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.
2 comments:
Writerfella here --
What the article doesn't mention is this: what was Hillerman's competition? Was he the only entry or were there others? writerfella knows that Tony Hillerman rarely enters the competition for the Friend of The Navajo Nation Award IF THERE ARE OTHER ENTRIES AND ENTRANTS. He won that award once and so far, never has competed after the fact.
Yes, he's won an Edgar (named for Edgar Allen Poe) but has he competed for such an award in every year that one of his 'Native' mysteries appeared? The answer to that question may be quite revealing...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'
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
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