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Left Coast Crime

Left Coast Crime is an annual conference organised by mystery fiction fans for mystery fiction fans, first held in San Francisco in 1991. It is concerned with western North American region mysteries, but the conference itself travels worldwide, having been held in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as different parts of the United States. The conference enables fans to mix with authors. A prominent author of western mystery fiction is invited to be guest speaker.[1][2]

In December 2019 Mystery Writers of America awarded the convention organization the 2020 Raven Award for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing."[3]

Lefty Awards

Best Humorous Mystery Novel Award

Conference participants have voted on an award for the most humorous mystery novel since 1996.

Best Historical Mystery Novel

The Best Historical Mystery Novel Award, also known as the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, established in 2004, is presented "to mystery novels covering events before 1960."[8][21]

Best Mystery Novel

Best Début Mystery

The Lefty for Best Debut Mystery has gone by many names, include the Eureka! Award (2012), the Rosebud Award (2015), and finally, the Left for Best Debut Mystery.

Wildcard Awards

In addition to regular Lefty Awards, wildcard awards have occasionally been presented. One regularly occurring wild card award is based on geographical location, with its name changing depending upon the location of the convention, such as the Otter (Monterey, 2004), the Calavera (El Paso, 2005), the Rocky (Denver, 2008; Colorado Springs, 2013), and the Rose (Portland, 2015).[4] Left Coast Crime has also presented awards according to other geographic regions, such as the Hillerman Sky (Southwest settings, 2011), the Golden Nugget (California settings, 2012), the Squid (US settings, 2014), and the Calamari (non-US settings, 2014).[4]

Other wildcard awards "include the Watson, for the mystery with the best sidekick (Santa Fe 2011 & Colorado Springs 2013), and the Hawaii Five-O, for best law enforcement or police procedural (Waikoloa, Hawaii 2009). The Panik award was given in memory of Paul Anik for best LA noir (Los Angeles 2010). Cover art was recognized with the Arty (Denver 2008)."[4]

Notes

  1. ^ The Otter Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  2. ^ The Calavera Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  3. ^ The Arty Award was presented to the novel with the "best cover art"
  4. ^ The Rocky Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  5. ^ The Hawaii Five-O Award was presented to the best novel including "law enforcement" and/or "police procedural" material
  6. ^ The Panik Award was presented "in honor of the late Paul Anik for the best Los Angeles Noir"
  7. ^ The Hillerman Sky Award was presented to the "mystery that best captures the landscape of the Southwest"
  8. ^ The Watson Award was presented to the "mystery novel with best sidekick"
  9. ^ The Golden Nugget Award was presented to the "best mystery set in California"
  10. ^ The Rocky Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  11. ^ The Watson Award was presented to the "mystery novel with best sidekick"
  12. ^ The Calamari Award was presented to the "best mystery set anywhere else in the world"
  13. ^ The Squid Award was presented to the "best mystery set within the United States"
  14. ^ The Rose Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  15. ^ The Best LCC Regional Mystery Award was presented to the "best mystery set in the LCC region"
  16. ^ The Best World Mystery Award was presented to a novel "set anywhere outside the LCC region"

References

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  2. ^ Rudolph, Janet (2009-06-28). "Mystery Fanfare: Left Coast Crime 2010: Booked in LA". Mystery Fanfare. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. ^ "MWA Announces the 2020 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Recipients". Mystery Writers of America. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "LCC2013 website homepage". Left Coast Crime. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
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  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Lefty Awards - 2019 (Left Coast Crime) -". Nightstand Book Reviews. 2019-04-01. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
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  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Cogdill, Oline H. "Compliments to Left Coast Crime". Mystery Scene Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
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  21. ^ "The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award". Awards.OmniMystery.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  22. ^ a b c d e "LCC2013 website homepage". Left Coast Crime. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04.

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