For Immediate Release
Press Release
For Interview or Additional Information:
Or Email: paul@paulbagdon.com
PAUL BAGDON NAMED “2007 SPUR AWARD” FINALIST
FOR BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK IN WESTERN WRITING
April 1, 2007 – ROCHESTER, NY. Local Western Author Paul Bagdon’s
2006 novel, Deserter, has been chosen as a national 2007 Spur Award
finalist. The Spur Award is awarded by Western Writers of America
(WWA), a 500 member professional trade association representing the
western genre.
The Spur Award is considered one of the oldest and most prestigious in
American literature. In 1953, when the awards were established by WWA,
western fiction was a staple of American publishing. At the time awards
were given to the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile,
and best short story. Since then the awards have been broadened to
include other types of writing about the West. Today, Spurs are offered
for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long
novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short
nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best
history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture
drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel
(called The Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award).
Paul Bagdon’s, Deserter, published by Dorchester in 2006, won the
distinction of finalist in the category of Best Original Paperback.
Winners of the Spur Awards in previous years include Larry McMurtry for
Lonesome Dove, Michael Blake for Dances With Wolves, Glendon
Swarthout for The Shootist, and Tony Hillerman for Skinwalker.
Paul Bagdon, a former horseman and rodeo champion is author of over
30 novels, and a lifelong resident of Rochester, NY, where he currently
teaches writing. He is currently working on a sequel to his 2006 novel,
Partners, also published by Dorchester. He also writes Christian
Romance under a pen name: Paige Lee Elliston.
The author’s website is www.paulbagdon.com. For more information on
the contest, visit www.westernwriters.org.
Press Release
For Interview or Additional Information:
Or Email: paul@paulbagdon.com
PAUL BAGDON NAMED “2007 SPUR AWARD” FINALIST
FOR BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK IN WESTERN WRITING
April 1, 2007 – ROCHESTER, NY. Local Western Author Paul Bagdon’s
2006 novel, Deserter, has been chosen as a national 2007 Spur Award
finalist. The Spur Award is awarded by Western Writers of America
(WWA), a 500 member professional trade association representing the
western genre.
The Spur Award is considered one of the oldest and most prestigious in
American literature. In 1953, when the awards were established by WWA,
western fiction was a staple of American publishing. At the time awards
were given to the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile,
and best short story. Since then the awards have been broadened to
include other types of writing about the West. Today, Spurs are offered
for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long
novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short
nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best
history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture
drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel
(called The Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award).
Paul Bagdon’s, Deserter, published by Dorchester in 2006, won the
distinction of finalist in the category of Best Original Paperback.
Winners of the Spur Awards in previous years include Larry McMurtry for
Lonesome Dove, Michael Blake for Dances With Wolves, Glendon
Swarthout for The Shootist, and Tony Hillerman for Skinwalker.
Paul Bagdon, a former horseman and rodeo champion is author of over
30 novels, and a lifelong resident of Rochester, NY, where he currently
teaches writing. He is currently working on a sequel to his 2006 novel,
Partners, also published by Dorchester. He also writes Christian
Romance under a pen name: Paige Lee Elliston.
The author’s website is www.paulbagdon.com. For more information on
the contest, visit www.westernwriters.org.
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