Edgar Awards#1950s

{{PoeTopics}}The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of AmericaNeimeyer, 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. which is based in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.theedgars.com/intouch.html|title=Contact the National Office of Mystery Writers of America|access-date=2013-04-21|archive-date=2018-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427002929/http://www.theedgars.com/intouch.html|url-status=dead}} 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.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%" \|+Robert L. Fish Memorial Award winners ! scope="col" width=5% \| Year ! scope="col" width="20%" \| Author ! scope="col" width=“35%” \|Title ! scope="col" width=“35%” \|Publication ! scope="col" width="5%" \| {{Abbreviation\|Ref.\|References}}
2008 \|{{sortname\|last=Ammons\|first=Mark \|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|last=Catch\|first=The\|nolink=1}}" \|Still Waters \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=May 2, 2008 \|title=Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 \|access-date=2022-12-10 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-09-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 \|url-status=live }}
2009 \|{{sortname\|last=Guglielmelli\|first=Joseph\|nolink=1}} \|"Buckner's Error" \|Queens Noir \|{{Cite web \|date=May 1, 2009 \|title=Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 \|access-date=2022-12-10 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2023-06-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 \|url-status=live }}
2010 \|{{sortname\|last=Warthman\|first=Dan\|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|1=A\|2=Dreadful Day\|nolink=1}}" \|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2010-04-30 \|title=Awards: Edgars; Triangle; Campiello Europe \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 \|access-date=2022-09-15 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230817/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 \|url-status=live }}
2012 \|{{sortname\|last=Ingram\|first=David\|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|1=A\|2=Good Man of Business\|nolink=1}}" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{cite web \|title=2012 Nominees and Winners \|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|archive-date=2012-11-03 \|work=Edgar Awards}}
2013 \|{{sortname\|last=Smith\|first=Patricia\|nolink=1}} \|"When They Are Done With Us" \|Staten Island Noir \|{{cite web \|title=2013 Nominees and Winners \|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|archive-date=2013-11-02 \|work=Edgar Awards}}
2014 \|{{sortname\|last=Soloway\|first=Jeff\|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Wentworth Letter\|nolink=1}}" \|Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional \|{{cite web \|title=2014 Nominees and Winners \|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html \|archive-date=2014-11-10 \|work=Edgar Awards}}
2015 \|{{sortname\|last=Bell\|first=Zoe Z.\|nolink=1}} \|"Getaway Girl" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{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 }}
2016 \|{{sortname\|last=Johnson\|first=Russell W.\|nolink=1}} \|"Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{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 \|{{sortname\|last=Flores\|first=E. Gabriel\|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Truth of the Moment\|nolink=1}}" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{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}}
2018 \|{{sortname\|last=Gray\|first=Lisa D.\|nolink=1}} \|"The Queen of Secrets" \| \|{{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}}
2019 \|{{sortname\|last=Novick\|first=Nancy\|nolink=1}} \|"How Does He Die This Time?" \| \|{{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}}
2020 \|{{sortname\|last=Harriell\|first=Derrick\|nolink=1}} \|"There’s a Riot Goin' On" \|Milwaukee Noir \|{{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 }}
2021 \|{{sortname\|last=Bancroft\|first=Colette\|nolink=1}} \|"{{sortname\|1=The\|2=Bite\|nolink=1}}" \|Tampa Bay Noir \|{{Cite web \|title=2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners \|url=https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ \|website=Mystery Writers of America \|date=29 April 2021 \|access-date=2021-05-09 \|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 }}
2022 \|{{sortname\|last=Osler\|first=Rob\|nolink=1}} \|"Analogue" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{Cite web \|date=2022-04-28 \|title=2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners \|url=https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ \|archive-date=2024-05-06 \|access-date=2023-05-01 \|website=Mystery Writers of America}}
2023 \|{{Sortname\|Mark\|Harrison\|nolink=1}} \|"Dogs in the Canyon" \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-04-24 \|title=MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners \|url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-winners/ \|access-date=2023-05-01 \|website=Mystery Writers of America \|archive-date=2023-05-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501202421/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
2024 \|{{Sortname\|Kate\|Hohl\|nolink=1}} \|{{Sort\|“Body in Cell Two”\|"The Body in Cell Two"}} \|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023 \|{{Cite web \|date=May 4, 2024 \|title=2024 Edgar Winners \|url=https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502174228/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf \|archive-date=May 2, 2024 \|access-date=May 4, 2024 \|website=Edgar Awards}}

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|+Robert L. Fish Memorial Award winners

! scope="col" width=5% | Year

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! scope="col" width=“35%” |Title

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2008

|{{sortname|last=Ammons|first=Mark |nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|last=Catch|first=The|nolink=1}}"

|Still Waters

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 2, 2008 |title=Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 |url-status=live }}

2009

|{{sortname|last=Guglielmelli|first=Joseph|nolink=1}}

|"Buckner's Error"

|Queens Noir

|{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2009 |title=Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 |url-status=live }}

2010

|{{sortname|last=Warthman|first=Dan|nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|1=A|2=Dreadful Day|nolink=1}}"

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-04-30 |title=Awards: Edgars; Triangle; Campiello Europe |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230817/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 |url-status=live }}

2012

|{{sortname|last=Ingram|first=David|nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|1=A|2=Good Man of Business|nolink=1}}"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{cite web |title=2012 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |work=Edgar Awards}}

2013

|{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Patricia|nolink=1}}

|"When They Are Done With Us"

|Staten Island Noir

|{{cite web |title=2013 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2013-11-02 |work=Edgar Awards}}

2014

|{{sortname|last=Soloway|first=Jeff|nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Wentworth Letter|nolink=1}}"

|Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional

|{{cite web |title=2014 Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html |archive-date=2014-11-10 |work=Edgar Awards}}

2015

|{{sortname|last=Bell|first=Zoe Z.|nolink=1}}

|"Getaway Girl"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{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 }}

2016

|{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Russell W.|nolink=1}}

|"Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{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

|{{sortname|last=Flores|first=E. Gabriel|nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Truth of the Moment|nolink=1}}"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{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}}

2018

|{{sortname|last=Gray|first=Lisa D.|nolink=1}}

|"The Queen of Secrets"

|{{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}}

2019

|{{sortname|last=Novick|first=Nancy|nolink=1}}

|"How Does He Die This Time?"

|{{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}}

2020

|{{sortname|last=Harriell|first=Derrick|nolink=1}}

|"There’s a Riot Goin' On"

|Milwaukee Noir

|{{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 }}

2021

|{{sortname|last=Bancroft|first=Colette|nolink=1}}

|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Bite|nolink=1}}"

|Tampa Bay Noir

|{{Cite web |title=2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners |url=https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ |website=Mystery Writers of America |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=2021-05-09 |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 }}

2022

|{{sortname|last=Osler|first=Rob|nolink=1}}

|"Analogue"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners |url=https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ |archive-date=2024-05-06 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Mystery Writers of America}}

2023

|{{Sortname|Mark|Harrison|nolink=1}}

|"Dogs in the Canyon"

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|{{Cite web |date=2023-04-24 |title=MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Mystery Writers of America |archive-date=2023-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501202421/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

2024

|{{Sortname|Kate|Hohl|nolink=1}}

|{{Sort|“Body in Cell Two”|"The Body in Cell Two"}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023

|{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2024 |title=2024 Edgar Winners |url=https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502174228/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=Edgar Awards}}

= 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."{{cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=MWA Announces the Lilian Jackson Braun Award |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-lilian-jackson-braun-award/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=Mystery Writers of America |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230170856/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-lilian-jackson-braun-award/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Edgar Award Category Information |url=https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-award-category-information/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Mystery Writers of America |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214170201/https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-award-category-information/ |url-status=live }}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%" \|+Lilian Jackson Braun Award winners ! scope="col" width=5% \| Year ! scope="col" width="40%" \| Author ! scope="col" width="40%" \| Title ! scope="col" width="5%" \| {{Abbreviation\|Ref.\|References}}
2023 \|{{sortname\|Tamara\|Berry\|nolink=1}} \|Buried in a Good Book \|
2024 \|{{sortname\|Danielle\|Arceneaux\|nolink=1}} \|Glory Be \|

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|+Lilian Jackson Braun Award winners

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2023

|{{sortname|Tamara|Berry|nolink=1}}

|Buried in a Good Book

2024

|{{sortname|Danielle|Arceneaux|nolink=1}}

|Glory Be

= G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award =

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."{{cite web |date=February 21, 2019 |title=G.P. Putnam's Sons Launches Sue Grafton Memorial Award |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2189 |accessdate=February 2, 2022 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202103216/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=2189 |url-status=live }} The winners are listed below.

= 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."{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Awards: MWA Grand Master, Raven Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3873 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230423/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3873 |url-status=live }}

The Grand Master Award winners follow:{{Cite web |title=Edgars Award |url=https://stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Edgar_Awards.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me!}}{{div col|colwidth=20em}}

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{{cite web|url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2025-grand-masters-raven-ellery-queen-award-recipients-and-celebrates-80th-anniversary-in-2025/|title=MWA Announces 2025 Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen Award Recipients and Celebrates 80th Anniversary in 2025|access-date=2025-01-15}}

= Raven Award =

The Raven Award was established in 1953 to honor "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."{{Cite web |url=https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/about-ellery-queen/major-mystery-prizes-and-awards/ |title="Major Mystery Prizes and Awards" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) |access-date=2021-09-06 |archive-date=2022-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617224916/https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/about-ellery-queen/major-mystery-prizes-and-awards/ |url-status=live }}

= Ellery Queen Award =

The Ellery Queen Award was established in 1983 "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry." The winners are listed below.

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2010 \|{{sortname\|last=Peters\|first=Barbara\|nolink=}} and Robert Rosenwald \|Poisoned Pen Press \|{{Cite web \|date=December 10, 2009 \|title=Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Honors \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1072 \|access-date=2022-12-11 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211002735/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1072 \|url-status=live }}
2012 \|{{sortname\|last=Meyers\|first=Joe\|nolink=1}} \|Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2011-11-22 \|title=Awards: MWA Honors; Royal Society Science Book \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1610 \|access-date=2022-12-15 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-15 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215021854/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1610 \|url-status=live }}
2013 \|Akashic Books \|American book publisher \|
2015 \|{{sortname\|last=Ardai\|first=Charles\|nolink=}} \|Co-founder of Hard Case Crime \|{{Cite web \|last= \|date=December 15, 2014 \|title=Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven, Ellery Queen \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2406 \|access-date=2022-12-10 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203612/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2406 \|url-status=live }}
2016 \|{{sortname\|last=Rudolph\|first=Janet\|nolink=1}} \|Founder of Mystery Readers International \|
2017 \|{{sortname\|last=Nyren\|first=Neil\|nolink=1}} \|Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons \|{{Cite web \|date=November 30, 2016 \|title=Awards: MWA Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2890 \|access-date=2022-12-10 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203609/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2890 \|url-status=live }}
2019 \|{{sortname\|last=Landrigan\|first=Linda\|nolink=1}} \|Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=November 28, 2018 \|title=Awards: MWA Special Edgars \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3384 \|access-date=2022-12-10 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=2022-12-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203607/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3384 \|url-status=live }}
2021 \|{{sortname\|last=Arthur\|first=Reagan\|nolink=1}} \| \|
2022 \|{{sortname\|last=Grames\|first=Juliet\|nolink=1}} \|Soho Press – Soho Crime \|
2023 \|{{Sort\|Strand Magazine\|The Strand Magazine}} \| \|
2024 \|{{Sortname\|Michaela\|Hamilton\|nolink=1}} \|Kensington Books \|

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2010

|{{sortname|last=Peters|first=Barbara|nolink=}} and Robert Rosenwald

|Poisoned Pen Press

|{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2009 |title=Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Honors |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1072 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211002735/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1072 |url-status=live }}

2012

|{{sortname|last=Meyers|first=Joe|nolink=1}}

|Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-11-22 |title=Awards: MWA Honors; Royal Society Science Book |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1610 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215021854/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1610 |url-status=live }}

2013

|Akashic Books

|American book publisher

2015

|{{sortname|last=Ardai|first=Charles|nolink=}}

|Co-founder of Hard Case Crime

|{{Cite web |last= |date=December 15, 2014 |title=Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven, Ellery Queen |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2406 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203612/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2406 |url-status=live }}

2016

|{{sortname|last=Rudolph|first=Janet|nolink=1}}

|Founder of Mystery Readers International

2017

|{{sortname|last=Nyren|first=Neil|nolink=1}}

|Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons

|{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Awards: MWA Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2890 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203609/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2890 |url-status=live }}

2019

|{{sortname|last=Landrigan|first=Linda|nolink=1}}

|Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 28, 2018 |title=Awards: MWA Special Edgars |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3384 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203607/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3384 |url-status=live }}

2021

|{{sortname|last=Arthur|first=Reagan|nolink=1}}

2022

|{{sortname|last=Grames|first=Juliet|nolink=1}}

|Soho Press – Soho Crime

2023

|{{Sort|Strand Magazine|The Strand Magazine}}

2024

|{{Sortname|Michaela|Hamilton|nolink=1}}

|Kensington Books

= Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award =

The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award was established in 2001.

Active story categories

= Fact Crime =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime was established in 1948.

= Critical/Biographical Work =

{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work}}

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work was established in 1977.

= Novel =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.

= Paperback or eBook Original =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original was established in 1970.

= First Novel =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel was established in 1946.

= Young Adult Novel =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel was established in 1989.

= Juvenile =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile was established in 1961.

= Short Story =

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story was established in 1951.

= Episode in a Television Series =

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 =

{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay}}

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 =

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.

References

External links

{{Official website|http://theedgars.com}} (includes nominees)
[http://www.mysterywriters.org/ Mystery Writers of America]
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000219/overview Edgar Allan Poe Awards] at IMDb

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= Lilian Jackson Braun Award =

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