Agatha Awards Archives

Malice Recap 2026

Art Taylor / April 30, 2026

It’s been a week since the start of last week’s Malice Domestic, so I’m behind on posting about how much […]

Art Taylor / January 30, 2023

Thanks to my editors, Andrew McAleer and Gay Toltl Kinman, and to our publisher Down & Out Books for making

Art Taylor / January 28, 2023

This year’s Agatha Awards finalists have been announced—and such a thrill to see my story “The Invisible Band” from Edgar

Art Taylor / March 27, 2021

I just published my March newsletter—celebrating the Agatha nomination for “The Boy Detective” on the heels of yesterday’s official announcement

Art Taylor / March 26, 2021

The Agatha Award finalists have been announced—and it made my whole year to see “The Boy Detective & The Summer

Art Taylor / December 15, 2020

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / April 26, 2020

Under normal conditions, we’d be heading to Bethesda, Maryland later this week for the annual Malice Domestic convention—and when I

Art Taylor / January 28, 2019

I’m thrilled that my story “English 398: Fiction Workshop” has been named a finalist for this year’s Agatha Award for