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Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional Western fiction , the more than 600 current members also include historians and other nonfiction writers, as well as authors from other genres.
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The Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature, first awarded in 1961, is also a Western Writers of America award, distinct from the Spur Awards. Initially, there were five Spur Awards categories: western novel, historical novel, juvenile, short story, and reviewer.
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 in 1953, when it was known simply as the "Novel" award.
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.
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 introduced for the awards' 1988 iteration, replacing the earlier category of Best Historical Novel.
American Western (genre) novelists (1 C, 59 P) Pages in category "Western (genre) writers" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total.
In 1957, the Western Writers of America gave her its highest award, the Spur Award, for "Lost Sister", a short story in The Hanging Tree collection, that deals with the reintegration into white settler society of Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been kidnapped by Comanche as a child.