Anthony Award/Beste Kurzgeschichte
Anthony Award: Beste Kurzgeschichte
Gewinner des Anthony Awards in der Kategorie Beste Kurzgeschichte (Best Short Story), der seit 1987 die beste im Vorjahr erschienene Kurzgeschichte eines englischsprachigen Autors aus dem Krimi- oder Mystery-Genre auszeichnet. Am erfolgreichsten in dieser Kategorie waren die US-Amerikaner Sue Dunlap (1991 und 1994) und Edward D. Hoch (1998 und 2001), die den Preis je zweimal gewinnen konnten.
| Jahr | Preisträger | Kurzgeschichtentitel | Anthologie (Verlag) |
| 1987 | Sue Grafton | The Parker Shotgun | Mean Streets (Collins) |
| 1988 | Robert Barnard | Breakfast Television | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1987 |
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 | Nancy Pickard | Afraid All the Time | Sisters In Crime (Berkley) |
| 1991 | Sue Dunlap | The Celestial Buffet | Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley) |
| 1992 | Liza Cody | Lucky Dip | A Woman's Eye (Delacorte) |
| 1993 | Diane Mott Davidson | Cold Turkey | Sisters in Crime 5 (Berkley) |
| 1994 | Susan Dunlap | Checkout | Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books) |
| 1995 | Sharyn McCrumb | The Monster of Glamis | Royal Crimes: New Tales of Blue Bloody Murder (Mass Market) |
| 1996 | Gar Anthony Haywood | And Pray Nobody Sees You | Spooks, spies, and private eyes: Black mystery, crime, and suspense fiction (Doubleday) |
| 1997 | Carolyn Wheat | Accidents Will Happen | Malice domestic 5 (Pocket Books) |
| 1998 | Jan Grape | A Front Row Seats | Vengeance is Hers (Signet) |
| Edward D. Hoch | One Bag of Coconuts | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 1997 | |
| 1999 | Barbara D'Amato | Of Course, You Know Chocolate is a Vegetable | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998 |
| 2000 | Margaret Chittenden | Noir Light | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Januar 1999 |
| 2001 | Edward D. Hoch | The Problem of the Potting Shed | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Juli 2000 |
| 2002 | Bill Crider Judy Crider |
Chocolate Moose | Death Dines at 8:30 (Berkley Prime Crime) |
| 2003 | Marcia Talley | Too many Cooks | Much About Murder (Berkeley Prime Crime) |
| 2004 | Rhys Bown | Doppelganger | Blood On Their Hands (Berkeley Prime Crime) |
| 2005 | Elaine Viets | Wedding Knife | Chesapeake Crimes (Quiet Storm) |
| 2006 | Barbara Seranella | Misdirection | Greatest Hits (Carroll & Graf) |
| 2007 | Simon Wood | My Father's Secret | CrimeSpreeMagazine (Boucheron Special Issue 2006) |