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Title: Common Abbreviations & Acronyms
Post by: Kate Stine, Editor on June 09, 2019, 01:52:10 pm
Here's a list of common abbreviations & acronyms that might stump a first time visitor to this site.

AHMM - Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
EQMM - Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
MS - Mystery Scene
PW - Publishers Weekly

MWA - Mystery Writers of America
SINC - Sisters in Crime
PWA - Private Eye Writers of America
CWC - Crime Writers of Canada
CWA - Crime Writers' Association (UK)
ITW - International Thriller Writers

TCOT - The Case of the

NYPD - New York Police Department. Similar: LAPD (Los Angeles)
ATF - U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

AG - Attorney General