March 23, 2007

Hillerman wins another award

Hillerman, Sides win 2007 Spurs AwardsNovelist Tony Hillerman of Albuquerque and writer Hampton Sides of Santa Fe have won 2007 Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America.

He also won a Spur in 1987 for "Skinwalkers," another novel in the series.

1 comment:

Rob said...

http://www.westernwriters.org/spur_awards.htm

The office of the Spur Award Chair would like to announce the close of the 2007 Spur Awards competition. We are pleased to report receiving a total of 436 submissions broken down by category as follows:

The office of the Spur Award Chair would like to announce the close of the 2007 Spur Awards competition. We are pleased to report receiving a total of 436 submissions broken down by category as follows:

* Short Novel  54
* Long Novel  28
* Paperback (mass market)  35
* First Novel  31
* Biography  19
* Historical  39
* Contemporary  42
* Short Fiction  67
* Short Nonfiction  41
* Juvenile Fiction  18
* Juvenile Nonfiction  10
* Storyteller  17
* Drama  3
* Documentary  9
* Poetry  18
* Audiobook  5