Edgar Awards
Template:Short description The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America<ref>Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Template:ISBN. p. 206.</ref> which is based in New York City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Still Waters | <ref name="Shelf Awareness-2008">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2009 | Template:Sortname | "Buckner's Error" | Queens Noir | <ref name="Shelf Awareness-2009a">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2010 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="Shelf Awareness-2010">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2012 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="Edgar Awards">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2013 | Template:Sortname | "When They Are Done With Us" | Staten Island Noir | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2013">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2014 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2014">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2015 | Template:Sortname | "Getaway Girl" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2015">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2015">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2016 | Template:Sortname | "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2016">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016b">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2017 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2017">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2018 | Template:Sortname | "The Queen of Secrets" | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2018">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2019 | Template:Sortname | "How Does He Die This Time?" | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2019">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2020 | Template:Sortname | "There’s a Riot Goin' On" | Milwaukee Noir | <ref name="Books+Pub-2020">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2021 | Template:Sortname | "Template:Sortname" | Tampa Bay Noir | <ref name="MWA-2021">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2022 | Template:Sortname | "Analogue" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="MWA-2022">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2023 | Template:Sortname | "Dogs in the Canyon" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | <ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2024 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023 | <ref name=":36">Template:Cite web</ref> |
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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Year | Author | Title | Template:Abbreviation |
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| 2023 | Template:Sortname | Buried in a Good Book | <ref name=":0" /> |
| 2024 | Template:Sortname | Glory Be | <ref name=":36" /> |
G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Template:Main 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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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."<ref name="Shelf Awareness-2020">Template:Cite web</ref>
The Grand Master Award winners follow:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Div col
- 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Raven Award
Template:Main The Raven Award was established in 1953 to honor "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."<ref name="MMPA">Template:Cite web</ref>
Ellery Queen Award
The Ellery Queen Award was established in 1983 "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry."<ref name="MMPA" /> The winners are listed below.
| Year | Author | Information | Template:Abbreviation |
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| 2010 | Template:Sortname and Robert Rosenwald | Poisoned Pen Press | <ref name="Shelf Awareness-2009b">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2012 | Template:Sortname | Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group | <ref name="Edgar Awards" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2011">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2013 | Akashic Books | American book publisher | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2013" /> |
| 2015 | Template:Sortname | Co-founder of Hard Case Crime | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2015" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2014">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2015" /> |
| 2016 | Template:Sortname | Founder of Mystery Readers International | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2016" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016b" /> |
| 2017 | Template:Sortname | Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons | <ref name="Edgar Awards-2017" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016a">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2019 | Template:Sortname | Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | <ref name="MWA-Spcl-2018">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2021 | Template:Sortname | <ref name="MWA-2021" /> | |
| 2022 | Template:Sortname | Soho Press – Soho Crime | <ref name="MWA-2022" /> |
| 2023 | Template:Sort | <ref name=":0" /> | |
| 2024 | Template:Sortname | Kensington Books | <ref name=":36" /> |
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
Template:Main 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
Template:Main The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work was established in 1977.
Novel
Template:Main The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.
Paperback or eBook Original
Template:Main 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
Template:Main 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
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.
See also
References
External links
- Template:Official website (includes nominees)
- Mystery Writers of America
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards at IMDb