AGATHA AWARDS BEST SHORT STORY

2021:  “Bay of Reckoning” by Shawn Reilly Simmons in Murder on the Beach  (Winner)
“A Family Matter” by Barb Goffman in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Jan/Feb 2021
“A Tale of Two Sisters” by Barb Goffman in Murder on the Beach
“Doc’s at Midnight” by Richie Narvaez in Midnight Hour
“The Locked Room Library” by Gigi Pandian in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July/Aug 2021

2020: “Dear Emily Etiquette” by Barb Goffman in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2020 (Winner)
“The Red Herrings at Killington Inn” by Shawn Reilly Simmons in Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” by Art Taylor in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020
“Elysian Fields” by Gabriel Valjan in California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology
“The 25 Year Engagement” by James W. Ziskin in In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon

2019:  “The Last Word” by Shawn Reilly Simmons, Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible  (Winner)
“Grist for the Mill” by Kaye George in A Murder of Crows
“Alex’s Choice” by Barb Goffman in Crime Travel
“The Blue Ribbon” by Cynthia Kuhn in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible
“Better Days” by Art Taylor in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

2018: Tie:
          “All God’s Sparrows” by Leslie Budewitz (winner)
          “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” by Tara Laskowski (winner)
“A Postcard for the Dead” by Susanna Calkins
“Bug Appetit” by Barb Goffman
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor

2017:  “The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn” by Gigi Pandian (Winner)
“Double Deck the Halls” by Gretchen Archer
“Whose Wine Is it Anyway” by Barb Goffman
“The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place” by Debra Goldstein
“A Necessary Ingredient” by Art Taylor

2016:  “Parallel Play” by Art Taylor in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (winner)
“Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story” by Gretchen Archer
“The Best-Laid Plans” by Barb Goffman in Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional
“The Mayor and the Midwife” by Edith Maxwell in Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016
“The Last Blue Glass” by B.K. Stevens 

2015:  A Year Without Santa Claus by Barb Goffman (Winner)
A Questionable Death by Edith Maxwell
A Killing at the Beausoleil by Terrie Farley Moran
Suffer the Poor by Harriette Sackler
A Joy Forever by B.K. Stevens

2014:  The Odds are Against Us by Art Taylor (Winner)
The Blessing Witch by Kathy Lynn Emerson
The Shadow Knows by Barb Goffman
Just Desserts for Johnny by Edith Maxwell
Premonition by Art Taylor

2013:  The Care and Feeding of House Plants by Art Taylor (Winner)
Evil Little Girl by Barb Goffman
Nightmare by Barb Goffman
The Hindi Houdini by Gigi Pandian
Bread Baby by Barbara Ross

2012:  Mischief in Mesopotamia by Dana Cameron (Winner)
Kept in the Dark by Sheila Connolly 
The Lord is My Shamus by Barb Goffman
Thea’s First Husband by B. K. Stevens
When Duty Calls by Art Taylor

2011:  Disarming by Dana Cameron  (Winner)
Dead Eye Gravy by Krista Davis
Palace by the Lake by Daryl Wood Gerber
Truth and Consequences by Barb Goffman
The Itinerary by Roberta Isleib (aka Lucy Burdette)

2010:  So Much in Common by Mary Jane Maffini (Winner)
Swing Shift by Dana Cameron
Size Matters by Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell)
Volunteer of the Year by Barb Goffman
The Green Cross by Liz Zelvin 

2009: On the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Winner)
Femme Sole by Dana Cameron
Handbaskets, Drawers and a Killer Cold by Kaye George
The Worst Noel by Barb Goffman
Death Will Trim Your Tree by Elizabeth Zelvin

2008: The Night Things Changed by Dana Cameron (Winner) (from Wolfsbane and Mistletoe)
Killing Time by Jane Cleland
Dangerous Crossing by Carla Coupe
Skull & Cross-Examinations by Toni L.P. Kelner
A Nice Old Guy by Nancy Pickard

2007: A Rat’s Tale by Donna Andrews (Winner)
Please Watch Your Step by Rhys Bowen
Casino Gamble by Nan Higginson
Popping Round To The Post by Peter Lovesey
Death Will Clean Your Closet by Elizabeth Zelvin

2006: Sleeping with the Plush by Toni L.P. Kelner (Winner)
The Old Couple by Robert Barnard
Provenance by Robert Barnard
Yankee Swap by Maurissa Guibord
Disturbance in the Field by Roberta Isleib

2005: Driven to Distraction by Marcia Talley  (Winner)
House Rules by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Mother Love by Harriette Sackler
Murder at Sleuthfest by Barb Goffman
Rear View Murder by Carla Coupe

2004: Wedding Knife by Elaine Viets  (Winner)
The Butler Didn’t Do It by Maria Y. Lima
The Two Marys by Katherine Hall Page

2003: No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Foxwell  (Winner)
Doppleganger by Rhys Bowen
Safety First by Marcia Talley
Red Meat by Elaine Viets
Sex and Bingo by Elaine Viets

2002: Tie: Too Many Cooks by Marcia Talley
                Tie: The Dog that Didn’t Bark by Margaret Maron
Dognapped by Robert Barnard
Devotion by Jan Burke
What He Needed by Laura Lippman

2001: The Would-be-Widower by Katherine Hall Page  (Winner)
Bitter Waters by Rochelle Krich
The Peculiar Events on Riverside Drive by Maan Meyers
Juggernaut by Nancy Springer
Virgo in Sapphires by Margaret Maron

2000: The Man in the Civil Suit by Jan Burke (Winner)
Nothing to Lose by Robert Barnard
The Seal of the Confessional by Rhys Bowen
Amish Butter by Jacqueline Fiedler
Miss Parker & the Cutter-Sanborn Tables by Gay Toltl Kinman
Widow’s Peak by Rochelle Krich

1999: Out of Africa by Nancy Pickard   (Winner)
Maubi and the Jumbies by Kate Grilley
The Golden Rounds by Susan Holtzer
With Thanks to Agatha Christie by Sarah J. Mason
With Love, Marjorie Ann by Marcia Talley

1998: Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable by Barbara D’Amato (Winner)
Sleeping Dogs Lie by Laurien Berenson
A Simple Philosophy by Harlan Coben
The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death by Dean James
A Deliberate Form of Frenzy by Daniel Stashower

1997: Tea for Two by M.D. Lake  (Winner)
Heavenly Bodies by Simon Brett
Come To Tea by Janet Laurence
Corbett Correspondence by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey
Two Ladies of Rose Cottage by Peter Robinson

1996: Accidents Will Happen by Carolyn Wheat (Winner)
The Bun Also Rises by Jill Churchill
The Death of Erik the Redneck by Toni L.P. Kelner
A Parrot Is Forever by Peter Lovesey
Bugged by Eve K. Sandstrom

1995: The Dog Who Remembered Too Much by Elizabeth Daniels Squire (Winner)
Rule of Law by K.K. Beck
Cupid’s Arrow by Dorothy Cannell
A Contest Fit for a Queen by Susan Dunlap
The Murder Game by Jean Hager

1994: The Family Jewels by Dorothy Cannell  (Winner)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind by Deborah Adams
The Gentleman in the Lake by Robert Barnard
Soon to be a Minor Motion Picture by Barbara D’Amato
The Dying Light by Taylor McCafferty

1993: Kim’s Game by M.D. Lake   (Winner)
A Romance in the Rockies by K.K. Beck
Sax and the Single Cat by Carole Nelson Douglas
Checkout by Susan Dunlap
…That Married Dear Old Dad by Margaret Maron

1992: Nice Gorilla by Aaron and Charlotte Elkins  (Winner)
The Jersey Lily by P.M. Carlson
Country Hospitality by Jean Hager
The Last to Know by Joan Hess
Happiness Is a Dead Poet by Sharyn McCrumb

1991: Deborah’s Judgment by Margaret Maron   (Winner)
The Habit of Widowhood by Robert Barnard
The January Sales Stowaway  by Dorothy Cannell
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown by Peter Lovesey
Long Live the Queen by Ruth Rendell

1990: Too Much To Bare by Joan Hess   (Winner)
The High Cost of Living by Dorothy Cannell
Proxime Accessit by Reginald Hill
A Family Affair by Janet Neel
The Wearing of Purple by Anne Woodward

1989: A Wee Doch and Doris by Sharyn McCrumb (Winner)
Live It Up, Bert by Patricia Derozier
Amanda by Ellie Grossman
A Cozy for Christmas by Charlotte MacLeod
Afraid All the Time by Nancy Pickard

1988: More Final than Divorce by Robert Barnard  (Winner)
Prodigal Grandson by Elizabeth Byrd
Father of the Bride by P.M. Carlson
Double Vision by Mary Higgins Clark
Dutiful Son by Ralph McInerny