Literary award · United States · since 1986
Anthony Award
Awards given at Bouchercon for mystery literature. Established 1986 in United States.
About Anthony Award
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.
From the Wikipedia article “Anthony Awards”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michelle McNamara | I'll Be Gone in the Dark |
| 2018 | Sue Grafton | — |
| 2018 | David Grann | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| 2014 | Daniel Stashower | The Hour of Peril |
| 2013 | John Connolly | — |
| 2012 | Charlaine Harris | The Sookie Stackhouse Companion |
| 2011 | John Curran | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making |
| 2010 | P. D. James | Talking About Detective Fiction |
| 2004 | Janet Quin-Harkin | For the Love of Mike |
| 2000 | Daphne du Maurier | Rebecca |
| 2000 | Agatha Christie | — |
| 1997 | Willetta L. Heising | Detecting Women 2 |
| 1996 | Ann Rule | Dead By Sunset |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Anthony Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q572811 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).