This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the

Spur Award Spur Awards are literary prizes awarded annually by the Western Writers of America (WWA). The purpose of the Spur Awards is to honor writers for distinguished writing about the American West. The Spur awards began in 1953, the same year the WWA wa ...

for Best Short Fiction: * 1953 - Short Story: "Gun Job" by Thomas Thompson * 1954 - Short Story: "Blood on the Sun" by Thomas Thompson * 1955 - Short Story: "Bad Company" by

S. Omar Barker S. Omar Barker (June 16, 1894 – April 2, 1985), was an American cowboy poet, politician rancher, and teacher in New Mexico. He published many books, including ''Vientos de las Sierras'' (1924), ''Buckaroo Ballads'' (1928) and ''Rawhide Rhymes: ...

* 1956 - Short Story: "Lost Sister" by

Dorothy M. Johnson Dorothy Marie Johnson (December 19, 1905 – November 11, 1984) was an American writer best known for her Western fiction. Biography Early life Dorothy Marie Johnson was born in McGregor, Iowa, the only daughter of Lester Eugene Johnson and Ma ...

* 1957 - Short Story: "The Brushoff' by Peggy Simson Curry * 1958 - Short Story: "Thief in Camp" by Bill Gulick * 1959 - Short Story: "Grandfather Out of the Past" by

Noel Loomis Noel Loomis (April 3, 1905 – September 7, 1969) was a writer, principally of western, mystery and science-fiction, in the middle of the 20th century. Born and raised in the American West, he was sufficiently familiar with that territory to wr ...

* 1960 - Short Story: "The Shaming of Broken Horn" by Bill Gulick * 1961 - Short Story: `A Town Named Hate" by

John Prebble John Edward Curtis Prebble, FRSL, OBE, (23 June 1915 – 30 January 2001) was an English journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. He is known for his studies of Scottish history. Early life He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, but in 192 ...

* 1962 - Short Story: "Isley's Stranger" by Will Henry * 1963 - Short Story: "Comanche Woman" by Fred Grove * 1964 - Short Story: "Log Studio of C.M. Russell" by Lola Shelton * 1965 - Short Material: "Tallest Indian in Toltepec" by Will Henry * 1966 - Short Material: "Empty Saddles at Christmas" by S. Omar Barker * 1967 - Short Material: "The Guns of William Longley" by

Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime ...

* 1968 - Short Material: "When the Caballos Came" by Fred Grove * 1969 - Short Subject: "Westward to Blood and Glory" by Cliff Farrell * 1970 - Short Subject: "In the Silence" by Peggy Simson Curry * 1971 - Short Subject: "Shootout in Burke Canyon" by Earl Clark * 1972 - Short Subject: "Call of the Cow Country?' by Harry F. Webb * 1973 - Short Subject: "The Comancheros" by John Harrell * 1974 - Short Subject: (tie) "The Other Nevadan" by

Robert Laxalt Robert Laxalt (September 25, 1923 – March 23, 2001) was a Basque-American writer from Nevada. Biography Robert Laxalt was born in 1924, a decade and a half after his father Dominique Laxalt and his mother Theresa Laxalt had emigrated to th ...

and "Buried Money" by Eve Ball * 1975 - Short Subject: "Apaches in the History of the Southwest" by Donald Worcester * 1976 - Short Subject: "Jonathan Gilliam & The White Man's Burden" by C. L. Sonnichsen * 1977 - Short Subject: "Where the Cowboys Hunkered Down" by John L. Sinclair * 1978 - Short Subject: `A Season for Heroes" by Carla Kelly * 1979 - Short Subject: "Jason Glendauer's Watch" by James Bellah * 1980 - Short Subject: "One Man's Code" by Wayne Barton * 1981 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter" by Carla Kelly * 1982 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Horseman" by

Oakley Hall Oakley Maxwell Hall (July 1, 1920 – May 12, 2008) was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were ...

* 1983 - Short Subject (Fiction): "The Ten Sleep Mail" by William F. Bragg, Jr. * 1984 - Short Subject (Fiction): "Sale of One Small Ranch" by Paul St. Pierre * 1985 - Short Fiction: "The Way It Was Told to Me" by Bill Brett * 1986 - Short Fiction: "The Bandit" by

Loren D. Estleman Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He is known for a series of crime novels featuring the investigator Amos Walker. Life and work Estleman graduated fro ...

* 1987 - Short Fiction: "The Orange County Cowboys" by Max Evans * 1988 - Short Fiction: "Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography" by Robert J. Conley * 1989 - Short Fiction: "The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing" by Harry W Paige * 1990 - Short Fiction: "Just As I Am" by Joyce Gibson Roach * 1991 - Short Fiction: "Cimarron, The Killer" by Benjamin Capps * 1992 - Short Fiction: "The Face" by Ed Gorman * 1993 - Short Fiction: "Lou" by Jane Candia Coleman * 1994 - Short Fiction: "Charity" by Sandra Whiting * 1995 - Short Fiction: `Are You Coming Back, Phin Montana?" by Jane Candia Coleman * 1996 - Short Fiction: "The Alchemist" by

* 1997 - In this year the WWA Executive Board voted to redesignate the Spur Awards to reflect the year the award is presented rather than the year the work was published. * 1998 - Short Fiction: "Sue Ellen Learns to Dance" by Judy Alter * 1999 - Short Fiction: "Secrets of the Lost Cannon" by Allen P. Bristow * 2000 - Short Fiction: "Opening Day" by David Marion Wilkinson * 2001 - Best Western Short Fiction: “All or Nothing” by Gary Svee * 2002 - Short Fiction: "A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing" by Johnny D. Boggs * 2003 - Best Western Short Fiction: "The Old Man" by Jimbo Brewer * 2004 - Short Fiction: "Second Coming" by Andrew Geyer * 2005 - Short Fiction: "The Promotion" by Larry D. Sweazy * 2006 - Short Fiction: "Pecker's Revenge" by Lori Van Pelt * 2007 - Best Western Short Fiction: "Comanche Moon" by Dusty Richards * 2008 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: "Crucifixion River" by

Marcia Muller Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional Mystery (fiction), mystery and Thriller (genre), thriller novels. Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female private detective character. ''Va ...

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Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is ...

* 2009 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: “Cornflower Blue” by Susan K. Salzer * 2010 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:“At the End of the Orchard” by John D. Nesbitt * 2011 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:“Bonnie and Clyde in the Backyard” by K.L. Cook * 2012 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:(tie) “The Death of Delgado” by Rod Miller and “The Deacon’s Horse” by Clay Reynolds

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