USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series

NOIR SERIES AWARDS, PRIZES & HONORS

Following is a list-in-progress of the various awards, prizes, and honors that Akashic Noir Series stories have either won or been short-listed for.

Boston Noir

Edgar Award Finalists 2010

• Dennis Lehane, “Animal Rescue”

• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2010

• John Dufresne, “The Cross-Eyed Bear”

• Dennis Lehane, “Animal Rescue”

Shamus Award Finalist 2010

• Brendan DuBois, “The Dark Island”

Anthony Award Finalists 2010

• Dennis Lehane, “Animal Rescue”

• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”

Macavity Award Finalist 2010

• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”

Agatha Award Finalist 2009

• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”

Bronx Noir

Winner, New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association

Book of the Year Award, Special Category 2008

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

• S.J. Rozan, “Hothouse”

Brooklyn Noir

Edgar Award Finalist 2005

• Pete Hamill, “The Book Signing”

• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2005

• Thomas Morrissey, “Can’t Catch Me”

Shamus Award Winner 2005

• Pearl Abraham, “Hasidic Noir”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2005

• Tim McLoughlin, “When All This Was Bay Ridge”

• Lou Manfredo, “Case Closed”

Anthony Award Finalist 2005

• Arthur Nersesian, “Hunter/Trapper”

Pushcart Prize Finalist 2005

• Ellen Miller, “Practicing”

DC Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

• Robert Andrews, “Solomon’s Alley”

Detroit Noir

Shamus Award Finalist 2008

• Loren D. Estleman, “Kill the Cat”

Kansas City Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

• Nancy Pickard, “Lightbulb”

Las Vegas Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009

• David Corbett, “Pretty Little Parasite”

• Vu Tran, “This or Any Desert”

Lone Star Noir

Shamus Award Finalist 2011

• Lisa Sandlin, “Phelan’s First Case”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

• David Corbett & Luis Alberto Urrea, “Who Stole My Monkey?”

Long Island Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

• Nick Mamatas, “The Shiny Car in the Night”

Los Angeles Noir

Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Winner 2007

Edgar Award Winner 2008

• Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

• Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”

• Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”

Manhattan Noir

Edgar Award Finalists 2007

• S.J. Rozan, “Building”

• Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

• Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”

Miami Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

• John Bond, “T-bird”

New Jersey Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

• Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”

New Orleans Noir

Shamus Award Finalist 2008

• James Nolan, “Open Mike”

Paris Noir

Edgar Award Finalist 2009

• Dominique Mainard, “La Vie en Rose”

Philadelphia Noir

Macavity Award Finalist 2011

• Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”

Phoenix Noir

Edgar Award Winner 2010

• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

Anthony Award Finalist 2010

• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

Macavity Award Finalist 2010

• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

Shamus Award Finalist 2010

• Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”

Queens Noir

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2009

• Joe Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”

San Diego Noir

Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award Finalist 2011

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

• T. Jefferson Parker, “Vic Primeval”

San Francisco Noir

Macavity Award Finalist 2006

• David Corbett, “It Can Happen”

Staten Island Noir

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2013

• Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

• Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”

Toronto Noir

Arthur Ellis Award Winner 2009

• Pasha Malla, “Filmsong”

Arthur Ellis Award Finalist 2009

• Peter Robinson, “Walking the Dog”

Twin Cities Noir

Shamus Award Finalist 2007

•Bruce Rubenstein, “Smoke Got in My Eyes”

Venice Noir

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

• Emily St. John Mandel, “Drifter”

Wall Street Noir

Derringer Award Finalist 2008

• Twist Phelan, “A Trader’s Lot”

Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

• Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game”