2014 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary

Light of the World
(Winner)
James Lee Burke

Kind of Kin
(Finalist)
Rilla Askew

First Novel

Spider Woman's Daughter
(Winner)
Anne Hillerman

Crossing Purgatory
(Finalist)
Gary Schanbacher

La Grulla
(Finalist)
John R. Wright

Historical Novel

Silent We Stood
(Winner)
Henry Chappell

Greasy Grass
(Finalist)
Johnny D. Boggs

The Promise
(Finalist)
Ann Weisgarber

Juvenile Fiction

Papa's Gold
(Winner)
Ellen Gray Massey

Summer of the Star
(Finalist)
Johnny D. Boggs

How I Became a Ghost, Book 1
(Finalist)
Tim Tingle

Storyteller

Yosemite's Songster: One Coyote's Story
(Winner)
Ginger Wadsworth

Standing in for Lincoln Green
(Finalist)
David Mackintosh

May Finds Her Way
(Finalist)
Betty Selakovich Casey

Traditional

Crossing Purgatory
(Winner)
Gary Schanbacher

Destiny Made Them Brothers
(Finalist)
Andrew J. Fenady

Award Categories

Children's Picture Book

Children-Y/A Fiction

Contemporary Novel

First Novel

Historical Novel

Juvenile Fiction

Long Novel

Mass Market Paperback Novel

Medicine Pipe Bearer (First Novel)

Novel of the West

Romance Novel

Short Novel

Short Story

Storyteller

Traditional Novel

Western Juv Fic

Western Long Novel

Western Novel

Award Years

2024

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2021

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