Her submission, Murder in Tokyo, is a story of a Japanese American teen’s life which is shattered when her boyfriend is arrested as the prime suspect in a classmate’s murder. “I lived in Tokyo as an adult and found it painful to be viewed as different,” said Otake. “I expected to fit in and wondered how much harder that experience would have been if I was a vulnerable teen.”
Sisters in Crime has also awarded five runners-up:
Danielle Arceneaux
Amber Boothe
Jennifer K. Morita
Valerie Kemp
Kathy A. Norris
The winner receives a $2,000 grant intended to support the recipient in crime fiction writing and career development activities. The grant may be used for activities that include workshops, seminars, conferences, and retreats, online courses, and research activities required for completion of the work. Otake said, “With this generous grant, I plan to either visit Japan to do more research for my manuscript or attend a mystery writing class at Moniack Mhor in Scotland.”
MCILVANNEY PRIZE LONGLIST
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones. Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2022 longlist which was announced June 8:
May God Forgive by Alan Parks (Canongate)
The Second Cut by Louise Welsh (Canongate)
A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton (Polygon)
From the Ashes by Deborah Masson (Transworld)
A Matter of Time by Claire Askew (Hodder)
A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney (Harpercollins)
Rizzio by Denise Mina (Polygon)
The Sound of Sirens by Ewan Gault (Leamington Books)
The Blood Tide by Neil Lancaster (Harpercollins)
Finalists for the McIlvanney Prize will be revealed at the beginning of September. The winner will be announced on September 15.
The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.
The judging panel for 2021 comprised Philomena Horsley, winner of the 2018 Scarlet Stiletto Award and medical autopsy expert; Joy Lawn, YA expert, and reviewer; Janice Simpson, author and academic; Emily Webb, true crime author, and podcaster; and Sisters in Crime national co-convenors, Moraig Kisler and Tara Mitchell.
MCILVANNEY PRIZE SHORTLIST
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.. Here is The McIlvanney Prize 2021 shortlist:
The Silent Daughter, Emma Christie (Wellbeck)
The Coffinmaker’s Garden, Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths (Quercus, Quercus Fiction)
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (Penguin Random House UK, Viking)
The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway (Little, Brown Book Group, Constable)
Death in the Eastby Abir Mukherjee (VINTAGE, Harvill Secker)
We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker (Bonnier Books UK, Zaffre)
The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood (Quercus, Quercus Fiction)
The public is invited to vote for the winner here. The award will be announced Thursday July 22. The author will receive £3,000, and a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakston Old Peculier.
MCILVANNEY PRIZE LONGLIST
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.. Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2021 longlist:
The Cut, Chris Brookmyre (Little,Brown)
The Silent Daughter, Emma Christie (Wellbeck)
Before the Storm, Alex Gray (Little, Brown)
Dead Man’s Grave, Neil Lancaster (HarperCollins, HQ)
The Coffinmaker’s Garden, Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)
Still Life, Val McDermid (Little,Brown)
Bad Debt, William McIntyre (Sandstone)
The Less Dead, Denise Mina (Vintage)
How To Survive Everything, Ewan Morrison (Saraband)
Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison (Macmillan)
The April Dead, Alan Parks (Canongate)
Hyde, Craig Russell (Constable)
Waking the Tiger, Mark Wightman (Hobeck Books)
MACAVITY AWARDS FINALISTS
Mystery Readers International announced the finalists for the 2021 Macavity Awards on June 1.
The Macavity Award is named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in five categories.
Best Mystery Novel:
Caroline B. Cooney:Before She Was Helen (Ecco)
S.A. Cosby:Blacktop Wasteland (Flatiron Books)
Matt Coyle:Blind Vigil (Oceanview Publishing)
Louise Penny:All the Devils Are Here (Minotaur)
Ivy Pochoda:These Women (Poisoned Pen Press)
Michael Robotham:When She Was Good (Scribner)
Best First Mystery:
Deepa Anappara:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Random House)
Nev March:Murder in Old Bombay (Minotaur)
Richard Osman:The Thursday Murder Club (Pamela Dorman Books)
Art Taylor: “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ‘74” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020)
Gabriel Valjan: “Elysian Fields” (California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Art Taylor; Wildside Press)
Elaine Viets: “Dog Eat Dog” (The Beat of Black Wings:Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter; Untreed Reads Publishing)
James W. Ziskin: “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” (In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King; Pegasus Crime)
Best Mystery Critical/Biographical:
Leslie Brody:Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy (Seal Press)
Martin Edwards, editor: Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club (HarperCollins)
Erin E. MacDonald:Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (McFarland)
Sheila Mitchell:H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime (Level Best Books)
Craig Sisterson:Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand (Oldcastle Books)
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery:
Rhys Bowen:The Last Mrs. Summers (Berkeley)
Elsa Hart:The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne (Minotaur)
Both awards are ordinarily handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, which was cancelled this year. The announcement was still made online in the month when the festival would have taken place.
McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year
Pine by Francine Toon
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.
The shortlist was unveiled for the 2020 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year on September 1.
Whirligig by Andrew James Greig
A Dark Matter by Doug Johnstone
The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
Pine by Francine Toon
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.
The winner will be announced at the Bloody Scotland Festival, which has gone virtual like most cons this year. Most events will be free and the program is here.
The Bloody Scotland festival on June 23 announced contenders for the two awards it hosts that celebrate Scottish noir, the McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year award.
Both awards are ordinarily handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, which has been cancelled this year, however, the winners will be announced in September, the month when the festival would have taken place.
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.. Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2020 longlist:
McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Longlist
Lin Anderson, Time for the Dead (Macmillan)
Lisa Gray, Bad Memory (Thomas & Mercer)
Andrew James Greig, Whirligig (Fledgling)
Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (Orenda)
Val McDermid, How the Dead Speak (Little, Brown)
Ben McPherson, The Island (HarperCollins)
James Oswald, Bury Them Deep (Headline)
Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Canongate) aka Chris Broomyre and Marisa Haetzman
Mary Paulson-Ellis, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing (Mantle)
Caro Ramsay, The Red, Red Snow (Severn House)
Craig Robertson, Watch Him Die (Simon & Schuster)
Francine Toon, Pine (Doubleday)
Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year Shortlist
? Congratulations to Claire Askew @OneNightStanzas who has won the inaugural Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year with All the Hidden Truths!
NED KELLY AWARDS. The 2019 Ned
Kelly Awards, given by the Australian Crime Writing Association, were presented
on September 6.
Best True Crime
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
Best First Fiction
The Rúin by Dervla McTiernan
Best Fiction
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
DAVITT AWARDS. The winners of the 2019
Davitt Awards, handed out by Sisters in Crime Australia, were named on August
31. (List obtained with an assist from crime fiction news site Shots.)
Best Adult Crime Novel
The
Rúinby Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins
Australia)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel
Small Spaces by
Sarah Epstein (Walker Books)
Best Children’s Crime Novel
Wakestone Hall by Judith Rossell (ABC Books)
Best Non-fiction Crime Book
The Arsonist by
Chloe Hooper (Penguin Random House)
Best Debut Novel
Eggshell Skull by
Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin)
Readers’ Choice
The Lost Man by
Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia)
PINCKLEY PRIZES. The
2019
Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction, awarded by the Women’s National Book
Association of New Orleans, honor two women
writers. Both winners will receive both a financial award of $2,500 and a trip
to New Orleans to accept their prize at a ceremony on October 10.
The Nosy Parker Award for Best
Amateur Detective Who’s been sticking their nose in where it
doesn’t belong? This award is for the civvie who can’t resist mystery.
A Clean Canvas by Elizabeth Mundy
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
Red Snow by Will Dean
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
The Suspect by Fiona Barton
The Taking of Annie Thorne by C J Tudor
The Jury’s Out Award for Most
Gripping Courtroom Drama The stakes are high and the twists and turns
are unpredictable. This award is for the book packed full of legal thrills.
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
Marked for Death by Tony Kent
No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh
The Dish Served Cold Award for Best
Revenge Thriller Retribution’s the name of the game here. This
award is for the book serving up just – or unjust – deserts.
Do No Harm by L V Hay
Final Betrayal by Patricia Gibney
Marked for Death by Tony Kent
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Puppet Show by M W Craven
Sticks and Stones by Jo Jakeman
The Cancel All Plans Award for the
Book You Can’t Put Down Clear your diary. Switch off your phone. Call
in sick. This award is for the book that demands you keep reading.
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan
The Night Olivia Fell by Christina Mcdonald
The Passengers by John Marrs
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
Sleep by C L Taylor
The Cat and Mouse Award for Most
Elusive Villain The hunt is on! This award is for those dastardly
cunning criminals who are particularly difficult to pin down.
Beautiful Liars by Isabel Ashdown
Do No Harm by L V Hay
The Infirmary by L J Ross
The Last of the Magpies by Mark Edwards
The Rumour by Lesley Kara
Twisted by Steve Cavanagh
The Dead Good Recommends Award for
Most Recommended Book Which book do you press into the hands of
everyone you meet? This award is for the novel you recommend above all others.
The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
Now You See Her by Heidi Perks
The Passengers by John Marrs
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
Sleep by C L Taylor
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
MCILVANNEY PRIZES. Scottish noir is celebrated by the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime fiction . Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2019 longlist:
All the Hidden Truths, Claire Askew (Hodder)
No Man’s Land, Neil Broadfoot (Little, Brown)
Fallen Angel, Chris Brookmyre (Little, Brown)
Breakers, Doug Johnstone (Orenda)
All That’s Dead, Stuart MacBride (Harper Collins)
In the Silence, M R Mackenzie (Bloodhound Books)
Broken Ground, Val McDermid (Little, Brown)
A Breath on Dying Embers, Denzil Meyrick (Polygon)
Conviction, Denise Mina (Vintage)
The Way of All Flesh, Ambrose Parry (Canongate) aka Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman
In a House of Lies, Ian Rankin (Orion)
A Treachery of Spies, Manda Scott (Transworld)
Thunder Bay, Douglas Skelton (Polygon)
Followed by the shortlist for the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Prize. Both
awards are handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland.
All the Hidden Truths, Claire Askew* (Hodder)
From the Shadows, G R Halliday (Vintage)
Black Camp 21, Bill Jones (Polygon)
In the Silence, M R Mackenzie* (Bloodhound)
The Peat Dead, Allan Martin (Thunderpoint)
They were chosen by an independent panel of readers and booksellers. The finalists for the McIlvanney Prize 2019 will be revealed at the beginning of September and selected by Alison Flood, books reporter for The Guardian and a former news reporter for The Bookseller; James Crawford, chair of Publishing Scotland and presenter of BBC series, Scotland from the Sky and Stuart Cosgrove, writer and broadcaster who was formerly a senior executive at Channel 4. The debut prize will be judged by a panel from the board of Bloody Scotland including crime writers Lin Anderson, Craig Robertson, Gordon Brown and Abir Mukherjee.
Winner will be presented at the Opening Reception of Bloody
Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling on Friday 20
September 2019.
