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{{short description|Literary award for work in the crime genre}}
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. {{ISBN|0-521-79727-6}}. p. 206.</ref> which is based in [[New York City]].<ref>{{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}}</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.
{| 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''
|<ref name="Shelf Awareness-2008">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2009
|{{sortname|last=Guglielmelli|first=Joseph|nolink=1}}
|"Buckner's Error" 
|''Queens Noir''
|<ref name="Shelf Awareness-2009a">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2010
|{{sortname|last=Warthman|first=Dan|nolink=1}}
|"{{sortname|1=A|2=Dreadful Day|nolink=1}}" 
|''[[Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="Shelf Awareness-2010">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2012
|{{sortname|last=Ingram|first=David|nolink=1}}
|"{{sortname|1=A|2=Good Man of Business|nolink=1}}"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2013
|{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Patricia|nolink=1}}
|"When They Are Done With Us"
|''Staten Island Noir''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2013">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2014
|{{sortname|last=Soloway|first=Jeff|nolink=1}}
|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Wentworth Letter|nolink=1}}"
|''Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2014">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2015
|{{sortname|last=Bell|first=Zoe Z.|nolink=1}}
|"Getaway Girl"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2015">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2015">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2016
|{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Russell W.|nolink=1}}
|"Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2016">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016b">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2017
|{{sortname|last=Flores|first=E. Gabriel|nolink=1}}
|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Truth of the Moment|nolink=1}}"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2017">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2018
|{{sortname|last=Gray|first=Lisa D.|nolink=1}}
|"The Queen of Secrets"
|
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2018">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2019
|{{sortname|last=Novick|first=Nancy|nolink=1}}
|"How Does He Die This Time?"
|
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2019">{{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}}</ref>
|-
!2020
|{{sortname|last=Harriell|first=Derrick|nolink=1}}
|"There’s a Riot Goin' On"
|''Milwaukee Noir''
|<ref name="Books+Pub-2020">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2021
|{{sortname|last=Bancroft|first=Colette|nolink=1}}
|"{{sortname|1=The|2=Bite|nolink=1}}"
|''Tampa Bay Noir''
|<ref name="MWA-2021">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2022
|{{sortname|last=Osler|first=Rob|nolink=1}}
|"Analogue"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="MWA-2022">{{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]]}}</ref>
|-
!2023
|{{Sortname|Mark|Harrison|nolink=1}}
|"Dogs in the Canyon"
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name=":0">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2024
|{{Sortname|Kate|Hohl|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|“Body in Cell Two”|"The Body in Cell Two"}}
|''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]'', May–June 2023
|<ref name=":36">{{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}}</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>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| 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''
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!2024
|{{sortname|Danielle|Arceneaux|nolink=1}}
|''Glory Be''
|<ref name=":36" />
|}

=== G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award ===
{{Main|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."<ref>{{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 }}</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">{{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 }}</ref>

The Grand Master Award winners follow:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edgars Award |url=https://stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Edgar_Awards.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me!}}</ref>{{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|R. L. Stine]]
*'''2025''': [[Laura Lippman]], [[John Sandford (novelist)|John Sandford]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
{{div col end}}

=== Raven Award ===
{{Main|Raven Award}}
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">{{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 }}</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.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%"
! scope="col" width=5% | Year
! scope="col" width="40%" | Author
! scope="col" width="40%" | Information
! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
!2010
|{{sortname|last=Peters|first=Barbara|nolink=}} and Robert Rosenwald
|[[Poisoned Pen Press]]
|<ref name="Shelf Awareness-2009b">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2012
|{{sortname|last=Meyers|first=Joe|nolink=1}}
|''[[Connecticut Post]]''/Hearst Media News Group
|<ref name="Edgar Awards" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2011">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2013
|[[Akashic Books]]
|American book publisher
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2013" />
|-
!2015
|{{sortname|last=Ardai|first=Charles|nolink=}}
|Co-founder of [[Hard Case Crime]]
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2015" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2014">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2015" />
|-
!2016
|{{sortname|last=Rudolph|first=Janet|nolink=1}}
|Founder of [[Mystery Readers International]]
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2016" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016b" />
|-
!2017
|{{sortname|last=Nyren|first=Neil|nolink=1}}
|Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|G.P. Putnam's Sons]]
|<ref name="Edgar Awards-2017" /><ref name="Shelf Awareness-2016a">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2019
|{{sortname|last=Landrigan|first=Linda|nolink=1}}
|Editor of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]]''
|<ref name="MWA-Spcl-2018">{{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 }}</ref>
|-
!2021
|{{sortname|last=Arthur|first=Reagan|nolink=1}}
|
|<ref name="MWA-2021" />
|-
!2022
|{{sortname|last=Grames|first=Juliet|nolink=1}}
|[[Soho Press]] – Soho Crime
|<ref name="MWA-2022" />
|-
!2023
|{{Sort|Strand Magazine|''[[The Strand Magazine]]''}}
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!2024
|{{Sortname|Michaela|Hamilton|nolink=1}}
|''[[Kensington Books]]''
|<ref name=":36" />
|}

=== Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award ===
{{Main|Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award}}
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award was established in 2001.

== Active story categories ==

=== Fact Crime ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best 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 ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel}}
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.

=== Paperback or eBook Original ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original}}
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original was established in 1970.

=== First Novel ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel}}

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

=== Young Adult Novel ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel}}

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best [[Young adult literature|Young Adult]] Novel was established in 1989.

=== Juvenile ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile}}

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

=== Short Story ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story}}
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story was established in 1951.

=== Episode in a Television Series ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV 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 [[Dust jacket|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 ===
{{Main|Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best 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|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 ==
* [[Edogawa Rampo Prize]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Edgar Award winners}}
* {{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]]

{{Edgar Allan Poe}}
{{Edgar Awards}}

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[[Category:American literary awards]]
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