Showing posts with label Shamus Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shamus Awards. Show all posts
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Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners 2017
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners 2017: 2017 PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS . T he winners are usually announced during the PWA banquet at Bouchercon , but...
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2016 for works published in 2015. The winners were announced at the PWA Banquet at...
Thursday, June 09, 2016
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of Amer...
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of Amer...: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2016 for works published in 2015. The winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at...
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners 2015
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Winners 2015: The 2015 Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards. Presented 10/9 in Raleigh, NC. Best Hardcover P.I. Novel Hounded by David R...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
NEWS: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR SHAMUS AWARDS
As posted elsewhere.....
PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
FOR 2015 SHAMUS AWARDS
For Works First Published in the U.S. in 2014
Following are the categories for the Private Eye Writers of America 2015 Shamus Awards for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2014. The awards will be presented in the fall of 2015 at Bouchercon in Raleigh, North Carolina.
DEADLINE: For publishers submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2015. No extensions can be given.
Shamus Committees will forward their final list to the Shamus Awards Chair by May 31, 2015.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible works must feature as a main character a person PAID for investigative work but NOT employed for that work by a unit of government. These include traditionally licensed private investigators; lawyers and reporters who do their own investigations; and others who function as hired private agents. These do NOT include law enforcement officers, other government employees or amateur, uncompensated sleuths.
SUBMISSIONS; Please send one copy of each eligible work to ALL members of the appropriate committee, and send a copy to the Shamus Awards Chair, Gay Toltl Kinman. Do NOT submit a book to more than one committee.
A new category has been added for Best Indie PI Novel.
There is no application fee and no submission form; as a simple cover letter will suffice. If you have any questions, please e-mail Gay Toltl Kinman at gaykinman@gaykinman.com BEFORE submitting.
BEST HARDCOVER PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction published in hardcover in 2014 that is NOT the author’s first published P.I. novel.
BEST FIRST PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction, in hardcover or paperback, first published in 2014 that is the author’s first published novel featuring a private investigator as a main character.
BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction first published as a paperback original in 2014 that is NOT the author’s first P.I. novel; and paperback reprints of previously published novels are NOT eligible.
BEST PI SHORT STORY: A work of fiction of 20,000 words or fewer. Stories first published in an earlier year and reprinted in a magazine, anthology or collection in 2014, are NOT eligible.
BEST INDIE PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction, in hardcover, paperback or e-book, first published in 2014 featuring a private investigator as a main character and published independently by the author.
For more information contact the Shamus Chair Gay Kinman at gaykinman@gaykinman.com
PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
FOR 2015 SHAMUS AWARDS
For Works First Published in the U.S. in 2014
Following are the categories for the Private Eye Writers of America 2015 Shamus Awards for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2014. The awards will be presented in the fall of 2015 at Bouchercon in Raleigh, North Carolina.
DEADLINE: For publishers submissions must be postmarked by March 31, 2015. No extensions can be given.
Shamus Committees will forward their final list to the Shamus Awards Chair by May 31, 2015.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible works must feature as a main character a person PAID for investigative work but NOT employed for that work by a unit of government. These include traditionally licensed private investigators; lawyers and reporters who do their own investigations; and others who function as hired private agents. These do NOT include law enforcement officers, other government employees or amateur, uncompensated sleuths.
SUBMISSIONS; Please send one copy of each eligible work to ALL members of the appropriate committee, and send a copy to the Shamus Awards Chair, Gay Toltl Kinman. Do NOT submit a book to more than one committee.
A new category has been added for Best Indie PI Novel.
There is no application fee and no submission form; as a simple cover letter will suffice. If you have any questions, please e-mail Gay Toltl Kinman at gaykinman@gaykinman.com BEFORE submitting.
BEST HARDCOVER PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction published in hardcover in 2014 that is NOT the author’s first published P.I. novel.
BEST FIRST PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction, in hardcover or paperback, first published in 2014 that is the author’s first published novel featuring a private investigator as a main character.
BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction first published as a paperback original in 2014 that is NOT the author’s first P.I. novel; and paperback reprints of previously published novels are NOT eligible.
BEST PI SHORT STORY: A work of fiction of 20,000 words or fewer. Stories first published in an earlier year and reprinted in a magazine, anthology or collection in 2014, are NOT eligible.
BEST INDIE PI NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction, in hardcover, paperback or e-book, first published in 2014 featuring a private investigator as a main character and published independently by the author.
For more information contact the Shamus Chair Gay Kinman at gaykinman@gaykinman.com
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Via Mystery Fanfare: 2014 Shamus Award Nominees
Mystery Fanfare: 2014 Shamus Award Nominees: The Private Eye Writers of America announced the finalists for its 2014 Shamus Awards . Winners will be named during a banquet at...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Via Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Finalists 2014: Private Eye Writers o...
For what it is worth and, I grant you it is not worth much, I gave up on W IS FOR WASTED 50 pages in as I was massively bored. The other two nominated books I have read are THE MOJITO COAST and BEAR IS BROKEN. Enjoyed both of them very much.
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Finalists 2014: Private Eye Writers o...: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2014 for works published in 2013. Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at B...
Mystery Fanfare: Shamus Award Finalists 2014: Private Eye Writers o...: PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD FINALISTS 2014 for works published in 2013. Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at B...
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Shamus Awards Announced
The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the 2013 award winners here as well as the other nominees in each category.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Award Winners
It is award season again so here are the latest award winners.
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Shamus Award Winners -
Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: *Locked In*, by Marcia Muller
Grand Central)
Best First P.I. Novel: *Faces of the Gone*, by Brad Parks
Minotaur)
Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel: *Sinner’s Ball*, by Ira Berkowitz
Three Rivers Press)
Best P.I. Short Story: “Julius Katz,” by Dave Zeltserman
*Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,* September/October 2009)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Crais.
Personal note---read “Locked In” and was not impressed though from a writer
standpoint it is an interesting technique. I very much liked “Faces of the Gone”
and would highly recommend it along with the short story “Julius Katz”by Dave
Zelsterman.)
Macavity Award Winners -
Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman: *Tower*
(Busted Flush Press)
Best First Mystery Novel: Alan Bradley: *The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie*
(Delacorte)
Best Mystery Nonfiction: P.D. James: *Talking about Detective Fiction*
(Alfred A. Knopf)
Best Mystery Short Story: Hank Phillippi Ryan: "On the House"
(*Quarry: Crime Stories* by New England Writers, Level Best Books)
Sue Feder Historical Mystery: Rebecca Cantrell: *A Trace of Smoke*
(Forge)
(Personal note----I have to confess I have not read any of these so I have no
advice on these books.)
Barry Award Winners-
Best Novel: John Hart: *The Last Child* (Minotaur)
Best First Novel: Alan Bradley: *The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie*
(Delacorte)
Best British Novel: Philip Kerr: *If the Dead Not Rise*
(Quercus)
Best Paperback Original: Bryan Gruley: *Starvation Lake*
(Touchstone)
Best Thriller: Jamie Freveletti: *Running From the Devil*
(Morrow)
Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade: Stieg Larsson: *The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo* (Knopf)
Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, "The High House Writer" (*AHMM*July-August 2009)
(Personal Note---of these I have read “Starvation Lake” and highly recommend
it along with the sequel “The Hanging Tree”.)
So there you have it. Looks like lots of good reading from a lot of talented folks.
Kevin
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