2013 Spur Award Contest Rules
Entries Now Accepted
Western Writers of America has released the rules for 2013 Spur Awards and entries are now being accepted by judges. There are some changes to rules from prior contest years, so please read each are of the rules carefully. Also, we have co-chairs for this year’s contest, so be certain to submit your entries to the correct judges in each category, and to the proper co-chair of the program.
Entries must be for publications first released and first copyrighted in 2012. The deadline is a postmark by Jan. 4, 2013. The Award Winners and Finalists will be announced in March 2013, with the presentations to be made at the Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24-28, 2013.
For a PDF of the rules, click on “Spur Award Rules” on the menu bar to the left of this page.
I am a writer of Western fiction. My new novel, Rusty Springs, was published in
April.
Your website would not allow entry to the rules and submission page.
Please send me the link.
I attended the conference when you held it in Spokane, WA. It was more fun that a girl desires. My novel begins in Winnemucca in a casino and follows Kitty into the wilds of Montana so I really hope to find a way to enter the book in the Spur contest.
Sincerely,
Jo Ann Bender
Jo Ann,
I have privately sent you the Spur Award Rules. I just checked the link on our page, and it is working for me.
Thank you for your interest!
Candy Moulton
I have read the rules for Spur award entry in long novel.
My novel is set in Nevada and Montana. It has been receiving high marks for
sense of place and to surviving in rural areas.
Therefore, is Rusty Springs, a contemporary novel of the west, eligible for entry?
Sincerely,
Jo Ann Bender
P.S. Thanks for sending a link to rules, etc. It connected!