Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story explained
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story, established in 1951, is an annual American literary award, presented alongside other Edgar Awards.
The award is presented to stories between 1,000 and 22,000 words that have been published in a magazine, periodical, e-zine, or book-length anthology.[1] Stories shorter than 1,000 words (i.e., mini- or flash fiction) or longer than 22,000 words are ineligible. Although the Edgar Awards do not have a flash fiction category, works considered too long for the Short Story Award may be eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel, or Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original.
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story winners are listed below.
Winners
1950s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" | Author | Story | Result |
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| 1951 | | "Diagnosis: Homicide" | Winner |
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| 1952 | | "Fancies and Goodnights" | Winner |
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| 1953 | | "Something to Hide" | Winner |
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| 1954 | | "Someone Like You" | Winner |
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| 1955 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1956 | | "Dream No More" | Winner |
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| 1957 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1958 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1959 | | "Over There, Darkness" | Winner | |
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1960s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" | Author | Story | Result |
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| 1960 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1961 | | "Tiger" | Winner |
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| 1962 | | "Affair at Lahore Cantonment" | Winner |
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| 1963 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1964 | | "Man Gehorcht" | Winner |
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| 1965 | | "H as in Homicide" | Winner |
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| 1966 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1967 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1968 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1969 | | "" | Winner | |
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1970s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" | Author | Story | Result |
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| 1970 | | "Goodbye, Pops" | Winner |
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| 1971 | | "In The Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed" | Winner |
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| 1972 | | "Moonlight Gardener" | Winner |
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| 1973 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1974 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1975 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1976 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1977 | | "Like a Terrible Scream" | Winner |
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| 1978 | | "Chance After Chance" | Winner |
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| 1979 | | "" | Winner | |
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1980s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" | Author | Story | Result |
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| 1980 | | "Armed and Dangerous" | Winner |
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| 1981 | | "Horn Man" | Winner |
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| 1982 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1983 | | "There Are No Snakes in Ireland" | Winner |
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| 1984 | | "" | Winner |
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| 1985 | | "By Dawn's Early Light" | Winner |
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| 1986 | | "Ride the Lightning" | Winner |
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| 1987 | | "Rain in Pinton County" | Winner |
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| 1988 | | "Soft Monkey" | Winner |
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| 1989 | | "Flicks" | Winner | |
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1990s
Year! scope="col" width="20%" | Author | Story | Publication | Result | |
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| 1990 | | "Too Many Crooks" | Playboy, 1989 | Winner | |
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| "Ted Bundy’s Father" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1989 | Shortlist | |
| | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 1989 | Shortlist | |
| "Afraid All the Time" | Sisters in Crime | Shortlist | |
| "For Loyal Service" | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, August 1989 | Shortlist | |
| 1991 | | "Elvis Lives" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1990 | Winner | |
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| "Answers to Soldiers" | Playboy, 1990 | Shortlist | |
| "Prisoners" | New Crimes | Shortlist | |
| | Sisters in Crime 2 | Shortlist | |
| "Challenge the Widow-Maker" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1990 | Shortlist | |
| 1992 | | "Nine Sons" | Sisters in Crime 4 | Winner | |
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| "Sleeper" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1991 | Shortlist | |
| | Playboy, October 1991 | Shortlist | |
| "Spasmo" | | Shortlist | |
| "Dreaming in Black and White" | Psycho-Paths | Shortlist | |
| 1993 | | "Mary, Mary, Shut the Door" | Deadly Allies | Winner | |
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| "Candles in the Rain" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1992 | Shortlist | |
| "Howler" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1992 | Shortlist | |
| "Louise" | Deadly Allies | Shortlist | |
| "One Hit Wonder" | Sisters in Crime 5 | Shortlist | |
| 1994 | | "Keller's Therapy" | Playboy, May 1993 | Winner | |
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| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1993 | Shortlist | |
| "Mefisto in Onyx" | Omni, October 1993 | Shortlist | |
| "McIntyre’s Donald" | Bohannon’s Country | Shortlist | |
| "Enduring as Dust" | Danger in DC | Shortlist | |
| 1995 | | "" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1994 | Winner | |
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| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1994 | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1994 | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1994 | Shortlist | |
| | Justice in Manhattan | Shortlist | |
| 1996 | | "" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1995 | Winner | |
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| "Rule of Law" | Malice Domestic 4 | Shortlist | |
| "Death in a Small Town" | New Mystery, Spring 1995 | Shortlist | |
| "When Your Breath Freezes" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1995 | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1995 | Shortlist | |
| 1997 | | "Red Clay" | Murder for Love | Winner | |
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| | Playboy, November 1996 | Shortlist | |
| "My Murder" | Unusual Suspects | Shortlist | |
| "Kiss The Sky" | Unusual Suspects | Shortlist | |
| "Hoops" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1996 | Shortlist | |
| 1998 | | "Keller on the Spot" | Playboy, November 1997 | Winner | |
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| "Ways to Kill a Cat" | Malice Domestic 6 | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1997 | Shortlist | |
| "Find Miriam" | New Mystery, Summer 1997 | Shortlist | |
| | Funny Bones | Shortlist | |
| 1999 | | "Poachers" | Texas Review, Fall-Winter 1998 | Winner | |
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| "Looking for David" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998 | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998 | Shortlist | |
| "For Jeff" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998 | Shortlist | |
| "Sacrifice" | Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Summer/Fall 1998 | Shortlist | | |
2000s
Year! scope="col" width="20%" | Author | Story | Publication | Result | |
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| 2000 | | "Heroes" | Murder and Obsession | Winner | |
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| "Triangle" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Crack" | Murder and Obsession | Shortlist | |
| "Snow" | First Cases | Shortlist | |
| "Paleta Man" | Irreconcilable Differences | Shortlist | |
| 2001 | | "Missing in Action" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
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| "Delta Double-Deal" | | Shortlist | |
| "Twelve Little Buggers" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Spinning" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2002 | | "Double-Crossing Delancey" | Mystery Street | Winner | |
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| | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Fedora: Private Eyes & Tough Guys | Shortlist | |
| "If the Glove Fits" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Virgo in Sapphires" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2003 | | "Mexican Gatsby" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
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| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "To Live and Die in Midland, Texas" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Rumpole and the Primrose Path" | | Shortlist | |
| "Angel of Wrath" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2004 | | "" | Blood On Their Hands | Winner | |
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| "Bet on Red" | High Stakes | Shortlist | |
| "Black Heart & Cabin Girl" | Blood On Their Hands | Shortlist | |
| "Aces and Eights" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Cowboy Grace" | | Shortlist | |
| 2005 | | "Something About a Scar" | Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You | Winner | |
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| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Brooklyn Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Adventure of the Missing Detective" | Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years | Shortlist | |
| "Imitate the Sun" by | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2006 | | "" | Greatest Hits | Winner | |
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| "Born Bad" | Dangerous Women | Shortlist | |
| "Her Lord and Master" | Dangerous Women | Shortlist | |
| "Misdirection" | Greatest Hits | Shortlist | |
| "Welcome to Monroe" | | Shortlist | |
| 2007 | | "" | Death Do Us Part | Winner | |
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| "Rain" | Manhattan Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Cranked" | Damn Near Dead | Shortlist | |
| "Building" | Manhattan Noir | Shortlist | |
| 2008 | | "" | Los Angeles Noir | Winner | [2] |
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| | Still Waters | Shortlist | |
| "Blue Note" | Chicago Blues | Shortlist | |
| "Hardly Knew Her" | Dead Man’s Hand | Shortlist | |
| "Uncle" | | Shortlist | |
| 2009 | | "Skinhead Central" | Mystery Writers of America Presents: The Blue Religion | Winner | [3] |
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| | Hardcore Hardboiled | Shortlist | |
| "Skin and Bones" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Scratch a Woman" | Hardly Knew Her | Shortlist | |
| "La Vie en Rose" | Paris Noir | Shortlist | | |
2010s
Year! scope="col" width="20%" | Author | Story | Publication | Result | |
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| 2010 | | "Amapola" | Phoenix Noir | Winner | |
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| "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" | Crossroad Blues | Shortlist | |
| "Femme Sole" | Boston Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Digby, Attorney at Law" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Animal Rescue" | Boston Noir | Shortlist | |
| 2011 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
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| | First Thrills | Shortlist | |
| | Thin Ice | Shortlist | |
| "Monsieur Alice is Absent" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Dark End of the Street | Shortlist | |
| 2012 | | "" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | [4] [5] |
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| "Marley’s Revolution" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Tomorrow’s Dead" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Down These Strange Streets | Shortlist | |
| "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies" | Down These Strange Streets | Shortlist | |
| | A Study in Sherlock | Shortlist | |
| 2013 | | "" | Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance | Winner | [6] |
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| "Iphigenia in Aulis" | | Shortlist | |
| "Hot Sugar Blues" | Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Still Life No. 41" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2014 | | "" | Bibliomysteries | Winner | [7] |
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| | Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler | Shortlist | [8] |
| "So Long, Chief" | The Strand Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "There are Roads in the Water" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Where That Morning Sun Does Down" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2015 | | "What Do You Do?" | Rogues | Winner | [9] [10] |
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| "" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | [11] |
| "200 Feet" | Strand Magazine | Shortlist | |
| vs. Michael Connelly | "Red Eye" | FaceOff | Shortlist | |
| "Teddy" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2016 | | "Obits" | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | Winner | [12] [13] |
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| | Mysterious Bookshop | Shortlist | |
| "On Borrowed Time" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Providence Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Family Treasures" | Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings | Shortlist | |
| "Every Seven Years" | Mysterious Bookshop | Shortlist | |
| 2017 | | "Autumn at the Automat" | In Sunlight or in Shadow | Winner | [14] |
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| "Oxford Girl" | Mississippi Noir | Shortlist | |
| | St. Louis Noir | Shortlist | |
| | In Sunlight or in Shadow | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2018 | | "Spring Break" | New Haven Noir | Winner | [15] |
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| "Hard to Get" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Ace in the Hole" | Montana Noir | Shortlist | |
| | Atlanta Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Chin Yong-Yun Stays at Home" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2019 | | "English 398: Fiction Workshop" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | [16] |
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| "Rabid – A Mike Bowditch Short Story" | | Shortlist | |
| "Paranoid Enough for Two" | | Shortlist | |
| "Ancient and Modern" | Bloody Scotland | Shortlist | |
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2020s
Year! scope="col" width="20%" | Author | Story | Publication | Result | |
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| 2020 | | "One of These Nights" | Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers | Winner | |
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| "Turistas" | Pa’Que Tu Lo Sepas | Shortlist | |
| | Sydney Noir | Shortlist | |
| "Home at Last" | Die Behind the Wheel: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Steely Dan | Shortlist | |
| "Brother’s Keeper" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2021 | | "Dust, Ash, Flight" | Addis Ababa Noir | Winner | [17] [18] |
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| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Etta at the End of the World" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | In League with Sherlock Holmes | Shortlist | |
| 2022 | | "" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Winner | [19] |
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| and James A. Hearn | "Blindsided" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Midnight Hour | Shortlist | |
| "Lucky Thirteen" | Midnight Hour | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| 2023 | | "Red Flag" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Winner | [20] |
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| "Backstory" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| "Locked-In" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | Shortlist | |
| "First You Dream, Then You Die" | Black is the Night | Shortlist | |
| 2024 | | "Hallowed Ground" | Macmillan Publishers/ Minotaur Books | Winner | [21] [22] |
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| "Thriller" | Thriller | Shortlist | |
| "Miss Direction" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Shortlist | |
| | Amazon Original Stories | Shortlist | |
| "Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand" | Amazon Original Stories | Shortlist | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Edgar Award Category Information . 2022-12-14 . . en . 2022-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214170201/https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-award-category-information/ . live .
- Web site: May 2, 2008 . Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 . live .
- Web site: May 1, 2009 . Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke . 2022-12-10 . . 2023-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 . live .
- Web site: 2012 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2012-11-03 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: Cogdill . Oline . 2012 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-15 . . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2559-2012-edgar-award-winners . live .
- Web site: 2013 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2013-11-02 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2014 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2014-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners . 2022-12-14 . Heights Libraries . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210043916/https://heightslibrary.org/the-2014-edgar-award-nominations/ . live .
- Web site: 2015 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2015-11-08 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: May 1, 2015 . Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232035/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2498 . live .
- Web site: 2015 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-14 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506001032/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners . live .
- Web site: 2016 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2016-11-05 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: May 2, 2016 . Awards: Edgar Winners . 2022-12-11 . . 2022-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220915213833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2744 . live .
- Web site: 2017 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2017-11-07 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2018 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031229/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2018-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2019 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102836/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2019-08-18 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2024-05-07 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429182947/https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ . live .
- Web site: 2021-04-29 . Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards . 2022-12-14 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2021-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621044205/https://crimereads.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2021-edgar-awards/ . live .
- Web site: 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2024-05-07 . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ . live .
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-04-28 . Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed . 2023-05-01 . . en . 2023-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430164733/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/edgar-award-winners-are-revealed/ . live .
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-05-02 . Winners of the 2024 Edgar Awards Are Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502180017/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2024-edgar-awards-are-revealed/ . 2024-05-02 . 2024-05-06 . . en.
- Web site: May 4, 2024 . 2024 Edgar Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502174228/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf . May 2, 2024 . May 4, 2024 . Edgar Awards.
