The Edgar Awards, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. 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.
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!1993
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|"Wicked Twist"
|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
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!2008
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|""
|Still Waters
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!2009
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|"Buckner's Error"
|Queens Noir
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!2010
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|""
|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
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!2011
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|"Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man"
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2012
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|""
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2013
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|"When They Are Done With Us"
|Staten Island Noir
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!2014
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|""
|Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional
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!2015
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|"Getaway Girl"
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2016
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|"Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick"
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2017
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|""
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2018
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|"The Queen of Secrets"
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!2019
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|"How Does He Die This Time?"
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!2020
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|"There’s a Riot Goin' On"
|Milwaukee Noir
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!2021
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|""
|Tampa Bay Noir
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!2022
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|"Analogue"
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2023
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|"Dogs in the Canyon"
|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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!2024
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|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023
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!2025
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|“The Jews on Elm Street”
|Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, September-October 2024
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!2026
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| "How It Happened"
|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July-August 2025
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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."
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! 2023
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|Buried in a Good Book
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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."
The Grand Master Award winners follow:
- 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
- 2026: Donna Andrews, Lee Child
Raven Award
The Raven Award was established in 1953 to honor "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."
Ellery Queen Award
The Ellery Queen Award was established in 1983 "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry."
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!2012
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|Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group
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!2013
|Akashic Books
|American book publisher
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!2019
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|Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
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!2021
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