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Edgar Awards
Literary award for work in the crime genre
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 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.
| Year | Author | Title | Publication | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||
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| "" | Still Waters | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Buckner's Error" | Queens Noir | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "When They Are Done With Us" | Staten Island Noir | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "" | Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Getaway Girl" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Queen of Secrets" | 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}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "How Does He Die This Time?" | 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}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "There’s a Riot Goin' On" | Milwaukee Noir | 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 }} | |||||||||||||||||||
| "" | Tampa Bay Noir | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Analogue" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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}} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Dogs in the Canyon" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May–June 2023 | 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."
| Year | Author | Title | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buried in a Good Book | ||||
| Glory Be |
G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Main article: 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."
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
Raven Award
Main article: 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." The winners are listed below.
| Year | Author | Information | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| and Robert Rosenwald | Poisoned Pen Press | 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 }} | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group | 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 }} | ||||||||||||
| Akashic Books | American book publisher | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-founder of Hard Case Crime | 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 }} | |||||||||||||
| Founder of Mystery Readers International | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Executive VP, associate publisher, and editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons | 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 }} | ||||||||||||||
| Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | 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 }} | ||||||||||||
| Soho Press – Soho Crime | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kensington Books |
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
Main article: Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award was established in 2001.
Active story categories
Fact Crime
Main article: 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 article: 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 article: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954.
Paperback or eBook Original
Main article: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original was established in 1970.
First Novel
Main article: 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 article: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel was established in 1989.
Juvenile
Main article: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile was established in 1961.
Short Story
Main article: 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 article: 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 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 article: 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 article: 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 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
References
- 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.
- "Contact the National Office of Mystery Writers of America".
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- "2017 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards.
- "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards.
- "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards.
- (2020-05-05). "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced".
- (29 April 2021). "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners".
- (2022-04-28). "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners".
- (2023-04-24). "MWA Announces 2023 Edgar Award Winners".
- (May 4, 2024). "2024 Edgar Winners".
- (2022-06-16). "MWA Announces the Lilian Jackson Braun Award". [[Mystery Writers of America]].
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- (February 21, 2019). "G.P. Putnam's Sons Launches Sue Grafton Memorial Award". [[Publishers Weekly]].
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- "MWA Announces 2025 Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen Award Recipients and Celebrates 80th Anniversary in 2025".
- ""Major Mystery Prizes and Awards" (''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'')".
- (December 10, 2009). "Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Honors".
- (2011-11-22). "Awards: MWA Honors; Royal Society Science Book".
- (December 15, 2014). "Awards: MWA's Grand Master, Raven, Ellery Queen".
- (November 30, 2016). "Awards: MWA Grand Masters, Raven & Ellery Queen".
- (November 28, 2018). "Awards: MWA Special Edgars".
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