Golden Spur

For the Papal order, see Order of the Golden Spur.

The Golden Spur Awards are literature awards given for distinguished western fiction about the American West by the Western Writers of America. The first Spur Awards were given in 1953.

Recent winners

Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove
Michael Blake for Dances with Wolves
Glendon Swarthout for The Shootist
Lucia St. Clair Robson for Ride the Wind
Tony Hillerman for Skinwalkers

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