Spur Award Winners Western Novel

Awards List

2006

Camp Ford (Winner)
Johnny D. Boggs

Jun-2005
/ Historical

The Undertaker's Wife (Winner)
Loren D. Estleman

Aug-2005
/ General Fiction

2005

Buy the Chief a Cadillac (Winner)
Rick Steber

2004
/ Historical

2004

I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company (Winner)
Brian Hall

Jan-2003
/ Historical

2003

The Chili Queen (Winner)
Sandra Dallas

Sep-2002
/ Historical

2002

Way of the Coyote (Winner)
Elmer Kelton

Dec-2001
/ Historical

2001

Summer of Pearls (Winner)
Mike Blakely

Sep-2000
/ Historical

2000

Masterson (Winner)
Richard S. Wheeler

Oct-1999
/ Historical

1999

Journey of the Dead (Winner)
Loren D. Estleman

Apr-1998
/ Historical

1998

The Kiowa Verdict (Winner)
Cynthia Haseloff

Nov-1997
/ Historical

1996

Blood of Texas (Winner)
Will Camp

Aug-1997
/ Historical

1995

The Dark Island (Winner)
Robert J. Conley

Apr-1995
/ Historical

1994

St. Agnes' Stand (Winner)
Thomas Eidson

Oct-1994
/ Historical

1993

Friends (Winner)
Charles Hackenberry

1993
/ Historical

1992

Nickajack (Winner)
Robert J. Conley

Mar-1992
/ Historical

1991

Journal of the Gun Years (Winner)
Richard Matheson

Mar-1992
/ Historical

1990

Sanctuary (Winner)
Gary D. Svee

Nov-1990
/ Historical

1989

Fool's Coach (Winner)
Richard S. Wheeler

Jun-1989
/ Historical

1988

Mattie (Winner)
Judy Alter

Jan-1988
/ Historical Romance

1987

Skinwalkers (Winner)
Tony Hillerman

Nov-1986
/ Police Procedural

1986

The Blind Corral (Winner)
Ralph Robert Beer

1986
/ Historical

1985

Lonesome Dove (Winner)
Larry McMurtry

Jun-1985
/ Historical

1983

Leaving Kansas (Winner)
Frank Roderus

1983
/ Historical

1982

Match Race (Winner)
Fred Grove

Nov-1982
/ Historical

1981

Eyes of the Hawk (Winner)
Elmer Kelton

1981
/ Historical

Horizon (Winner)
Lee Head

Sep-1981
/ Suspense

1980

The Valiant Women (Winner)
Jeanne Williams

Jul-1980
/ Historical Romance

1979

The Holdouts (Winner)
William Decker

1979
/ Historical

1978

Riders to Cibola (Winner)
Norman Zollinger

1978
/ Historical

1977

The Great Horse Race (Winner)
Fred Grove

Mar-1977
/ Historical

1976

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (Winner)
Douglas C. Jones

1976
/ Historical

The Spirit Horses (Winner)
Lou Cameron

1976
/ Historical

1975

The Shootist (Winner)
Glendon Swarthout

Jan-1975
/ Historical

1974

A Hanging In Sweetwater (Winner)
Stephen Overholser

1974
/ Historical

1973

The Time It Never Rained (Winner)
Elmer Kelton

1973
/ Historical

1972

A Killing in Kiowa (Winner)
Lewis B. Patten

1972
/ Historical

1971

The Day the Cowboys Quit (Winner)
Elmer Kelton

Jun-1971
/ Historical

1970

Last Days of Wolf Garnett (Winner)
Clifton Adams

1970
/ Historical

1969

Tragg's Choice (Winner)
Clifton Adams

1969
/ Historical

1968

Down the Long Hills (Winner)
Louis L'Amour

Jan-1968
/ Historical

1967

The Valdez Horses (Winner)
Lee Hoffman

1967
/ Historical

1966

My Brother John (Winner)
Herbert R. Purdum

1966
/ Historical

1965

Sam Chance (Winner)
Benjamin Capps

1964
/ Historical

1964

The Trail to Ogallala (Winner)
Benjamin Capps

1964
/ Historical

1963

Follow the Free Wind (Winner)
Leigh Brackett

1963
/ Historical

1962

Comanche Captives (Winner)
Fred Grove

1962
/ Historical

1961

The Honyocker (Winner)
Giles A. Lutz

1961
/ Historical

1960

The Nameless Breed (Winner)
Will C. Brown

1960
/ Historical

1959

Long Run (Winner)
Nelson Nye

1959
/ Historical

1958

Short Cut to Red River (Winner)
Noel M. Loomis

1958
/ Historical

1957

Buffalo Wagons (Winner)
Elmer Kelton

1957
/ Historical

1956

High Gun (Winner)
Leslie Ernenwein

1956
/ Historical

1955

Somewhere They Die (Winner)
L.P. Holmes

1955
/ Historical

1954

The Violent Land (Winner)
Wayne D. Overholser

1954
/ Historical

1953

Law Man (Winner)
Lee Leighton

1953
/ Historical

Award Categories

Mass Market Paperback Novel

Medicine Pipe Bearer (First Novel)

Award Years