Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story

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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[edit]

1950s[edit]

Year Author Story
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[edit]

Year Author Story
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[edit]

Year Author Story
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[edit]

Year Author Story
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[edit]

Year Author Story
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[edit]

Year Author Story Publication Ref.
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[edit]

Year Author Story Publication Result Ref.
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[edit]

Year Author Story Publication Result Ref.
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[edit]

External links[edit]

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  2. ^ "Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  3. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. ^ "2012 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Cogdill, Oline. "2012 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. ^ "2013 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
  7. ^ "2014 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
  8. ^ a b c d "The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners". Heights Libraries. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  9. ^ "2015 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
  10. ^ "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  11. ^ a b c d "2015 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  12. ^ "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  13. ^ "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  14. ^ "2017 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
  15. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
  16. ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
  17. ^ "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
  18. ^ a b c d "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards". CrimeReads. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  19. ^ "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
  20. ^ Schaub, Michael (2023-04-28). "Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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