Six categories of mystery awards received their first public announcement at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Denver, Colo., September 7-10. All awards honor works published in 1999.

Guests and attendees of Bouchercon voted for the Anthony Award, named after famous mystery critic Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White).
	Best Novel: In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
	Best First Novel: Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
	Best Paperback Original: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
Not Available	Best Short Story: "Noir Lite," by Margaret Chittenden (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1999)
	Best Critical/Biographical: Detecting Women, 3rd Edition by Wiletta Heising
	Best Series of the Century: Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
	Best Writer of the Century: Agatha Christie
	Best Novel of the Century: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The readers of Deadly Pleasures magazine select the winners of the Barry Award, named after fan Barry Gardner.
	Best Novel: In A Dry Season by Peter Robinson
	Best First Novel: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
	Best British Crime Novel: A Place Of Execution by Val McDermid
	Best Paperback Original (tie)
	Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell
	and
	An Antidote for Avarice by Caroline Roe
The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers presents the Hammett Prize for excellence in the field of crime writing by a Canadian or U.S. author.
	This year's prize went to Martin Cruz Smith's Havana Bay.
Named for the fifth century B.C. historian called "The Father of History" and presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society, the Herodotus Awards honor the best in historical mystery writing.
	Best U.S. Historical Mystery: Rubicon by Steven Saylor
	Best International Historical Mystery: Absent Friends by Gillian Linscott
	Best First U.S. Historical Mystery: Faded Coat of Blue by Owen Parry
	Best First International Historical Mystery: Guilty Knowledge by Clare Curzon
	Best Historical Short Mystery Story: "Neither Pity, Love nor Fear" by Margaret Frazer (from Royal Whodunnits)
	Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Historical Mysteries: Paul Doherty, who writes as Anna Apostolou, Michael Clynes, P C Doherty, Ann Dukthas, C L Grace, and Paul Harding.
Members of Mystery Readers International vote for the Macavity Awards, named for the Mystery Cat in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
	Best Mystery Novel: The Flower Master by Sujata Massey
	Best First Mystery Novel: Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods
	Best Non-Fiction: Ross Macdonald by Tom Nolan
Not Available	Best Mystery Short Story: "Maubi and the Jumbies" by Kate Grilley (Murderous Intent, Fall 1999)
The Shamus Awards, presented by the Private Eye Writers of America, celebrate excellence in the P.I. sub-genre, in which the protagonist serves as a paid investigator, but not a police detective or government agent.
	Best P.I. Novel: California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
	Best P.I. Paperback Original: In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
	Best P.I. First Novel: Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
Not Available	Best P.I. Short Story: "Akitada's First Case" by I. J. Parker (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July/August 1999)
	The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award: Ed Hoch