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FOR BEST WESTERN NOVEL 1954-2003 |
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FOR BEST WESTERN NOVEL 1954-2003 |
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Illustration by Frederick Remington
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The Spur awards, given annually for distinguished writing about the American West were established in 1953 by the Western Writers of America. At the time awards were given for the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile, and best short story. Today, Spurs are given for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction as well as other categories. The following list contains the winners for "Best Western Novel" (1954-1997) and "Best Western Novel Under 90,000 Words" (1998-2000). See also at this site "Best Novel of the West Over 90,000 Words."
| 2003 | Sandra Dallas | The Chili Queen |
| 2002 | Elmer Kelton | The Way of the Coyote |
| 2001 | Mike Blakely | Summer of Pearls |
| 2000 | Richard S. Wheeler | Masterson |
| 1999 | Loren D. Estleman | Journey of the Dead |
| 1998 | Cynthia Haselhoff | The Kiowa Verdict |
| 1997 | Will Camp | Blood of Texas |
| 1996 | Robert Conley | The Dark Island |
| 1995 | Tom Edison | St Agnes' Stand |
| 1994 | Charles Hackenberry | Friends |
| 1993 | Robert J. Conley | Nickajack |
| 1992 | Richard Matheson | Journal of the Gun Years |
| 1991 | Gary Svee | Sanctuary |
| 1990 | Richard Wheeler | Fool's Coach |
| 1989 | Judy Alter | Mattie |
| 1988 | Tony Hillerman | Skinwalker |
| 1987 | Ralph Robert Beer | The Blind Corral |
| 1986 | Larry McMurty | Lonesome Dove |
| 1985 | No Award | |
| 1984 | Frank Roderus | Leaving Kansas |
| 1983 | Fred Grove | Match Race |
| 1982 | Elmer Kelton | Eye of the Hawk |
| 1981 | Jeanne Williams | The Valient Women |
| 1980 | William Decker | The Holdouts |
| 1979 | Norma Zollinger | Riders to Cibola |
| 1978 | Fred Grove | The Great Horse Race |
| 1977 | Lou Cameron | The Spirit Horses |
| 1976 | Douglas C. Jones | The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer |
| 1975 | Stephen Overholser | A Hanging in Sweetwater |
| 1974 | Elmer Kelton | The Time It Never Rained |
| 1973 | Lewis B. Patten | A Killing in Kiowa |
| 1972 | Elmer kelton | The Day the Cowboys Quit |
| 1971 | Clifton Adams | The Last Days of Wolf Garnett |
| 1970 | Clifton Adams | Tragg's Choice |
| 1969 | Louis L'Amour | Down the Long Hills |
| 1968 | Lee Hoffman | The Valdez Horses |
| 1967 | Herbert R. Purdum | My Brother John |
| 1966 | Benjamin Capps | Sam Chance |
| 1965 | Benjamin Capps | The Trail to Ogllala |
| 1964 | Leigh Brackett | Follow the Free Wind |
| 1963 | Fred Grove | Comanche Captives |
| 1962 | Giles Lutz | The Honyoker |
| 1961 | Will C. Brown | The Nameless Breed |
| 1960 | Nelson Nye | Long Run |
| 1959 | Noel Loomis | Short Cut to Red River |
| 1958 | Elmer Kelton | Buffalo Wagons |
| 1957 | Leslie Ernenwein | High Gun |
| 1956 | L.P. Holmes | Somewhere They Die |
| 1955 | Wayne D. OverholserP | The Violent Land |
| 1954 | Lee Leighton | Lawman |
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