2019 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary

The Flicker of Old Dreams
(Winner )
Susan Henderson

Deep Fire Rise
(Finalist)
Jon Gosch

Broken Field
(Finalist)
Jeff Hull

First Novel

The River by Starlight
(Winner )
Ellen Notbohm

Historical Novel

River of Porcupines
(Winner )
G.K. Aalborg

Line of Glory
(Finalist)
Thomas D. Clagett

The Long Shadow
(Finalist)
Beth Kanell

This Scorched Earth
(Finalist)
W. Michael Gear

Juvenile Fiction

Taos Lightning
(Winner)
Johnny D. Boggs
  • / Historical
  • Buy Buy

Rawhide Robinson Rides a Dromedary
(Finalist)
Rod Miller

Hardscrabble
(Finalist)
Sandra Dallas

Paperback Original

Hawke's War
(Winner )
Reavis Wortham

No Justice in Hell
(Finalist)
Charles G. West

Where the Bullets Fly
(Finalist)
Terrence McCauley

Romance Novel

The Woman Who Built A Bridge
(Winner)
C.K. Crigger

Courting Carrie in Wonderland
(Finalist)
Carla Kelly

Out of the Ashes
(Finalist)
Tracie Peterson; Kimberley Woodhouse

Short Story

Buck's Last Ride
(Winner )
Therese Greenwood
  • / Historical
  • Buy Buy

Byrd's Luck
(Finalist)
Jeffrey J. Mariotte
  • / Historical
  • Buy Buy

Wren's Perch
(Finalist)
Vonn McKee
  • / Historical
  • Buy Buy

Traditional

The Return of Kid Cooper
(Winner )
Brad Smith

The River by Starlight
(Finalist)
Ellen Notbohm

Born to the Badge
(Finalist)
Mark Warren

Award Categories

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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