- Short Fiction: "The Bandit" by Loren D. Estleman 1987 - Short Fiction: "The Orange County Cowboys" by Max Evans 1988 - Short Fiction: "Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography" by Robert J. Conley 1989 - Short Fiction: "The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing" by Harry W Paige 1990 - Short Fiction: "Just As I Am" by Joyce Gibson Roach 1991 - Short Fiction: "Cimarron, The Killer" by Benjamin Capps 1992 - Short Fiction: "The Face" by Ed Gorman 1993 - Short Fiction: "Lou" by Jane Candia Coleman 1994 - Short Fiction: "Charity" by Sandra Whiting 1995 - Short Fiction: `Are You Coming Back, Phin Montana?" by Jane Candia Coleman 1996 - Short Fiction: "The Alchemist" by Loren D. Estleman 1997 - In this year the WWA Executive Board voted to redesignate the Spur Awards to reflect the year the award is presented rather than the year the work was published. 1998 - Short Fiction: "Sue Ellen Learns to Dance" by Judy Alter 1999 - Short Fiction: "Secrets of the Lost Cannon" by Allen P. Bristow 2000 - Short Fiction: "Opening Day" by David Marion Wilkinson 2001 - Best Western Short Fiction: “All or Nothing” by Gary Svee 2002 - Short Fiction: "A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing" by Johnny D. Boggs 2003 - Best Western Short Fiction: "The Old Man" by Jimbo Brewer 2004 - Short Fiction: "Second Coming" by Andrew Geyer 2005 - Short Fiction: "The Promotion" by Larry D. Sweazy 2006 - Short Fiction: "Pecker's Revenge" by Lori Van Pelt 2007 - Best Western Short Fiction: "Comanche Moon" by Dusty Richards 2008 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: "Crucifixion River" by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini 2009 - Best Western Short Fiction Story: “Cornflower Blue” by Susan K. Salzer 2010 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:“At the End of the Orchard” by John D. Nesbitt 2011 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:“Bonnie and Clyde in the Backyard” by K.L. Cook 2012 - Best Western Short Fiction Story:(tie) “The Death of Delgado” by Rod Miller and “The Deacon’s Horse” by Clay Reynolds External links Spur Award - Western Writers of America American literary awards Literature lists American literature-related lists