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
Bum Steer
Nancy Pickard
Best Novel Nominees

Real Murders	Charlaine Harris
Deadly Valentine	Carolyn G. Hart
The Face of a Stranger	Anne Perry
The Potter's Field	Ellis Peters

Best First Novel
The Body in the Belfry
Katherine Hall Page
Best First Novel Nominees

Screaming Bones	Pat Burden
Catering to Nobody	Diane Mott Davidson
The Chartreuse Clue	William F. Love
Sea of Troubles	Janet L. Smith

Best Short Story
"Too Much to Bare"
Joan Hess
Best Short Story Nominees

"The High Cost of Living"	Dorothy Cannell
"Proxime Accessit"	Reginald Hill
"A Family Affair"	Janet Neel
"The Wearing of Purple"	Anne Woodward

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