1996
【Best Novel】
Winner If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him / (Sharyn McCrumb)
【Best First Mystery Novel】
Winner The Body in the Transept /(Jeanne M. Dams)
【Best Short Story】
Winner The Dog Who Remembered Too Much /(Elizabeth Daniels Squire)
【Best Nonfiction】
Winner Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago /(Alzina Stone Dale)
1997
【Best Novel】
Winner Up Jumps the Devil / (Margaret Maron)
【Best First Mystery Novel】
Winner Murder on a Girl's Night Out /(Anne George)
【Best Short Story】
Winner Accidents Will Happen / (Carolyn Wheat)
【Best Nonfiction】
Winner Detecting Woman 2 /(Willetta Heising)
1998
【Best Novel】
Winner The Devil in the Music / (Kate Ross)
【Best First Mystery Novel】
Winner The Salaryman's Wofe / (Sujata Massey)
【Best Short Story】
Winner Tea for Two /(M. D. Lake)
【Best Nonfiction】
Winner Detecting Men /(Willeta Heising)
1999
【Best Novel】
Winner Butchers Hill / (Laura Lippman)
【Best First Mystery Novel】
Winner The Doctor Digs a Grave / (Robin Hathaway)
【Best Short Story】
Winner Of Course You Know That Chocolate is a Vegetable / (Barbara D'Amato)
【Best Nonfiction】
Winner Mystery Readers Walking Guide to Washington, D. C. /(Alzina Stone Dale)
2000
【Best Novel】
Winner Mariner's Compass /(Earlene Fowler)
【Best First Mystery Novel】
Winner Murder, with Peacocks / (Donna Andrews)
【Best Short Story】
Winner Out of Africa (Nancy Pickard)
【Best Nonfiction】
Winner Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle/ (Daniel Stashower)
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