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The Spur Awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA was founded. An author need not be a member of the WWA to receive a Spur Award. Among previous Spur Award winners are Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove , Michael Blake for Dances with Wolves , Glendon Swarthout for The Shootist , and Tony Hillerman for Skinwalkers .
The Spur Award for Best Western Novel is a prize given by the Western Writers of America as part of the annual Spur Awards. The category was introduced in 1953, when it was known simply as the "Novel" award. A second category for novel-length prose fiction, the Historical Novel award, was introduced in 1972.
The Spur Award for Best Novel of the West is a category formerly used by the Western Writers of America (WWA) as part of the annual Spur Awards. It was introduced for the awards' 1988 iteration, replacing the earlier category of Best Historical Novel. [1]
1997 - In this year the WWA Executive Board voted to redesignate the Spur Awards to reflect the year the award is presented rather than the year the work was published. 1998 - Short Fiction: "Sue Ellen Learns to Dance" by Judy Alter; 1999 - Short Fiction: "Secrets of the Lost Cannon" by Allen P. Bristow
Mythopoeic Awards – awards for the best of mythic fantasy, following in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – since 1971; Prix Tour-Apollo Award – since 1972; John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel – since 1973; John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction – since 1973
Presentation of the National Golden Spur Award is a joint annual recognition given by six of the leading national and state ranching and livestock organizations: American Quarter Horse Association ...
Spur Award; Spur Award for Best Novel of the West; Spur Award for Best Short Fiction; Spur Award for Best Western Novel; St. Francis College Literary Prize; Template:St. Francis College Literary Prize; Stegner Fellowship
Dec. 22—While sifting through nearly 350 entries in this year's Pasatiempo Writing Contest, one thing became clear: Santa Fe — and New Mexico — fosters a strong community of writers. Based ...