AWARDS
THE JOHN D. MACDONALD AWARD
FOREXCELLENCE IN FLORIDA FICTION
Winners of the John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction include:
James Hall 1996
Elmore Leonard 1992
Paul Levine 1994
Charles Willeford 1999
Randy Wayne White 2002
Stuart Kaminsky 2006
Tim Dorsey 2016
Under the auspices of Green Flash Salvage, a successor to an earlier JDM group, the award has been continued.
This is Green Flash Salvage and Tim Dorsey. ( from left: Cal Branche, Karen Turville, Jay Davis, and in back, Tim Dorsey.
FLORIDA HALL OF FAME:
Largely due to the efforts of Karen Turville JDM was inducted into the Florida Hall of Fame in 1991.
This is the Florida Senate Resolution recognizing MacDonald
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This is one of the letters sent to the Hall of Fame in support of MacDonald:
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BOUCHERCON:
The Anthony Boucher Memorial Mystery Convention: the World Mystery Conference, shall be held once a year to honor the memory of William Anthony Parker White. The purpose of the conference is to provide a place for fans and practitioners in the field of mystery fiction to gather. It will be commonly referred to as Bouchercon with the appropriate sequential number appended.
Bouchercon XIV (1983) -- New York, NY
Chairs -- Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrenner
Guest Of Honor -- John D. MacDonald
Stephen King flew in from Maine just to introduce MacDonald as Guest of Honor.
Below, JDM delivered some remarks on his beginnings in the pulp fiction area before becoming published in paperback and hard-cover.
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I was fortunate to moderate a panel on Florida crime/mystery/detective fiction at the 1997 Bouchercon. The Bouchercon is an outstanding event where more than 3,000 fans gather each year. The event is held in various cities, and is somewhat unique in that fans vie to host the event, and a guiding panel assigns the "victors."
Check out Bouchercon on the internet: http://www.bouchercon.info/
FYI: past and future sites for Bouchercon, usually held in late September or early October .
2018: St. Petersburg, Florida
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
John D. MacDonald was known for his intense interest in the passing of Florida’s natural wonders in the face of ever-continuing construction.
Many of his novels reflect a deep appreciation of the habitat which sets Florida apart from other places, including, of course, the Everglades. The John D. MacDonald Enviornmental Award is a fitting tribute to the author, and to others who follow him in their artistic endeavors to keep enviornmental awareness alive.
Winner of the first-ever John D. MacDonald Environmental Award: Jimmy Buffett
The second Envioronmental Award was given to Carl Hiaasen
at the MYSTERY: THE FLORIDA CONNECTION conference in April, 2002., especially for his columns and books which portray a deep love for the Florida environment.
Although subsequent awards have yet to be given, there are some outstanding candidates, chief among whom are the great number of Florida folk-singers who keep alive the idea of preserving Florida's environment, away from those developers whose only desire seems to be, as JDM put it once: "...to pave over everything in the state!!”
And Clyde Butcher, whose photography has illuminated the beauty of natural Florida.
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