Anthony Award for Best Short Story

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The Anthony Award for Best Short Story, established in 1986, is an annual award presented as part of the Anthony Awards on behalf of Mystery Writers of America. [1]

Recipients

Award winners and finalists [2]
YearAuthorTitlePublicationResultRef.
1986 Linda Barnes “Lucky Penny”New Black Mask #3Winner
John Lutz “Ride the Lightning”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Loren D. Estleman “Eight Mile and Dequindre”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Peter Lovesey “Vandals”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Ruth Rendell “The Convolvulus Clock”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
1987 Sue Grafton “The Parker Shotgun”Mean StreetsWinner
Clark Howard “Scalplock”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Wayne D. Dundee “Body Count”Mean StreetsFinalist
1988 Robert Barnard “Breakfast Television”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner
Ed Gorman “Turn Away”Black Lizard Anthology of Crime FictionFinalist
Harlan Ellison “Soft Monkey”Mystery Scene Reader #1Finalist
Joyce Harrington “The Au Pair Girl”Matter of Crime #1Finalist
Max Allan Collins “Scrap”Black Lizard Anthology of Crime FictionFinalist
1990 Nancy Pickard “Afraid All the Time”Sisters in CrimeWinner
Sharyn McCrumb “A Wee Doch and Doris”Mistletoe MysteriesFinalist
Shelley Singer “A Terrible Thing”Sisters in CrimeFinalist
Susan Dunlap “No Safety”Sisters in CrimeFinalist
1991 Susan Dunlap “The Celestial Buffet”Sisters in Crime 2Winner
Marilyn Wallace “A Tale of Two Pretties”Sisters in Crime 3Finalist
Sarah Shankman “Say You're Sorry”Sisters in Crime 3Finalist
Sharyn McCrumb “Remains to Be Seen”Mummy StoriesFinalist
Sharyn McCrumb “The Luncheon”Sisters in Crime 2Finalist
1992 Liza Cody “Lucky Dip”A Woman’s EyeWinner
Linda Grant “Last Rites”Sisters in Crime 4Finalist
Margaret Maron “Deborah's Judgment”A Woman’s EyeFinalist
Maxine O’Callahan “Wolf Winter”Sisters in Crime 4Finalist
Peter Lovesey “The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Wendy Hornsby “Nine Sons”Sisters in Crime 4Finalist
1993 Diane Mott Davidson “Cold Turkey”Sisters in Crime 5Winner
Doug Allyn “Candles in the Rain”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Edward D. Hoch “The Summer of our Discontent”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Gabrielle Kraft “One Hit Wonder”Sisters in Crime 5Finalist
Rochelle Krich “A Golden Opportunity”Sisters in Crime 5Finalist
1994 Susan Dunlap “Checkout”Malice Domestic 2Winner
K. K. Beck “A Romance in the Rockies”Malice Domestic 2Finalist
M. D. Lake “Kim's Game”Malice Domestic 2Finalist
Robert Lopresti “Crow's Feat”Constable New Crimes 2Finalist
1995 Sharyn McCrumb “The Monster of Glarnis”Royal CrimesWinner
Ed Gorman “One of Those Days, One of Those Nights”Crime YellowFinalist
Ian Rankin “A Deep Hole”London NoirFinalist
Robert Barnard “The Gentleman in the Lake”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
1996 Gar Anthony Haywood “And Pray Nobody Sees You”Spooks, Spies & Private EyesWinner
Bill Crider “How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”Cat Crimes Takes a VacationFinalist
Elizabeth Daniels Squire “The Dog Who Remembered too Much”Malice Domestic 4Finalist
Jean B. Cooper “The Judge’s Boy”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
K. K. Beck “Rule of Law”Malice Domestic 4Finalist
1997 Carolyn Wheat “Accidents Will Happen”Malice Domestic 5Winner
Brendan DuBois “The Dark Snow”PlayboyFinalist
Eve K. Sandstrom “Bugged”Malice Domestic 5Finalist
Janet LaPierre “Luminarias Make it Christmas-y”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
1998 Edward D. Hoch “One Bag of Coconuts”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner
Jan Grape “A Front-Row Seat”Vengeance Is HersWinner
James DeFilippi “A Fog of Many Colors”New MysteryFinalist
James Dorr “Paperboxing Art”New MysteryFinalist
Simon Brett “Ways to Kill a Cat”Malice Domestic 6Finalist
1999 Barbara D’Amato Chittenden “Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable?”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner
Harlan Coben “A Simple Philosophy”Malice Domestic 7Finalist
Jan Burke “Two Bits”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Peter Robinson “The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage”Malice Domestic 7Finalist
Rick Riordan “A Small Silver Gun”MSCMMFinalist
2000 Margaret Chittenden “Noir Lite”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner
Barry Baldwin “A Bit of a Treat”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Bill and Judy Crider “At The Hop”Till Death Do Us PartFinalist
Jeffery Deaver “Triangle”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Laurie R. King “Paleta Man”Irreconcilable DifferencesFinalist
2001 Edward D. Hoch “The Problem of the Potting Shed”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner
Donald Olson“Don't Go Upstaris”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Peter Robinson “Missing in Action”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Rhys Bowen “The Seal of the Confessional”Unholy OrdersFinalist
Rochelle Krich “Widow's Peak”Unholy OrdersFinalist
2002 Bill and Judy Crider “Chocolate Moose”Death Dines at 8:30Winner
Margaret Maron “Virgo in Sapphires”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Rochelle Krich “Bitter Waters”Criminal KabbalahFinalist
S. J. Rozan “Double-Crossing Delancy”Mystery StreetFinalist
Ted Hertel, Jr. “My Bonnie Lies...”Mammoth Book of Legal ThrillersFinalist
2003 Marcia Talley “Too Many Cooks”Much Ado About MurderWinner
Bob Truluck “A Man Called Ready”Measures of PoisonFinalist
Clark Howard “To Live and Die in Midland, Texas”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Lauren Haney “Murder In The Land Of Wawat”The Mammoth Book Of Egyptian WhodunnitsFinalist
Toni Kelner “Bible Belt”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2004 Rhys Bowen “Doppelganger”Blood On Their HandsWinner
Eddie Muller “Wanda Wilcox Is Trapped”Plots With GunsFinalist
Elaine Viets “Red Meat”Blood On Their HandsFinalist
Jack Bludis “Munchies”HardbroiledFinalist
Sandy Balzo “The Grass Is Always Greener”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2005 Elaine Viets “Wedding Knife”Chesapeake CrimesWinner
Arthur Nersesian “Hunter Trapper”Brooklyn NoirFinalist
Rhys Bowen “Voodoo”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Ted Hertel, Jr. “It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide”Small CrimesFinalist
Terence Faherty “The Widow of Slane”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2006 Barbara Seranella “Misdirection”Greatest HitsWinner
Elaine Viets “Killer Blonde”Drop-Dead BlondeFinalist
Libby Fischer Hellmann “House Rules”Murder in VegasFinalist
Marcia Talley “Driven To Distraction”Chesapeake Crimes IFinalist
Nancy Pickard “There Is No Crime On Easter Island”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2007Simon Wood“My Father's Secret”Crimespree MagazineWinner
Bill Crider “Cranked”Damn Near DeadFinalist
Dana Cameron “The Lords of Misrule”Sugarplums and ScandalFinalist
Elaine Viets “After the Fall”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Megan Abbott “Policy”Damn Near DeadFinalist
Toni Kelner “Sleeping with the Plush”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
2008 Laura Lippman “Hardly Knew Her”Dead Man's HandWinner
Daniel Woodrell “Uncle”A Hell of a WomanFinalist
Rhys Bowen “Please Watch Your Step”The Strand MagazineFinalist
Steve Hockensmith “Dear Dr. Watson”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Toni L. P. Kelner “How Stella Got her Grave Back”Many Bloody ReturnsFinalist
2009 Sean Chercover “A Sleep Not Unlike Death”Hardcore HardboiledWinner [3]
Dana Cameron “The Night Things Changed”Wolfsbane & MistletoeFinalist
Jane K. Cleland “Killing Time”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Kristine Kathryn Rusch “The Secret Lives of Cats”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Laura Lippman “Scratch a Woman”Hardly Knew HerFinalist
Toni L. P. Kelner “Skull and Cross Examination”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2010 Hank Phillippi Ryan “On the House”Quarry: Crime Stories by New England WritersWinner [4]
Ace Atkins “Last Fair Deal Gone Down”Crossroad BluesFinalist
Dana Cameron “Femme Sole”Boston NoirFinalist
Dennis Lehane “Animal Rescue”Boston NoirFinalist
Luis Alberto Urrea “Amapola”Phoenix NoirFinalist
2011 Dana Cameron “Swing Shift”by MoonlightWinner [4]
Chris Holm “The Hitter”NeedleFinalist [5]
Doug Allyn “Scent of Lilacs”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [5]
Mary Jane Maffini “So Much in Common”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [5]
Patricia Morin “Homeless”Mystery MontageFinalist [5]
Simon Wood“The Frame Maker”The Back AlleyFinalist [5]
2012 Dana Cameron “Disarming”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner [4]
Barb Goffman “Truth and Consequences”Mystery Times TenFinalist
Daryl Wood Gerber “Palace by the Lake”Fish Tales: The Guppy AnthologyFinalist
Neil Gaiman “The Case of Death and Honey”A Study in SherlockFinalist
Roberta Isleib “The Itinerary”MWA Presents The Rich and The DeadFinalist
Twist Phelan “Happine$$”MWA Presents The Rich and The DeadFinalist
2013 Dana Cameron “Mischief in Mesopotamia”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner [4]
Barb Goffman “The Lord is My Shamus”Crimes: This Job is MurderFinalist
Karin Slaughter “The Unremarkable Heart”MWA Presents: VengeanceFinalist
Shelia Connolly “Kept in the Dark”Best New England Crime Stories: Blood MoonFinalist
Todd Robinson“Peaches”GriftFinalist
2014 John Connolly “The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository”Blibiomysteries, The Mysterious BookshopWinner [4]
Art Taylor “The Care and Feeding of Houseplants”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Craig Faustus Buck “Dead End”Untreed ReadsFinalist
Denise Dietz “Annie and the Grateful Dead”The Sound and the FurryFinalist
Travis Richardson “Incident on the 405”Malfeasance Occasional: Girl TroubleFinalist
2015 Art Taylor “The Odds Are Against Us”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner [4]
Barb Goffman “The Shadow Knows”Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal HolidaysFinalist
Craig Faustus Buck “Honeymoon Sweet”Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014Finalist
John Shepphird “Of Dogs & Deceit”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist
Paul D. Marks “Howling at the Moon”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
2016 Megan Abbott “The Little Men”A Bibliomystery by MysteriousPress.comWinner
Johnny Shaw “Feliz Navidead”Thuglit Presents: Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty ListFinalist
Erin Mitchell “Old Hands”Dark City LightsFinalist
Hilary Davidson “The Siege”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Holly West “Don't Fear the Ripper”Protectors 2: HeroesFinalist
Travis Richardson “Quack and Dwight”Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark DeedsFinalist
2017 Megan Abbott “Oxford Girl”Mississippi NoirWinner
Art Taylor “Parallel Play”Chesapeake Crimes: Storm WarningFinalist
Holly West “Queen of the Dogs”44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul and PaybackFinalist
Johnny Shaw “Gary's Got A Boner”Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartbreak, Inspired by the ReplacementsFinalist
Lawrence Block “Autumn at the Automat”In Sunlight or Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward HopperFinalist
2018 Hilary Davidson “My Side of the Matter”Killing MalmonWinner [6]
Art Taylor “A Necessary Ingredient” Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Finalist [6]
Barb Goffman “Whose Wine Is It Anyway”50 Shades of CabernetFinalist [6]
Debra Goldstein “The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist [6]
Jen Conley “God's Gonna Cut You Down”Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny CashFinalist [6]
Susanna Calkins “The Trial of Madame Pelletier”Charlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most HistoricalFinalist [6]
2019 S. A. Cosby “The Grass Beneath My Feet”Tough MagazineWinner [7] [8]
Art Taylor “English 398: Fiction Workshop”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [7] [8]
Barb Goffman “Bug Appétit”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [7] [8]
Greg Herren “Cold Beer No Flies”Florida HappensFinalist [7] [8]
Holly West “The Best Laid Plans”Florida HappensFinalist [7] [8]
2020 Alex Segura “The Red Zone”Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto RicoWinner [9]
Art Taylor “Better Days”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist
Art Taylor “Hard Return”Crime TravelFinalist
Hector Acosta“Turistas”Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto RicoFinalist
Hilary Davidson “Unforgiven”Murder-a-Go-Go's: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Go'sFinalist
2021 Alex Segura “90 Miles”Both Sides: Stories from the BorderWinner [10] [11] [12]
Art Taylor “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist [12]
Barb Goffman “Dear Emily Etiquette”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [12]
Gabriel Valjan “Elysian Fields”California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon AnthologyFinalist [12]
James W. Ziskin “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement”In League with Sherlock HolmesFinalist [12]
2022 S. A. Cosby “Not My Cross to Bear”Down & Out BooksWinner [13] [14]
E. A. Aymar “The Search for Eric Garcia”Finalist [14]
Gabriel Valjan “Burnt Ends”Finalist [14]
Gigi Pandian “The Locked Room Library”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist [14]
Richie Narvaez “Doc's at Midnight”Finalist [14]
Tracy Clark “Lucky Thirteen”Midnight HourFinalist [14]
V. M. Burns “The Vermeer Conspiracy”Midnight HourFinalist [14]
2023 Barb Goffman “Beauty and the Beyotch”Sherlock Holmes Mystery MagazineWinner
Bruce Robert Coffin “The Impediment”Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022Finalist [15]
Curtis Ippolito “The Estate Sale”Vautrin MagazineFinalist [15]
E. A. Aymar “Still Crazy After All These Years”Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul SimonFinalist [15]
Gabriel Valjan “C.O.D.”Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My VoteFinalist [15]

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