Fred Grove - Awards

Awards

  • 1963: Owen Wister Award
  • Grove has won five Spur Awards, given annually by the Western Writers of America. He won three Spur Awards for novels and two for short stories:
    • 1961: Comanche Captives
    • 1962: "Comanche Woman"
    • 1968: "When the Caballos Came"
    • 1977: The Great Horse Race
    • 1982: Match Race
  • Grove has also won two Western Heritage Awards, given annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum:
    • 1961: "Comanche Son"
    • 1968: The Buffalo Runners
  • Grove received a Distinguished Service Award from Western New Mexico University for his fiction set on the Apache frontier.

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