Candace Simar Spur Award Finalist
Candace Simar, Pequot Lakes Minnesota Author, was chosen as a Spur Award finalist in the best western juvenile fiction category for her latest historical novel, Blooming Prairie (North Star Press, 2012). The prestigious honor of a Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America. Simar received her award June […]
Western Writers of America National Convention
Krista Rolfzen Soukup attended the Western Writers of America National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26-30. Western Writers of America, Inc., was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the Western field. The founders were largely authors who wrote traditional Western fiction, […]