Bouchercon 2025: Anthony Nominees

Bouchercon 2025 just announced the Anthony Nominees. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon in New Orleans in September. Congratulations to all!

THE ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS: Bouchercon 2024

Anthony Award Winners: Bouchercon 2024. Nashville. Congratulations to All!

Best Novel: All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Best First Novel: Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

Best Paperback/Ebook/Audiobook: Hide by Tracy Clark

Best Children's/Young Adult: Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer

Best Critical/Nonfiction: A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan

Best Anthology/Collection: Killin’ Time in San Diego, edited by Holly West

Best Short Story: Ticket to Ride by Dru Ann Love & Kristopher Zgorski

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES: Bouchercon 2024

The Anthony Award Nominations were announced today. The awards will be voted on and presented at Bouchercon in Nashville. Congratulations to all 2024 Anthony Award nominees!!!

 

ANTHONY AWARDS: Bouchercon

Bouchercon 2023: San Diego Anthony Awards Winners. Congratulations to all.

Non-Fiction: THE LIFE OF CRIME by Martin Edwards

Short Story: “Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman

Best Short Story Anthology: CRIME HITS HOME, edited by SJ Rozan

Best YA/Childrens: ENOLA HOLMES by Nancy Springer

Best Debut: THE MAID by Nita Prose

Best Historical: ANYWHERE YOU RUN by Wanda Morris

Best Humorous: SCOT IN A TRAP by Catriona McPherson

Best Paperback, E-book, Audiobook Origional: THE QUARRY GIRLS by Jess Lourey

Best Hardcover: LIKE A SISTER by Kellye Garrett

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS 2023: Bouchercon San Diego

Boucheron announced the Anthony Awards Finalists in nine categories. Award winners will be announced at Bouchercon 2023: San Diego.

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS 2022

The Anthony Awards were presented this evening at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in Minneapolis. Congratulations to all!

Best Novel

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby 

Best First Novel

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 

Best Paperback/Ebook/Audiobook Oriignal

Bloodline by Jess Lourey

Best Anthology

This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, Edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best Short Story

"Not My Cross to Bear" by S.A. Cosby

Best Critical/Non-Fiction

How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America edited by Lee Child with Laurie R. King 

Best Children's/Young Adult

I Play One on TV by Alan S. Orloff

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Thanks to Erin Mitchell for the Graphic!

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES 2022: Bouchercon

The Bouchercon 2022 committee announced the Nominees for the 2022 ANTHONY AWARDS. Winners will be announced at the Anthony Awards ceremony at Bouchercon 2022  in Minneapolis. Congratulations to all!

 Thanks to Gabriel Valjan for the great graphic!

 

 

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS 2021: Bouchercon: Blood on the Bayou Postmortem

Bouchercon 2021 Anthony Awards. Since Bouchercon 2021: Blood on the Bayou in New Orleans. was cancelled (postponed to 2025!), the organizers did an online Awards presentation hosted by Hank Phillipi Ryan. It was very moving, especially knowing that a 'real' hurricane was bearing down on New Orleans. The awards ceremony are up on the Bouchercon YouTube channel, so tune in. Congratulations to all the award winners.

Best Hardcover Novel

• Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Cosby - Flatiron Books

Best First Novel

• Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco Press

Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel

• Unspeakable Things - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer

 

Best Short Story

• "90 Miles" - Alex Segura - Both Sides: Stories From the Border - Agora Books

 

Best Juvenile/Young Adult

• Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco - Richie Narvaez - Piñata Books

Best Critical or Nonfiction Work

• Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession - Sarah Weinman, ed. - Ecco Press

Best Anthology or Collection

• Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology - Heather Graham, ed. - Nasty Woman Press

 DAVID THOMPSON AWARD SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD

• JANET RUDOLPH
  

TWO-NIGHT BLOCKBUSTER NEW ORLEANS BOUCHERCON 2021 EXTRAVAGANZA

SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE TIME! 

Get Ready! Get Set! A two-night blockbuster Bouchercon New Orleans 2021 extravaganza is coming to a screen near you. 

From the Bouchercon Committee:

We couldn’t let Blood on the Bayou: Postmortem vanish into thin air. So we found a way to offer something everyone will remember forever. We are creating two extraordinary online/virtual events, free and open to everyone. 

On Friday, August 27 

7 pm ET / 6 pm CT / 5 pm MT / 4 pm PT / Midnight GMT Bouchercon 2021 presents Alafair Burke in conversation with James Lee Burke, hosted by Heather Graham and Introductions from Rachel Howzell Hall. 

On Saturday, August 28 

7 pm ET / 6 pm CT / 5 pm MT / 4 pm PT / Midnight GMT we are excited to bring you the 52nd 2021 Anthony Awards Ceremony! Only previously registered attendees will receive an Anthony ballot. 

On August 28, join us online for a spectacular evening (black tie optional…or watch in your PJs!) featuring the Anthony nominees and our Award Presenters, Michael Connelly, Tess Gerritsen, Dennis Lehane, Caroline (Charles) Todd, Charles Todd, Jonathan Maberry and a special welcome from Craig Johnson. 

Having to cancel the in-person New Orleans Bouchercon was one of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make, but, as the saying goes, the show must go on! 

These events will be free and open to everyone (so please tell your friends!). Please watch for details on how to watch online in upcoming emails from bloodonthebayou@bouchercon2021.com. 

From our hearts to yours, turn on your computer (or whichever device you prefer) and enjoy two nights of Blood on the Bayou: Postmortem New Orleans Bouchercon 2021. We hope to see you there! 

-- Mike Bursaw, Heather Graham and Connie Perry Blood on the Bayou: Postmortem New Orleans Bouchercon 2021 Co-Chairs Bouchercon2021.com

ANTHONY AWARDS: BOUCHERCON

Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, announced the nominees for its prestigious Anthony Awards tonight at the first Virtual Bouchercon. Bouchercon 2020: Sacramento.

2020 Anthony Award Awards

BEST NOVEL
The Murder List, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
One Night Gone, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Alchemist’s Illusion, by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)

BEST CRITICAL NON-FICTION WORK
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)

BEST SHORT STORY
“The Red Zone,” by Alex Segura (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (Wildside Press)

BEST YOUNG ADULT**
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry, by Jen Conley (Down & Out Books)

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that holds an annual convention attended by readers, writers, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction. Its annual Anthony Awards are named for writer and book critic Anthony Boucher and are one of crime fiction’s most prestigious and coveted awards.

2020 ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES

Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, announced the nominees for its prestigious Anthony Award. Awards voting will take place during Virtual Bouchercon, October 16–7, 2020, and the awards will be presented as part of an online ceremony on October 17. Bouchercon 2020: Sacramento.

2020 Anthony Award Nominees

BEST NOVEL
Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha (Ecco)
They All Fall Down, by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge)
Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
The Murder List, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
Miami Midnight, by Alex Segura (Polis Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
The Ninja Daughter, by Tori Eldridge (Agora Books)
Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books)
One Night Gone, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
Three-Fifths, by John Vercher (Agora Books)
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL**
The Unrepentant, by E.A. Aymar (Down & Out Books)
Murder Knocks Twice, by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur)
The Pearl Dagger, by L.A. Chandlar (Kensington)
Scot & Soda, by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)
The Alchemist’s Illusion, by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Drowned Under, by Wendall Thomas (Poisoned Pen Press)
The Naming Game, by Gabriel Valjan (Winter Goose Press)

BEST CRITICAL NON-FICTION WORK
Hitchcock and the Censors, by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of the Collins Crime Club, by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
The Trail of Lizzie Borden: A True Story, by Cara Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
The Five: The Untold Stories of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

BEST SHORT STORY
“Turistas,” by Hector Acosta (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)
“Unforgiven,” by Hilary Davidson (appearing in Murder a-Go-Gos: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Gos)
“The Red Zone,” by Alex Segura (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)
“Better Days,” by Art Taylor (appearing in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019)
“Hard Return,” by Art Taylor (appearing in Crime Travel)

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
The Eyes of Texas: Private Investigators from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books)
¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico, edited by Angel Luis Colón (Down & Out Books)
Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman (Wildside Press)
Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (Wildside Press)
Murder A-Go-Go’s: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Gos, edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT**
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry, by Jen Conley (Down & Out Books)
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
Killing November, by Adriana Mather (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay (Kokila)
The Deceivers, by Kristen Simmons (Tor Teen)
Wild and Crooked, by Leah Thomas (Bloomsbury YA)

** This year, there are two categories with more than five nominees. This is the result of a tie for fifth place. When this occurs, according to Bouchercon standing rules, all of the authors who have tied become nominees.

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that holds an annual convention attended by readers, writers, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction. Its annual Anthony Awards are named for writer and book critic Anthony Boucher and are one of crime fiction’s most prestigious and coveted awards.

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS: BOUCHERCON

The Anthony Award Winners were announced tonight at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention. Congratulations to all!

ANTHONY AWARDS

Best Novel 
November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

Best First Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)

Best Paperback Original Novel 
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)

Best Short Story 
“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work 
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)

The Anthony® Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (rhymes with “voucher”), a well-known California writer and critic who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times Book Review, and also helped found Mystery Writers of America. First presented in 1986, the Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious and coveted literary awards. Bouchercon®, the World Mystery Convention founded in 1970, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization celebrating the mystery genre. It is the largest annual meeting in the world for readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction. 

For more information, please visit www.bouchercon.com.

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS: Bouchercon

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, announced the Anthony Awards nominations. Winners will be selected at Bouchercon in Dallas, TX, October 3-November 3. Congratulations to all the nominees. See you in Dallas!

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Novel 
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Blackout by Alex Segura (Polis Books)

Best First Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)

Best Paperback Original Novel 
Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)

Best Short Story 
“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)
“Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
“Cold Beer No Flies” by Greg Herren, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August 2018)
“The Best Laid Plans” by Holly West, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work 
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Mastering Plot Twists: How To Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure To Captivate Your Readers by Jane K. Cleland (Writer’s Digest Books)
Pulp According to David Goodis by Jay A. Gertzman (Down & Out Books)
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)

The Anthony® Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (rhymes with “voucher”), a well-known California writer and critic who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times Book Review, and also helped found Mystery Writers of America. First presented in 1986, the Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious and coveted literary awards. Bouchercon®, the World Mystery Convention founded in 1970, is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization celebrating the mystery genre. It is the largest annual meeting in the world for readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction. 

For more information, please visit www.bouchercon.com.

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS 2018

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS

The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. Bouchercon is the World Mystery Convention. This year Bouchercon is taking place in St Petersburg, Florida, September 9-12, 2018. Winners were announced this evening. Congratulations to all!

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS

BEST NOVEL 
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

BEST FIRST NOVEL 
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day

BILL CRIDER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A SERIES 
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton

BEST SHORT STORY 
My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon

BEST ANTHOLOGY
The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor

BEST CRITICAL/NON-FICTION BOOK
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

BEST ONLINE CONTENT 
Jungle Red Writers

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About the Anthony Awards: The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. Anthony Award Categories. Everyone who attends Bouchercon 2018 is eligible to vote on the Anthony Awards. Voting takes place at the convention. Yet another good reason to register now! The nominees in each of the eight categories are:

About Bouchercon: Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is an annual convention where readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction gather for a 4-day weekend of education, entertainment, and fun! It is the world’s premiere event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is pronounced [bough’·chur·con].
   

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS: BOUCHERCON

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS 

The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. Bouchercon is the World Mystery Convention. This year Bouchercon will take in St Petersburg, Florida, September 9-12, 2018. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon. Congratulations to all! See you in St Pete!

ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS 

BEST NOVEL 
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Force by Don Winslow

BEST FIRST NOVEL 
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Dry by Jane Harper
Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All by Christopher Irvin
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann
Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck
What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin

BILL CRIDER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A SERIES 
Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3) by Joe Clifford
Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20) by Michael Connelly
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton
Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13) by Louise Penny
Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3) by Alex Segura

BEST SHORT STORY 
The Trial of Madame Pelletier by Susanna Calkins from Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
God's Gonna Cut You Down by Jen Conley from Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash
My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon
Whose Wine Is It Anyway by Barb Goffman from 50 Shades of Cabernet
The Night They Burned Miss Dixie's Place by Debra Goldstein from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017
A Necessary Ingredient by Art Taylor from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea

BEST ANTHOLOGY
Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, Joe Clifford, editor
Killing Malmon, Dan & Kate Malmon, editors
Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks, editors
Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, John McFetridge, editor
The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor

BEST CRITICAL/NON-FICTION BOOK
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction by Jessica Lourey

BEST ONLINE CONTENT 
Writer Types Podcast
Do Some Damage: An Inside Look at Crime Fiction
Jungle Red Writers
Dru’s Book Musings
BOLO Books

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About the Anthony Awards: The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. Anthony Award Categories. Everyone who attends Bouchercon 2018 is eligible to vote on the Anthony Awards. Voting takes place at the convention. Yet another good reason to register now! The nominees in each of the eight categories are:

About Bouchercon: Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is an annual convention where readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction gather for a 4-day weekend of education, entertainment, and fun! It is the world’s premiere event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is pronounced [bough’·chur·con].
   

Call for Nominations: Anthony Awards

Read anything good last year? Then get ready to nominate! Nominating Forms for the Bouchercon Anthony Awards went out this past weekend.

If you attended Bouchercon 2017 in Toronto and/or are registered for Bouchercon 2018 in St. Petersburg, you are eligible to nominate.

Nominations will be accepted through April 30, 2018.

If you registered for Bouchercon 2018 in the last few days, you might not have yet received a nomination form. Don’t panic. You’ll receive it soon. Likewise, if you register between now and the end of April, you will receive a nomination form.

The email with the form comes via SurveyMonkey. If it’s not in your inbox, please check your spam/junk folder. If you still can’t find it, please email anthonys@bouchercon2018.com.

Like everything for Bouchercon, the Anthony Awards are run by a team of dedicated volunteers. We couldn’t do this without them, and we’re grateful to them!

Categories for the 2018 Anthony Awards are:

Best Novel
Mystery/Crime Fiction novel published in 2017 in any format

Best First Novel
Mystery/Crime Fiction novel published in 2017 in any format by an author who has not previously published a fiction novel

Best Paperback Original
Mystery/Crime Fiction novel published for the first time in 2017 in paperback

Best Short Story
Mystery/Crime Fiction short story published in any format in 2017

Best Critical/Non-fiction Book
Mystery/Crime Fiction-related nonfiction book published in any format in 2017

Best Anthology
Best collection of mystery/crime fiction short stories published in 2017 in any format

Best Online Content
Website/Blog focused on mystery/crime fiction

And a new award close to my heart:

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a (Continuing) Series
Mystery/Crime Fiction novel published in 2017 that is part of a series having at least 3 published books (the book published in 2017 can be one of the three)

You can find more info on the Anthony Awards (including this year's categories and the eligibility requirements for each) here: https://www.bouchercon2018.com/anthony-awards/

 

ANTHONY AWARDS 2017

ANTHONY AWARDS

The Anthony Awards were given out at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto, Canada today.

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS 

Best Novel
A Great Reckoning – Louise Penny [Minotaur]


Best First Novel
IQ – Joe Ide [Mulholland]

Best Paperback Original

Heart of Stone – James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street]


Best Short Story
"Oxford Girl" – Megan Abbott, Mississippi Noir [Akashic]


Best Critical Nonfiction Work
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life – Ruth Franklin [Liveright]


Best Children’s/YA Novel
The Girl I Used to Be – April Henry [Henry Holt] 


Best Anthology
Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 – Greg Herren, ed. [Down & Out]


Best Novella (8,000-40,000 words)
The Last Blue Glass – B.K. Stevens, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2016 [Dell]

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About the Anthony Awards: 
The Anthony Award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. Anthony Award Categories. 

About Bouchercon: 
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is an annual convention where readers, writers, fans, publishers, editors, agents, booksellers, and other lovers of crime fiction gather for a 4-day weekend of education, entertainment, and fun! It is the world’s premiere event bringing together all parts of the mystery and crime fiction community, and is pronounced [bough’·chur·con]. 

Anthony Awards 2016

Anthony Awards were presented at Bouchercon in New Orleans tonight.

BEST NOVEL
The Killing Kind - Chris Holm  [Mulholland]

BEST FIRST NOVEL
Past Crimes - Glen Erik Hamilton  [William Morrow]

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney

BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Little Men: A Bibliomystery" - Megan Abbott  [MysteriousPress.com/Open Road]

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Need - Joelle Charbonneau  [HMH Books for Young Readers]

BEST ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTION
Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015, Art Taylor, Editor (Down & Out)

Anthony Awards 2015

The 2015 Anthony Awards were announced this evening at Bouchercon in Raleigh. Congratulations to all!

Best Novel

After I'm Gone - Laura Lippman [William Morrow]

Best First Novel

The Black Hour - Lori Rader-Day [Seventh Street]

Best Paperback Original

The Day She Died - Catriona McPherson [Midnight Ink]

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work

Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey - Hank Phillippi Ryan, ed. [Henery]

Best Short Story

"The Odds Are Against Us" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 - Art Taylor [Dell]

Best Anthology or Collection

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon - Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, eds. [Pegasus Crime]

2015 Anthony Award Nominee Short Stories: Read Now

Well, isn't this a wonderful idea! All of the Anthony Award Short Story Nominees are available to read for free on the Bouchercon 2015 Website. 

Go here and scroll down to the Short Story category.

Read them all and make an informed decision before voting--and an enjoyable experience, too!