The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1968
The Edgar Allan Poe awards (the "Edgars") are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre.  The following list is of print literature only.  The awards for television, motion pictures, and plays have been omitted.

Best Novel: GOD SAVE THE MARK, by Donald E. Westlake

Nominated:
LEMON IN THE BASKET, by Charlotte Armstrong (Coward-McCann)
THE GIFT SHOP, by Charlotte Armstrong (Coward-McCann)
A PARADE OF COCKEYED CREATURES, by George Baxt (Random House)
FLYING FINISH, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
ROSEMARY'S BABY, by Ira Levin (Random House)

Best First Novel: ACT OF FEAR, by Michael Collins (Dodd, Mead)

   Nominated:
   MORTISSIMO, by P.E.H. Dunston (Random House)
   THE KILLING SEASON, by John Redgate (Trident)
   THE TIGERS ARE HUNGRY, by Charles Early (Wm. Morrow)
   HELL GATE, by James Dawson (McKay)

Best Fact Crime: A PRIVATE DISGRACE, by Victoria Lincoln (Putnam)

   Nominated:
   BLACK MARKET MEDICINE, by Margaret Kreig (Prentice Hall)
   JUSTICE IN THE BACK ROOM, by Selwyn Raab (World Publishing Co.)
   FRAME-UP, by Curt Gentry (Norton)

Best Short Story: "The Oblong Room", by Edward D. Hoch (in The Saint, July, 1967).

Nominated:
"Twist for Twist" by Christianna Brand (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 5/67)
"Dare I Weep? Dare I Mourn?" by John le Carré (Saturday Evening Post 1/28)
"The Salad Maker" by Robert McNear (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 6/67)

Best Juvenile:  SIGNPOST TO TERROR by Gretchen Sprague (Dodd, Mead)

    Nominated:
    THE SECRET OF THE MISSING BOAT by Paul Berna (Pantheon)
    THE WITCHES' BRIDGE by Barbee Oliver Carleton (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)


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