Spur Award2018

Given by Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Autres noms: Golden Spur Award (Anglais)
29 oeuvres / 31 Items 7,086 Livres 373 critiques 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 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
Frank Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family par Jane Little BotkinFirst Nonfiction Book2018
Double Wide par Leo W. BanksFirst Western Novel2018
Silver City: A Novel of the American West (A Cash McLendon Novel) par Jeff GuinnTraditional Novel2018
Frank Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family par Jane Little BotkinWestern Biography2018
A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century par Flannery BurkeWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2018
Double Wide par Leo W. BanksWestern Contemporary Novel2018
La note américaine par David GrannWestern Historical Nonfiction2018
The Coming par David OsborneWestern Historical Novel2018
Stranded: A Story of Frontier Survival par Matthew P. MayoWestern Juvenile Fiction2018
Hell Hath No Fury par Charles G. WestWestern Mass Market Paperback Novel2018
The Promise Bride (A Montana Brides Romance) par Gina WelbornWestern Romance Novel2018
Fergus and the greener grass par Jean AbernethyWestern Storyteller2018

Finalist 19

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
Tom Jeffords, friend of Cochise par Doug HockingBiography2018
Tejano Tiger : José de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1823-1891 par Jerry D. ThompsonBiography2018
Moon Hunt par W. Michael GearHistorical Novel2018
Copper Sky par Milana MarsenichHistorical Novel2018
Viva, Rose! par Susan KrawitzJuvenile Fiction2018
The True Story of Jim the Wonder Dog par Marty Rhodes FigleyJuvenile Nonfiction2018
Lotta Crabtree: Gold Rush Fairy Star par Lois HarrisJuvenile Nonfiction2018
Bold Women in Montana History par Beth JudyJuvenile Nonfiction2018
Buzzard Bait (A Widowmaker Jones Western) par Brett CogburnMass Market Paperback Novel2018
Valley of Bones (A Byrnes Family Ranch Novel) par Dusty RichardsMass Market Paperback Novel2018
Courting Carrie in Wonderland par Carla KellyRomance2018
Abraham (Mount Rushmore Presidential Series) par Frank KeatingStoryteller2018
Lexie the Word Wrangler par Rebecca Van SlykeStoryteller2018
Huck Out West: A Novel par Robert CooverTraditional Novel2018
Slate Creek: Journey to the White Clouds (Five Star Western Series) par Wallace J SwensonTraditional Novel2018
Lakota performers in Europe : their culture and the artifacts they left behind par Steve FriesenWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2018
Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship, and Free Speech par Jeffrey A. LockwoodWestern Contemporary Nonfiction2018
Murder on the Red River par Marcie R. RendonWestern Contemporary Novel2018
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West par Christopher KnowltonWestern Historical Nonfiction2018

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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