The winner of the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award is announced at Left Coast Crime, an annual event sponsored by fans of mystery literature for fans of mystery literature. The award honors the best historical (events prior to 1950) mystery published during the previous year. Winner’s… 2013 – Winner: Dandy…
Tag: Award’s
Honkaku Mystery Grand Prizes
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (本格ミステリ作家クラブ Honkaku Misuteri Sakka Kurabu) is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write Honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery. The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kaoru Kitamura, Tetsuya Ayukawa and the other mystery writers. It is currently chaired by Rintaro Norizuki and claims about…
Arthur Ellis Awards
The Arthur Ellis Awards are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in the previous year. The award is presented at a gala dinner in the year following publication. The awards are named for Arthur Ellis, the pseudonym of…
Derrick Murdoch Award
This is a special achievement award for contributions to the genre of crime and mystery writing, awarded at the discretion of the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. When first presented in 1984, it was known as the Chairman’s Award; it was later renamed in honour of its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch. Winner’s… 2013…
The Barry Award
The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007-2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic.[1] Note that the “best British crime novel”…
Davitt Award
The Davitt Awards (named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud in 1865) are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are presented for Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. They were established in 2001 to mark the…
Riverton Prize
The Riverton Prize (Norwegian: Rivertonprisen) is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story (novel, short story, play, original screenplay).[1][2][3] The prize is named after the Norwegian journalist and author Sven Elvestad (1884-1934) who published detective stories under the pen name Stein Riverton. Categories… Best Norwegian crime story Novel Best Norwegian crime short…
Mephisto Prize
The Mephisto Prize (メフィスト賞 Mefisuto Shō) is a Japanese literary award for unpublished genre fiction novels, mainly for mystery novels. It was established in 1996 by the editors of the mystery magazine Mephisto, published by Kodansha, and is awarded on an irregular basis. The winning work is published by Kodansha and the winner receives a…
RBA International Prize for Crime Writing
RBA International Prize for Crime Writing (Spanish: Premio RBA de Novela Negra) is a Spanish literary award said to be the world’s most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.[1] It is funded by Barcelona- based multimedia publishing company RBA. Winner’s… 2007 – Francisco González Ledesma, Una novela de barrio…
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.[1]…
Macavity Awards
The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the “mystery cat” of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.[1] The award is given in four categories—best novel, best first novel, best nonfiction, and…
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of the Elle magazine. Unlike other literary prizes that have professionals for their juries and selection committees, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a public award, convened and selected by readers of the magazine, and aimed at giving a voice to women…
Prix du Polar Européen
The Prix du Polar Européen (English: European Crime Fiction Prize) is a French literary prize awarded each year for the best crime novel by a European author in French or a French translation. The award was launched by the weekly magazine Le Point in 2003. The jury is composed of police officers, publishing professionals and…
The Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prizes
The Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prizes (日本冒険小説協会大賞 ) were presented every year by the Japan Adventure Fiction Association (日本冒険小説協会 Nihon Bōken Shōsetsu Kyōkai) (JAFA) from 1982 to 2011. They honor the best in adventure fiction published in the previous year. The Japan Adventure Fiction Association was founded in 1981 by Chin Naitō (1936–2011) and was…
The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres is an annual French literature award created in 1946 by Jacques Catineau. It goes to an unpublished manuscript for a French-language police novel. The selected novel is then published by a major French publishing house, since 1965 Fayard. The jury is led by the chief of the Prefecture of…
Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.[1] Among the most prestigious awards in the world of mystery writers, the Anthony Awards have helped boost the careers…
Agatha Christie Award
The Agatha Christie Award (アガサ・クリスティー賞) is a Japanese literary award established in 2010 in commemoration of Agatha Christie’s 120th anniversary. The award is presented by Hayakawa Publishing Corporation in association with the Agatha Christie Society, which is chaired by Mathew Pritchard, the grandson of Agatha Christie. It is the literary award for unpublished mystery novels….
Crime Writers of Scandinavia – Awards Glass Key award
The Glass Key award (Swedish: Glasnyckeln) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries. The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia…
The Gouden Strop
The Gouden Strop (i.e. ‘Golden Noose’) is the annual award for the best Dutch crime novel in the Netherlands. The prize has been awarded since 1986. The winner receives € 10,000 and a statuette. Its Belgian equivalent is the Diamanten Kogel (i.e. ‘Diamond Bullet’). The Dutch publisher and bookseller Daan Welboren predicted in June 2013 that…
The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (Bästa svenska kriminalroman) is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy. Winner’s… 1982 – Leif G. W. Persson . Samhällsbärarna (The Pillars of Society) 1983 – Ulf Durling . Lugnet efter stormen …
The Dilys Award
The Dilys Award have been presented every year since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It is given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.[1][2] The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale…
Hammett Prize
The Hammett Prize is awarded annually by the International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch (IACW/NA) to a Canadian or US citizen or permanent resident for a book in English in the field of crime writing. It is named after crime-writer Dashiell Hammett[1] and was established in 1991.[2] Winner’s… …
Shamus Award
The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year. The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. The Shamus Awards were announced at Bouchercon World Mystery Convention while the PWA Awards Banquet ….
Left Coast Crime
Left Coast Crime is an annual conference organised by mystery fiction fans for mystery fiction fans, first held in San Francisco in 1991. It is concerned with western North American region mysteries, but the conference itself travels worldwide, having been held in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as different parts of the United…
Gumshoe Awards
The Gumshoe Awards are an American award for popular crime fiction literary works. The Gumshoe Awards are awarded annually by the American Internet magazine Mystery Ink (not to be confused with Mystery Inc.) to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the…
Los Angeles Times
Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes “currently have nine single-title categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in…
The Maltese Falcon Society and Falcon Award
The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel The Maltese Falcon, and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch…
The Martin Beck Award
The Martin Beck Award is an award given by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) for the best crime novel in translation. It is one of the most prestigious international crime- writing awards. The Award is named after Martin Beck, a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of…
The Nero Award
The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout. The Nero Award is presented annually at the Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New…
Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards (officially: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards) are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore’s Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was…
Crime For Dinner 