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Western Writers of America announces 2022 Spur Award winners

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Saturday, March 12, 2022
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TUCSON, Ariz., March 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David Heska Wanbli Weiden has won hisfourth Spur Award in three years, and bestselling novelists Michael Punke and C.J.

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  • TUCSON, Ariz., March 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David Heska Wanbli Weiden has won hisfourth Spur Award in three years, and bestselling novelists Michael Punke and C.J.
  • Box are also 2022 winners, Western Writers of America announced Saturday at the Tucson Festival of Books.
  • Weiden's Winter Counts was a 2021 Spur winner for contemporary novel and first novel.
  • WWA (WesternWriters.org) promotes and honors the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges.

Irene Bennett Brown, author of historical and juvenile fiction, to receive Western Writers of America's Owen Wister Award

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Irene Bennett Brown, a Kansas native known for her historical and juvenile novels, will receive the 2022 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Irene Bennett Brown, a Kansas native known for her historical and juvenile novels, will receive the 2022 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.
  • "Never once did I imagine I'd be honored with the renowned Owen Wister Award," Brown said from her Jefferson, Oregon, home, where she lives with her husband, Bob, a retired research chemist.
  • "Irene Bennett Brown and her lifelong work in the field of Western literature embody the very essence of that for which the Owen Wister Award was founded," said WWA Vice President Phil Mills Jr., chair of WWA's Owen Wister Award committee.
  • The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a bison created especially for WWA by artist Robert Duffie.

Western Writers of America announces 2021 Spur Award winners

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Monday, March 8, 2021
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Robert M. Utley, the 91-year-old "Dean of Western History," and David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, are among the 2021 Spur Award winners, Western Writers of America has announced.

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Robert M. Utley, the 91-year-old "Dean of Western History," and David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, are among the 2021 Spur Award winners, Western Writers of America has announced.
  • Utley's The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas, published by the University of Nebraska Press, won for Best Historical Nonfiction.
  • Weiden's Winter Counts (Echo/HarperCollins) won Spurs for Best Contemporary Novel and Best First Novel.
  • Winners and finalists are scheduled to be honored June 16-19 at WWA's convention in Loveland, Colo.
    WWA promotes and honors the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges.

W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear to receive Western Writers of America's Owen Wister Award

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The international bestselling writing team of W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal of Cody, Wyo., will receive the 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The international bestselling writing team of W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal of Cody, Wyo., will receive the 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has announced.
  • "For more than three decades, Kathleen and Michael Gear have beenbringing the past to vivid life with their books about the indigenouspeoples.
  • Both individually and as a writing team, their work standsout for its focus and readability," WWA President Chris Enss said.
  • The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a bison created especially for WWA by artist Robert Duffie.

Western Writers of America announces 2020 Spur Award winners

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Documentarians Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, screenwriter John Fusco and first-time novelist Shannon Pufahl are among this year's Spur Award winners from Western Writers of America.

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Documentarians Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, screenwriter John Fusco and first-time novelist Shannon Pufahl are among this year's Spur Award winners from Western Writers of America.
  • Winners and finalists were announced Wednesday and are scheduled to be honored June 17-20 at WWA's convention in Rapid City, S.D.
  • Sandra Dallas also won her fourth Spur, for Someplace to Call Home (Sleeping Bear Press) for Best Juvenile Fiction.
  • WWA (WesternWriters.org) promotes and honors the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges.

Johnny D. Boggs, eight-time Spur winner, to receive Western Writers of America's Owen Wister Award

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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Johnny D. Boggs, whose eight Spur Awards are a record in the 67-year history of Western Writers of America (WesternWriters.org), will receive the organization's 2020 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature.

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Johnny D. Boggs, whose eight Spur Awards are a record in the 67-year history of Western Writers of America (WesternWriters.org), will receive the organization's 2020 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature.
  • "Johnny Boggs's writing is infused with a profound respect for the historical record as well as a passion for the frontier," WWA past president Kirk Ellis said.
  • Boggs's other awards include the 2004 Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for Spark on the Prairie and the 2015 Arkansiana Juvenile Award for Poison Spring.
  • The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a buffalo created especially for WWA by artist Robert Duffie.

Western Writers of America announces 2019 Spur Award winners

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Monday, March 4, 2019
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TUCSON, Ariz., March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnny D. Boggs won his eighth Spur Award becoming the all-time leader in Western Writers of America's 66-year history and Francisco Cant won two Spurs, the nonprofit association announced.

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  • TUCSON, Ariz., March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnny D. Boggs won his eighth Spur Award becoming the all-time leader in Western Writers of America's 66-year history and Francisco Cant won two Spurs, the nonprofit association announced.
  • Winners and finalists, announced Saturday during the Tucson Festival of Books, will be honored June 19-22 in Tucson during WWA's annual convention.
  • WWA (WesternWriters.org) promotes and honors the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges.
  • Short Nonfiction:"Art, Agency, and Conservation: A Fresh Look at Albert Bierstadt's Vision of the West" by Peter H. Hassrick (Montana the Magazine of Western History).

Will Bagley to Receive Western Writers of America's Owen Wister Award

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Will Bagley, a journalist known for monumental nonfiction books about the Mormon West and overland trails, will receive the 2019 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature from Western Writers of America (WesternWriters.org).

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  • ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Will Bagley, a journalist known for monumental nonfiction books about the Mormon West and overland trails, will receive the 2019 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature from Western Writers of America (WesternWriters.org).
  • Bagley will also be inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame, housed outside the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo.
  • Bagley has also received the Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and the Caroline Bancroft History Prize.
  • The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a buffalo created especially for Western Writers of America by artist Robert Duffie.