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Category Archives: Awards
“And Not Forgetting, ‘Wow!’ ” (by Mat Coward)
Mat Coward is an extraordinarily versatile writer. He’s the author of many excellent mystery short stories and novels, and has also been widely published in the field of science fiction and fantasy. He has written children’s books, humor, even a … Continue reading
MYSTERY ART
I spent part of this week looking over comments on the Readers Award ballots EQMM received for the 2015 awards. One reader suggested that we institute an award for artwork—covers, interiors, or both. In general, I think honoring artists is … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Business, Ellery Queen, Genre, History, Illustration, Magazine
Tagged art, artist, artists, collection, cover, gallery, illustration, illustrators, noir, pulp, pulp art
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“Report from Baker Street” (by Steve Steinbock)
Steve Steinbock is well known to EQMM readers. He has been the magazine’s regular book reviewer since 2011 (relieved twice a year by longtime EQMM reviewer Jon L. Breen). In EQMM’s March/April 2010 double issue he debuted as a fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Books, Characters, Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Holmesian
Tagged baker street, baker street irregulars, bsi, crime, detective, fiction, history, holmes, literature, sherlock, sherlock holmes, victorian
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OUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Last week, EQMM January 2016, the first issue in our 75th year in continuous publication, went on sale. I hope you’ve seen it! In celebration of this diamond anniversary year, special features are planned for each of the 2016 issues. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, Awards, Books, Business, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, History, Magazine, Readers, Writers
Tagged anniversary, celebration, diamond anniversary, eqmm, history, milton glaser, periodical, publishing, year ahead
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“How I Got Hooked” (by John Lantigua)
John Lantigua is a journalist whose work has received two Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prizes, a share of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism, and other awards. His first novel, Heat Lightning, appeared in 1987 and was nominated for the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Books, Guest, History, International, Politics, Readers, Setting, Story, Writers
Tagged crime, international, journalism, macdonald, mystery, readers, reading, writers
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BOUCHERCON 2015
As in previous years, I came back from this year’s Bouchercon (Raleigh, North Carolina, October 8 – 11) to e-mailed photos taken by authors and friends at the convention, and with some tidbits of information I’d like to share. Thursday’s … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Writers
Tagged authors, awards, bouchercon, conventions, north carolina, raleigh
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EDGARS/MALICE PHOTO GALLERY
The last week in April/first weekend in May is always our busiest time at the Dell mystery magazines. This year, it all got going a day earlier than usual. On Tuesday, April 28, we hosted a bagel breakfast in our … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Conventions, Magazine
Tagged agathas, agents, authors, award, bethesda, convention, crime, edgars, editors, Malice Domestic, maryland, md, MWA, mystery, new york, NYC, publishers
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A SEASON FOR AWARDS, GARDENS, AND MYSTERIES
Following EQMM’s busiest week of the year—the last week in April/first week in May, when the Mystery Writers of America holds its Edgar Allan Poe Awards banquet in New York, and immediately thereafter the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Business, Conventions, Writers
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“The Wonderful, Terrible, Mysterious West” (by Susan Salzer)
When Susan Salzer’s March/April 2012 story “The Saint of Pox Island” was named a finalist for the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award this spring, we did a search of EQMM’s 72-year-long awards list (which you can find here, on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Awards, Characters, Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, Noir, Western
Tagged genre, literature, magazines, mystery, noir, setting, western, wild west, writers
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MYSTERY’S BUSIEST WEEK
Last week the Mystery Writers of America held its annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards banquet in Manhattan. Each year, writers come from all across the country to attend this formal dinner and the many parties, signings, and panel discussions that … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Business, Conventions, Writers
Tagged ahmm, awards, celebration, convention, dell magazines, edgars, eqmm, malice, Malice Domestic, the edgars
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