Anouncing a New Award

There are lots of awards for writers out there. Some are judged by an elite, some by members. All are worth wining. It gives a writer a tag to put on web pages. Sometimes there is a prize of publication, or money.
Anyone can give a writer an award. It can be an email telling them how much the reader enjoyed the book. It can be as big and formal as an established organization: the Edgars, or the Agathas. An author may have to submit the work, it may be nominated by membership or it may be chosen out of all the works published in the year.
Most of the big writer’s organizations offer awards.
I’ve been thinking that I might offer an award myself, for the X mystery I have read in a year.
I haven’t decided what to put in place of the X. Certainly not the best. There are lots of well written books out there that are wonderful but don’t fill my expectations. Someone else can give them awards. The book that has the most readers? The author who knows the most people? The book that I remember a year after I have read it? This may be what I base my award on. It will be the book that I have suggested to the most people. It will be unusual in some way. It will not appeal to everyone.
In May I will announce the first ever Cadaver Award and its winner. Watch this spot.