Spur Award for Best Short Fiction
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This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award
for Best Short Fiction:
Spur Award
The Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America. Founded in 1953 with only four categories , the award today has expanded to include the following categories:...
for Best Short Fiction:
- 1953 - Short Story: "Gun Job" by Thomas Thompson
- 1954 - Short Story: "Blood on the Sun" by Thomas Thompson
- 1955 - Short Story: "Bad Company" by S. Omar BarkerS. Omar BarkerS. Omar Barker , an oft-recited cowboy poet, was born in a log cabin in New Mexico where he lived his entire life as a rancher, teacher and writer...
- 1956 - Short Story: "Lost Sister" by Dorothy M. JohnsonDorothy M. JohnsonDorothy Marie Johnson was an American author best-known for her Western fiction.-Early life:...
- 1957 - Short Story: "The Brushoff' by Peggy Simson Curry
- 1958 - Short Story: "Thief in Camp" by Bill GulickBill GulickWilliam "Bill" Gulick is an American author and historian living near Walla Walla, Washington. Gulick was born February 22, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri and named Grover C. Gulick. Gulick went to elementary school in Hutchinson, Kanas and then attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City,...
- 1959 - Short Story: "Grandfather Out of the Past" by Noel Loomis
- 1960 - Short Story: "The Shaming of Broken Horn" by Bill GulickBill GulickWilliam "Bill" Gulick is an American author and historian living near Walla Walla, Washington. Gulick was born February 22, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri and named Grover C. Gulick. Gulick went to elementary school in Hutchinson, Kanas and then attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City,...
- 1961 - Short Story: `A Town Named Hate" by John Prebble
- 1962 - Short Story: "Isley's Stranger" by Will Henry
- 1963 - Short Story: "Comanche Woman" by Fred GroveFred GroveFred Grove was a Native American author and winner of five prestigious "Spur Awards" from Western Writers of America for his western novels. He was born in Hominy, Oklahoma.-Biography:...
- 1964 - Short Story: "Log Studio of C.M. Russell" by Lola Shelton
- 1965 - Short Material: "Tallest Indian in Toltepec" by Will Henry
- 1966 - Short Material: "Empty Saddles at Christmas" by S. Omar Barker
- 1967 - Short Material: "The Guns of William Longley" by Donald HamiltonDonald HamiltonDonald Bengtsson Hamilton was a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns such as The Big Country...
- 1968 - Short Material: "When the Caballos Came" by Fred GroveFred GroveFred Grove was a Native American author and winner of five prestigious "Spur Awards" from Western Writers of America for his western novels. He was born in Hominy, Oklahoma.-Biography:...
- 1969 - Short Subject: "Westward to Blood and Glory" by Cliff Farrell
- 1970 - Short Subject: "In the Silence" by Peggy Simson Curry
- 1971 - Short Subject: "Shootout in Burke Canyon" by Earl Clark
- 1972 - Short Subject: "Call of the Cow Country?' by Harry F. Webb
- 1973 - Short Subject: "The Comancheros" by John Harrell
- 1974 - Short Subject: (tie) "The Other Nevadan" by Robert LaxaltRobert LaxaltRobert Laxalt was a Basque-American writer from Nevada.-Biography:Sweet Promised Land , Laxalt's first and possibly best-known book, was based on the history of his father, Dominique, and his return to the homeland after forty-seven years as an immigrant sheepherder in Nevada...
and "Buried Money" by Eve Ball - 1975 - Short Subject: "Apaches in the History of the Southwest" by Donald Worcester
- 1976 - Short Subject: "Jonathan Gilliam & The White Man's Burden" by C. L. Sonnichsen
- 1977 - Short Subject: "Where the Cowboys Hunkered Down" by John L. Sinclair
- 1978 - Short Subject: `A Season for Heroes" by Carla Kelly
- 1979 - Short Subject: "Jason Glendauer's Watch" by James Bellah
- 1980 - Short Subject: "One Man's Code" by Wayne Barton
- 1981 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter" by Carla Kelly
- 1982 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Horseman" by Oakley HallOakley HallOakley Maxwell Hall was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M...
- 1983 - Short Subject (Fiction): "The Ten Sleep Mail" by William F. Bragg, Jr.
- 1984 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Sale of One Small Ranch" by Paul St. Pierre
- 1985 - Short Fiction: "The Way It Was Told to Me" by Bill Brett
- 1986 - Short Fiction: "The Bandit" by Loren D. EstlemanLoren D. EstlemanLoren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter....
- 1987 - Short Fiction: "The Orange County Cowboys" by Max EvansMax EvansMaxwell "Max" Evans is a fictional character created by Melinda Metz for the young adults book series Roswell High and adapted by Jason Katims for the 1999-2002 American science fiction television series Roswell...
- 1988 - Short Fiction: "Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography" by Robert J. ConleyRobert J. ConleyRobert J. Conley is a Cherokee author and enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized tribe of American Indians. In 2007, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas.Conley was born in Cushing, Oklahoma and...
- 1989 - Short Fiction: "The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing" by Harry W Paige
- 1990 - Short Fiction: "Just As I Am" by Joyce Gibson Roach
- 1991 - Short Fiction: "Cimarron, The Killer" by Benjamin Capps
- 1992 - Short Fiction: "The Face" by Ed GormanEdward GormanEd Gorman is an award-winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is currently in post production for a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann....
- 1993 - Short Fiction: "Lou" by Jane Candia Coleman
- 1994 - Short Fiction: "Charity" by Sandra Whiting
- 1995 - Short Fiction: `Are You Coming Back, Phin Montana?" by Jane Candia Coleman
- 1996 - Short Fiction: "The Alchemist" by Loren D. EstlemanLoren D. EstlemanLoren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter....
- 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
- 2000 - Short Fiction: "Opening Day" by David Marion Wilkinson
- 2001 - Best Western Short Fiction: “All or Nothing” by Gary SveeGary SveeGary Svee is an American author and journalist, known for his Westerns. He was born in Billings, Montana, growing up on the banks of the Yellowstone, Rosebud and Stillwater rivers, and is a graduate of the University of Montana's School of Journalism.Svee is a former editorial director for the...
- 2002 - Short Fiction: "A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing" by Johnny D. Boggs
- 2003 - Best Western Short Fiction: "The Old Man" by Jimbo Brewer
- 2004 - Short Fiction: "Second Coming" by Andrew Geyer
- 2005 - Short Fiction: "The Promotion" by Larry D. Sweazy
- 2006 - Short Fiction: "Pecker's Revenge" by Lori Van Pelt
- 2007 - Best Western Short Fiction: "Comanche Moon" by Dusty Richards
- 2008 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: "Crucixion River" by Marcia MullerMarcia MullerMarcia Muller is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels.Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point, won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel...
and Bill PronziniBill PronziniBill Pronzini is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories.... - 2009 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: “Cornflower Blue” by Susan K. Salzer
External links
- Spur Award - Western Writers of AmericaWestern Writers of AmericaWestern Writers of America, founded 1953, promotes literature, both fiction and non-fiction, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional western fiction, the more than five hundred current members also include historians and other non-fiction writers as well as authors...