Given annually at the Malice Domestic Mystery Conference for the best "cozy" mystery in each category. Please note that the awards are given for works of the previous year. Thus, the "1994" awards were give in 1994 for works published in 1993.

Best Novel
Naked Once More
Elizabeth Peters
Best Novel Nominees

The Siren Sang of Murder	Sarah Caudwell
A Little Class on Murder	Carolyn G. Hart
Corpus Christmas	Margaret Maron
Philly Stakes	Gillian Roberts

Best First Novel
Grime and Punishment
Jill Churchill
Best First Novel Nominees

Working Murder	Eleanor Boylan
A Question of Guilt	Frances Fyfield
The Mother Shadow	Melanie Johnson Howe
The Mark Twain Murders	Edith Skom

Best Short Story
"A Wee Doch and Doris"
Sharyn McCrumb in Mistletoe Mysteries
Best Short Story Nominees

"Live It Up, Bert"	Patricia Derozier
"Amanda"	Ellie Grossman
"A Cozy for Christmas"	Charlotte MacLeod
"Afraid All the Time"	Nancy Pickard

Lifetime Achievement
Phyllis A. Whitney

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