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.
Categories Awards are voted for by members attending the annual event and are given in a number of categories, including Anthony Award for Best Novel Anthony Award for Best First Novel Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original Anthony Award for Best Short Story Critical / Non-fiction Work Special Service award The ceremony may also include a number of "wild card" awards.
Winners 1980s +Anthony Award winners (1986-1989)YearCategoryAuthorTitle1986First NovelWhen the Bough BreaksMovieWitnessNovel"B" Is for BurglarPaperback OriginalSay No to MurderShort Story"Lucky Penny" from The New Black Mask, No. 3TV SeriesMurder She WroteGrand Master1987First NovelToo Late to DieNovel"C" Is for CorpsePaperback OriginalShort Story"The Parker Shotgun" from Mean Streets1988First NovelCaught Dead in PhiladelphiaMovieNovelSkinwalkersPaperback OriginalShort Story"Breakfast Television" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1987TV SeriesMystery!1989First NovelNovelPaperback OriginalSomething WickedShort StoryNo award presentedLifetime AchievementDistinguished ContributionGallagher, Maria (October 6, 1989). "Hit of the Week: Murderous Writers Plot Mystery Weekend in Philly". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 61. Retrieved March 3, 2023."Information on Bouchercons 1 - 32" . ALAMO, Inc. (Alamo Literary Arts Maintenance Organization).
1990s +Anthony Award winners (1990-1999)YearCategoryAuthorTitleRef.1990First NovelKatwalkMovieCrimes and MisdemeanorsNovelPaperback OriginalHoneymoon with MurderShort StoryAfraid All The Time from Sisters in CrimeTV SeriesInspector MorseLifetime Achievement1991Critical work and Martin H. GreenbergSynod Of SleuthsFirst NovelPostmortemMotion PicturePresumed InnocentNovel"G" Is for GumshoePaperback OriginalWhere's Mommy Now?Grave UndertakingShort Story"The Celestial Buffet" from Sisters in Crime 2Television seriesMystery!Lifetime Achievement1992Anthology / Short Story collectionA Woman's EyeCritical work100 Great DetectivesFirst NovelMurder on the Iditarod TrailNovelPaperback OriginalNo award presentedShort Story"Lucky Dip" from A Woman’s EyeTrue CrimeHomicide: A Year on the Killing StreetsLifetime Achievement1993Critical workDoubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991First NovelBlanche on the LamMotion PictureNovelBootlegger's DaughterPaperback OriginalNo award presentedShort Story"Cold Turkey" from Sisters in Crime 5True CrimeThe Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Branion Murder CaseLifetime Achievement1994Anthology / Short Story collectionMary Higgins Clark presents Malice Domestic 2Critical work, Martin H. Greenberg, and Larry SegriffThe Fine Art Of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable CompanionFirst NovelTrack of the CatNovelWolf in the ShadowsPaperback OriginalNo award presentedShort Story"Checkout" from Malice Domestic 2True CrimeLifetime Achievement1995Anthology / Short Story collectionCritical work and J. CooperCrime Fiction, 2nd EditionFilmPulp FictionFirst NovelNovelShe Walks These HillsShort Story"The Monster of Glamis" from Royal CrimesTrue CrimeCriminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial KillerTV SeriesPrime SuspectLifetime Achievement1996Cover ArtCritical / Non-Fiction WorkEditorFirst NovelDeath in Bloodhound RedMagazine / Digest / Review PublicationMovieNovelUnder the Beetle's CellarPaperback OriginalDeal BreakerPublisherShort Story"And Pray Nobody Sees You" from Spooks, Spies, and Private EyesShort Story collectionTrue CrimeDead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?TV Show1997Critical / Non-Fiction WorkDetecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by WomenFanzineFirst NovelDeath in Little TokyoSomebody Else's ChildNovelShort Story"Accidents Will Happen" from Malice Domestic 5Lifetime Achievement1998Cover ArtNight DogsCritical / Non-Fiction WorkNo award presentedFirst NovelKilling FloorNovelNo Colder PlacePaperback OriginalBig Red TequilaShort Story"One Bag of Coconuts" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1997"A Front Row Seat" from Vengeance is Hers1999Critical / Non-Fiction WorkDeadly Pleasures MagazineFirst NovelIron LakeNovelBlood WorkPaperback OriginalButchers HillShort Story"Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998Lifetime Achievement
2000s +Anthony Award winners (2000-2009)YearCategoryAuthorTitle2000Critical / Non-Fiction WorkDetecting Women, 3rd editionFirst NovelMurder with PeacocksNovelIn a Dry SeasonNovel of the centuryRebeccaPaperback OriginalIn Big TroubleSeries of the CenturyHercule Poirot seriesShort Story"Noir Lite" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1999Writer of the CenturyLifetime Achievement2001Anthology / Short-story collectionMaster's Choice IICritical / Non-Fiction Work100 Favorite Mysteries Of The CenturyFan Publication and Lynn KaczmarekMystery NewsFirst NovelDeath of a Red HeroineNovelPaperback OriginalDeath Dances to a Reggae BeatShort Story"" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2000Lifetime Achievement2002Cover Art"Reflecting the Sky," from photograph by Josef BeckCritical / Non-Fiction WorkSeldom DisappointedFirst NovelOpen SeasonNovelMystic RiverPaperback OriginalDead Until DarkShort Story and Judy Crider"Chocolate Moose" from Death Dines at 8:30Young Adult MysterySpecial Service2003Cover Art"Measures of Poison" from photograph by Christopher VoelkerCritical / Non-Fiction WorkThey Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery NovelsFirst NovelIn the Bleak MidwinterNovelCity of BonesPaperback OriginalFatal TruthShort Story"Too Many Cooks" from Much Ado About MurderSpecial ServiceNo award issued2004Critical / Non-Fiction WorkMake Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective FictionFirst NovelMonkeewrenchHistorical MysteryFor The Love Of MikeNovelEvery Secret ThingPaperback OriginalDeadly LegacyShort Story"Doppelganger" from Blood on Their HandsYoung Adult MysteryHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixSpecial ServiceNo award issued2005Cover ArtBrooklyn NoirCritical / Non-Fiction Work et al.Men's Adventure MagazinesFirst NovelDating Dead MenNovelBlood HollowPaperback OriginalTwisted CityShort Story"Wedding Knife" from Chesapeake CrimesLifetime Achievement and Marcia MullerSpecial ServiceNo award issued2006Critical / Non-Fiction WorkThe Heirs of Anthony BoucherFan PublicationCrimespree MagazineFirst NovelTilt-a-WhirlNovelMercy FallsPaperback OriginalThe James DeansShort Story"Misdirection" from Greatest HitsLifetime AchievementSpecial ServiceMystery Readers International2007Critical / Non-Fiction Work and Austin LugarMystery MusesFirst NovelStill LifeNovelNo Good DeedsPaperback OriginalAshes and BonesShort Story"My Father's Secret" from Crimespree MagazineLifetime AchievementSpecial ServiceCrum Creek Press2008Critical / Non-Fiction Work, Daniel Stashower, and Charles FoleyArthur Conan Doyle: A Life in LettersFirst NovelIn the WoodsNovelWhat the Dead KnowPaperback OriginalShort Story"Hardly Knew Her" from Dead Man's HandWebsite / Blog and Stan UlrichStop, You're Killing Me!Lifetime AchievementSpecial ServiceCrimespree magazine2009Children's / Young-adult NovelCover ArtCritical / Non-Fiction WorkAnthony Boucher: A BiobibliographyFirst NovelNovelPaperback OriginalState of the OnionShort Story"A Sleep Not Unlike Death" from Hardcore HardboiledLifetime AchievementSpecial ServiceCrimespree magazine
2010s +Anthony Award winners (2010-2019)YearCategoryAuthorTitleRef.2010Critical / Non-Fiction WorkTalking About Detective FictionFirst NovelNovelPaperback OriginalStarvation LakeShort StoryOn the House from Quarry: Crime Stories by New England WritersSpecial Service awardNo award issued2011Critical / Non-Fiction WorkAgatha Christie's Secret NotebooksFirst NovelDamage DoneGraphic NovelNovelBury Your DeadPaperback OriginalExpiration DateShort Story"Swing Shift" from Crimes By Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark SideWebsite / Blog and Stan UlrichStop, You're Killing Me!Lifetime AchievementSpecial Service awardShots2012Critical / Non-Fiction WorkFirst NovelLearning to SwimNovelPaperback OriginalBuffalo West WingShort Story"Disarming" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 20112013Critical / Non-Fiction Work and Declan BurkeBooks to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery NovelsFirst NovelNovelPaperback OriginalBig MariaShort Story"Mischief in Mesopotamia" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 20122014Critical / Non-Fiction WorkThe Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before the Civil WarFirst NovelYesterday's EchoNovelOrdinary GracePaperback OriginalAs She Left ItShort Story"The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository"2015Critical / Non-Fiction Work (ed.)Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's JourneyFirst NovelNovelAfter I'm GonePaperback OriginalShort Story"The Odds Are Against Us"2016Anthology or Collection (ed.)Murder Under the OaksCritical / Non-Fiction WorkForensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About CrimeFirst NovelPast CrimesNovelPaperback OriginalShort StoryYoung Adult NovelNeed2017Anthology or Collection (ed.)Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016Critical / Non-Fiction WorkShirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeFirst NovelIQNovelNovellaPaperback OriginalHeart of StoneShort Story"Oxford Girl"Young Adult Novel2018Anthology (ed.)Critical / Non-Fiction WorkKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIFirst NovelHollywood HomicideNovelBluebird, BluebirdOnline ContentJungle Red WritersPaperback OriginalThe Day I DiedShort Story"My Side of the Matter"Bill Crider Award for Novel in a Series"Y" is for Yesterday2019Critical / Non-Fiction WorkI'll Be Gone in the DarkFirst NovelMy Sister, the Serial KillerNovelNovember RoadPaperback OriginalUnder a Dark SkyShort Story
2020s YearCategoryAuthorTitle2020Anthology or Collection, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (eds.)Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most EdibleCritical / Non-Fiction WorkThe Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for WomenFirst NovelOne Night GoneNovelPaperback OriginalShort StoryYoung AdultSeven Ways to Get Rid of Harry2021Anthology or Collection (editor)Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press AnthologyCritical/Non-Fiction Work Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime Murder, Deceit, and ObsessionFirst NovelWinter CountsNovelBlacktop WastelandPaperback OriginalUnspeakable ThingsShort Story"90 Miles"Young AdultHolly Hernandez and the Death of Disco2022Anthology or Collection (editor)This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021Critical/Non-Fiction Work award and Laurie R. KingHow To Write a Mystery: A Handbook From Mystery Writers of AmericaFirst NovelArsenic and AdoboNovelRazorblade Tears Paperback OriginalBloodlineShort Story“Not My Cross to Bear” Young AdultI Play One on TV2023Anthology (editor)Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top AuthorsChildren’s/Young AdultEnola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade Critical/Non-fictionThe Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators First NovelHardcoverLike a Sister HistoricalAnywhere You Run HumorousScot in a Trap Paperback/E-book/AudiobookShort Story“Beauty and the Beyotch”2024Anthology (editor)Killin' Time in San DiegoChildren’s/Young AdultEnola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose Critical/Non-fictionA Fever in the Heartland First NovelMother-Daughter Murder NightHardcoverAll the Sinners Bleed Paperback/E-book/AudiobookHideShort Story & Kristopher Zgorski“Ticket to Ride”
References
External links Official website of Bouchercon World Mystery Convention