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
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
1990s Best Short Story winners and shortlists[2]
| Year
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Author
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Story
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Publication
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Result
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Ref.
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| 1990
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Donald E. Westlake
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"Too Many Crooks"
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Playboy, 1989
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Winner
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| Ruth Graviros
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"Ted Bundy’s Father"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1989
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Shortlist
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| Robert Halsted
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"The Girl and the Gator"
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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 1989
|
Shortlist
|
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| Nancy Pickard
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"Afraid All the Time"
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Sisters in Crime
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Shortlist
|
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| Stephen Wasylyk
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"For Loyal Service"
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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, August 1989
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Shortlist
|
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| 1991
|
Lynne Barrett
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"Elvis Lives"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1990
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Winner
|
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| Lawrence Block
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"Answers to Soldiers"
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Playboy, 1990
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Shortlist
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| Ed Gorman
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"Prisoners"
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New Crimes
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Shortlist
|
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| Sue Grafton
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"A Poison That Leaves No Trace"
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Sisters in Crime 2
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Shortlist
|
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| Clark Howard
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"Challenge the Widow-Maker"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1990
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Shortlist
|
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| 1992
|
Wendy Hornsby
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"Nine Sons"
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Sisters in Crime 4
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Winner
|
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| Doug Allyn
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"Sleeper"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1991
|
Shortlist
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| Lawrence Block
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"A Blow for Freedom"
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Playboy, October 1991
|
Shortlist
|
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| Liza Cody
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"Spasmo"
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A Classic English Crime
|
Shortlist
|
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| Susan Schwartz
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"Dreaming in Black and White"
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Psycho-Paths
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Shortlist
|
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| 1993
|
Benjamin M. Schutz
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"Mary, Mary, Shut the Door"
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Deadly Allies
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Winner
|
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| Doug Allyn
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"Candles in the Rain"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1992
|
Shortlist
|
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| Jo Bannister
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"Howler"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1992
|
Shortlist
|
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| Max Allan Collins
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"Louise"
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Deadly Allies
|
Shortlist
|
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| Gabrielle Kraft
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"One Hit Wonder"
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Sisters in Crime 5
|
Shortlist
|
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| 1994
|
Lawrence Block
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"Keller's Therapy"
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Playboy, May 1993
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Winner
|
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| Doug Allyn
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"The Ghost Show"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1993
|
Shortlist
|
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| Harlan Ellison
|
"Mefisto in Onyx"
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Omni, October 1993
|
Shortlist
|
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| Joseph Hansen
|
"McIntyre’s Donald"
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Bohannon’s Country
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Bruce Holland Rogers
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"Enduring as Dust"
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Danger in DC
|
Shortlist
|
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| 1995
|
Doug Allyn
|
"The Dancing Bear"
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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1994
|
Winner
|
|
| Robert Barnard
|
"The Gentleman in the Lake"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1994
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Brenda Melton Burnham
|
"The Tennis Court"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1994
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Brendan DuBois
|
"The Necessary Brother"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1994
|
Shortlist
|
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| Justin Scott
|
"An Eye for a Tooth"
|
Justice in Manhattan
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 1996
|
Jean B. Cooper
|
"The Judge's Boy"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1995
|
Winner
|
|
| K. K. Beck
|
"Rule of Law"
|
Malice Domestic 4
|
Shortlist
|
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| Larry Beinhart
|
"Death in a Small Town"
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New Mystery, Spring 1995
|
Shortlist
|
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| Kathleen Dougherty
|
"When Your Breath Freezes"
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1995
|
Shortlist
|
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| Bill Pomidor
|
"A Plain and Honest Death"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1995
|
Shortlist
|
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| 1997
|
Michael Malone
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"Red Clay"
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Murder for Love
|
Winner
|
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| Brendan DuBois
|
"The Dark Snow"
|
Playboy, November 1996
|
Shortlist
|
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| David Corn
|
"My Murder"
|
Unusual Suspects
|
Shortlist
|
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| James Grady
|
"Kiss The Sky"
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Unusual Suspects
|
Shortlist
|
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| S. J. Rozan
|
"Hoops"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1996
|
Shortlist
|
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| 1998
|
Lawrence Block
|
"Keller on the Spot"
|
Playboy, November 1997
|
Winner
|
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| Simon Brett
|
"Ways to Kill a Cat"
|
Malice Domestic 6
|
Shortlist
|
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| Jeffery Deaver
|
"The Kneeling Soldier"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1997
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Stuart M. Kaminsky
|
"Find Miriam"
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New Mystery, Summer 1997
|
Shortlist
|
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| Stuart M. Kaminsky
|
"The Man Who Beat the System"
|
Funny Bones
|
Shortlist
|
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| 1999
|
Tom Franklin
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"Poachers"
|
Texas Review, Fall-Winter 1998
|
Winner
|
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| Lawrence Block
|
"Looking for David"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998
|
Shortlist
|
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| Clark Howard
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"The Halfway Woman"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998
|
Shortlist
|
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| Perry Michael Smith
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"For Jeff"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998
|
Shortlist
|
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| L. L. Thrasher
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"Sacrifice"
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Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Summer/Fall 1998
|
Shortlist
|
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2000s
2000s Best Short Story winners and shortlists[2]
| Year
|
Author
|
Story
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Publication
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 2000
|
Anne Perry
|
"Heroes"
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Murder and Obsession
|
Winner
|
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| Jeffery Deaver
|
"Triangle"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| James W. Hall
|
"Crack"
|
Murder and Obsession
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Stuart M. Kaminsky
|
"Snow"
|
First Cases
|
Shortlist
|
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| Laurie R. King
|
"Paleta Man"
|
Irreconcilable Differences
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2001
|
Peter Robinson
|
"Missing in Action"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
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| Noreen Ayres
|
"Delta Double-Deal"
|
The Night Awakens
|
Shortlist
|
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| Mat Coward
|
"Twelve Little Buggers"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| Reginald Hill
|
"A Candle for Christmas"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Kristine Kathryn Rusch
|
"Spinning"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2002
|
S.J. Rozan
|
"Double-Crossing Delancey"
|
Mystery Street
|
Winner
|
|
| Jan Burke
|
"The Abbey Ghosts"
|
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| Michael Collins
|
"The Horrible Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women"
|
Fedora: Private Eyes & Tough Guys
|
Shortlist
|
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| Michael Lewin
|
"If the Glove Fits"
|
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| Margaret Maron
|
"Virgo in Sapphires"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2003
|
Raymond Steiber
|
"Mexican Gatsby"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Winner
|
|
| Doug Allyn
|
"The Murder Ballads"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Clark Howard
|
"To Live and Die in Midland, Texas"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| John Mortimer
|
"Rumpole and the Primrose Path"
|
The Strand Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
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| Joyce Carol Oates
|
"Angel of Wrath"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2004
|
G. Miki Hayden
|
"The Maids"
|
Blood On Their Hands
|
Winner
|
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| Jeff Abbott
|
"Bet on Red"
|
High Stakes
|
Shortlist
|
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| Shelley Costa
|
"Black Heart & Cabin Girl"
|
Blood On Their Hands
|
Shortlist
|
|
| David Edgerley Gates
|
"Aces and Eights"
|
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Kristine Kathryn Rusch
|
"Cowboy Grace"
|
The Silver Gryphon
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2005
|
Laurie Lynn Drummond
|
"Something About a Scar"
|
Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You
|
Winner
|
|
| Terence Faherty
|
"The Widow of Slane"
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Pete Hamill
|
"The Book Signing"
|
Brooklyn Noir
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Gary Lovisi
|
"Adventure of the Missing Detective"
|
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Luke Sholer
|
"Imitate the Sun" by
|
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2006
|
James W. Hall
|
"The Catch"
|
Greatest Hits
|
Winner
|
|
| Jeffery Deaver
|
"Born Bad"
|
Dangerous Women
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Andrew Klavan
|
"Her Lord and Master"
|
Dangerous Women
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Barbara Seranella
|
"Misdirection"
|
Greatest Hits
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Daniel Walker
|
"Welcome to Monroe"
|
A Kudzu Christmas
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2007
|
Charles Ardai
|
"The Home Front"
|
Death Do Us Part
|
Winner
|
|
| Thomas H. Cook
|
"Rain"
|
Manhattan Noir
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Bill Crider
|
"Cranked"
|
Damn Near Dead
|
Shortlist
|
|
| S. J. Rozan
|
"Building"
|
Manhattan Noir
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2008
|
Susan Straight
|
"The Golden Gopher"
|
Los Angeles Noir
|
Winner
|
[3]
|
| Mark Ammons
|
"The Catch"
|
Still Waters
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Stuart M. Kaminsky
|
"Blue Note"
|
Chicago Blues
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Laura Lippman
|
"Hardly Knew Her"
|
Dead Man’s Hand
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Daniel Woodrell
|
"Uncle"
|
A Hell of a Woman
|
Shortlist
|
|
| 2009
|
T. Jefferson Parker
|
"Skinhead Central"
|
Mystery Writers of America Presents: The Blue Religion
|
Winner
|
[4]
|
| Sean Chercover
|
"A Sleep Not Unlike Death"
|
Hardcore Hardboiled
|
Shortlist
|
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| David Edgerley Gates
|
"Skin and Bones"
|
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
|
Shortlist
|
|
| Laura Lippman
|
"Scratch a Woman"
|
Hardly Knew Her
|
Shortlist
|
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| Dominique Mainard
|
"La Vie en Rose"
|
Paris Noir
|
Shortlist
|
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2010s
2020s
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