Glendon Swarthout - Awards

Awards

• O. Henry Prize short story (nomination), 1960
• National Society of Arts and Letters gold medal, 1972
• Spur Award, Best Western Novel of 1975, The Shootist, Western Writers of America
• Spur Award, Best Western Novel of 1988, The Homesman, Western Writers of America
• Wrangler Award, Best Western Novel of 1988, The Homesman, Western Heritage Association
• Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement, Western Writers of America, 1991
• Induction into the Western Writers Hall of Fame in the library of the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, 2008