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.
Recipients +Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitlePublicationResult1986“Lucky Penny”New Black Mask #3Winner“Ride the Lightning”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“Eight Mile and Dequindre”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“Vandals”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist1987Mean StreetsWinner“Scalplock”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Body Count”Mean StreetsFinalist1988“Breakfast Television”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner“Turn Away”Black Lizard Anthology of Crime FictionFinalist“Soft Monkey”Mystery Scene Reader #1FinalistMatter of Crime #1Finalist“Scrap”Black Lizard Anthology of Crime FictionFinalist1990“Afraid All the Time”Sisters in CrimeWinnerMistletoe MysteriesFinalistSisters in CrimeFinalist“No Safety”Sisters in CrimeFinalist1991Sisters in Crime 2WinnerSisters in Crime 3Finalist“Say You're Sorry”Sisters in Crime 3Finalist“Remains to Be Seen”Mummy StoriesFinalistSisters in Crime 2Finalist1992“Lucky Dip”Winner“Last Rites”Sisters in Crime 4Finalist“Deborah's Judgment”Finalist“Wolf Winter”Sisters in Crime 4FinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Nine Sons”Sisters in Crime 4Finalist1993“Cold Turkey”Sisters in Crime 5Winner“Candles in the Rain”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“One Hit Wonder”Sisters in Crime 5FinalistSisters in Crime 5Finalist1994“Checkout”Malice Domestic 2WinnerMalice Domestic 2Finalist“Kim's Game”Malice Domestic 2Finalist“Crow's Feat”Constable New Crimes 2Finalist1995Royal CrimesWinner“One of Those Days, One of Those Nights”Crime YellowFinalistLondon NoirFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist1996“And Pray Nobody Sees You”Spooks, Spies & Private EyesWinner“How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo”Cat Crimes Takes a VacationFinalistMalice Domestic 4FinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Rule of Law”Malice Domestic 4Finalist1997“Accidents Will Happen”Malice Domestic 5WinnerPlayboyFinalist“Bugged”Malice Domestic 5Finalist“Luminarias Make it Christmas-y”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist1998“One Bag of Coconuts”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinnerVengeance Is HersWinnerNew MysteryFinalist“Paperboxing Art”New MysteryFinalist“Ways to Kill a Cat”Malice Domestic 6Finalist1999“Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable?”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinnerMalice Domestic 7Finalist“Two Bits”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalistMalice Domestic 7FinalistMSCMMFinalist2000“Noir Lite”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinnerAlfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“At The Hop”Till Death Do Us PartFinalist“Triangle”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Paleta Man”Irreconcilable DifferencesFinalist2001Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner“Don't Go Upstaris”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Missing in Action”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalistUnholy OrdersFinalist“Widow's Peak”Unholy OrdersFinalist2002“Chocolate Moose”Death Dines at 8:30Winner“Virgo in Sapphires”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Bitter Waters”Criminal KabbalahFinalist“Double-Crossing Delancy”Mystery StreetFinalist“My Bonnie Lies...”Mammoth Book of Legal ThrillersFinalist2003“Too Many Cooks”Much Ado About MurderWinnerMeasures of PoisonFinalist“To Live and Die in Midland, Texas”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Murder In The Land Of Wawat”Finalist“Bible Belt”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2004“Doppelganger”Blood On Their HandsWinner“Wanda Wilcox Is Trapped”Plots With GunsFinalist“Red Meat”Blood On Their HandsFinalist“Munchies” HardbroiledFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2005“Wedding Knife”Chesapeake CrimesWinner“Hunter Trapper”Brooklyn NoirFinalist“Voodoo”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide”Small CrimesFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2006“Misdirection”Greatest HitsWinner“Killer Blonde”Drop-Dead BlondeFinalist“House Rules”Murder in VegasFinalist“Driven To Distraction”Chesapeake Crimes IFinalist“There Is No Crime On Easter Island”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2007“My Father's Secret”Crimespree MagazineWinner“Cranked”Damn Near DeadFinalistSugarplums and ScandalFinalist“After the Fall”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“Policy”Damn Near DeadFinalist“Sleeping with the Plush”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist2008“Hardly Knew Her”Dead Man's HandWinner“Uncle”Finalist“Please Watch Your Step”Finalist“Dear Dr. Watson”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“How Stella Got her Grave Back”Many Bloody ReturnsFinalist2009Hardcore HardboiledWinnerWolfsbane & MistletoeFinalist“Killing Time”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Scratch a Woman”Hardly Knew HerFinalist“Skull and Cross Examination”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2010“On the House”Quarry: Crime Stories by New England WritersWinner“Last Fair Deal Gone Down”Crossroad BluesFinalist“Femme Sole”Boston NoirFinalist“Animal Rescue”Boston NoirFinalist“Amapola”Phoenix NoirFinalist2011“Swing Shift”by MoonlightWinnerNeedleFinalist“Scent of Lilacs”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“So Much in Common”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Homeless”Mystery MontageFinalistFinalist2012“Disarming”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinner“Truth and Consequences”Mystery Times TenFinalist“Palace by the Lake”Fish Tales: The Guppy AnthologyFinalistFinalistMWA Presents The Rich and The DeadFinalist“Happine$$”MWA Presents The Rich and The DeadFinalist2013“Mischief in Mesopotamia”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinnerCrimes: This Job is MurderFinalistMWA Presents: VengeanceFinalist“Kept in the Dark”Best New England Crime Stories: Blood MoonFinalist“Peaches”Grift Finalist2014Blibiomysteries, The Mysterious BookshopWinnerEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Dead End”Untreed ReadsFinalist“Annie and the Grateful Dead”Finalist“Incident on the 405”Malfeasance Occasional: Girl TroubleFinalist2015Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineWinnerChesapeake Crimes: Homicidal HolidaysFinalist“Honeymoon Sweet”Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014Finalist“Of Dogs & Deceit”Alfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“Howling at the Moon”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist2016Winner“Feliz Navidead”Thuglit Presents: Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty ListFinalist“Old Hands”Dark City LightsFinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Don't Fear the Ripper”Protectors 2: HeroesFinalist“Quack and Dwight”Jewish Noir: Contemporary Tales of Crime and Other Dark DeedsFinalist2017“Oxford Girl”Mississippi NoirWinner“Parallel Play”Chesapeake Crimes: Storm WarningFinalist“Queen of the Dogs”44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul and PaybackFinalist“Gary's Got A Boner”Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartbreak, Inspired by the ReplacementsFinalist“Autumn at the Automat”In Sunlight or Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward HopperFinalist2018“My Side of the Matter”Killing MalmonWinnerKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIFinalist“Whose Wine Is It Anyway”50 Shades of CabernetFinalistAlfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“God's Gonna Cut You Down”Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny CashFinalistCharlaine Harris Presents Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most HistoricalFinalist2019Tough MagazineWinner“English 398: Fiction Workshop”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Bug Appétit”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Cold Beer No Flies”Florida HappensFinalistFlorida HappensFinalist2020Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto RicoWinner“Better Days”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Hard Return”Crime TravelFinalist“Turistas”Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto RicoFinalist“Unforgiven”Murder-a-Go-Go's: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Go'sFinalist2021“90 Miles”Both Sides: Stories from the BorderWinnerAlfred Hitchcock Mystery MagazineFinalist“Dear Emily Etiquette”Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Elysian Fields”California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon AnthologyFinalistIn League with Sherlock HolmesFinalist2022“Not My Cross to Bear” Down & Out BooksWinnerFinalist“Burnt Ends”FinalistEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFinalist“Doc's at Midnight”Finalist“Lucky Thirteen”Midnight HourFinalist Midnight HourFinalist2023“Beauty and the Beyotch”Sherlock Holmes Mystery MagazineWinner Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022Finalist Vautrin MagazineFinalist“Still Crazy After All These Years” Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul SimonFinalist“C.O.D.” Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My VoteFinalist
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