Spur Award2014

Uitgereikt door Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Andere Namen: Golden Spur Award (Engels)
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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 toon meer 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. toon minder
Stages:
Alle, Winner (435), Finalist (236)
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Jaren:
Alle, 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 9

WerkCategorieJaar
Spider Woman's Daughter door Anne HillermanFirst Novel2014
Yosemite's Songster: One Coyote's Story door Ginger WadsworthStoryteller2014
Light of the World door James Lee BurkeWestern Contemporary Novel2014
Silent We Stood door Henry ChappellWestern Historical Novel2014
Papa's Gold door Ellen Gray MasseyWestern Juvenile Fiction2014
Jack London: An American Life door Earle LaborWestern Nonfiction Biography2014
Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country door William PhilpottWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2014
Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape door Mark Lee GardnerWestern Nonfiction Historical2014
Crossing Purgatory: A Novel door Gary SchanbacherWestern Traditional Novel2014

Finalist 18

WerkCategorieJaar
The Buffalo Rock (A Novel) door Bob FaulknerFirst Novel2014
Crossing Purgatory: A Novel door Gary SchanbacherFirst Novel2014
La Grulla door John R. WrightFirst Novel2014
May Finds Her Way - The Story of an Iditarod Sled Dog door Betty Selakovich CaseyStoryteller2014
Standing in for Lincoln Green door David MackintoshStoryteller2014
The Old Man's Love Story (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series) door Rudolfo AnayaWestern Contemporary Novel2014
Kind of Kin door Rilla AskewWestern Contemporary Novel2014
Greasy Grass: A Story of the Little Bighorn (Five Star Western Series) door Johnny D. BoggsWestern Historical Novel2014
The Promise door Ann WeisgarberWestern Historical Novel2014
Summer of the Star: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series) door Johnny D. BoggsWestern Juvenile Fiction2014
How I Became A Ghost door Tim TingleWestern Juvenile Fiction2014
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party door Nathan HaleWestern Juvenile Nonfiction2014
Cowboy Stuntman: From Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen door Dean SmithWestern Nonfiction Biography2014
Trees in Paradise: A California History door Jared FarmerWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2014
Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture door Larry GraggWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2014
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend door Bob DruryWestern Nonfiction Historical2014
Destiny Made Them Brothers door Andrew J. FenadyWestern Traditional Novel2014
The Hardest Ride door Gordon L. RottmanWestern Traditional Novel2014

Beschrijvingen

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, Door lid geschreven)

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