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
Dead Man's Island
Carolyn Hart
Best Novel Nominees

Old Scores	Aaron Elkins
O Little Town of Maggody	Joan Hess
Fair Game	Rochele Majer Krich
Southern Discomfort	Margaret Maron
To Live and Die in Dixie	Kathy Hogan Trocheck

Best First Novel
Track of the Cat
Nevada Barr
Best First Novel Nominees

Goodnight, Irene	Jan Burke
A Share in Death	Deborah Crombie
Death Comes as Ephiphany	Sharan Newman
Child of Silence	Abigail Padgett

Best Short Story
"Kim's Game"
M.D. Lake
Best Short Story Nominees

"A Romance in the Rockies"	K.K. Beck
"Sax and the Single Cat"	Carole Nelson Douglas
"Checkout"	Susan Dunlap
"...That Married Dear Old Dad"	Margaret Maron

Best Nonfiction
The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery
Barbara D'Amato
Best Nonfiction Nominees

Dorothy L. Sayers	Alzina Stone Dale
The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie	Michael C. Gerald
The Fine Art of Murder	Ed Gorman
A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection	Marvin Lachman
The Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91	Ellen A. Nehr

Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
Mignon G. Eberhart

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