Awards & Winners

Macavity Awards for Best Short Story

Macavity Awards

Date Established : 1987

Check all the winners of Macavity Awards for Best Short Story presented under Macavity Awards since 1987 .


Hank Phillippi Ryan

Honored for : On the House

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hank Phillippi Ryan On the House
Ace Atkins Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Dana Cameron Femme Sole
Jim Fusilli Digby, Attorney at Law
Carolyn Hart Your Turn
Marcus Sakey The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away
Luis Alberto Urrea Amapola

Dana Cameron

Honored for : The Night Things Changed

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dana Cameron The Night Things Changed
Sean Chercover A Sleep Not Unlike Death
Toni L. P. Kelner Keeping Watch Over His Flock
Laura Lippman Scratch a Woman
Thomas Piccirilli Between the Dark and the Daylight

Janet Quin-Harkin

Honored for : Please Watch Your Step

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janet Quin-Harkin Please Watch Your Step
Donna Andrews A Rat's Tale
Jon L. Breen The Missing Elevator Puzzle
Beverle Graves Myers Brimstone P.I.
Gillian Roberts The Old Wife's Tale

Tim Maleeny

Honored for : Til Death Do Us Part

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Maleeny Til Death Do Us Part
Robert Barnard Provenance
Roberta Isleib Disturbances in the Field

Nancy Pickard

Honored for : There Is No Crime on Easter Island

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Pickard There Is No Crime on Easter Island
David Corbett It Can Happen
Robert Barnard Everybody's Girl
Steve Hockensmith The Big Road

Terence Faherty

Honored for : The Widow of Slane

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Terence Faherty The Widow of Slane
Sandra Balzo Viscery
Alana White The Lady's Not for Dying

Sandy Balzo

Honored for : The Grass Is Always Greener

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sandy Balzo The Grass Is Always Greener
Robert Barnard Rogues' Gallery
Diana Deverell Texas Two-Step
Beth Foxwell No Man's Land
G. Miki Hayden War Crimes
Ronnie Klaskin Child Support
Sandy Balzo Red Meat by Elaine Viets

Janet Dawson

Honored for : Voice Mail

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janet Dawson Voice Mail
Diana Deverell Boot Scoot
Carolyn Wheat The Adventure of the Rara Avis
Brendan DuBois An Empire's Reach
Marcia Talley Too Many Cooks
Toni L. P. Kelner Bible Belt

Jan Burke

Honored for : The Abbey Ghosts

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jan Burke The Abbey Ghosts
Ted Hertel My Bonnie Lies
Rochelle Majer Krich Bitter Waters
Katherine Page The Would-Be-Widower

Reginald Hill

Honored for : A Candle for Christmas

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Reginald Hill A Candle for Christmas
Jan Burke The Man in the Civil Suit
Joyce Christmas The Chosen in Unholy Orders

Kate Grilley

Honored for : Maubi and the Jumbies

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kate Grilley Maubi and the Jumbies
Laurie R. King Paleta Man in Irreconcilable Differences
Anne Perry Heroes in Murder & Obsession
Carolyn Wheat Show Me the Bones in Diagnosis Dead

Barbara D'Amato

Honored for : Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable, and other stories

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara D'Amato Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable, and other stories
Laurien Berenson Sleeping Dogs Lie in Canine Crimes
Harlan Coben A Simple Philosophy
Dean James The Village Vampire & the Oboe of Death in Malice Domestic 7

Peter Robinson

Honored for : Two Ladies of Rose Cottage

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Robinson Two Ladies of Rose Cottage
William Bankier Real Bullets This Time
Stuart M. Kaminsky Find Miriam
Keith Miles The Corbett Correspondence
Polly Whitney Etiquette Lesson

Carolyn Wheat

Honored for : Cruel & Unusual

Colin Dexter

Honored for : Evans Tries an O-Level

Deborah Adams

Honored for : Cast Your Fate to the Wind

Jan Burke

Honored for : Unharmed

Susan Dunlap

Honored for : Checkout

Carolyn Hart

Honored for : Henrie O's Holiday

Margaret Maron

Honored for : Deborah's Judgement

Joan Hess

Honored for : Too Much to Bare

Nancy Pickard

Honored for : Afraid All the Time

Doug Allyn

Honored for : Deja Vu

Robert Barnard

Honored for : The Woman in the Wardrobe

Sue Grafton

Honored for : The Parker Shotgun