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	Spur Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America.
		Spur Award for Best Western Novel (Short Novel)
		Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (Long Novel)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spur_Award (115 words)

	Spur Award for Best Short Fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		1987 - Short Fiction: "The Orange County Cowboys" by Max Evans
		1993 - Short Fiction: "Lou" by Jane Candia Coleman
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spur_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction (668 words)

	Spur Awards
		The Spur Awards, given annually for distinguished writing about the American West, are among the oldest and most prestigious in American literature.
		At the time awards were given to the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile, and best short story.
		Today, Spurs are offered for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction.
	www.slco.lib.ut.us /award/spur.htm (143 words)

	billingsgazette.com
		Brian Hall has won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel for "I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company," a saga of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
		Awards, for material published last year, are given for works whose inspiration, image and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of the American West.
		Short Fiction: "Second Coming" by Andrew Geyer in "Whispers in Dust and Bone" (Texas Tech University Press).
	www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/04/04/build/magazine/40-spurawards.inc (368 words)

	Spur Awards, 1980-2001
		Best Short Nonfiction: Letters From the Field: John Sylvanus Loud and the Pine Ridge Campaign of 1890-1891, by Fred Erisman and Patricia L. Erisman.
		Best Short Nonfiction: Marching with the Army of the West, by James A. Crutchfield (Blackpowder Annual, 1991).
		Best Nonfiction: Quarterdeck and Saddlehorn, by Carl Briggs and Clyde Trudell.
	www.hycyber.com /WEST/spurs.html (2253 words)

	Jack London: The Stories, by Author Dale L. Walker
		My intent was much simpler: I wanted to watch Jack London climb the ladder from the ranks of the hopeful amateur to the pinnacle of his profession (all in the astonishingly short space of a decade and a half) and learn something about how he learned his craft.
		I studied the short fiction because I believe London's true métier was the short story.
		Thus, it seems to me, London's true genius lay in the short form, 7,500 words and under, where the flood of images in his teeming brain and the innate power of his narrative gift were at once constrained and freed.
	www.jacklondons.net /writings/shortFiction/part1.html (1691 words)

	SUNY Geneseo College Libraries: New Fiction Lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She received her Masters and Doctorate degrees in psycholinguistics from Harvard and, while working as a bilingual educator, began writing fiction and poetry as a means of mediating the differences between her Puerto Rican-South Bronx upbringing and her international success as a scholar and educator.
		Lovey Nariyoshi's best friend is effeminate and endearing; her father at once loving and brutal; and her entire family is caught in a cultural gap between East and West.
		Grace Paley is the winner of several awards including the Guggenheim fellowship in fiction (1961) and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for short story writing (1970).
	library.geneseo.edu /info/fict696.shtml (3926 words)

	MWG Writer Biographies
		A short memoir of his father “Bronco Buster” was chosen in a worldwide competition for inclusion in the anthology “Sea of Voices, Isle of Story.” Action and humor stories have been published in “Adam,” “Adam Bedside Reader,” “Spree,” “Sir Knight,” “Hi-Life,” “Gent” and other men’s magazines.
		She is also a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines and has won more than 100 first place awards at the national, state and local level for her writing, editing, and layout work.
		Her short stories, poetry and non-fiction have all won local and national awards.
	www.missouriwritersguild.org /Bios.htm (10857 words)

	Spur Award History
		Spur Award winners for the contest year are announced during the awards banquet at the
		Short Story: "Lost Sister" by Dorothy M. Johnson (Collier's)
		Short Story: "Thief in Camp" by Bill Gulick
	www.westernwriters.org /spur_award_history.htm (553 words)

	Spur Awards
		In 1953, when the awards were established by WWA, western fiction was a staple of American publishing.
		Winners of the Spur Awards in previous years include Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove, Michael Blake for Dances With Wolves, Glendon Swarthout for The Shootist, and Tony Hillerman for Skinwalker.
		The Spur Awards are open to nonmembers as well as members.
	www.westernwriters.org /spur_awards.htm (302 words)

	infinity plus - M to S
		Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction - a review by Elizabeth Barrette.
		PS Publishing - innovative publisher of short fiction, novellas and novels.
		Short, Sharp Shock - a review by Nick Gifford.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /m2s.htm (3381 words)

	Legal Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His scheme was nothing short of a massive coordinated conspiracy to thwart the structure of our electoral system and to enlist illegal contributions to do it.
		In short, conservative hopes to shift the Court to the right weren't undermined by Bush, but by Rehnquist's death.
		The poor old minister tried his very best, but he could see nothing, for there was nothing to be seen.
	lawandpolitics.blogspot.com /2005_09_01_lawandpolitics_archive.html (15872 words)

	SFReader.com : Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book Reviews and More
		Two story styles many SF readers feel are missing from short speculative fiction these days: adventure fantasy and hard science-fiction, aren't actually missing at all (though you may sometimes have to look past the 'Big Four' SF publications to find them!).
		This month, Lady E. and I have unearthed a cache of hard science fiction, and not merely a trickle, but a free pipeline to what promises to be a steady source.
		Greg Beatty reviewed the fiction side of the pre-transformed F&B in one of his guest columns; Lady E., however, was impressed with some of the poetry in the past two issues.
	www.sfreader.com /db_ff062804.asp (2035 words)

	Wilkinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His first, Not Between Brothers, won the 1997 Violet Crown Award for fiction, was a Spur Award "Best Novel of the West" finalist, and was selected "Editors Choice" by The Review of Texas Books.
		Major Ridge championed the "civilization" movement within the Cherokee Nation and was the driving force behind the organization of a centralized, constituted government only to be blamed for the Trail of Tears.
		Oblivion's Altar won the 2003 Spur Award for "Best Original Paperback" and was selected as a finalist for the 2003 Oklahoma Book Awards.
	www.writersleague.org /star_wilkinson.htm (363 words)

	PEN/Faulkner 2004-2005 Readings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She is the winner of the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writer’s Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the1996 O. Henry Award for best short story.
		She was awarded the 2004 Rea Award for achievement in the short story and teaches fiction at the University of Wisconsin.
		Among her many honors are the Rea Award for the short story and a Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
	www.penfaulkner.org /events.htm (1592 words)

	Reading Resources selected by Skokie Public Library: Best Books & Award Winners Home
		The Bram Stoker Awards are presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and honor superior achievement in dark fantasy, horror, and the occult.
		The Hugo Awards are given out annually by the World Science Fiction Society and honor the best in science fiction writing.
		The Nebula Award for Best Novel is presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America.
	www.skokie.lib.il.us /s_read/rd_best (632 words)

	To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer, Riverworld book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial, Burton sets sail on the magnificent river.
		Their bizarre adventures may be seen as a satire of the heroic fiction genre.
		Farmer's other collections of short fiction include The Alley God (1962), The Celestial Blueprint (1962), Down in the Black Gang (1971), The Book of Philip Jose Farmer (1973), The Classic Philip Jose Farmer (1984), The Grand Adventure (1984), and Riders of the Purple Wage (1992).
	members.aol.com /firoane/farmer.htm (1754 words)

	Book Reviews / Bestsellers / Award Winners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Awards are given in categories of Poetry, Biography, Novel, First Novel, and Children's Book of the Year.
		"The Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) reading program was established in 1979 to encourage Texas children to read more books, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books." A list of previous winners is available.
		Fiction genres are: Y2K Stories, Erotic/Sensual Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance (Contemporary, and Historical by country), Inspirational, Regency, Time Travel/Paranormal/Futuristic, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Thriller, TV/Movie Tie-Ins, Western, and Childrens and Young Adult.
	www.waterborolibrary.org /bkrevs.htm (2374 words)

	Other Works:
		JOURNEY OF THE DEAD won two national awards: The Golden Spur from the Western Writers of America and The Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
		From the ravages of the Civil War to the early innovations of the twentieth century, the piano player who came to be known as Billy Gashade sang for his supper in saloons and bawdy houses from New York to New Mexico.
		Includes "The Bandit," which won the 1986 Spur Award for Best Western Short Fiction from the Western Writers of America.
	www.lorenestleman.com /otherworks.html (852 words)

	Welcome To Mountain Of Dreams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tameme is a bilingual, Spanish-English, literary magazine with side by side literary translations of fiction, humor, poetry and essays....
		"The Threepenny Review is America’s best magazine of the arts." —Thom Gunn "For literature in the traditional sense to continue in America, we must continue to have serious, eccentric, imaginative ma...
		art · poetry · fiction fiction · poetry · art Winter Spring 2001 Issue Fall Winter 2000 Issue failbetter.com is a quarterly literary e-zine devoted to publishing original works of fiction...
	www.mountainofdreams.com /links/trademagazines.html (737 words)

	Spur Award History
		The Spur Award is the most prestigious national award given solely for Western Literature.
		Established in 1953 by the Western Writers of America, and awarded annually, it has proven to be the greatest honor bestowed on an author or publisher of the genre.
		Short Fiction: "The Bandit" by Loren D. Estleman (Doubleday)
	www.readwest.com /spur_award_history.htm (673 words)

	Small Wars Journal
		With this in mind, Leroy Thompson describes the techniques best employed in a variety of situations, all illustrated with pictures and explained with examples of their use.
		Short and to the point, this book is a surprising modern account of employing guerilla warfare against a more powerful enemy."
		Wounded in World War I and thereafter serving in a Gurkha regiment, Slim inherited the principal command in Burma in the wake of British defeats at Hongkong, Singapore, and Rangoon; and American ones at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and in the Philippines.
	www.smallwarsjournal.com /reading_list.htm (13924 words)

	glen hirshberg : appearances : rolling darkness 2005
		However, during her stint teaching Adult Ed for the San Dieguito School District, she was fingerprinted by a sheriff's deputy who was a member of the Self-Realization Fellowship.
		His first Western short story “The Outsider,” which appeared in The Texas Rangers, was selected as one of three finalists for the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best short fiction.
		She claims this is research for fiction, but the bag full of body parts says otherwise.
	www.glenhirshberg.com /appearances/rd05.html (788 words)

	WWA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spur for Best First Novel with “The Sergeant’s Lady,” published by Forge.
		Awards, for material published last year, are given for works whose inspirat ion, image, and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of
		Andrew Geyer won the 2004 Spur Award for his short story “Second Coming,” published in “Whispers in Dust and Bone,” while Hershell H. Nixon’s “The Long Way West” was a Spur finalist for Best Juvenile Fiction.
	www.westernwriters.org /news.htm (2834 words)

	Sample Newsletter
		Jane is a tough act to follow, but I will try my best to measure up to the standard she has set.
		The contest is open to all authors of short fiction (10,000 words or less) in any genre.
		Short fiction any genre (no graphic violence or sex), maximum 1,500 words.
	www.missouriwritersguild.org /sample_newsletter.htm (4218 words)

	The Spur Awards
		Juvenile Fiction: The Meeker Massacre by Wayne Overholser and Lewis Patten
		Short Fiction: "Cimarrron, The Killer" by Benjamin Capps (Tales of the Southwest)
		Best Novel of the West: The gates of the Alamo : a novel by Stephen Harrigan
	www.mnstate.edu /schwartz/spurawards.htm (2867 words)

	Great Books to Read, Independence Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The best expose of the junk science and petty tyranny which dominate the smoking prohibition movement.
		Among the infamous "statistics" which Best debunks are claims that 10% of Americans are gay, that 150,000 women die every year from anorexia, and the attendance at Louis Farrakhan's "Million" Man March.
		The best legal history of the right to arms, in both federal and state courts.
	www.davekopel.com /book.htm (6792 words)

	Western Writers to Gather at Nevada Resort for Book-Signing
		In addition, we have many publishing houses, editors and agents coming to this year's convention." Utah resident Win Blevins, whose "So Wild a Dream" won the WWA's Spur Award this year for Best Novel of the West, is scheduled to sign.
		Other participating Spur winners include Andrew Geyer, whose book "Second Coming" included the winner for Best Short Fiction; Miles Hood Swarthout ("The Sergeant's Lady," Best First Novel); Ginger Wadsworth ("Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers," Best Juvenile Nonfiction Book); and Barbara Wright ("Plain Language," Best Original Paperback Novel).
		Also on hand will be Utah historian Will Bagley, a 2003 Spur winner for "Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows," and novelist Johnny D. Boggs, whose "Spark on the Prairie" won this year's Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for Outstanding Western Novel.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-07-2004/0002188803&EDATE= (399 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This anthology fulfills his vision of a collection of fiction and cross-genre prose by contemporary Latino/a writers on "unspeakable" topics. These works upset and disturb the gentleman's agreement upon which some of the current politics of Latino identity are precariously based.
		Publishers Weekly as one of the fourteen most important fiction debuts of the Spring and Summer 2002 seasons--and forty published short stories in magazines, newspapers, books, and literary journals in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
		Not Between Brothers, won the 1997 Violet Crown Award for fiction, was a Spur Award "Best Novel of the West" finalist, and was selected "Editors Choice" by The Review of Texas Books.
	www.bclib.org /bbb/fiction.html (5277 words)

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