Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story, established in 1951, is an annual American literary award, presented alongside other Edgar Awards.
The award is presented to stories between 1,000 and 22,000 words that have been published in a magazine, periodical, e-zine, or book-length anthology.[1] Stories shorter than 1,000 words (i.e., mini- or flash fiction) or longer than 22,000 words are ineligible.[1] Although the Edgar Awards do not have a flash fiction category, works considered too long for the Short Story Award may be eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel, or Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original.[1]
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story winners are listed below.
Winners
1950s
Year | Author | Story |
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1951 | Lawrence Blochman | "Diagnosis: Homicide" |
1952 | John Collier | "Fancies and Goodnights" |
1953 | Philip MacDonald | "Something to Hide" |
1954 | Roald Dahl | "Someone Like You" |
1955 | Stanley Ellin | "The House Party" |
1956 | Philip MacDonald | "Dream No More" |
1957 | Stanley Ellin | "The Blessington Method" |
1958 | Gerald Kersh | "The Secret of the Bottle" |
1959 | William O'Farrell | "Over There, Darkness" |
1960s
Year | Author | Story |
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1960 | Roald Dahl | "The Landlady" |
1961 | John Durham | "Tiger" |
1962 | Avram Davidson | "Affair at Lahore Cantonment" |
1963 | David Ely | "The Sailing Club" |
1964 | Leslie Ann Brownrigg | "Man Gehorcht" |
1965 | Lawrence Treat | "H as in Homicide" |
1966 | Shirley Jackson | "The Possibility of Evil" |
1967 | Rhys Davies | "The Chosen One" |
1968 | Edward D. Hoch | "The Oblong Room" |
1969 | Warner Law | "The Man Who Fooled the World" |
1970s
Year | Author | Story |
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1970 | Joe Gores | "Goodbye, Pops" |
1971 | Margery Finn Brown | "In The Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed" |
1972 | Robert L. Fish | "Moonlight Gardener" |
1973 | Joyce Harrington | "The Purple Shroud" |
1974 | Harlan Ellison | "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" |
1975 | Ruth Rendell | "The Fallen Curtain" |
1976 | Jesse Hill Ford | "The Jail" |
1977 | Etta Revesz | "Like a Terrible Scream" |
1978 | Thomas Walsh | "Chance After Chance" |
1979 | Barbara Owens | "The Cloud Beneath The Eaves" |
1980s
Year | Author | Story |
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1980 | Geoffrey Norman | "Armed and Dangerous" |
1981 | Clark Howard | "Horn Man" |
1982 | Jack Ritchie | "The Absence of Emily" |
1983 | Frederick Forsyth | "There Are No Snakes in Ireland" |
1984 | Ruth Rendell | "The New Girlfriend" |
1985 | Lawrence Block | "By Dawn's Early Light" |
1986 | John Lutz | "Ride the Lightning" |
1987 | Robert Sampson | "Rain in Pinton County" |
1988 | Harlan Ellison | "Soft Monkey" |
1989 | Bill Crenshaw | "Flicks" |
1990s
Year | Author | Story |
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1990 | Donald E. Westlake | "Too Many Crooks" |
1991 | Lynne Barrett | "Elvis Lives" |
1992 | Wendy Hornsby | "Nine Sons" |
1993 | Benjamin M. Schutz | "Mary, Mary, Shut the Door" |
1994 | Lawrence Block | "Keller's Therapy" |
1995 | Doug Allyn | "The Dancing Bear" |
1996 | Jean B. Cooper | "The Judge's Boy" |
1997 | Michael Malone | "Red Clay" |
1998 | Lawrence Block | "Keller on the Spot" |
1999 | Tom Franklin | "Poachers" |
2000s
Year | Author | Story | Publication | Ref. |
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2000 | Anne Perry | "Heroes" | ||
2001 | Peter Robinson | "Missing in Action" | ||
2002 | S.J. Rozan | "Double-Crossing Delancey" | ||
2003 | Raymond Steiber | "Mexican Gatsby" | ||
2004 | G. Miki Hayden | "The Maids" | ||
2005 | Laurie Lynn Drummond | "Something About a Scar" | ||
2006 | James W. Hall | "The Catch" | ||
2007 | Charles Ardai | "The Home Front" | ||
2008 | Susan Straight | "The Golden Gopher" | Los Angeles Noir | [2] |
2009 | T. Jefferson Parker | "Skinhead Central" | Mystery Writers of America Presents: The Blue Religion | [3] |
2010s
Year | Author | Story | Publication | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Luis Alberto Urrea | "Amapola" | Phoenix Noir | Winner | |
2011 | Doug Allyn | The Scent of Lilacs | Winner | ||
2012 | Peter Turnbull | "The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train" | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Winner | [4][5] |
John C. Boland | "Marley’s Revolution" | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [5] | |
David Dean | "Tomorrow’s Dead" | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [5] | |
Bradley Denton | "The Adakian Eagle” | Down These Strange Streets | Shortlist | [5] | |
Diana Gabaldon | "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies" | Down These Strange Streets | Shortlist | [5] | |
Neil Gaiman | "The Case of Death and Honey" | A Study in Sherlock | Shortlist | [5] | |
2013 | Karin Slaughter | "The Unremarkable Heart" | Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance | Winner | [6] |
2014 | John Connolly | "The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository" | Bibliomysteries | Winner | [7] |
Reed Farrel Coleman | “The Terminal” | Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler | Shortlist | [8] | |
Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane | “So Long, Chief” | The Strand Magazine | Shortlist | [8] | |
Trina Corey | “There are Roads in the Water” | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [8] | |
Tim L. Williams | “Where That Morning Sun Does Down” | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [8] | |
2015 | Gillian Flynn | "What Do You Do?" | Rogues | Winner | [9][10] |
Doug Allyn | “The Snow Angel” | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [11] | |
John Floyd | “200 Feet” | Strand Magazine | Shortlist | [11] | |
Dennis Lehane vs. Michael Connelly | “Red Eye” | FaceOff | Shortlist | [11] | |
Brian Tobin | “Teddy” | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [11] | |
2016 | Stephen King | "Obits" | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | Winner | [12][13] |
2017 | Lawrence Block | "Autumn at the Automat" | In Sunlight or in Shadow | Winner | [14] |
2018 | John Crowley | "Spring Break" | Winner | [15] | |
2019 | Art Taylor | "English 398: Fiction Workshop" | Winner | [16] |
2020s
Year | Author | Story | Publication | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Livia Llewellyn | "One of These Nights" | Winner | ||
2021 | Maaza Mengiste | "Dust, Ash, Flight" | Winner | [17][18] | |
Leslie Elman | “The Summer Uncle Cat Came to Stay" | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [18] | |
Joseph S. Walker | “Etta at the End of the World" | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [18] | |
James W. Ziskin | “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement" | In League with Sherlock Holmes | Shortlist | [18] | |
2022 | R.T. Lawton | "The Road to Hana" | Winner | [19] | |
2023 | Gregory Fallis | “Red Flag” | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Winner | [20] |
See also
- Edgar Award
- Mystery Writers of America
- Category:Edgar Award winners
- Category:Edgar Award winning works
External links
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- "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- "2012 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- Cogdill, Oline. "2012 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- "2013 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
- "2014 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
- "The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners". Heights Libraries. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- "2015 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
- "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- "2015 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
- "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- "2017 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
- "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
- "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
- "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
- "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards". CrimeReads. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
- Schaub, Michael (2023-04-28). "Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-05-01.