Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series

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!1952

|—

|{{Sort|Web, The|The Web}}

|{{sortname|Franklin|Heller}}

|Winner

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!1953

|—

|Dragnet

|{{sortname|Jack|Webb}}

|Winner

|

!1954

|"Crime at Blossoms"

|Studio One

|{{sortname|Jerome|Ross}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |title=Best Episode in a TV Series |access-date=2009-04-18 |archive-date=2018-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165310/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |url-status=dead }}

! rowspan="2" |1955

|"Smoke"

|Suspense

|{{sortname|Gore|Vidal}}

|Winner

|

|Climax!

|{{sortname|E. Jack|Neuman}}, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="2" |1956

|"Sting of Death"

|{{Sort|Elgin Hour|The Elgin Hour}}

|{{sortname|Alvin|Sapinsley Jr.}}, based on the novel A Taste for Honey by H. F. Heard

|Winner

|

|Climax!

|{{sortname|Ben|Starr|dab=television producer}}

|Shortlist

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!1957

|{{Sort|"Fine Art of Murder"|"The Fine Art of Murder"}}

|Omnibus

|{{sortname|Sidney|Carroll}}

|Winner

|

! rowspan="2" |1958

|"Mechanical Manhunt"

|{{Sort|Alcoa Hour|The Alcoa Hour}}

|{{sortname|Harold|Swanton}}

|Winner

|

|Omnibus

| Omnibus staff

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="2" |1959

|{{Sort|"Edge of Truth"|"The Edge of Truth"}}

|Studio One

|{{sortname|Adrian|Spies}}

|Winner

|

|"Capital Punishment"

|Omnibus

|{{sortname|James|Lee|dab=screenwriter}}

|Winner

|

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! rowspan="2" |1960

|{{Sort|"Empty Chair"|"The Empty Chair"}}

|{{Sort|Untouchables, The|The Untouchables}}

|{{sortname|David|Karp|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|Peter Gunn

|{{sortname|Blake|Edwards}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="2" |1961

|{{Sort|"Case of the Burning Court"|"The Case of the Burning Court"}}

|Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

|{{sortname|Kelley|Roos|nolink=1}} (Audrey Roos and William Roos)

|Winner

|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/obituaries/audrey-kelley-roos-a-writer-of-mystery-novels-and-plays.html|title=Audrey Kelley Roos, a Writer Of Mystery Novels and Plays|work=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1982|page=52|access-date=May 7, 2024|archive-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202072136/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/obituaries/audrey-kelley-roos-a-writer-of-mystery-novels-and-plays.html|url-status=live}}

|Alfred Hitchcock Presents

|{{sortname|Bill S.|Ballinger}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="2" |1962

|"Witness in the Dark"

|Kraft Mystery Theater

| {{sortname|John|Lemont}} and Leigh Vance

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Defenders|The Defenders}}

|{{sortname|John K.|Butler}} and Boyd Correll

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="3" |1963

|{{Sort|"Problem of Cell 13"|"The Problem of Cell 13"}}

|Kraft Mystery Theatre

|{{sortname|A. A.|Roberts}}

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Defenders|The Defenders}}

|{{sortname|Stanley R.|Greenberg}}

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|United States Steel Hour|The United States Steel Hour}}

|{{sortname|Sidney|Carroll}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="3" |1964

|{{Sort|"End of the World Baby"|"The End of the World Baby"}}

|Kraft Suspense Hour

|{{sortname|Luther|Davis}}

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Defenders|The Defenders}}

|

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|DuPont Show of the Week|The DuPont Show of the Week}}

|{{sortname|Berkely|Mather}}

|Shortlist

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!1965

|—

|{{Sort|Fugitive, The|The Fugitive}}

|{{sortname|Alan|Armer}}

|Winner

|

! rowspan="4" |1966

|{{Sort|"Unlocked Window"|"An Unlocked Window"}}

|Alfred Hitchcock Hour

|{{sortname|James|Bridges}}

|Winner

|

|I, Spy

|{{sortname|David|Karp|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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|Honey West

|{{sortname|Richard|Levinson}} and William Link

|Shortlist

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|Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

|{{sortname|Robert L.|Joseph}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="3" |1967

|"Operation Rogesh"

|Mission: Impossible

|{{sortname|Jerome|Ross}}

|Winner

|

|Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

| {{sortname|Stanford|Whitmore}}

|Shortlist

|

| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

| {{sortname|Jacques|Gillies}} and Oscar Millard

|Shortlist

|

!1968

|"Tempest in a Texas Town"

|Judd, for the Defense

|{{sortname|Harold|Gast}} and Leon Tokatyan

|Winner

|

! rowspan="2" |1969

|{{Sort|"Strange Case of Dr. Jekll and Mr. Hyde"|"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekll and Mr. Hyde"}}

|ABC Special

|{{sortname|Ian McLellan|Hunter}}

|Winner

|

|NBC World Premier Film

|{{sortname|Robert L.|Joseph}}

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="3" |1970

|"Daughter of the Mind"

|ABC Movie of the Week

|{{sortname|Luther|Davis}}

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Mod Squad|The Mod Squad}}

|{{sortname|Harve|Bennett}} and Rita Lakin

|Shortlist

|

|Mannix

|{{sortname|Barry|Trivers}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="4" |1971

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Berlin Affair (1970 film)|de|3=Affäre in Berlin|lt="Berlin Affair"}}

|NBC Movie of the Week

|{{sortname|E. Jack|Neuman}} and Richard Alan Simmons

|Winner

|

|NBC Movie of the Week

|{{sortname|Eric|Bercovici}} and Michael Blankfort

|Shortlist

|

|ABC Movie of the Week

|{{sortname|Luther|Davis}}

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|Bold Ones: The Senator|The Bold Ones: The Senator}}

|{{sortname|Joel|Oliansky}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="4" |1972

|{{Sort|"Step in Time"|"A Step in Time"}}

|Mannix

|{{sortname|Mann|Rubin}}

|Winner

|

|Cade's County

|{{sortname|Cliff|Gould}}

|Shortlist

|

|Columbo

|{{sortname|Steven|Bochco}}

|Shortlist

|

|McCloud

|{{sortname|Robert|Presnell Jr.}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |1973

|{{Sort|"New Mexico Connection"|"The New Mexico Connection"}}

|McCloud

|{{sortname|Glen A.|Larson}}

|Winner

|

|Banyon

|Morton Fine, Milton S. Gelman

|Shortlist

|

|Hawaii Five-O

|Will Lorin

|Shortlist

|

|Mannix

|Shimon Wincelberg

|Shortlist

|

|Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

|Richard Bluel

|Shortlist

|

!1974

|"Requiem for an Informer"

|Police Story

|{{sortname|Sy|Salkowitz}}

|Winner

|

!1975

|"Requiem For C.Z. Smith"

|Police Story

|{{sortname|Robert L.|Collins}}

|Winner

|

!1976

|"No Immunity for Murder"

|Kojak

|{{sortname|Joe|Gores}}

|Winner

|

!1977

|"Requiem for Murder"

|{{Sort|Streets of San Francisco|The Streets of San Francisco}}

|{{sortname|James Johnson|Sweeney}}

|Winner

|

!1978

|{{Sort|"Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone"|"The Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone"}}

|Quincy M.E.

|{{sortname|Tony|Lawrence|nolink=1}} and Lou Shaw

|Winner

|

!1979

|"Murder Under Glass"

|Columbo

|{{sortname|Robert|van Scoyk}}

|Winner

|

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!1980

|"Skin"

|Tales of the Unexpected

|{{sortname|Robin|Chapman}} and Roald Dahl

|Winner

|

!1981

|"China Doll"

|Magnum, P.I.

|{{sortname|Donald P.|Bellisario}} and Glen A. Larson

|Winner

|

!1982

|"Hill Street Station"

|Hill Street Blues

|{{sortname|Steven|Bochco}} and Michael Kozoll

|Winner

|

!1983

|"In the Steele of the Night"

|Remington Steele

|{{sortname|Joel|Steiger}}

|Winner

|

!1984

|{{Sort|"Pencil"|"The Pencil"}}

|Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

|{{sortname|Jo|Eisinger}}

|Winner

|

!1985

|"Deadly Lady"

|Murder, She Wrote

|{{sortname|Peter S.|Fischer}}

|Winner

|

!1986

|{{Sort|"Amazing Falsworth"|"The Amazing Falsworth"}}

|Amazing Stories

|{{sortname|Mick|Garris}}

|Winner

|

!1987

|{{Sort|"Cup"|"The Cup"}}

|{{Sort|Equalizer|The Equalizer}}

|{{sortname|David|Jackson|dab=director}}

|Winner

|

!1988

|{{Sort|"The Musgrave Ritual"|"The Musgrave Ritual"}}

|Masterpiece Mystery

|{{sortname|Jeremy|Paul|dab=screenwriter}}

|Winner

|

!1989

|{{Sort|"Devil's Foot"|"The Devil's Foot"}}

|Masterpiece Mystery

|{{sortname|Gary|Hopkins}}

|Winner

|

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!1990

|"White Noise"

|Wiseguy

|{{sortname|David J.|Burke}} and Alfonse Ruggiero

|Winner

|

! rowspan="4" | 1991

| "Good Night, Dear Heart"

| Quantum Leap

| {{sortname|Paul|Brown|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|Gabriel's Fire

|Coleman Luck, Jacqueline Zambrano

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order

|David Black, Robert Stuart Nathan

|Shortlist

|

|L.A. Law

|David E. Kelley, Bryce Zabel

|Shortlist

|

!1993

|"Conspiracy"

|Law & Order

|Rene Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin

|Winner

|

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!2001

|"Limitations"

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Michael R.|Perry}}

|Winner

|

! rowspan="5" |2003

|"Waste"

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Dawn|DeNoon}} and Lisa Marie Petersen

|Winner

|

|NYPD Blue

|{{sortname|Nicholas|Wootton}} and Bill Clark

|Shortlist

|

|Monk

|{{sortname|Hy|Conrad}}

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|Wire|The Wire}}

|{{sortname|David|Simon}} (teleplay/story), Ed Burns (story)

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|René|Balcer}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2004

|"Goodbye"

|{{Sort|Practice|The Practice}}

|{{sortname|Peter|Blake|dab=writer}} and David E. Kelley

|Winner

|

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Jonathan|Greene}}

|Shortlist

|

|Monk

|{{sortname|Michael|Angeli}}

|Shortlist

|

|Monk

|{{sortname|Daniel|Dratch}}

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Gerry|Conway}} and René Balcer (story)

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2005

|"Want"

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Benjamin}} (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)

|Winner

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Warren|Leight}} (teleplay/story), René Balcer (story)

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Gerry|Conway}} (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)

|Shortlist

|

|Monk

|{{sortname|Hy|Conrad}}

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Warren|Leight}} (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2006

|"Amulet"

|Sea of Souls

|{{sortname|Ed|Whitmore}}

|Winner

|

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Patrick|Harbinson}}

|Shortlist

|

|CSI

|{{sortname|Richard|Catalani}} and Carol Mendelsohn

|Shortlist

|

|CSI

|{{sortname|Carol|Mendelsohn}}, Naren Shankar, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Zuiker

|Shortlist

|

|Wire in the Blood

|{{sortname|Guy|Burt}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2007

|"Episode 1"

|Life on Mars

|{{sortname|Matthew|Graham}}

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Closer, The|The Closer}}

|{{sortname|James|Duff|dab=writer}} and Mike Berchem

|Shortlist

|

|House

|{{sortname|Thomas L.|Moran}}

|Shortlist

|

|Dexter

|{{sortname|Clyde|Phillips|dab=writer}}

|Shortlist

|

|Monk

|{{sortname|Hy|Conrad}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2008

|"Pilot"

|Burn Notice

|{{sortname|Matt|Nix}}

|Winner

|[http://www.theedgars.com/nominees08_2.html#episode 2008 Edgar Nominees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504084810/http://theedgars.com/nominees08_2.html|date=2009-05-04}}

|Dexter

|{{sortname|Daniel|Cerone}}

|Shortlist

|

|Pushing Daisies

|{{sortname|Bryan|Fuller}}

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|{{sortname|Warren|Leight}}, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, and Julie Martin

|Shortlist

|

|Waking the Dead

|{{sortname|Declan|Croghan}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2009

|"Prayer of the Bone"

|Wire in the Blood

|{{sortname|Patrick|Harbinson}}

|Winner

|

|Law & Order

|{{sortname|Ed|Zuckerman}} and David Wilcox

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |url=http://theedgars.com/nominees2.html#episode |title=2009 Edgar Nominees |access-date=2009-04-18 |archive-date=2009-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819101601/http://theedgars.com/nominees2.html#episode |url-status=dead }}

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Judith|McCreary}}

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Paul|Grellong}}

|Shortlist

|

|CSI: Miami

|{{sortname|Barry|O'Brien}}

|Shortlist

|

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!2010

|"Place of Execution"

|Place of Execution

|{{sortname|Patrick|Harbinson}}

|Winner

|

!2011

|"Episode 1"

|Luther

|{{sortname|Neil|Cross}}

|Winner

|

! rowspan="5" |2012

|"Pilot"

|Homeland

|{{sortname|Alex|Gansa}}, Howard Gordon, and Gideon Raff

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=2012 Edgar Award Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2559-2012-edgar-award-winners |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2559-2012-edgar-award-winners |url-status=live }}

|Blue Bloods

|{{sortname|Siobhan Byrne|O'Connor}}

|Shortlist

|

|Justified

|{{sortname|Benjamin|Cavell}}

|Shortlist

|

|Whitechapel

|{{sortname|Ben|Court}} and Caroline Ip

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Speed|Weed}}

|Shortlist

|

!2013

|{{Sort|"Scandal in Belgravia"|"A Scandal in Belgravia"}}

|Sherlock

|{{sortname|Steven|Moffat}}

|Winner

|

! rowspan="5" |2014

|"Episode 1"

|{{Sort|Fall, The|The Fall}}

|{{sortname|Allan|Cubitt}}

|Winner

|

|Luther

|{{sortname|Neil|Cross}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |title=The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners |url=https://heightslibrary.org/the-2014-edgar-award-nominations/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Heights Libraries |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210043916/https://heightslibrary.org/the-2014-edgar-award-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

|Law & Order: SVU

|{{sortname|Kevin|Fox|nolink=1}} and Peter Blauner

|Shortlist

|

|Orphan Black

|{{sortname|Will|Pascoe}}

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|Following|The Following}}

|{{sortname|Kevin|Williamson|dab=screenwriter}}

|Shortlist

|

! rowspan="5" |2015

|"Episode 1"

|Happy Valley

|{{sortname|Sally|Wainwright}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2015 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2015-11-08 |work=Edgar Awards}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 1, 2015 |title=Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2498 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232035/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2498 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=2015 Edgar Award Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2024-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506001032/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners |url-status=live }}

|Sherlock

|{{sortname|Mark|Gatiss}}

|Shortlist

|

|Blue Bloods

|{{sortname|Siobhan Byrne|O'Connor}}

|Shortlist

|

|{{Sort|Killing|The Killing}}

|{{sortname|Sean|Whitesell}}

|Shortlist

|

|The Game

|{{sortname|Toby|Whithouse}}

|Shortlist

|

!2016

|"Gently with the Women"

|Inspector George Gently

|{{sortname|Peter|Flannery}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2016 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2016-11-05 |work=Edgar Awards}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 2, 2016 |title=Awards: Edgar Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2744 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915213833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2744 |url-status=live }}

!2017

|{{Sort|"Blade of Grass"|"A Blade of Grass"}}

|Penny Dreadful

|{{sortname|John|Logan|dab=writer}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2017 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2017-11-07 |work=Edgar Awards}}

! rowspan="5" |2018

|"Somebody to Love"

|Fargo

|{{sortname|Noah|Hawley}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2018 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031229/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2018-11-10 |work=Edgar Awards}}

|The Loch

|Stephen Brady

|Shortlist

|

|Law & Order: SVU

|Michael Chernuchin

|Shortlist

|

|George Gentley

|Robert Murphy

|Shortlist

|

|Vera

|Paul Matthew Thompson and Martha Hillier

|Shortlist

|

!2019

|{{Sort|"One That Holds Everything"|"The One That Holds Everything"}}

|{{Sort|Romanoffs|The Romanoffs}}

|{{sortname|Matthew|Weiner}} and Donald Joh

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2019 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102836/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2019-08-18 |work=Edgar Awards}}

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!2020

|Season 5, Episode 4

|Line of Duty

|{{sortname|Jed|Mercurio}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Edgar Award Nominees |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |access-date=2020-05-05 |website=www.theedgars.com |archive-date=2012-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/ |access-date=2020-05-05 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=2020-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506234347/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

! rowspan="5" |2021

|"Episode 1, Photochemistry"

|Dead Still

|{{sortname|John|Morton|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners |url=https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ |website=Mystery Writers of America |access-date=2024-05-07 |archive-date=2021-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429182947/https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|{{Sort|Stranger, The|The Stranger}}

|{{sortname|Danny|Brocklehurst}}

|Shortlist

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|{{Sort|Sounds, The|The Sounds}}

|{{sortname|Sarah-Kate|Lynch}}

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|Des

|{{sortname|Luke|Neal}}

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|{{Sort|Boys, The|The Boys}}

|{{sortname|Rebecca|Sonnenshine}}

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!2022

|"Boots on the Ground"

|Narcos: Mexico

|{{sortname|last=Sosa|first=Iturri}}

|Winner

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! rowspan="2" |2023

|"Episode 1"

|Magpie Murders

|{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}}

|Winner

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|Under the Banner of Heaven

|Brandon Boyce

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! rowspan="5" |2024

|"Escape from Shit Mountain"

|Poker Face

|{{sortname|Nora|Zuckerman}} and Lilla Zuckerman

|Winner

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|Poker Face

|{{sortname|Wyatt|Cain|nolink=1}} and Charlie Peppers

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|Will Trent

|{{sortname|Liz|Heldens}}

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|Poker Face

|{{sortname|Rian|Johnson}}

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|Dark Winds

|{{sortname|Graham|Roland}} and John Wirth

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