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2009 Agatha Awards Nominees…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:09:01 +0000

This will be quick. I just posted all of the 2009 Agatha Award Nominees. (I guess I won't be getting the early-bird worm!)

CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of the nominees!!!

I think that if you take a look at the lists, you will recognize quite a few of "our" authors, and look forward to reading the new ones. Remember that the Agatha Awards are probably the most "Cozy" of all of the mystery book awards… No gratuitious violence, no "gross-out" goriness, and no explicit "adult situations"… so to speak.

Short Mystery Fiction Society 2009 Derringer Awards:

Danna - cozy mystery list — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:58:54 +0000

Congratulations to all of those nominated AND to those who won! The Short Mystery Fiction Society announced the winners of the 2009 Derringer Awards:

2009 Derringer Award Best Flash Story (1,000 Words or Less):
No Flowers for Stacey by Ruth McCarty (Tied Winner)
No Place Like Home by Dee Stuart (Tied Winner)
A Killing Season by J.F. Benedetto
Black Pearls by James C. Clar
Rainy Day Fund by J.K. Cummins
Incident in Itawamba by Gary Hoffman
This Bird has Flown by BV Lawson

2009 Nero Wolfe Award Finalists…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:03:16 +0000

Congratulations to the Finalists for the 2009 Nero Wolfe Awards. The (yearly) Black Orchid Banquet will be taking place in early December, so we will have to wait until then to find out which of the three finalists is chosen as the Winner… Let's face it, though, all three of them are winners for being finalists!

2009 Anthony Awards Given at Bouchercon 2009…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:56:06 +0000

Sorry about posting this so "after the fact"… I kept thinking that I wanted to post the 2009 Anthony Award nominees and winners, who were announced at Bouchercon 2009 last month. Another case of better late than never…

2009 Edgar Awards…

Danna - cozy mystery list — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:26:35 +0000

There is no excuse for being so late in adding the 2009 Edgars (Edgar Allan Poe Awards) >>> I'm sorry it has taken me so long. But, better today than not at all!

2008 Agatha Award Winners (OR Should That Be 2009 Agatha Awards ?)

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:14:02 +0000

Here are the 2008 Agatha Awards that were given out at the Malice Domestic convention this past weekend. I have gone ahead and included the list from 2007 also… ss a sort of reminder of all of the great Cozy Mystery authors who have recently been nominated. (Not to worry, though… I have the list of all of the winners and nominees from many years on the site!) All of the nominated authors are winners in my book!

2008 Agatha Awards… Finally Posted!

Danna - cozy mystery list — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:02:16 +0000

Finally! I just posted the Agatha Award Nominees for 2008, and there are a lot of our favorite Cozy Mystery Authors on the lists of the wonderful nominated authors and books. I was surprised to see that I already had pages for all of the five Best First Novels' authors! (Wow! I had first heard of them from Cozy Mystery site readers' recommendations.)

2008 Nero Awards, Derringer Awards, & Anthony Awards

Danna - cozy mystery list — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:04:02 +0000

Where has the time gone!? I can't believe that I am this far behind on posting the 2008 Derringer Award Winners, the 2008 Nero Award Nominees and the 2008 Anthony Award Nominees. (I will be annotating the winners of the Anthony Awards after they are announced this weekend.)

The 2008 Edgar Awards:

Danna - cozy mystery list — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:48:43 +0000

I finally got the 2008 Edgar Awards listed. The winners were announced the first week of May. I am sorry that this has taken me so long to post… It feels like I just posted the Agatha Awards! Well, I did… Since these awards are given (roughly) one month apart.

Malice Domestic Awards 2008… or is it 2007?

Danna - cozy mystery list — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:16:27 +0000

I wonder how many cozy mystery readers would be able to answer the "How was your weekend?" question with "Fantastic!" "Fabulous!" "Wonderful!" "Exciting!" "Interesting!" "Phenomenal!" "Cozy!"??? If you were lucky enough to have been in the Washington, D.C. area (Arlington, VA)… at the Marriott Crystal Gateway April 25-27 (2008)… then you probably would be able to answer that question with just such words.