2021 Spur Award (Awarded by Western Writers of America)

Awards List

Contemporary Novel

Winter Counts
(Winner )
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

The King of Taos
(Finalist)
Max Evans

The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez
(Finalist)
Rudy Ruiz

First Novel

Winter Counts
(Winner)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

Historical Novel

All Things Left Wild
(Winner )
James Wade

Stardust Trail
(Finalist)
J.R. Sanders
  • / Mystery
  • Buy Buy

Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves
(Finalist)
Sidney Thompson

Juvenile Fiction

Dilly
(Winner )
Matthew P. Mayo

Silverbelly
(Finalist)
S.J. Dahlstrom

City of Gold
(Finalist)
Will Hobbs

Mass Market Paperback Novel

A Thousand Texas Longhorns
(Winner )
Johnny D. Boggs

Gunpowder Express
(Finalist)
Brett Cogburn

Beyond the Goodnight Trail
(Finalist)
Roy V. Gaston

Romance Novel

Midnight's Whisperer
(Winner )
Tom Lowe

Forever Hidden
(Finalist)
Tracie Peterson; Kimberley Woodhouse

The Valley of Deision
(Finalist)
Major Mitchell

Short Story

Belthanger
(Winner )
Kevin Wolf

Father Goose
(Finalist)
Jodi Thomas
in The Cowboy Who Saved Christmas

Statues
(Finalist)
Allen Morris Jones

Storyteller

Run Cow Run
(Winner )
Cami Carlson

Bandit the Cow Dog
(Finalist)
Phi Mills Jr.

Bolo the Brave
(Finalist)
Jim Jones

Traditional Novel

Like Rum-Drunk Angels
(Winner )
Tyler Enfield

The Fortunes and Vicissitudes of Stern Whitman
(Finalist)
Derek Burnett

All Gods Children
(Finalist)
Aaron Gwyn

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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