ANTHONY AWARDS BEST SHORT STORY

2016:
The Little Men by Megan Abbott
The Siege by Hilary Davidson
Feliz Navidead by Brace Godfrey/Johnny Shaw
Old Hands by Eric Mitchell
Quack and Dwight by Travis Richardson
Don’t Fear the Ripper by Holly West

2015:   The Odds Are Against Us by Art Taylor (Winner)
Honeymoon Sweet by Craig Faustus Buck
The Shadow Knows by Barb Goffman
Howling at the Moon by Paul D. Marks
Of Dogs & Deceit by John Shepphird

2014: The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly (Winner)
Dead End by Craig Faustus Buck
Annie and the Grateful Dead by Denise Dietz
Incident on the 405 by Travis Richardson
The Care and Feeding of Houseplants by Art Taylor

2013:  Mischief in Mesopotamia by Dana Cameron (Winner)
Kept in the Dark by Shelia Connolly
The Lord is My Shamus by Barb Goffman
Peaches by Todd Robinson
The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter

2012: Disarming by Dana Cameron (Winner)
The Case of Death and Honey by Neil Gaiman
Palace by the Lake by Daryl Wood Gerber
Truth and Consequences by Barb Goffman
The Itinerary by Roberta Isleib
Happine$$ by Twist Phelan
 

2011:  Swing Shift by Dana Cameron (Winner)
Scent of Lilacs by Doug Allyn
The Hitter by Chris Holm
So Much in Common by Mary Jane Maffini
Homeless by Patricia Morin
The Frame Maker by Simon Wood

2010:  On the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Winner)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Ace Atkins
Femme Sole by Dana Cameron
Animal Rescue by Dennis Lehane
Amapola by Luis Alberto Urrea

2009:  A Sleep Not Unlike Death by Sean Chercover (Winner)
The Night Things Changed by Dana Cameron
Killing Time by Jane K. Cleland
Skull and Cross Examination by Toni L. P. Kelner
Scratch a Woman by Laura Lippman
The Secret Lives of Cats by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

2008:  Hardly Knew Her by Laura Lippman  (Winner)
Please Watch Your Step by Rhys Bowen
Dear Dr. Watson by Steve Hockensmith
How Stella Got Her Grave Back by Toni L. P. Kelner
Uncle by Daniel Woodrell

2007:   My Father’s Secret by Simon Wood (Winner)
After the Fall by Elaine Viets
Cranked by Bill Crider
The Lords of Misrule by Dana Cameron
Policy by Megan Abbott
Sleeping with the Plush by Toni Kelner

2006:   Misdirection by Barbara Seranella (Winner)
Driven to Distraction by Marcia Talley
House Rules by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Killer Blonde by Elaine Viets
There is No Crime on Easter Island by Nancy Pickard

2005:  Wedding Knife by Elaine Viets

2004: Doppelganger by Rhys Bowen

2003: Too Many Cooks by Marcia Talley

2002:  Chocolate Moose by Bill & Judy Crider

2001:  The Problem of the Potting Shed by Edward D. Hoch

2000:  Noir Lite by Meg Chittenden

1999:  Of Course, You Know Chocolate Is a Vegetable by Barbara D’Amato

1998: Tie: Front Row Seats by Jan Grape
                Tie: One Bag of Coconuts by Edward D. Hoch

1997: Accidents Will Happen by Carolyn Wheat

1996: And Pray Nobody Sees You by Gar Anthony Haywood

1995: The Monster of Glamis by Sharyn McCrumb

1994:  Checkout by Susan Dunlap

1993:  Cold Turkey by Diane Mott Davidson

1992:  Lucky Dip by Liza Cody

1991:  The Celestial Buffet by Susan Dunlap

1990:  Afraid All the Time by Nancy Pickard

1988:  Breakfast Television by Robert Barnard

1987: The Parker Shot Gun by Sue Grafton

1986: Lucky Penny by Linda Barnes