Left Coast Crime Conference

About the Conference
The Left Coast Crime Conference ....

Awards
The conference presents awards for mystery novels. The main award is the Lefty, with up to three other awards determined each year by the current organizing committee. Since the committee and location of the conference change each year, the other three awards are eligible to change each year.

The awards that have been presented are below.

The Lefty Award
The Lefty Award is given to the best humorous mystery novel published in a particular year. It is voted on by Left Coast Crime attendees. Eligible books must have been published for the first time in the United States in the year preceding the convention. Nominations come from registered convention members beginning on January 1 of the year of the convention.

The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award
The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historial Mystery Award is given to the best historical mystery novel covering events before 1950.

The Dilys Award
The Dilys Award is given to the mystery novel that members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association loved selling the most over the past year.

The Hawaii Five-0
The Hawaii Five-0 Award was presented in 2009.

The Hillerman Sky Award
The Hillerman Sky Award was presented in 2011 to the the mystery (short story to novel length) that best captures the landscape of the Southwest.

The Panik Award
The Panik Award was presented in 2010 in honor of the the late Paul Anik, Chairman of Left Coast Crime 2010 for the best Los Angeles Noir book published in 2009.

The Watson Award
The Watson Award was presented in 2011 to the mystery novel with the best sidekick.