In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
Continue reading →
Category Archives: Awards
The First Two Pages: “The Summer Uncle Cat Came To Stay” by Leslie Elman
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers…
Continue reading →
Macavity Wins—Plural!
Such a thrill to start off this year’s Bouchercon with news that my story “Better Days” has won the Macavity…
Continue reading →
Bouchercon Week!
In any normal year, I might already be packing for a California getaway and feeling the excitement build for everything…
Continue reading →
July Newsletter: Awards, Recent Reads, and A Cover Reveal!
I just released my June newsletter—now a July newsletter. (Where does the time go?) In addition to some recent news—award…
Continue reading →
“Better Days” Named a Macavity Finalist
The 2020 Macavity Award finalists have been announced—and such a thrill to see my story “Better Days” from Ellery Queen’s…
Continue reading →
Read the 2020 Anthony Finalists for Free!
Thanks to Bouchercon for posting links to each of this year’s Anthony Award finalists for Best Short Story—PDF versions of…
Continue reading →
Anthony Award Nominations—TIMES TWO!
Yowsa! It’s an honor to have not just one but TWO of my short stories named as finalists for this…
Continue reading →
Shamus Award Finalists & The First Two Pages!
Earlier this week, the Private Eye Writers of America announced this year’s Shamus Award finalists—a great bunch overall, and I…
Continue reading →
Missing Malice
Under normal conditions, we’d be heading to Bethesda, Maryland later this week for the annual Malice Domestic convention—and when I…
Continue reading →