Are you preparing to fill out your nomination form for Bouchercon "Blood on the Bayou" 2016?
If you want some guidelines, please refer to the following list of 2015 Anthony Award Nominees.
Best Novel
Lamentation by Joe Clifford [Oceanview Publishing]
The Secret Place by Tana French [Hodder & Stoughton/Viking Books]
After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman [William Morrow]
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny [Minotaur Books]
Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan [Forge]
Best First Novel
Blessed Are The Dead by Kristi Belcamino [Witness Impulse]
Ice Sheer by M.P. Cooley [William Morrow]
Invisible City by Julia Dahl [Minotaur Books]
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens [Seventh Street Books]
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day [Seventh Street Books]
Best Paperback Original
Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin [Harper]
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood [Penguin]
The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson [Midnight Ink Books]
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters [Quirk Books]
No Stone Unturned by James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street Books]
Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work
The Figure of a Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson [McFarland]
Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice by Kate Clark Flora [New Horizon]
Dru's Book Musings by Dru Ann Love [http://drusbookmusing.com]
Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allen Poe by J.W. Ocker [Countryman/W.W. Norton]
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey by Hank Phillippi Ryan [Henery Press]
Best Short Story
"Honeymoon Sweet" Murder At The Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014 by Craig Faustus Buck [Down & Out]
"The Shadow Knows" Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays by Barb Goffman [Wildside]
"Howling at the Moon" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 by Paul D. Marks [Dell]
"Of Dogs & Deceit" Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 by John Shepphird [Dell]
"The Odds Are Against Us" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 by Art Taylor [Dell]
Best Anthology or Collection
Face-Off edited by David Baldacci [Simon & Schuster]
Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014 edited by Dana Cameron [Down & Out]
Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen edited by Joe Clifford [Gutter/Zelmer Pulp]
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon edited by Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger [Pegasus Books]
Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Love, Lust, and Longing edited by Karen Pullen [Wildside]
Best Novel: After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman [William Morrow]
Best First Novel: The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day [Seventh Street Books]
Best Paperback Original: The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson [Midnight Ink Books]
Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work: Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey by Hank Phillippi Ryan [Henery Press]
Best Short Story: "The Odds Are Against Us" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 by Art Taylor [Dell]
Best Anthology or Collection: In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon edited by Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger [Pegasus Books]
