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The Anthony Award Nominations have been announced:

Anthony Award Nominations

BEST NOVEL:

Burke, Jan. KIDNAPPED, Simon & Schuster

Lippman, Laura. NO GOOD DEEDS, Harper

Minda, Denise. THE DEAD HOUR, Little Brown & Co.

Pickard, Nancy. THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS, Ballantine

Spencer-Fleming, Julia. ALL MORTAL FLESH, St. Martins

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Hart, John. THE KING OF LIES, St. Martins

Hockensmith, Steve. HOLMES ON THE RANGE, St. Martins

Penny, Louise. STILL LIFE, St. Martins

Read, Cornelia. A FIELD OF DARKNESS, Mysterious Press

Sokoloff, Alexandra. THE HARROWING, St. Martins

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Cameron, Dana. ASHES AND BONES, Avon

Cook, Troy. 47 RULES OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BANK ROBBERS, Capital Crime Press

Doolittle, Sean. THE CLEANUP, Dell

Fate, Robert. BABY SHARK, Capital Crime Press

Gischler, Victor. SHOTGUN OPERA, Dell

Hirahara, Naomi. SNAKESKIN SHAMISEN, Bantam Dell - Delta

Huston, Charlie. A DANGEROUS MAN, Ballantine

BEST SHORT STORY ???

Abbott, Megan. “Policy,” DAMN NEAR DEAD, Busted Flush Press

Cameron, Dana. “The Lords of Misrule,” SUGARPLUMS AND SCANDAL, Avon

Crider, Bill. “Cranked,” DAMN NEAR DEAD, Busted Flush Press

Kelner, Toni. “Sleeping with the Plush,” Alfred Hitchcock Mag

Viets, Elaine. “After the Fall,” Alfred Hitchcock Mag

Wood, Simon. “My Father’s Secret,” Crime Spree Magazine, Bcon Spec Issue ’06

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION ???

Huang, Jim and Austin Lugar, Editors. MYSTERY MUSES, Crum Creek Press

Niebuhr, Gary Warren. READ ‘EM THEIR WRITES, Libraries Unlimited

Roerden, Chris. DON’T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY, Bella Rosa Books

Stashower, Daniel. THE BEAUTIFUL CIGAR GIRL, Dutton

Wagoner, E.J., THE SCIENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, John Wiley & Sons

SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD

Ardal, Charles. Hard Case Crime

Easter, George. Deadly Pleasures

Huang, Jim. Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company

Jordan, Jon and Ruth. CrimeSpree Magazine

Kaczmarek, Lynn and Chris Aldrich. Mystery News

Karim, Ali. Shots Magazine

Wheeler, Franchi & Sharon. reviewingtheevidence.com

Van Hertbruggen, Maddy. 4 Mystery Addicts

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Due to a lack of nominations, we regret that there will be no award given for Best Young Adult Novel this year.

Congrats to all.

Jon and I are very excited to be on the same list as the other nominees in the Special Service Award Catagory. They are an inspirational group of people. All have an astounding passion and energy for the world of mystery. We hope we can live up to even the nod. Ali was there at the very beginning of Crimespree, in fact helped us come up with the name for the magazine. There's a smile on my face just looking at his name here.

Crimespree did high fives over the nomination of "My Father's Secret" by Simon Wood. Mr. Wood's story is truly remarkable. I feel a bit like the boys from Plots with Guns must have, an untraditional Short-Story outlet being given recognition for "their " work.The quality of the short stories in our magazine is astounding and recognition of that is a pat on the back for the magazine, a gift to the many who have contributed stories over our first three years. Steven Torres recently won a Derringer for a story that appeared in our magazine, and last year David Case was nominated for an Award for his.

The "their" when it comes to short story fiction in Crimespree comes down to the one. Jennifer Jordan is a remarkable woman. She's worked hard making this facet of Crimespree work. So Simon "Whoo!" and Jen4? Thank you and "Whoo, Whoo!"

I am so happy to be a Jordan, I keep the most excellent company.

Ruth