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(Redirected from Golden Spur Award) Literary prizes given annually by the Western Writers of America "Golden Spur" redirects here. For the papal order, see Order of the Golden Spur.

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Spur Awards are literary prizes given annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished writing about the American West. 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 Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature, first awarded in 1961, is also a Western Writers of America award, distinct from the Spur Awards.

Initially, there were five Spur Awards categories: western novel, historical novel, juvenile, short story, and reviewer. The categories have expanded and changed (or been renamed) over the years. There is no guarantee an award will be made in each category every year. The 2015 Spur Awards have the following categories:

Spur Award for Best Western Novel
Spur Award for Best Novel of the West
Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Novel
Spur Award for Best Western Historical Novel
Spur Award for Best Western Traditional Novel
Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
Spur Award for Best First Novel
Spur Award for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction
Spur Award for Best Western Biography
Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book
Spur Award for Best Western Storyteller (Illustrated Children's Book)
Spur Award for Best Western Short Fiction
Spur Award for Best Western Short Nonfiction
Spur Award for Best Western Poem
Spur Award for Best Western Song
Spur Award for Best Western Drama Script
Spur Award for Best Western Documentary Script

References

"About the Spur Awards". WesternWriters.org. Western Writers Association. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
"Spur Award Winners". WesternWriters.org. Western Writers Association. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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