2017 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary

Off the Grid
(Winner)
C.J. Box

Hidden Star
(Finalist)
Corinne Joy Brown

Jasper Spring
(Finalist)
James T. Hughes

First Novel

Jasper Spring
(Winner)
James T. Hughes

Juvenile Fiction

Trouble Returns
(Winner)
Nancy Oswald

The Green Colt
(Finalist)
S.J. Dahlstrom

Paperback Original

Return to Red River
(Winner)
Johnny D. Boggs

Powder River
(Finalist)
S.K. Salzer

Widowmaker Jones
(Finalist)
Brett Cogburn

Storyteller

Seasons of the Bear
(Winner)
Ginger Wadsworth

Big Buckaroo Goes to the Special Olympics
(Finalist)
Rachelle (Rocky) Gibbons

Traditional

The Mustanger and the Lady
(Winner)
Dusty Richards

The Contractor
(Finalist)
James C. Work

News of the World
(Finalist)
Paulette Jiles

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

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