Spur Awards are literary prizes given annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished...
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A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or...
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Look up Spur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spur is a metal instrument fastened to the heel of a horse rider. Spur or Spurs may also refer to: Bone...
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Fame. Buster was chosen as the recipient of the 2012 National Golden Spur Award for his "outstanding contributions to the ranching and livestock industry"...
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This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Short Fiction: 1953 - Short Story: "Gun Job" by Thomas Thompson 1954 - Short...
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2015. Retrieved December 30, 2023. "The Homesman screenplay Wins WWA Spur Award". PR Newswire. March 12, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2023. The Homesman...
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gold spurs are awarded for combat inductions while silver spurs represent having completed the Spur Ride. Within the tradition, silver spurs and gold...
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The Naked Spur is a 1953 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, and Millard...
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The Spur Award for Best Novel of the West is a category formerly used by the Western Writers of America (WWA) as part of the annual Spur Awards. It was...
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Elmer Kelton (section Awards)
2007. Kelton's novels won seven Spur Awards, from the Western Writers of America, and three Western Heritage Awards, from the National Cowboy & Western...
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The Spur Award for Best Western Novel is a prize given by the Western Writers of America as part of the annual Spur Awards. The category was introduced...
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Tanya Landman (section Awards)
Western Writers of America 2009 Spur Award for her novel I Am Apache. Her work has also been shortlisted for numerous other awards: the 2008 Booktrust Teenage...
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active in the investigations. Spider Woman's Daughter garnered the 2014 Spur Award for Best First Novel from the Western Writers of America, and landed on...
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Michael Landon (category International Emmy Founders Award winners)
Michael Landon Before His Death". People. Retrieved September 11, 2022. "Spur Award History: 1980". Western Writers of America. 2007. Archived from the original...
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Sandra Dallas (section Awards & honors)
region. She is a 2003 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Novel and a 2008 recipient of the Spur Award for Best Western Short Novel. Dallas received...
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Writers of America Spur Award for Best TV Script, Michael Landon, episode "May We Make Them Proud"[citation needed] 1982: Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement...
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S. Craig Zahler (section Awards and nominations)
Congregation of Jackals, was nominated for The Spur Award by the Western Writers of America and The Peacemaker Award by the Western Fictioneers. Corpus Chrome...
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Foundation Award Short Story Award Sophie Brody Award Spur Award St. Francis College Literary Prize St. Louis Literary Award Stone Award for Lifetime...
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Jack Haley Jr. (category Primetime Emmy Award winners)
Jr., was an American director, producer, and writer, and a two-time Emmy Award recipient. His credits include directing the 1974 compilation film That's...
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Cut to Red River is a 1958 western novel by Noel Loomis that won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel. During an expedition to expand to establish a...
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Richard S. Wheeler (section Awards)
of the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions to Western literature, and is a six-time Western Writers of America Spur Award winner. Born in Milwaukee...
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Hoffman on which the movie is based. Hoffman was awarded the 1967 Western Writers of America Spur Award. It was an Italian-Spanish-French co-production...
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Winfred Blevins (section Awards)
of the Year' by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, and winning two Spur Awards for Novel of the West. Blevins, of Cherokee, Welsh-Irish, and African-American...
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Nic Pizzolatto (category Writers Guild of America Award winners)
third prize in the 2010 Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, and additionally won the 2011 Spur Award for Best First Novel from the Western Writers of America...
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Robert Fuller (actor) (section Awards)
2007, he won the Silver Spur Award along with Stuart Whitman, Peter Brown, and Dean Smith, who received a lifetime achievement award. On April 12, 2008, Fuller...
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The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA)...
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The Spur Posse was a "white, suburban clique" of former and current Lakewood High School students from Lakewood, California. The members of the group,...
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was the recipient of the Charles Goodnight Award from TCU. In 2001, she received the National Golden Spur Award from the National Ranching Heritage Center...
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"Spur Award History". Western Writers of America. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2010-01-21. "Danger Along the Ohio-Create Award Winning...
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Harry Carey Jr. (section Awards)
Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. That same year he also received the Silver Spur award that was given to him by Reel Cowboys. Carey Jr., Harry (1994). Company...
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