Southwest Sleuths Newsletter
August 26, 2020
Hot off the press: Left Coast Crime 2021 Rescheduled to 2022
Due to the uncertainty of holding large gatherings in the spring of 2021, the Left Coast Crime 2021 convention has been rescheduled for April 7–10, 2022 – same place, same week in April, just a year later.
The Left Coast Crime national committee is making this decision now because we cannot count on having favorable government policies and the hotel's ability to provide necessary services by next spring, as well as the willingness of our Left Coast Crime community to travel with confidence. We’ve been in continual conversations with hotel personnel and sought assurances from the State of New Mexico, but no one can say when conventions can resume, even in 2021.
LCC 2021 registrants will be automatically transferred to 2022. We will soon send you an email giving you the option to cancel for a full refund. The LCC hotel reservation code will be emailed in mid-April 2021 (a year before the convention) when the hotel begins accepting reservations for our block.
Left Coast Crime 2022 — Southwest Sleuths — will feature the same incredible convention guests: Guests of Honor Mick Herron & Catriona McPherson, Fan Guest of Honor Kristopher Zgorski, Toastmaster Kellye Garrett, and Ghost of Honor Tony Hillerman. A Southwest Sleuths newsletter with more news will be coming your way sometime in September.
The
Southwest Sleuths website has been updated with the new dates.
2021 Lefty Awards: The Unconvention
Because of the current extraordinary circumstances, Left Coast Crime will be handling the 2021 Lefty Awards virtually to celebrate books published in 2020. Registrants for the Left Coast Crime Conventions in San Diego and Albuquerque will be able to nominate three titles in each category. Nomination forms will be emailed to all eligible LCC registrants by January 1, 2021. The Lefty Award categories are: Best Mystery Novel, Best Debut Mystery Novel, Best Humorous Mystery Novel, Best Historical Mystery Novel (The Bruce Alexander Memorial).
More information about the Lefty Awards
Stay safe everyone and keep reading!
Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich, Southwest Sleuths Co-Chairs
Left Coast Crime 2022: Albuquerque, New Mexico
When: April 7–10, 2022
Where: Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Guest of Honor: Mick Herron
Guest of Honor: Catriona McPherson
Fan Guest of Honor: Kristopher Zgorski
Toastmaster: Kellye Garrett
Ghost of Honor: Tony Hillerman
Visit the
LCC 2022 website for more details and to register.
