memory Weaver: A Novel af Jane KirkpatrickHistorical Novel2016
Chili Queen: Mi historia af Marian MartinelloJuvenile Fiction2016
Rawhide Robinson Rides The Range: True Adventures Of Bravery af Rod MillerJuvenile Fiction2016
Wild at Heart: Mustangs and the Young People Fighting to Save Them af Terri FarleyJuvenile Nonfiction2016
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People af S.D. NelsonJuvenile Nonfiction2016
Thunder at Dawn (Frontier) af S. K. SalzerMass Market Paperback Novel2016
Frontier af S. K. SalzerOriginal Mass Market Paperback Novel2016
The Hero Twins : A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers (2015) af Jim KristoficStoryteller (llustrated Children’s Book)2016
The Long High Noon af Loren D. EstlemanTraditional Novel2016
Unruly Waters: A Social and Environmental History of the Brazos River af Kenna Lang ArcherWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2016
Unbranded af Ben MastersWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2016
The Darkness Rolling: A Novel (Yazzie Goldman) af Win BlevinsWestern Contemporary Novel2016
The Canyon: A Novel af Stanley CrawfordWestern Contemporary Novel2016
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey af Rinker BuckWestern Historical Nonfiction2016
Ladies of the Canyons: A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest af Lesley Poling-KempesWestern Historical Nonfiction2016

Beskrivelser

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, Medlems-skrevet)

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