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Saturday January 15, 2005

Awards for Mystery Writing

In a recent post of mine, I mentioned two mystery novels, one of which had won an Edgar in the Best Novel category. Alex McCale (thankyou) in a followup comment then pointed me at The Drood Review where there are Editor's Choice's and a pointer to a book entitled 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century.

This then got me looking around to see what other mystery awards and lists there were. Seems that there are quite a few. I've listed all the ones I could find. If you know of others, please comment and I'll add them to the list below. If I've made any mistakes in researching the list, please let me know and I'll adjust accordingly.

100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century. The actual list of the mystery books reviewed in the book mentioned above.
The Agatha Awards. These are presented at the MALICE convention.
The Anthony Awards. Created in 1986 by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in memory of mystery writer and critic William Anthony Parker White (a.k.a. Anthony Boucher).
The Arthur Ellis Awards. As awarded by the Crime Writers of Canada.
The Dagger Awards. From the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain.
The Dashiell Hammett Awards. Awarded by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers, for a work of literary excellence (fiction or non-fiction) in the field of crime writing, by a US or Canadian author.
The Dilys Award, as given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA).
The Edgar Awards, as awarded by the Mystery Writers of America, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.
The Lambda Awards. The Lambda Literary Awards recognize and honor the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature. Each year these awards include mystery categorys.
The Macavity Awards. As nominated by the members of Mystery Readers International.
The Nero Wolfe Awards, presented annually by The Wolfe Pack (the official Nero Wolfe Society) for the best American Mystery.
The Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards.