2015 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary

Bad Country
(Winner)
C.B. McKenzie

The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band
(Finalist)
Frances Washburn

Any Other Name
(Finalist)
Craig Johnson

First Novel

Wild Ran the Rivers
(Winner)
James D. Crownover

Historical Novel

Wild Ran the Rivers
(Winner)
James D. Crownover

Backlands
(Finalist)
Michael McGarrity

A Light in the Wilderness
(Finalist)
Jane Kirkpatrick

Juvenile Fiction

Rawhide Robinson Rides the Range
(Winner)
Rod Miller

Poison Spring
(Finalist)
Johnny D. Boggs

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
(Finalist)
Sandra Dallas

Storyteller

Alice from Dallas
(Finalist)
Marilyn Sadler

Tumbleweed Baby
(Finalist)
Anna Myers

Traditional

The Big Drift
(Winner)
Patrick Dearen

The Poacher's Daughter
(Finalist)
Michael Zimmer

Dance with the Devil
(Finalist)
J.D. March

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

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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