Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (EQMM) honors authors each year as voted upon by readers, hence the name, Readers Choice Award. Recipients include many of the most popular authors of thrillers and mysteries.

Presentation

Awards are bestowed in April of the following year, coinciding with the annual Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....

 conference, at an informal ceremony sponsored by Dell Publishing

Dell Publishing

Dell Publishing, an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte, Jr.During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Dell was one of the largest publishers of magazines, including pulp magazines. Their line of humor magazines included 1000 Jokes, launched in...

.

2009

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, (tied) "An Early Christmas" Jan/2009
  • 1st : Mick Herron, "Dolphin Junction" Dec/2009
  • 2nd : Clark Howard, "White Wolves" Nov/2009
  • 3rd : Dave Zeltserman, "Julius Katz" Sep-Oct/2009

2008

• • 1st : Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "The Secret Lives of Cats" Jul/2008
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "The Sonnets of September" Jul/2008
  • 3rd : Brendan DuBois, "The Blue Plate Special" Mar-Apr/2008

2007

• • 1st : David Dean, (tied) "Ibrahim's Eyes" Jun/2007
  • 1st : Edward D. Hoch, "The Theft of the Ostracized Ostrich" Sep-Oct/2007
  • 2nd : Dale C. Andrews and Kurt Sercu, "The Book Case" May/2007
  • 3rd : Doug Allyn, "Stone-Cold Christmas" Jan/2007

2006

• • 1st : Leigh Lundin (writing under L. Leigh), "Swamped" Aug/2006
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "The Black Chapel" Sep-Oct/2006
  • 3rd : Edward D. Hoch, "A Convergence of Clerics" Dec/2006

2005

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "Wolf Woman Bay" Jun/2005
  • 2nd : J.A. Konrath, "With a Twist" Dec/2005
  • 3rd : Robert S. Levinson, "Death Conquers All" Sep-Oct/2005

2004

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "The Gin Mill" Sep-Oct/2004
  • 2nd : Clark Howard, "Deep Lock" Dec/2004
  • 3rd : Clark Howard, "Tequila Memories" Jun/2004

2003

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "Palace in the Pines" Jul/2003
  • 2nd : Clark Howard, "The Mask of Peter" Apr/2003
  • 3rd : Clark Howard, "The Leper Colony" Aug/2003

2002

• • 1st : Jeffery Deaver, "Without Jonathan" Nov/2002
  • 2nd : Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of Bailey's Buzzard" Dec/2002
  • 3rd : Doug Allyn, "Telephone to Forever" Jul/2002

2001

• • 1st : Peter Sellers, "Avenging Miriam" Dec/2001
  • 2nd : David Handler, "The Mondo Whammy" Sep-Oct/2001
  • 3rd : Neil Schofield, "Groundwork" Nov/2001

2000

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "The Death Row Pet Show" Apr/2000
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "The Christmas Mitzvah" Dec/2000
  • 3rd : Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs" Aug/2000

1999

• • 1st : Clark Howard, "The Global Man" Dec/1999
  • 2nd : Michael A. Kahn, "The Bread of Affliction" Sep-Oct/1999
  • 3rd : Minette Walters, " The Tinder Box" Dec/1999

1998

• • 1st : Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "Details" Dec/1998
  • 2nd : Barbara D'Amato, "Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable" Nov/1998
  • 3rd : Joan Richter, "Recipe Secrets" Sep-Oct/1998

1997

• • 1st : Jeffery Deaver, "Double Jeopardy" Sep-Oct/1997
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "Copperhead Run" Jun/1997
  • 3rd : George C. Chesbro, "The Problem with the Pigs" Jun/1997

1996

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "Roadkill" May/1996
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "Puppyland" Sep-Oct/1996
  • 3rd : Steven Saylor, "The White Fawn" Dec/1996

1995

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, (tied) "Franken Kat" mid-Dec/1995
  • 1st : Jeffery Deaver, "Gone Fishing" Oct/1995
  • 2nd : Brendan DuBois, "Heirlooms" Jul/1995
  • 3rd : Edward D. Hoch, "The Killdeer Chronicles" Mid-Dec/1995

1994

• • 1st : Jan Burke, "Unharmed" mid-Dec/1994
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "Black Water" Oct/1994
  • 3rd : Doug Allyn, "The Cross-Wolf" Mid-Dec/1994

1993

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "The Ghost Show" Dec/1993
  • 2nd : Steven Saylor, "The House of the Vestals" Apr/1993
  • 3rd : Peter Lovesey, "You May See a Strangler" Mid-Dec/1993

1992

• • 1st : Doug Allyn, "Candles in the Rain" Nov/1992
  • 2nd : Jo Bannister, "Howler" Oct/1992
  • 3rd : Doug Allyn, "Icewater Mansions" Jan/1992

1991

• • 1st : Peter Lovesey, "The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown" May/1991
  • 2nd : Clark Howard, "Dark Conception" Oct/1991
  • 3rd : Peter Lovesey, "Supper with Miss Shivers" Mid-Dec/1991

1990

• • 1st : Clark Howard, "Deeds of Valor" Nov/1990
  • 2nd : Clark Howard, "Challenge the Widow-Maker" Aug/1990
  • 3rd : Peter Massarelli, "Once Upon a Time" Dec/1990

1989

• • 1st : James Powell, "A Dirge for Clowntown" Nov/1989
  • 2nd : Doug Allyn, "Star Pupil" Oct/1989
  • 3rd : Patricia Moyes, "The Faithful Cat" Dec/1989

1988

• • 1st : Clark Howard, "The Dakar Run" Aug/1988
  • 2nd : Peter Lovesey, "The Wasp" Nov/1988
  • 3rd : Clark Howard, "The Color of Death" Jun/1988

1987

• • 1st : Robert Barnard, "The Woman in the Wardrobe" Dec/1987
  • 2nd : Ann Bayer, "A Pleasure to Deal With" Nov/1987
  • 3rd : John F. Suter, "That Man's Moccasins Have Holes" Jul/1987

1986

• • 1st : Clark Howard, "Scalplock" Jul/1986
  • 2nd : Thomas Adcock, "Thrown-Away Child" Oct/1986
  • 3rd : Nell Lamburn, "Tom's Thatch" Jul/1986

1985

• • 1st : Clark Howard, "Animals" Jun/1985
  • 2nd : Lawrence Block, "Like a Bug on a Windshield" Oct/1985
  • 3rd : Clark Howard, "McCulla's Kid" Sep/1985

Records

Edward D. Hoch

Edward D. Hoch

Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:...

, who contributed a story each month, had so many stories nominated, they kept him from taking first place until 2007. He received notification shortly before his death.

Clark Howard

Clark Howard

Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...

 often won first place and placed second or third in the same year.

Doug Allyn has won more often than any other author.

Leigh Lundin (under the pseudonym L. Leigh) in 2006 became the first first-time writer to take first place in a major Ellery Queen award.

Dale Andrews, a student of the Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by...

canon, became the first to place with an Ellery Queen story.

External links

• Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine awards page