Spur Award2009

Vergeben durch Western Writers of America Inc. (WWA)

Andere Namen: Golden Spur Award (Englisch)
29 Werke 3,084 Bücher 148 Rezensionen ½ 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 mehr anzeigen 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. weniger anzeigen
Etappen:
Alle, Winner (435), Finalist (236)
Kategorien:
Alle, Biographie (10), Children's Picture Book (4), Finalist (1), First Nonfiction Book (6), Erster Roman (22), First Western Novel (1), Historical Novel (34), Juvenile (24), Juvenile Fiction (33), Juvenile Nonfiction (33), Mass Market Paperback Novel (8), Medicine Pipe Bearer Award (14), Sachbücher (37), Nonfiction-Biography (12), Nonfiction-Contemporary (15), Nonfiction-Historical (12), Roman (32), Novel of the West (19), Original Mass Market Paperback (14), Original Mass Market Paperback Novel (3), Original Paperback (16), Original Paperback Novel (1), Poesie, Dichtkunst, Lyrik (5), Liebesromane (2), Romance Novel (1), Storyteller (18), Storyteller (Illustrated Children’s Book) (2), Storyteller (llustrated Children’s Book) (1), Storyteller Award (8), Traditional Novel (9), Western Audiobook (3), Western Biography (9), Western Contemporary Nonfiction (23), Western Contemporary Novel (24), Western Historical Nonfiction (22), Western Historical Novel (15), Western Juvenile Fiction (23), Western Juvenile Nonfiction (17), Western Long Novel (16), Western Mass Market Paperback Novel (7), Western Nonfiction Biography (17), Western Nonfiction Contemporary (16), Western Nonfiction Historical (16), Western Novel (22), Western Romance Novel (4), Western Short Fiction (1), Western Short Novel (14), Western Storyteller (2), Western Storyteller (Illustrated Childrens' Book) (2), Western Storyteller, illustrated Children’s Book (2), Western Traditional Novel (15), Keine Kategorie (4)
Jahre:
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

WerkKategorieJahr
The Wheat Doll von Alison RandallStoryteller2009
I Am Apache von Tanya LandmanWestern Juvenile Fiction2009
The Trial of Standing Bear von Frank KeatingWestern Juvenile Nonfiction2009
Shavetail von Thomas CobbWestern Long Novel2009
Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America von Meredith Mason BrownWestern Nonfiction Biography2009
Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball Champions of the World von Linda PeavyWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2009
Hunting the American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport, 1800-1900 von Richard C. RattenburyWestern Nonfiction Historical2009
Another Man's Moccasins von Craig JohnsonWestern Short Novel2009
God's Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana von Carol Buchanan2009

Finalist 20

WerkKategorieJahr
Undiscovered Country: A Novel von Lin EngerFirst Novel2009
Her Enemies, Blue & Gray von Ellen Gray MasseyJuvenile Fiction2009
The Gold Rush Kid von Mary WaldorfJuvenile Fiction2009
The Trespassers (Leisure Historical Fiction) von Andrew J. FenadyOriginal Mass Market Paperback2009
I, Quantrill von Max McCoyOriginal Mass Market Paperback2009
Ten-Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show von Susan Stevens CrummelStoryteller Award2009
Daniel Boone's Great Escape von Michael P. SpradlinStoryteller Award2009
Letter of the Law von C. K. CriggerWestern Audiobook2009
A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades) von Gina CapaldiWestern Juvenile Nonfiction2009
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West von Sid FleischmanWestern Juvenile Nonfiction2009
Wolves at Our Door von J.P.S. BrownWestern Long Novel2009
The Long Knives Are Crying von Joseph M. Marshall, IIIWestern Long Novel2009
Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (The Western Legacies Series) von Margot KahnWestern Nonfiction Biography2009
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir von Donald WorsterWestern Nonfiction Biography2009
Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn Since 1876 von Jerome A. GreeneWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2009
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak von David SchweidelWestern Nonfiction Contemporary2009
Frontier Medicine: From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941 von David DaryWestern Nonfiction Historical2009
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn--The Last Great Battle of the American West von Jim DonovanWestern Nonfiction Historical2009
Dreams Beneath Your Feet von Win BlevinsWestern Short Novel2009
Killstraight von Johnny D. BoggsWestern Short Novel2009

Beschreibungen

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, Preisverleiher)
URL: https://westernwriters.org/spur-awards/
Lists of Spur Award winners are at:
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