Edgar Awards
Template:Short description The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America[1] which is based in New York City.[2] Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.
Active author categories
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was established in 1984 to honor the best first mystery short story by an American author. The winners are listed below.
| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Template:Abbreviation |
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| 2008 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Still Waters | [3] |
| 2009 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Buckner's Error" | Queens Noir | [4] |
| 2010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | [5] |
| 2011 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | |
| 2012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [6] |
| 2013 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "When They Are Done With Us" | Staten Island Noir | [7] |
| 2014 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional | [8] |
| 2015 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Getaway Girl" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [9][10] |
| 2016 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [11][12] |
| 2017 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [13] |
| 2018 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "The Queen of Secrets" | [14] | |
| 2019 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "How Does He Die This Time?" | [15] | |
| 2020 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "There’s a Riot Goin' On" | Milwaukee Noir | [16] |
| 2021 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Script error: No such module "Sort"." | Tampa Bay Noir | [17] |
| 2022 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Analogue" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [18] |
| 2023 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | "Dogs in the Canyon" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [19] |
| 2024 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023 | [20] |
Lilian Jackson Braun Award
The Lilian Jackson Braun Award, established in 2022 in honor of Lilian Jackson Braun, is presented for the "best full-length, contemporary cozy mystery."[21][22]
| Year | Author | Title | Template:Abbreviation |
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| 2023 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Buried in a Good Book | [19] |
| 2024 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Glory Be | [20] |
G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award was established in 2019 to honor Sue Grafton and is presented to "the best novel in a series featuring a female protagonist."[23]
Grand Master Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award was established in 1955. The award "acknowledges important contributions to the genre as well as for a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality."[24]
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- 1955: Agatha Christie
- 1958: Vincent Starrett
- 1959: Rex Stout
- 1961: Ellery Queen
- 1962: Erle Stanley Gardner
- 1963: John Dickson Carr
- 1964: George Harmon Coxe
- 1966: Georges Simenon
- 1967: Baynard Kendrick
- 1969: John Creasey
- 1970: James M. Cain
- 1971: Mignon G. Eberhart
- 1972: John D. MacDonald
- 1973: Alfred Hitchcock, Judson Philips
- 1974: Ross Macdonald
- 1975: Eric Ambler
- 1976: Graham Greene
- 1978: Daphne du Maurier, Dorothy B. Hughes, Ngaio Marsh
- 1979: Aaron Marc Stein
- 1980: W. R. Burnett
- 1981: Stanley Ellin
- 1982: Julian Symons
- 1983: Margaret Millar
- 1984: John le Carré
- 1985: Dorothy Salisbury Davis
- 1986: Ed McBain
- 1987: Michael Gilbert
- 1988: Phyllis A. Whitney
- 1989: Hillary Waugh
- 1990: Helen McCloy
- 1991: Tony Hillerman
- 1992: Elmore Leonard
- 1993: Donald E. Westlake
- 1994: Lawrence Block
- 1995: Mickey Spillane
- 1996: Dick Francis
- 1997: Ruth Rendell
- 1998: Elizabeth Peters
- 1999: P. D. James
- 2000: Mary Higgins Clark
- 2001: Edward D. Hoch
- 2002: Robert B. Parker
- 2003: Ira Levin
- 2004: Joseph Wambaugh
- 2005: Marcia Muller
- 2006: Stuart Kaminsky
- 2007: Stephen King
- 2008: Bill Pronzini
- 2009: James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton
- 2010: Dorothy Gilman
- 2011: Sara Paretsky
- 2012: Martha Grimes
- 2013: Ken Follett, Margaret Maron
- 2014: Robert Crais, Carolyn Hart
- 2015: Lois Duncan, James Ellroy
- 2016: Walter Mosley
- 2017: Max Allan Collins, Ellen Hart
- 2018: Jane Langton, William Link, Peter Lovesey
- 2019: Martin Cruz Smith
- 2020: Barbara Neely
- 2021: Jeffery Deaver
- 2021: Charlaine Harris
- 2022: Laurie R. King
- 2023: Michael Connelly, Joanne Fluke
- 2024: Katherine Hall Page, R. L. Stine
- 2025: Laura Lippman, John Sandford[26]
Raven Award
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Raven Award was established in 1953 to honor "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."[27]
Ellery Queen Award
The Ellery Queen Award was established in 1983 "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry."[27] The winners are listed below.
| Year | Author | Information | Template:Abbreviation |
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| 2010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Robert Rosenwald | Poisoned Pen Press | [28] |
| 2012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group | [6][29] |
| 2013 | Akashic Books | American book publisher | [7] |
| 2015 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Co-founder of Hard Case Crime | [9][30][10] |
| 2016 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Founder of Mystery Readers International | [11][12] |
| 2017 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons | [13][31] |
| 2019 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | [32] |
| 2021 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | [17] | |
| 2022 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Soho Press – Soho Crime | [18] |
| 2023 | Script error: No such module "sort". | [19] | |
| 2024 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Kensington Books | [20] |
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
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Active story categories
Fact Crime
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime was established in 1948.
Critical/Biographical Work
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Novel
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.
Paperback or eBook Original
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First Novel
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel was established in 1946.
Young Adult Novel
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel was established in 1989.
Juvenile
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile was established in 1961.
Short Story
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story was established in 1951.
Episode in a Television Series
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series was established in 1952.
Discontinued categories
Book Jacket
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Book Jacket was established in 1955 and discontinued in 1975.
Foreign Film
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Foreign Film was established in 1949 and discontinued in 1966.
Motion Picture Screenplay
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay was established in 1946 and discontinued in 2009.
Mystery Criticism
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Outstanding Mystery Criticism was established in 1946 and discontinued in 1967.
Play
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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play was established in 1950 and is irregular.
Radio Drama
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Radio Drama was established in 1946 and discontinued in 1960.
Special Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Special Award was established in 1949 and is irregular.
Television Feature or Miniseries
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Feature or Miniseries was established in 1972 and discontinued in 2007.
See also
References
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- ↑ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Template:ISBN. p. 206.
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External links
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- Mystery Writers of America
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards at IMDb
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