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See category guidelines here.
This list includes all submissions received by the MWA national office as of March 10, 2026. Appearance of your work on this list does not mean you have been nominated for an Edgar® Award. It only means your work has been submitted for consideration. Only the judges on each Edgar® committee determine who is nominated and who wins. Nominations will be announced on or around Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday (January 19th) in 2027. The winners will be announced at the Edgar® Awards Banquet late April/early May 2027.
- Best Novel
- Best First Novel
- Best Paperback/E-Book Original
- Best Fact Crime
- Best Critical-Biographical
- Best Short Story
- Best Juvenile
- Best Young Adult
- Best TV Episode
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
- Mary Higgins Clark Award
- Sue Grafton Award
- Lilian Jackson Braun Award
Best Novel
Betley, Matthew, THE COUNCIL
Brennan, Allison, MAKE IT OUT ALIVE
Burke, James Lee, THE HADACOIO BOOGIE
Chang, Janie, THE FOURTH PRINCESS
Collins, Max Allan, RETURN OF THE MALTESE FALCON
Dunne, Thomas, MURDERS & ACQUISITIONS
Foster, Sara, COME BACK TO ME
Hannigan, Rebecca, DARKROOMS
Henderson, Alice, STORM WARNING
Kazumi, Callie, GREEDY
Keir, Linda, I DID NOT KILL MY HUSBAND
Kellerman, Jonathan, JIGSAW
Kubica, Mary, IT’S NOT HER
Lawson, Mike, THE ASSET
Matlin, Lisa, THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS
McIver, Rith, THE SOUND
Messenger, Alex, THE ICE ON THE LAKE
Miller, Marceau, THE STORY OF MARCEAU MILLER
Montgomery, Ross, THE MURDER AT WORLD’S END
Osler, Rob, THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER
Perry, Thomas, THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS
Phillips, Gin, RUBY FALLS
Robb, Candace, A LION’S RANSOM
Siger, Jeffrey, A STUDY IN SECRETS
Stanley, Kelli, THE RECKONING
Walter, Susan, MURDER AT 30,000 FEET
Wolff, James, SPIES AND OTHER GODS
Best First Novel
Glenn, Caroline, CRUELTY FREE
Kovatcheva, Anna, SHE MADE HERSELF A MONSTER
Madden, T. Kira, WHIDBEY
Taff, Rachel, PAPER CUT
Best Paperback/E-Book Original
Carter, A.F., CARNEY
Fox, Sarah, DEFINITELY MAYBE NOT A DETECTIVE
Glass, Ava, THE HIDING SEASON
McLynn, Fiza Saeed, THE MIDNIGHT CAROUSEL
Mitchell, Saundra, THIS SIDE OF GONE
Parks, Adele, OUR BEAUTIFUL MESS
Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis, OPPOSITE SULLY’S GYM
Sutton, Lilli, A LONG DARK NIGHT
Best Fact Crime
Best Critical-Biographical
Birns, Margaret Boe &, Birns, Nicholas, AGATHA CHRISTIE UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS: CLOSE READINGS OF 12 NOVELS
Geherin, David, SERIAL KILLER FICTION: A STUDY OF 42 NOVELS AND 22 MOVIE ADAPTATIONS
Terrace, Vincent, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TELEVISION NOIR, 1949-2024
Best Short Story
Best Juvenile
Clark, Zack Loran &, Elipulous, Nick, THE DOOMSDAY ARCHIVES: SHADOWGLASS
Best Young Adult
Best TV Episode
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Sue Grafton Award
O’Connell, Catherine, STEEP AND DEEP
Lilian Jackson Braun Award
George, Nicholas, YOU’VE LOST THAT LIVIN’ FEELIN’
Hackney, Stacy, THE PRIMROSE MURDER SOCIETY
LoTempio, T.C., BURIED IN A BOOK
Walker, Laura Jensen, THE ALPHABET SLEUTHS
