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SJ ROZAN
Overall Awards Chair

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA 2004 SHAMUS AWARDS FOR WORKS FIRST COPYRIGHTED IN 2003

Following are the categories for the Private Eye Writers of America 2004 Shamus Awards for novels and short stories CARRYING A FIRST COPYRIGHT DATE OF 2003. The awards will be presented in the fall of 2004.

The DEADLINE for submissions is MARCH 1, 2004. NO extensions will be given.

Eligible works must feature as a main character a person PAID for investigative work but NOT employed for that work by a unit of government. These include traditionally licensed private investigators; lawyers and reporters who do their own investigations; and others who function as hired private agents. These do not include law enforcement officers or amateur, uncompensated sleuths.

Please send one copy of each eligible work to ALL members of the appropriate committee, not just to the Chair. Do not send books to the overall awards chair. Please do NOT send a book to more than one committee.

BEST HARDCOVER PRIVATE EYE NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction that is NOT the author's first published novel.

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL PRIVATE EYE NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction in paperback original form that is NOT the author's first novel. Paperback reprints of novels previously published in hardcover are NOT eligible.

BEST FIRST PRIVATE EYE NOVEL: A book-length work of fiction that is ALSO the author's first published novel. The intent of this category is to reward a true "rookie of the year" rather than a published novelist in other genres who has written a private eye novel, even under a pseudonym. A true first novel WHETHER PUBLISHED IN HARDCOVER OR PAPERBACK ORIGINAL should be submitted under this category rather than either of the two above.

BEST PRIVATE EYE SHORT STORY: A work of fiction of FEWER THAN 15,000 words. Stories first published in an earlier year and reprinted in a magazine or anthology in 2003 are NOT eligible.

Please contact SJ Rozan at the above phone number or email address with any questions.


2004 Shamus Award Committees

BEST P.I. NOVEL

J. Michael Blue, Chair, 51160 Kings Crossing, Granger, IN 46530

James W. Hall, 601 Santurce Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33143

PJ Parrish, 7059 Greenbrook Parkway, Southaven, MS 38671


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL P.I. NOVEL

Mark Troy, chair, 1002 Rose Circle, College Station, TX 77840

Jim Fusilli, 41 Vine Rd., Larchmont, NY 10538.

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, 1030 14th St., Miami Beach, Fl. 33139


BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL

Gary Warren Niebuhr, chair, P. O. Box 341218, Milwaukee, WI 53234

Reed F. Coleman, 74 Chester Street, Lake Grove, NY 11755

Sue Grafton, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite #1343, Santa Barbara, California 93108-2794


BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

Terence Faherty, chair, 11227 Woods Bay Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46236

Jerry Kennealy, 145 Madison Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066

Gay Toltl Kinman, 900 South Second Street, Suite E, Alhambra CA 91801-5911