Awards

Carla Kelly’s books and writing have received the following awards.

Western Writers of America, Spur Award for Best Western Short Subject: “A Season for Heroes,” 1978. Found in the anthology, Here’s to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army, (Texas Christian University Press, 2004), and reprinted in For This We Are Soldiers (Sweetwater Books, 2016).

Western Writers of America, Spur Award for Best Western Short Subject: “Kathleen Flaherty’s Long Winter,” 1981. Found in Here’s to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army (Texas Christian University Press, 2004).

Whitney Award, Best Romance Novel 2011: Borrowed Light (Cedar Fort, Inc.)

Whitney Award, Best Historical Novel 2012: My Loving Vigil Keeping (Cedar Fort, Inc.)

Whitney Award, Best Historical Novel 2014: Softly Falling (Cedar Fort, Inc.)

RITA Award, Best Regency of the Year, 1995, Romance Writers of America: Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand (Signet)

RITA Award, Best Regency of the Year, 1997, Romance Writers of America: The Lady’s Companion (Signet)