2020 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary

On Swift Horses
(Winner )
Shannon Pufahl

First Novel

On Swift Horses
(Winner )
Shannon Pufahl

Historical Novel

A Forgotten Evil
(Winner )
Sheldon Russell

Juvenile Fiction

Someplace to Call Home
(Winner )
Sandra Dallas

Paperback Novel

Hawke's Target
(Winner )
Reavis Wortham

Romance Novel

The Yeggman's Apprentice
(Winner)
C.K. Crigger

Traditional Novel

Cherokee America
(Winner )
Margaret Verble

Contemporary

This Side of Night
(Finalist)
J. Todd Scott

Sweep Out the Ashes
(Finalist)
Mary Clearman Blew

Historical Novel

The Glovemaker
(Finalist)
Ann Weisgarber

Cut Nose
(Finalist)
Ron Schwab

Juvenile Fiction

The Fang of Bonfire Crossing
(Finalist)
Brad McLelland; Louis Sylvester

Finding Home
(Finalist)
Corinne Joy Brown

Paperback Novel

Dark Territory
(Finalist)
Terrence McCauley

The Cost of Dying
(Finalist)
Peter Brandvold

Romance Novel

This New Day
(Finalist)
Harlan Hague

The Telegraph Proposal
(Finalist)
Gina Welborn; Becca Whitham

Traditional Novel

All Man's Land
(Finalist)
D. Laszlo Conhaim

Friends Call Me Bat
(Finalist)
Paul Colt

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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