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MYSTERY
BOOK AWARDS
AGATHA AWARDS: The Agatha Awards
are given at the Malice Domestic conventions each year, in the Washington,
D. C. area. They are the awards which seem to be closest to the "Cozy
Mystery" genre. The Malice Domestic requirements of a mystery are: no
excessive violence, no explicit sex, the characters are usually known to
each other, and a lot of the time the main character is an amateur sleuth.
(*Remember the awards are given each year for the books that qualified
the previous year... So, for example, in 2008 they announced the winners of
the books from 2007*)
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Short Story
Best Non-Fiction
Best Children's/Young
Adult
Malice Domestic Award for
Lifetime Achievement &
Malice Domestic Poirot Award
ANTHONY AWARDS:
The Anthony Awards are given at the Bouchercon conventions
each year, for all types of mysteries, not just limited to the "more cozy"
works.
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback
Original
Best Short Story
Best
Critical/Non-Fiction
Best Fan Publication
Lifetime Achievement
Award
Miscellaneous/Special Awards
DERRINGER AWARDS: The Derringer
Awards are given each year (since their creation in 1997) by the Short
Mystery Fiction Society. The name comes from the Derringer handgun. Most of
the other mystery awards emphasize novels, while these awards are solely for
short stories. (I am listing the year the awards were actually announced,
not the year the works were actually published.)
Flash
Story (up to 500 words) (up to 1,000 Words in '08):
Short-short Story (501-2000 words) (1,001-4,000 Words in '08):
Mid-length
Story (2001-6000 words) (4,001-8,000 Words in '08)
Longer Short Story (6001-15,000 words) (8,001-17,500 Words in '08)
Special
Awards EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS: The
Edgars are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America and are presented in
April of each year, for works that were published the previous year. They go
back as far as 1946.
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback Original
Best Short Story
Best Fact Crime
Best
Critical/Biographical Work
Best Young Adult
Best Juvenile
TV Series: Best Episode
Best TV Feature or
Miniseries
Best Motion Picture
Best Play
Ellery Queen Award
Robert L. Fish
Memorial Award
Raven Award
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Grand Master
Special Edgars
NERO AWARDS: The Nero Awards are presented each year
by "The Wolfe Pack," a forum that is based on the enjoyment/discussion of
all 72 of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe works. The award is given in December to an
author of a particularly excellent mystery book at their Black Orchid
Banquet.
The Nero Award List | 
