Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winners - Edgar Awards

Complete List of All Since Start in 1961

This award is sponsored by the Robert L. Fish estate. Each year the Edgar short-story committee selects the best first short story by an American author. The author receives a plaque and a monetary award.

The Edgar Awards, which first were awarded in 1946, are given in a number of different categories. All Robert L. Fish First Mystery Short Story Edgar Award Winners and Nominees since the award began in 1984 are listed below.

1999 "Clarity," by Bryn Bonner, in EQMM (May 1998)
1998 "If Thine Eye Offend Thee," by Rosaland Roland, in Murder x 13 (Crown Valley Press)
1997 "The Prosecutor of DuPrey," by David Vaughn (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January '96)
1996 "The Word for Breaking August Sky," by James Sarafin (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July '95)
1995 "Me and Mr. Harry," by Batya Swift Yasgur (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, mid-Dec. '94)
1994 "Wicked Twist," by D. A. McGuire (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, October '93)
1993 "A Will Is a Way," by Steven Saylor (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March '92)
1991 "Willie's Story," by Jerry F. Skarky (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June '90)
1990 "Hawks," by Connie Colt (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June '89)
1989 "Different Drummers," by Linda O. Johnston (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July '88)
1988 "Roger, Mr. Whilkie!" by Eric M. Heideman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July '87)
1987 "Father to the Man," by Mary Kittredge (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November '86)
1986 "Final Rites," by Doug Allyn (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December '85)
1985 "Poor Dumb Mouths," by Bill Crenshaw (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May '84)
1984 "Locked Doors," by Lilly Carlson (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October '83)

List of all Ellery Queen Mystery Awards

Complete list of all previous Edgar Awards