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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
[edit]Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
[edit]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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mark Ammons | "The Catch" | Still Waters | [3] |
| 2009 | Joseph Guglielmelli | "Buckner's Error" | Queens Noir | [4] |
| 2010 | Dan Warthman | "A Dreadful Day" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | [5] |
| 2012 | David Ingram | "A Good Man of Business" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [6] |
| 2013 | Patricia Smith | "When They Are Done With Us" | Staten Island Noir | [7] |
| 2014 | Jeff Soloway | "The Wentworth Letter" | Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional | [8] |
| 2015 | Zoe Z. Bell | "Getaway Girl" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [9][10] |
| 2016 | Russell W. Johnson | "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [11][12] |
| 2017 | E. Gabriel Flores | "The Truth of the Moment" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [13] |
| 2018 | Lisa D. Gray | "The Queen of Secrets" | [14] | |
| 2019 | Nancy Novick | "How Does He Die This Time?" | [15] | |
| 2020 | Derrick Harriell | "There’s a Riot Goin' On" | Milwaukee Noir | [16] |
| 2021 | Colette Bancroft | "The Bite" | Tampa Bay Noir | [17] |
| 2022 | Rob Osler | "Analogue" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [18] |
| 2023 | Mark Harrison | "Dogs in the Canyon" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | [19] |
| 2024 | Kate Hohl | "The Body in Cell Two" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023 | [20] |
Lilian Jackson Braun Award
[edit]The Lilian Jackson Braun Award was established in 2022 to honor Lilian Jackson Braun and is presented in the "best full-length, contemporary cozy mystery as submitted to and selected by a special MWA committee."[21][22]
| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tamara Berry | Buried in a Good Book | [19] |
| 2024 | Danielle Arceneaux | Glory Be | [20] |
G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
[edit]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] The winners are listed below.
Grand Master Award
[edit]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]
The Grand Master Award winners follow:[25]
- 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
Raven Award
[edit]The Raven Award was established in 1953 to honor "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."[26]
Ellery Queen Award
[edit]The Ellery Queen Award was established in 1983 "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry."[26] The winners are listed below.
| Year | Author | Information | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Barbara Peters and Robert Rosenwald | Poisoned Pen Press | [27] |
| 2012 | Joe Meyers | Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group | [6][28] |
| 2013 | Akashic Books | American book publisher | [7] |
| 2015 | Charles Ardai | Co-founder of Hard Case Crime | [9][29][10] |
| 2016 | Janet Rudolph | [11][12] | |
| 2017 | Neil Nyren | Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons | [13][30] |
| 2019 | Linda Landrigan | Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | [31] |
| 2021 | Reagan Arthur | [17] | |
| 2022 | Juliet Grames | Soho Press – Soho Crime | [18] |
| 2023 | The Strand Magazine | [19] | |
| 2024 | Michaela Hamilton | Kensington Books | [20] |
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
[edit]The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award was established in 2001.
Active story categories
[edit]Fact Crime
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime was established in 1948.
Critical/Biographical Work
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work was established in 1977.
Novel
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.
Paperback or eBook Original
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original was established in 1970.
First Novel
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel was established in 1946.
Young Adult Novel
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel was established in 1989.
Juvenile
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile was established in 1961.
Short Story
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story was established in 1951.
Episode in a Television Series
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series was established in 1952.
Discontinued categories
[edit]Book Jacket
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Book Jacket was established in 1955 and discontinued in 1975.
Foreign Film
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Foreign Film was established in 1949 and discontinued in 1966.
Motion Picture Screenplay
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay was established in 1946 and discontinued in 2009.
Mystery Criticism
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Outstanding Mystery Criticism was established in 1946 and discontinued in 1967.
Play
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play was established in 1950 and is irregular.
Radio Drama
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Radio Drama was established in 1946 and discontinued in 1960.
Special Award
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Special Award was established in 1949 and is irregular.
Television Feature or Miniseries
[edit]The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Feature or Miniseries was established in 1972 and discontinued in 2007.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-79727-6. p. 206.
- ^ "Contact the National Office of Mystery Writers of America". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ "Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2009. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Awards: Edgars; Triangle; Campiello Europe". Shelf Awareness. 2010-04-30. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ a b "2012 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "2015 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
- ^ a b "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ a b "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
- ^ a b "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-05-05. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ a b "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America. 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America. 2022-04-28. Archived from the original on 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ a b c "MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America. 2023-04-24. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ a b c "2024 Edgar Winners" (PDF). Edgar Awards. May 4, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "MWA Announces the Lilian Jackson Braun Award". Mystery Writers of America. 2022-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Edgar Award Category Information". Mystery Writers of America. Archived from the original on 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "G.P. Putnam's Sons Launches Sue Grafton Memorial Award". Publishers Weekly. February 21, 2019. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Awards: MWA Grand Master, Raven Winners". Shelf Awareness. November 24, 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Edgars Award". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ a b ""Major Mystery Prizes and Awards" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)". Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Honors". Shelf Awareness. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ "Awards: MWA Honors; Royal Society Science Book". Shelf Awareness. 2011-11-22. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven, Ellery Queen". Shelf Awareness. December 15, 2014. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Awards: MWA Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen". Shelf Awareness. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Awards: MWA Special Edgars". Shelf Awareness. November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
External links
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- Official website (includes nominees)
- Mystery Writers of America
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards at IMDb