Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story:
Winners
1951-1999
| Year | Author | Story |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Lawrence Blochman | Diagnosis: Homicide |
| 1952 | John Collier | Fancies and Goodnights |
| 1953 | Philip MacDonald | Something to Hide |
| 1954 | Roald Dahl | Someone Like You |
| 1955 | Stanley Ellin | The House Party |
| 1956 | Philip MacDonald | Dream No More |
| 1957 | Stanley Ellin | The Blessington Method |
| 1958 | Gerald Kersh | The Secret of the Bottle |
| 1959 | William O'Farrell | Over There, Darkness |
| 1960 | Roald Dahl | The Landlady |
| 1961 | John Durham | Tiger |
| 1962 | Avram Davidson | Affair at Lahore Cantonment |
| 1963 | David Ely | The Sailing Club |
| 1964 | Leslie Ann Brownrigg | Man Gehorcht |
| 1965 | Lawrence Treat | H as in Homicide |
| 1966 | Shirley Jackson | The Possibility of Evil |
| 1967 | Rhys Davies | The Chosen One |
| 1968 | Edward D. Hoch | The Oblong Room |
| 1969 | Warner Law | The Man Who Fooled the World |
| 1970 | Joe Gores | Goodbye, Pops |
| 1971 | Margery Finn Brown | In The Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed |
| 1972 | Robert L. Fish | Moonlight Gardener |
| 1973 | Joyce Harrington | The Purple Shroud |
| 1974 | Harlan Ellison | The Whimper of Whipped Dogs |
| 1975 | Ruth Rendell | The Fallen Curtain |
| 1976 | Jesse Hill Ford | The Jail |
| 1977 | Etta Revesz | Like a Terrible Scream |
| 1978 | Thomas Walsh | Chance After Chance |
| 1979 | Barbara Owens | The Cloud Beneath The Eaves |
| 1980 | Geoffrey Norman | Armed and Dangerous |
| 1981 | Clark Howard | Horn Man |
| 1982 | Jack Ritchie | The Absence of Emily |
| 1983 | Frederick Forsyth | There Are No Snakes in Ireland |
| 1984 | Ruth Rendell | The New Girlfriend |
| 1985 | Lawrence Block | By Dawn's Early Light |
| 1986 | John Lutz | Ride the Lightning |
| 1987 | Robert Sampson | Rain in Pinton County |
| 1988 | Harlan Ellison | Soft Monkey |
| 1989 | Bill Crenshaw | Flicks |
| 1990 | Donald E. Westlake | Too Many Crooks |
| 1991 | Lynne Barrett | Elvis Lives |
| 1992 | Wendy Hornsby | Nine Sons |
| 1993 | Benjamin M. Schutz | Mary, Mary, Shut the Door |
| 1994 | Lawrence Block | Keller's Therapy |
| 1995 | Doug Allyn | The Dancing Bear |
| 1996 | Jean B. Cooper | The Judge's Boy |
| 1997 | Michael Malone | Red Clay |
| 1998 | Lawrence Block | Keller on the Spot |
| 1999 | Tom Franklin | Poachers |
2000-2022
| Year | Author | Story |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Anne Perry | Heroes |
| 2001 | Peter Robinson | Missing in Action |
| 2002 | S.J. Rozan | Double-Crossing Delancey |
| 2003 | Raymond Steiber | Mexican Gatsby |
| 2004 | G. Miki Hayden | The Maids |
| 2005 | Laurie Lynn Drummond | Something About a Scar |
| 2006 | James W. Hall | The Catch |
| 2007 | Charles Ardai | The Home Front |
| 2008 | Susan Straight | The Golden Gopher |
| 2009 | T. Jefferson Parker | Skinhead Central |
| 2010 | Luis Alberto Urrea | Amapola |
| 2011 | Doug Allyn | The Scent of Lilacs |
| 2012 | Peter Turnbull | The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train |
| 2013 | Karin Slaughter | The Unremarkable Heart |
| 2014 | John Connolly | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository |
| 2015 | Gillian Flynn | What Do You Do? |
| 2016 | Stephen King | Obits |
| 2017 | Lawrence Block | Autumn at the Automat |
| 2018 | John Crowley | Spring Break |
| 2019 | Art Taylor | English 398: Fiction Workshop |
| 2020 | Livia Llewellyn | One of These Nights |
| 2021 | Maaza Mengiste | Dust, Ash, Flight |
| 2022 | R.T. Lawton | The Road to Hana |
See also
- Edgar Award
- Mystery Writers of America
- Category:Edgar Award winners
- Category:Edgar Award winning works