Spur AwardWinner

Given by Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Andre Navne: Golden Spur Award (Engelsk)

430 Works / 435 Items 18 Books 1 Review

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

vis mere 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

Stages:: Alle, Winner (435), Finalist (236)
Kategorier:: Alle, Biografi (1), Children's Picture Book (2), First Nonfiction Book (6), First Novel (12), First Western Novel (1), Historical Novel (26), Juvenile (24), Juvenile Fiction (25), Juvenile Nonfiction (26), Mass Market Paperback Novel (1), Medicine Pipe Bearer Award (14), Nonfiction (37), Nonfiction-Biography (12), Nonfiction-Contemporary (15), Nonfiction-Historical (12), Novel (32), Novel of the West (18), Original Mass Market Paperback (4), Original Mass Market Paperback Novel (1), Original Paperback (16), Original Paperback Novel (1), Poetry (5), Storyteller (13), Storyteller (Illustrated Children’s Book) (1), Storyteller Award (1), Traditional Novel (2), Western Biography (6), Western Contemporary Nonfiction (8), Western Contemporary Novel (9), Western Historical Nonfiction (9), Western Historical Novel (7), Western Juvenile Fiction (10), Western Juvenile Nonfiction (6), Western Long Novel (7), Western Mass Market Paperback Novel (4), Western Nonfiction Biography (6), Western Nonfiction Contemporary (5), Western Nonfiction Historical (5), Western Novel (22), Western Romance Novel (3), Western Short Fiction (1), Western Short Novel (7), Western Storyteller (2), Western Storyteller (Illustrated Childrens' Book) (2), Western Traditional Novel (7), No Category (1)
Years:: Alle, 2023 (12), 2022 (12), 2020 (10), 2019 (10), 2018 (12), 2017 (10), 2016 (11), 2015 (6), 2014 (9), 2013 (9), 2012 (10), 2011 (7), 2010 (4), 2009 (9), 2008 (9), 2007 (12), 2006 (11), 2005 (11), 2004 (9), 2003 (8), 2002 (10), 2001 (10), 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 435

Værk	Kategori	År
The Rowdy Randy Wild West Show af Casey Day Rislov	Children's Picture Book	2023
American Hero, Kansas Heritage: Frederick Funston's Early Years, 1865-1890 af Clyde W. Toland	First Nonfiction Book	2023
Before Billy the Kid af Melody Groves	Western Biography	2023
A Place of Thin Veil: Life and Death in Gallup, New Mexico af Bob Rosebrough	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2023
Beasts of the Earth af James Wade	Western Contemporary Novel	2023
Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America af Megan Kate Nelson	Western Historical Nonfiction	2023
Properties of Thirst af Marianne Wiggins	Western Historical Novel	2023
Wish Upon a Crawdad af Curtis W. Condon	Western Juvenile Fiction	2023
Joe Foss, Fighter Pilot: American Ace af Hector Curriel	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2023
Dead Man's Trail (A Carson Stone Western Book 1) af Nate Morgan	Western Mass Market Paperback Novel	2023
Proving Her Claim: On the Dakota Frontier af CK Van Dam	Western Romance Novel	2023
The Secret in the Wall af Ann Parker	Western Traditional Novel	2023
Charlie Russell and the Gnomes of Bull Head Lodge af Emily Crawford Wilson	Children's Picture Book	2022
Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West af Anne MacKinnon	First Nonfiction Book	2022
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint af Chase Pletts	First Novel	2022
The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art af Wynne Brown	Western Biography	2022
Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice (Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges) af Finis Dunaway	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2022
Dark Sky af C. J. Box	Western Contemporary Novel	2022
Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History af Terry Mort	Western Historical Nonfiction	2022
Ridgeline: A Novel af Michael Punke	Western Historical Novel	2022
Cow Boyhood: The Adventures of Wilder Good #7 af S. J. Dahlstrom	Western Juvenile Fiction	2022
This Side of Hell (A Widowmaker Jones Western) af Brett Cogburn	Western Mass Market Paperback Novel	2022
Imperfect Promise (Wheeler Publishing Large Print Softcover Western) af Susanna Lane	Western Romance Novel	2022
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint af Chase Pletts	Western Traditional Novel	2022
Nighthawk Rising: A Biography of Accused Cattle Rustler Queen Ann Bassett of Brown's Park af Diana Allen Kouris	Biography	2020
The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story af David Crow	First Nonfiction Book	2020
On Swift Horses: A Novel af Shannon Pufahl	First Novel	2020
Someplace to Call Home af Sandra Dallas	Juvenile Fiction	2020
Spotted Tail af David Heska Wanbli Weiden	Juvenile Nonfiction	2020
Cherokee America af Margaret Verble	Traditional Novel	2020
Country Music: An Illustrated History af Dayton Duncan	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2020
On Swift Horses: A Novel af Shannon Pufahl	Western Contemporary Novel	2020
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power af Pekka Hämäläinen	Western Historical Nonfiction	2020
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion af Vaunda Micheaux Nelson	Western Storyteller	2020
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border af Francisco Cantú	First Nonfiction Book	2019
The River by Starlight: A Novel af Ellen Notbohm	First Novel	2019
White Hat: The Military Career of Captain William Philo Clark af Mark J. Nelson	Western Biography	2019
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border af Francisco Cantú	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2019
The Flicker of Old Dreams af Susan Henderson	Western Contemporary Novel	2019
Native but foreign : indigenous immigrants and refugees in the North American borderlands af Brenden W. Rensink	Western Historical Nonfiction	2019
River of Porcupines af G. K. Aalborg	Western Historical Novel	2019
Taos Lightning af Johnny D. Boggs	Western Juvenile Fiction	2019
Hawke's War af Reavis Z. Wortham	Western Mass Market Paperback Novel	2019
The Return of Kid Cooper af Brad Smith	Western Traditional Novel	2019
Frank Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family af Jane Little Botkin	First Nonfiction Book	2018
Double Wide af Leo W. Banks	First Western Novel	2018
Silver City: A Novel of the American West (A Cash McLendon Novel) af Jeff Guinn	Traditional Novel	2018
Frank Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family af Jane Little Botkin	Western Biography	2018
A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century af Flannery Burke	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2018
Double Wide af Leo W. Banks	Western Contemporary Novel	2018
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI af David Grann	Western Historical Nonfiction	2018
The Coming af David Osborne	Western Historical Novel	2018
Stranded: A Story of Frontier Survival af Matthew P. Mayo	Western Juvenile Fiction	2018
Hell Hath No Fury af Charles G. West	Western Mass Market Paperback Novel	2018
The Promise Bride (A Montana Brides Romance) af Gina Welborn	Western Romance Novel	2018
Fergus and the greener grass af Jean Abernethy	Western Storyteller	2018
The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and One of the Deadliest Days in American Firefighting af Fernanda Santos	First Nonfiction Book	2017
Return to Red River af Johnny D. Boggs	Original Mass Market Paperback Novel	2017
Seasons of the Bear: A Yosemite Story af Ginger Wadsworth	Storyteller (Illustrated Children’s Book)	2017
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary af Joe Jackson	Western Biography	2017
New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy af Michael Duchemin	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2017
Off the Grid af C. J. Box	Western Contemporary Novel	2017
The Apache Wars af Paul Andrew Hutton	Western Historical Nonfiction	2017
Trouble Returns (Ruby and Maude Adventure) af Nancy Oswald	Western Juvenile Fiction	2017
The Wolves of Currumpaw af William Grill	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2017
The Mustanger and the Lady (The Brandiron) af Dusty Richards	Western Traditional Novel	2017
American Copper af Shann Ray	First Novel	2016
Lords of an Empty Land af Randy Denmon	Mass Market Paperback Novel	2016
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America af T. J. Stiles	Western Biography	2016
The Size of the Risk: Histories of Multiple Use in the Great Basin af Leisl Carr Childers	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2016
Crazy Mountain Kiss af Keith McCafferty	Western Contemporary Novel	2016
William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest af Prof. William Heath Ph.D.	Western Historical Nonfiction	2016
Paradise Sky af Joe R. Lansdale	Western Historical Novel	2016
Walk on Earth a Stranger af Rae Carson	Western Juvenile Fiction	2016
This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon af Nancy Plain	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2016
Buckaroo Bobbie Sue af JoJo Thoreau	Western Storyteller (Illustrated Childrens' Book)	2016
The Last Midwife af Sandra Dallas	Western Traditional Novel	2016
Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster af Angela Day	Western Contemporary Nonfiction	2015
Bad Country af CB McKenzie	Western Contemporary Novel	2015
American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890 af Jerome A. Greene	Western Historical Nonfiction	2015
Wild Ran the Rivers (Five Trails West) af James D. Crownover	Western Historical Novel	2015
Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend af Donald F. Montileaux	Western Storyteller (Illustrated Childrens' Book)	2015
The Big Drift af Patrick Dearen	Western Traditional Novel	2015
Spider Woman's Daughter af Anne Hillerman	First Novel	2014
Yosemite's Songster: One Coyote's Story af Ginger Wadsworth	Storyteller	2014
Light of the World af James Lee Burke	Western Contemporary Novel	2014
Silent We Stood af Henry Chappell	Western Historical Novel	2014
Papa's Gold af Ellen Gray Massey	Western Juvenile Fiction	2014
Jack London: An American Life af Earle Labor	Western Nonfiction Biography	2014
Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) af William Philpott	Western Nonfiction Contemporary	2014
Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape af Mark Lee Gardner	Western Nonfiction Historical	2014
Crossing Purgatory: A Novel af Gary Schanbacher	Western Traditional Novel	2014
Panhandle af Brett Cogburn	First Novel	2013
The Coyote Tracker (A Josiah Wolfe Novel) af Larry D. Sweazy	Original Mass Market Paperback	2013
Wide Open af Larry Bjornson	Western Juvenile Fiction	2013
Light on the Prairie af Nancy Plain	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2013
With Blood in Their Eyes af Thomas Cobb	Western Long Novel	2013
Geronimo af Robert M. Utley	Western Nonfiction Biography	2013
Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History af Deanne Stillman	Western Nonfiction Contemporary	2013
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852 (Overland West Series) af Will Bagley	Western Nonfiction Historical	2013
Tucker's Reckoning af Matthew P. Mayo	Western Short Novel	2013
Double Crossing af Meg Mims	First Novel	2012
West Texas Kill af Johnny D. Boggs	Original Mass Market Paperback	2012
Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat af Bryan Langdo	Storyteller Award	2012
Birdie af Candace Simar	Western Juvenile Fiction	2012
Migrant mother : how a photograph defined the Great Depression af Don Nardo	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2012
Remember Ben Clayton af Stephen Harrigan	Western Long Novel	2012
George Crook: From the Redwoods to Appomattox af Paul Magid	Western Nonfiction Biography	2012
The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg: Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies af Frederick H Swanson	Western Nonfiction Contemporary	2012
The Mormon Rebellion: America's First Civil War, 1857-1858 af David L. Bigler	Western Nonfiction Historical	2012
Legacy of a Lawman: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series) af Johnny D. Boggs	Western Short Novel	2012
Galveston af Nic Pizzolatto	First Novel	2011
Damnation Road (Pinnacle Westerns) af Max McCoy	Original Mass Market Paperback	2011
Last Train from Cuernavaca af Lucia St. Clair Robson	Western Long Novel	2011
Wolf: The Lives of Jack London af James L. Haley	Western Nonfiction Biography	2011
The Frontier of Leisure: Southern California and the Shaping of Modern America af Lawrence Culver	Western Nonfiction Contemporary	2011
The Killing of Crazy Horse af Thomas Powers	Western Nonfiction Historical	2011
Snowbound af Richard S. Wheeler	Western Short Novel	2011
Stranger in Thunder Basin af John D. Nesbitt	Original Mass Market Paperback	2010
Echoes of Glory af Robert Flynn	Western Long Novel	2010
Peg Leg : the improbable life of a Texas hero, Thomas William Ward, 1807-1872 af David C. Humphrey	Western Nonfiction Biography	2010
Far Bright Star af Robert Olmstead	Western Short Novel	2010
The Wheat Doll af Alison Randall	Storyteller	2009
I Am Apache af Tanya Landman	Western Juvenile Fiction	2009
The Trial of Standing Bear af Frank Keating	Western Juvenile Nonfiction	2009
Shavetail af Thomas Cobb	Western Long Novel	2009
Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America af Meredith Mason Brown	Western Nonfiction Biography	2009
Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball Champions of the World af Linda Peavy	Western Nonfiction Contemporary	2009
Hunting the American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport, 1800-1900 af Richard C. Rattenbury	Western Nonfiction Historical	2009
Another Man's Moccasins af Craig Johnson	Western Short Novel	2009
God's Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana af Carol Buchanan		2009
The Night Birds af Thomas Maltman	First Novel	2008
Doubtful Cañon af Johnny D. Boggs	Juvenile Fiction	2008
Sagebrush and Paintbrush: The Story of Charlie Russell, the Cowboy Artist af Nancy Plain	Juvenile Nonfiction	2008
Gall: Lakota War Chief af Robert W. Larson	Nonfiction-Biography	2008
Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers af Robert M. Utley	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2008
Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out af Annette Atkins	Nonfiction-Historical	2008
Hellfire Canyon af Max McCoy	Original Paperback	2008
The God of Animals af Aryn Kyle	Western Long Novel	2008
Tallgrass af Sandra Dallas	Western Short Novel	2008
Broken Trail af Alan Geoffrion	First Novel	2007
Geronimo af Joseph Bruchac	Juvenile Fiction	2007
Bleeding Kansas and the violent clash over slavery in the heartland af Jeff C. Young	Juvenile Nonfiction	2007
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life af Kingsley M. Bray	Nonfiction-Biography	2007
Copper chorus : mining, politics, and the Montana press, 1889-1959 af Dennis L. Swibold	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2007
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West af Hampton Sides	Nonfiction-Historical	2007
The Horse Creek Incident (Herschel Baker) af Dusty Richards	Original Paperback	2007
Across the High Divide af Laurie Wagner Buyer	Poetry	2007
Tatanka And the Lakota People: A Creation Story af Donald F. Montileaux	Storyteller	2007
The Night Journal af Elizabeth Crook	Western Long Novel	2007
Comanche Moon - Part 1	Western Short Fiction	2007
The Shape Shifter af Tony Hillerman	Western Short Novel	2007
Black Storm Comin' af Diane Lee Wilson	Juvenile Fiction	2006
The First Americans: The Story of Where They Came From and Who They Became af Anthony Aveni	Juvenile Nonfiction	2006
Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People (American Heroes) af Candy Moulton	Nonfiction-Biography	2006
Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 1893-1923 af David Dorado Romo	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2006
High Country: A Novel (Literature of the American West) af Willard Wyman	Novel of the West	2006
Dakota af Matt Braun	Original Paperback Novel	2006
The voice of the Borderlands af Drum Hadley	Poetry	2006
Klondike Gold af Alice Provensen	Storyteller	2006
Buffalo Bill's America: William Cody and the Wild West Show af Louis S. Warren	Western Historical Nonfiction	2006
Camp Ford af Johnny D. Boggs	Western Novel	2006
The Undertaker's Wife af Loren D. Estleman	Western Novel	2006
Field of Honor af D. L. Birchfield	First Novel	2005
Fire In the Hole! af Mary Cronk Farrell	Juvenile Fiction	2005
Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood af EdNah New Rider Weber	Juvenile Nonfiction	2005
Black Kettle : The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace but Found War af Thom Hatch	Nonfiction-Biography	2005
The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade, 1910-1920 af III Harris Charles H.	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2005
Beasts of the Fields: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 af Richard Steven Street	Nonfiction-Historical	2005
People of the Raven af Kathleen O'Neal Gear	Novel of the West	2005
Vengeance Valley af Richard S. Wheeler	Original Paperback	2005
A Thousand Miles of Stars: Poems af Walt McDonald	Poetry	2005
Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) across the Plains af Deborah Hopkinson	Storyteller	2005
Buy the Chief a Cadillac: A Novel af Rick Steber	Western Novel	2005
The Sergeant's Lady af Miles Hood Swarthout	First Novel	2004
Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers af Ginger Wadsworth	Juvenile Nonfiction	2004
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West af Rebecca Solnit	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2004
One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark af Colin G. Calloway	Nonfiction-Historical	2004
So Wild a Dream af Win Blevins	Novel of the West	2004
Plain Language: A Novel af Barbara Wright	Original Paperback	2004
Wolf Tracks on the Welcome Mat af Paul Zarzyski	Poetry	2004
The Star People: A Lakota Story af S.D. Nelson	Storyteller	2004
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark af Brian Hall	Western Novel	2004
The Big Burn af Jeanette Ingold	Juvenile Fiction	2003
Raising La Belle af Mark G. Mitchell	Juvenile Nonfiction	2003
Sam Houston af James L. Haley	Nonfiction-Biography	2003
Diné: A History of the Navajos af Peter Iverson	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2003
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows af Will Bagley	Nonfiction-Historical	2003
Perma Red af Debra Magpie Earling	Novel of the West	2003
Oblivion's Altar:: A Novel of Courage af David Marion Wilkinson	Original Paperback	2003
The Chili Queen af Sandra Dallas	Western Novel	2003
In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys af Russell Freedman	Juvenile Nonfiction	2002
Corps of Discovery: A Novel of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806 af Jeffrey W. Tenney	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	2002
American Character: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the .... af Mark Thompson	Nonfiction-Biography	2002
Bone Wars: The Excavation Of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur af Tom Rea	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2002
Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars af Robert V. Remini	Nonfiction-Historical	2002
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel af Brady Udall	Novel of the West	2002
Drum's Ring (G K Hall Large Print Western Series) af Richard S. Wheeler	Original Paperback	2002
Blood Sister, I Am to These Fields af Linda Hussa	Poetry	2002
The Legend of Strap Buckner: A Texas Tale af Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge	Storyteller	2002
The Way of the Coyote af Elmer Kelton	Western Novel	2002
The Midnight Train Home af Erika Tamar	Juvenile Fiction	2001
Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Own Words af Violet T. Kimball	Juvenile Nonfiction	2001
The Chivalry of Crime af Desmond Barry	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	2001
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell af Donald Worster	Nonfiction-Biography	2001
What You See in Clear Water: Life On the Wind River Reservation af Geoffrey O'Gara	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2001
Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country af Dale L. Walker	Nonfiction-Historical	2001
The Gates of the Alamo af Stephen Harrigan	Novel of the West	2001
Bound for the Promise-Land af Troy D. Smith	Original Paperback	2001
Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella af Susan Lowell	Storyteller	2001
Summer of Pearls af Mike Blakely	Western Novel	2001
Wrango af Brian Burks	Juvenile Fiction	2000
The Wild Colorado: The true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon af Richard Maurer	Juvenile Nonfiction	2000
Knight Without Armor: Carlos Eduardo Castaneda, 1896-1958 af Félix D. Almaráz	Nonfiction-Biography	2000
The Real Wild West af Michael Wallis	Nonfiction-Contemporary	2000
Prophet Annie af Ellen Recknor	Novel of the West	2000
Mine Work af Jim Davidson	Original Paperback	2000
The Prairie Train af Antoine. �O Flatharta	Storyteller	2000
Masterson af Richard S. Wheeler	Western Novel	2000
Petey af Ben Mikaelsen	Juvenile Fiction	1999
Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne af Ronald L. Davis	Nonfiction-Biography	1999
Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth-Century American West af Hal K. Rothman	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1999
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton af Jane Smiley	Novel of the West	1999
Slim and Miss Prim af Robert Kinerk	Storyteller	1999
Journey of the Dead af Loren D. Estleman	Western Novel	1999
Danger Along the Ohio af Patricia Willis	Juvenile Fiction	1998
Rattlesnake dance : true tales, mysteries, and rattlesnake ceremonies af Jennifer Dewey	Juvenile Nonfiction	1998
Keepers Of The Earth (Hell Yes, Texas Women's Series) af LaVerne Harrell Clark	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1998
Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America af J. Anthony Lukas	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1998
El Llano Estacado : exploration and imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860 af John Miller Morris	Nonfiction-Historical	1998
Comanche Moon af Larry McMurtry	Novel of the West	1998
Leaving Missouri af Ellen Recknor	Original Paperback	1998
Bootmaker And The Elves af Susan Lowell	Storyteller	1998
The Kiowa Verdict af Cynthia Haseloff	Western Novel	1998
Far North af Will Hobbs	Juvenile Fiction	1996
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse af Russell Freedman	Juvenile Nonfiction	1996
Death of a Healing Woman: A Texana Jones Mystery af Allana Martin	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1996
John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas af Leon Claire Metz	Nonfiction-Biography	1996
New Westers: The West in Contemporary American Culture af Michael L. Johnson	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1996
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West af Stephen E. Ambrose	Nonfiction-Historical	1996
Sierra af Richard S. Wheeler	Novel of the West	1996
Potter's Fields af Frank Roderus	Original Paperback	1996
The Worry Stone af Marianna Dengler	Storyteller	1996
Blood of Texas af Will Camp	Western Novel	1996
Indio af Sherry Garland	Juvenile Fiction	1995
General Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans af Alan Rosenus	Nonfiction-Biography	1995
We Are a People in This World: The Lakota Sioux and the Massacre at Wounded Knee af Jr. Conger Beasley	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1995
Seeking Pleasure in the Old West af David Dary	Nonfiction-Historical	1995
Stone Song: A Novel of the Life of Crazy Horse af Win Blevins	Novel of the West	1995
Thunder in the valley af Jim R. Woolard	Original Paperback	1995
Dandelions af Eve Bunting	Storyteller	1995
The Dark Island af Robert J. Conley	Western Novel	1995
The Trail of Tears (American Events) af David K. Fremon	Juvenile	1994
Hero of Beecher Island af David Dixon	Nonfiction-Biography	1994
Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River af Ellen Meloy	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1994
Precious Dust: The Saga of the Western Gold Rushes af Paula Mitchell Marks	Nonfiction-Historical	1994
The Far Canyon af Elmer Kelton	Novel of the West	1994
Survival: A Novel of the Donner Party af K. C. McKenna	Original Paperback	1994
St. Agnes' Stand af Thomas Eidson	Western Novel	1994
Leaving Eldorado af Joann Mazzio	Juvenile Fiction	1993
Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters: The Story of the Cattle Kingdom af Albert Marrin	Juvenile Nonfiction	1993
People of the Whistling Waters af Mardi Oakley Medawar	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1993
Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles af Margaret Leslie Davis	Nonfiction-Contemporary	1993
The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull af Robert M. Utley	Nonfiction-Historical	1993
Empire of Bones af Jeff Long	Novel of the West	1993
The Gila River af Gary McCarthy	Original Paperback	1993
friends af Charles Hackenberry	Western Novel	1993
The Haymeadow af Gary Paulsen	Juvenile Fiction	1992
Children of the Dust Bowl af Jerry Stanley	Juvenile Nonfiction	1992
John Stone and the Choctaw Kid af Wayne Davis	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1992
Let Me Be Free: The Nez Perce Tragedy af David Lavender	Nonfiction	1992
Slaughter af Elmer Kelton	Novel of the West	1992
The Golden Chance af Theodore V. Olsen	Original Paperback	1992
Nickajack af Robert J. Conley	Western Novel	1992
Rescue Josh McGuire af Ben Mikaelsen	Juvenile Fiction	1991
The Sixth Rider af Max McCoy	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1991
Custer's Last Campaign: Mitch Boyer and the Little Bighorn Reconstructed af John S. Gray	Nonfiction	1991
The Medicine Horn af Jory Sherman	Novel of the West	1991
Rage in Chupadera af Norman Zollinger	Original Paperback	1991
Journal of the Gun Years af Richard Matheson	Western Novel	1991
Honey Girl af Madge Harrah	Juvenile Fiction	1990
Woodsong af Gary Paulsen	Juvenile Nonfiction	1990
Caesar of Santa Fe: A Novel from History af Tim MacCurdy	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1990
Helen Hunt Jackson and Her Indian Reform Legacy af Valerie Sherer Mathes	Nonfiction	1990
Home Mountain af Jeanne Williams	Novel of the West	1990
The Changing Wind af Don Coldsmith	Original Paperback	1990
Sanctuary af Gary D. Svee	Western Novel	1990
My Daniel af Pam Conrad	Juvenile	1989
Great Plains af Ian Frazier	Nonfiction	1989
Panther in the Sky af James Alexander Thom	Novel of the West	1989
Fool's Coach af Richard S. Wheeler	Western Novel	1989
In The Face of Danger af Joan Lowery Nixon	Juvenile	1988
Spirit of the Hills af Dan O'Brien	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1988
Hoover Dam: An American Adventure af Joseph E. Stevens	Nonfiction	1988
The Homesman af Glendon Swarthout	Novel of the West	1988
Mattie af Judy Alter	Western Novel	1988
Wanderer Springs af Robert Flynn	Historical Novel	1987
A Family Apart af Joan Lowery Nixon	Juvenile	1987
Jenny's Mountain af Elaine Long	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1987
Jessie Benton Frémont : a biography af Pamela Herr	Nonfiction	1987
Skinwalkers af Tony Hillerman	Western Novel	1987
Roman af Douglas C. Jones	Historical Novel	1986
Make Way for Sam Houston af Jean Fritz	Juvenile	1986
Come Spring af Charlotte Hinger	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1986
Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke and His American West af Joseph C. Porter	Nonfiction	1986
The Blind Corral (Contemporary American fiction) af Ralph Beer	Western Novel	1986
The Snowblind Moon af John Byrne Cooke	Historical Novel	1985
Prairie Songs af Pam Conrad	Juvenile	1985
Phil Sheridan and His Army af Paul Andrew Hutton	Nonfiction	1985
Lonesome Dove af Larry McMurtry	Western Novel	1985
Gone the Dreams and Dancing af Douglas C. Jones	Historical Novel	1984
Trapped in the Slickrock Canyon af Gloria Skurzynski	Juvenile	1984
Winterkill af Craig Lesley	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1984
Hashknife Cowboy: Recollections of Mack Hughes af Stella Hughes	Nonfiction	1984
Sam Bass af Bryan Woolley	Historical Novel	1983
Thunder on the Tennessee af G. Clifton Wisler	Juvenile	1983
Leaving Kansas af Frank Roderus	Novel	1983
Ride the Wind af Lucia St. Clair Robson	Historical Novel	1982
Before the Lark af Irene Bennett Brown	Juvenile	1982
Carry the Wind af Terry C. Johnston	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1982
Albuquerque: A narrative history af Marc Simmons	Nonfiction	1982
Match Race af Fred Grove	Novel	1982
Aces and Eights af Loren D. Estleman	Historical Novel	1981
The Last Run af Mark Jonathan Harris	Juvenile	1981
Ride down the wind (A Double D western) af Wayne Barton	Medicine Pipe Bearer Award	1981
Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries af David Dary	Nonfiction	1981
Eyes of the Hawk af Elmer Kelton	Novel	1981
Getting There: Frontier Travel Without Power af Suzanne Hilton	Juvenile	1980
The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyenne af Stan Hoig	Nonfiction	1980
The Valiant Women, Vol. 1 (The Arizona Saga) af Jeanne Williams	Novel	1980
The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest (Civilization of the American Indian Series) af Donald Emmet Worcester	Nonfiction	1979
Holdouts af William Decker	Novel	1979
The No-Return Trail af Sonia Levitin	Juvenile	1978
Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832-1856 af Janet Lecompte	Nonfiction	1978
Riders to Cibola af Norman Zollinger	Novel	1978
Swimming Man Burning: A Rip-Roaring Novel of the American West af Terrence Kilpatrick	Historical Novel	1977
A shepherd watches, a shepherd sings af Louis Irigaray	Juvenile	1977
The Cowgirls af Joyce Gibson Roach	Nonfiction	1977
The Great Horse Race af Fred Grove	Novel	1977
The Kincaids af Matt Braun	Historical Novel	1976
"All aboard!": The story of passenger trains in America af Phillip H. Ault	Juvenile	1976
The vanishing white man af Stan Steiner	Nonfiction	1976
The Spirit Horses af Lou Cameron	Novel	1976
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer af Douglas C. Jones	Novel	1976
Dust of the Earth af Vera Cleaver	Juvenile Fiction	1975
Ride 'em cowgirl! af Lynn Haney	Juvenile Nonfiction	1975
Lamy of Santa Fe af Paul Horgan	Nonfiction	1975
The Shootist af Glendon Swarthout	Novel	1975
Susy's Scoundrel af Harold Keith	Juvenile	1974
Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket af C. L. Sonnichsen	Nonfiction	1974
A Hanging in Sweetwater af Stephen Overholser	Novel	1974
Freedom Trail af Jeanne Williams	Juvenile Fiction	1973
Red Power on the Rio Grande: The American Revolution of 1680. af Franklin Folsom	Juvenile Nonfiction	1973
Burnt-out Fires, California's Modoc Indian War af Richard H. Dillon	Nonfiction	1973
The Time It Never Rained af Elmer Kelton	Novel	1973
Chiricahua af Will Henry	Historical Novel	1972
Only Earth and Sky Last Forever af Nathaniel Benchley	Juvenile Fiction	1972
The Tiguas: the lost tribe of city Indians af Stan Steiner	Juvenile Nonfiction	1972
The Time of the Buffalo af Tom McHugh	Nonfiction	1972
A Killing in Kiowa af Lewis B. Patten	Novel	1972
The Black Mustanger af Richard Wormser	Juvenile Fiction	1971
Lords of the Earth: A History of the Navajo Indians. af Jules Loh	Juvenile Nonfiction	1971
Western life and adventures, 1889 to 1970, af Elliott Speer Barker	Nonfiction	1971
The Day the Cowboys Quit af Elmer Kelton	Novel	1971
Cayuse courage af Evelyn Sibley Lampman	Juvenile Fiction	1970
Retreat to the Bear Paw; The story of the Nez Percé af Marian T. Place	Juvenile Nonfiction	1970
Search for the Seven Cities; the Opening of the American Southwest af John Upton Terrell	Juvenile Nonfiction	1970
The Buffalo: The Story of American Bison and Their Hunters from Prehistoric Times to the Present af Francis D. Haines	Nonfiction	1970
The Last Days of Wolf Garnett af Clifton Adams	Novel	1970
The White Man s Road af Benjamin Capps	Historical Novel	1969
The Meeker Massacre af Wayne D. Overholser	Juvenile Fiction	1969
Conquistadors and Pueblos: The Story of the American Southwest 1540-1848 af Olga Hall-Quest	Juvenile Nonfiction	1969
Boss Cowman: The Recollections of Ed Lemmon, 1857-1946 af Ed Lemmon	Nonfiction	1969
Tragg's Choice af Clifton Adams	Novel	1969
The Red Sabbath af Lewis B. Patten	Historical Novel	1968
Middl'un af Elizabeth Burleson	Juvenile Fiction	1968
Rifles and war bonnets af Marian T. Place	Juvenile Nonfiction	1968
Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West af Vardis Fisher	Nonfiction	1968
Down the Long Hills af Louis L'Amour	Novel	1968
The Wolf Is My Brother af Chad Oliver	Historical Novel	1967
The dunderhead war; a novel af Betty Baker	Juvenile Fiction	1967
Half-breed af Evelyn Sibley Lampman	Juvenile Fiction	1967
American Heritage Junior Library: To the Pacific with Lewis and Clark af Ralph K. Andrist	Juvenile Nonfiction	1967
America's Western Frontiers: The Exploration and Settlement of the Trans-Mississippi West af John Arkas Hawgood	Nonfiction	1967
The Valdez Horses af Lee Hoffman	Novel	1967
Hellfire Jackson af Garland Roark	Historical Novel	1966
Valley of the Smallest: The Life Story of a Shrew af Aileen Lucia Fisher	Juvenile Nonfiction	1966
America's Frontier Heritage af Ray Allen Billington	Nonfiction	1966
My Brother John af Herbert Purdum	Novel	1966
Gold in California! af Todhunter Ballard	Historical Novel	1965
Mountain Man af Vardis Fisher	Historical Novel	1965
The Stubborn One af Rutherford George Montgomery	Juvenile	1965
The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest af Alvin M. Josephy Jr.	Nonfiction	1965
Sam Chance af Benjamin Capps	Novel	1965
Indian Fighter af E. E. Halleran	Historical Novel	1964
Ride a Northbound Horse af Richard Wormser	Juvenile	1964
The Trail to Ogallala af Benjamin Capps	Novel	1964
The Gates of the Mountains af Will Henry	Historical Novel	1963
By the Great Horn Spoon! af Sid Fleischman	Juvenile	1963
The Story Catcher af Mari Sandoz	Juvenile	1963
The Bonanza West: The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900 af William S. Greever	Nonfiction	1963
Follow the Free Wind af Leigh Brackett	Novel	1963
Moontrap: A Novel af Don Berry	Historical Novel	1962
The Western Horse :A Handbook af Natlee Kenoyer	Juvenile	1962
Great Surveys of the American West (American Exploration and Travel Series) af Richard A. Bartlett	Nonfiction	1962
Comanche Captives af Fred Grove	Novel	1962
The Winter War af William Wister Haines	Historical Novel	1961
The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill af Don Russell	Nonfiction	1961
The Honyocker af Giles A. Lutz	Novel	1961
From Where the Sun now Stands af Will Henry	Historical Novel	1960
South Pass, 1868: James Chisholm's Journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush af James Chisholm	Nonfiction	1960
The Nameless Breed af Will C. Brown	Novel	1960
The Buffalo Soldiers af John Prebble	Historical Novel	1959
Hold Back the Hunter af Dale White	Juvenile Nonfiction	1959
The Day of San Jacinto af Frank X. Tolbert	Nonfiction	1959
Long Run af Nelson Nye	Novel	1959
The Fancher train af Amelia Bean	Historical Novel	1958
Steamboat Up the Missouri af Dale White	Juvenile	1958
Cripple Creek Days, A Nostalgic Reminiscence of the Last of the Great Gold Rush Towns af Mabel Barbee Lee	Nonfiction	1958
Short cut to Red River af Noel M. Loomis	Novel	1958
The Silver Mountain af Dan Cushman	Historical Novel	1957
Wolf Brother af Jim Kjelgaard	Juvenile	1957
This is the West af Robert West Howard	Nonfiction	1957
Buffalo Wagons af Elmer Kelton	Novel	1957
Generations of Men af John Clinton Hunt	Historical Novel	1956
Trapping the silver beaver af Charley Niehuis	Juvenile	1956
Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900 af Irving Stone	Nonfiction	1956
High gun af Leslie Ernenwein	Novel	1956
Whoop-up country; the Canadian-American West, 1865-1885 af Paul F. Sharp	Nonfiction	1955
Somewhere They Die af L. P. Holmes	Novel	1955
Bent's Fort af David Lavender	Nonfiction	1954
The Violent Land af Wayne D. Overholser	Novel	1954
The wheel and the hearth af Lucia Moore	Historical Novel	1953
Sagebrush sorrel af Frank C. Robertson	Juvenile	1953
Law Man af Lee Leighton	Novel	1953

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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.

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URL: https://westernwriters.org/spur-awards/

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