Spur Award2022

Given by Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Autres noms: Golden Spur Award (Anglais)
29 oeuvres / 30 Items 1,055 Livres 70 critiques 4.1
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 afficher plus 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. afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (435), Finalist (236)
Catégories:
Années:
Tous, 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 12

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
Charlie Russell and the Gnomes of Bull Head Lodge par Emily Crawford WilsonChildren's Picture Book2022
Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West par Anne MacKinnonFirst Nonfiction Book2022
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint par Chase PlettsFirst Novel2022
The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art par Wynne BrownWestern Biography2022
Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice par Finis DunawayWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2022
Dark Sky par C. J. BoxWestern Contemporary Novel2022
Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History par Terry MortWestern Historical Nonfiction2022
Ridgeline: A Novel par Michael PunkeWestern Historical Novel2022
Cow Boyhood: The Adventures of Wilder Good #7 par S. J. DahlstromWestern Juvenile Fiction2022
This Side of Hell (A Widowmaker Jones Western) par Brett CogburnWestern Mass Market Paperback Novel2022
Imperfect Promise (Wheeler Publishing Large Print Softcover Western) par Susanna LaneWestern Romance Novel2022
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint par Chase PlettsWestern Traditional Novel2022

Finalist 18

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
Montana's Memory Day: a nature-themed foster/adoption story par Sue LawrenceChildren's Picture Book2022
Jim Bridger : trailblazer of the American West par Jerry EnzlerWestern Biography2022
Cockeyed Happy: Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming Summers with Pauline par Darla. WordenWestern Biography2022
Making Circles: The Memoir of a Cowboy Journalist par Barney NelsonWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2022
Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana par Abe StreepWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2022
Dissolution (The Wyoming Chronicles, #1) par W. Michael GearWestern Contemporary Novel2022
A Particular Madness par Sheldon RussellWestern Contemporary Novel2022
Iron Women: The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad par Chris EnssWestern Historical Nonfiction2022
War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion par Jeff GuinnWestern Historical Nonfiction2022
The Last Comanche Warrior par James D. CrownoverWestern Historical Novel2022
The Healing of Natalie Curtis par KirkpatrickWestern Historical Novel2022
Bats, Bandits & Buggies: Ruby and Maude Adventure Book 4 par Nancy OswaldWestern Juvenile Fiction2022
Maddie McDowell and the Rodeo Robbery par Luann M RodWestern Juvenile Fiction2022
Ralph Compton the Too-Late Trail (The Trail Drive Series) par Matthew P. MayoWestern Mass Market Paperback Novel2022
Lost Mountain Pass par Larry D. SweazyWestern Mass Market Paperback Novel2022
The Transformation of Chastity James par Kathleen MorrisWestern Romance Novel2022
The Comanche Kid par James Robert DanielsWestern Traditional Novel2022
Deputized (Five Star Western) par T L DavisWestern Traditional Novel2022

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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