| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | |
| 1987 | and Bill Pronzini | 1001 Midnights | | Winner | |
| 1988 | | Son of Gun in Cheek | | Winner | |
| 1989 | and Susan Thompson | Silk Stalkings | | Winner | |
| 1990 | | ' | | Winner | |
| 1991 | | Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries | | Winner | |
| 1992 | and Ernie Bulow | Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman | | Winner | |
| 1993 | | Doubleday Crime Club Compendium | Doubleday | Winner | |
| 1994 | | ' | | Winner | |
| 1995 | and Jean Swanson | By a Woman's Hand | | Winner | |
| 1996 | | Detecting Women | Purple Moon | Winner | |
| 1997 | | Detecting Women 2 | Purple Moon Press | Winner | |
| 1998 | ,, and Ellen Nehr | Deadly Women | Carroll & Graf | Winner | |
| 1998 | | : Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | Finalist | |
| 1998 | and Carol Kay | G Is for Grafton | Henry Holt & Co. | Finalist | |
| 1998 | | Guilty Parties: A Mystery Lover's Companion | Thames & Hudson | Finalist | |
| 1999 | and | Killer Books | Berkley Books | Winner | |
| 1999 | | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington, DC | Passport Books | Finalist | |
| 1999 | and Martin Greenberg | Speaking of Murder | Berkley Books | Finalist | |
| 1999 | | Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir | St. Martin's | Finalist | |
| 1999 | and Susan Thompson | Silk Stalkings II | Scarecrow | Finalist | |
| 2000 | | Ross Macdonald | Penguin Rough Guides | Winner | |
| 2000 | and Robert Weibezahl | ' | Dell | Finalist | |
| 2000 | | Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle | Henry Holt & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | ' | Minotaur Books | Winner | |
| 2001 | | ' | Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | essays | Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | Women of Mystery: the Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2000 | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century | Crum Creek Press | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional | Howdunit Series, Writers Digest Books | Winner | |
| 2002 | | ' | Collectors Press | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb | Cumberland House | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir | HarperCollins | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | Who Was that Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery | Delphi Books | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels | William Morrow & Co. | Winner | |
| 2003 | | ' | Carroll & Graf | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel | Deadly Alibi Press | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | ' | The Overlook Press | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Winner | |
| 2004 | | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Vol. 3 | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |
| 2004 | and Robert Weibezahl | ' | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith | Bloomsbury Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2005 | , MD | Forensics for Dummies | William Morrow & Co. | Winner | |
| 2005 | and Steven Chermak | Famous American Crimes & Trials, Vol. 1 | Praeger Publishers | Finalist | |
| 2005 | | Just the Facts: True Tales of Cops & Criminals | Deadly Serious Press | Finalist | |
| 2005 | | ' | W. W. Norton | Finalist | |
| 2005 | | Latin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z Guide | Greenwood Press | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her | Columbia University Press | Winner | |
| 2006 | | Tracks to Murder | Kent State University Press | Finalist | |
| 2006 | with Laurie Roberts | Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed | Hothouse Press | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2007 | and Austin Lugar | Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers | Five Star | Winner | |
| 2007 | | Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript From Ending Up D.O.A. | Bella Rosa Books | Finalist | |
| 2007 | | ' | Dutton | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | ' | Harcourt | Winner | |
| 2008 | | Rough Guide to Crime Fiction | McFarland & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy | Michael Joseph/ Delacorte | Finalist | |
| 2008 | , Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | Walker | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers | HarperPress/Penguin | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study | Onyx | Winner | |
| 2009 | | Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories | | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries | St. Martin's | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction | Bleak House Books | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | ' | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Talking About Detective Fiction | Alfred A. Knopf | Winner | |
| 2010 | | L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City | Random House: Harmony Books | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life | Bleak House Books | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | ' | Little, Brown, & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2010 | and Aly Sujo | Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art | Penguin Books | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Dame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion | Bella Rosa Books | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| 2011 | | ' | Penguin Books | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction | New Holland | Finalist | |
| 2011 | and Hank W. Wagner | Thrillers: 100 Must Reads | Oceanview Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | ' | Ace Books | Winner | |
| 2012 | | Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure | Linden | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks | HarperCollins | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel | McFarland & Company | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | ' | William Morrow & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2013 | and Declan Burke | Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels | Simon & Schuster – Atria/Emily Bestler | Winner | |
| 2013 | | Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China | Penguin Books | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero | BenBella/Smart Pop | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | ' | Minotaur Books | Winner | |
| 2014 | | ' | William Morrow & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard | Johns Hopkins University Press | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey | Henery Press | Winner | |
| 2015 | | ' | McFarland & Company | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe | Countryman | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | 400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman | Quill Driver | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | ' | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| 2016 | | ' | Bloomsbury Sigma | Finalist | |
| 2016 | and Tom Nolan | Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald | Arcade | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime | Grove Press | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | ' | Bloomsbury Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction | McFarland & Company | Winner | |
| 2017 | | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats | Writer's Digest Books | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life | Liveright Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula | Liveright Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer | Penguin Books | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | ' | Poisoned Pen Press/British Library | Winner | |
| 2018 | | From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Chester B. Himes: A Biography | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2018 | and Rachel McCarthy James | ' | Scribner | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes | Bloomsbury | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History | Harper Perennial | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | ' | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| 2019 | | ' | McFarland & Company | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer | Random House | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s | Pegasus Books | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer | HarperCollins | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life | Pegasus Books | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Hitchcock and the Censors | University Press of Kentucky | Winner | |
| 2020 | | Frederic Dannay | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story, McFarland & Company | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan | Bloomsbury Publishing | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery | American History, Counterpoint | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | ' | Basic Books | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall | Counterpoint | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime | Level Best Books | Winner | |
| 2021 | | Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy | Seal Press | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club | HarperCollins | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction | McFarland & Company | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand | Oldcastle Books | Finalist | |
| 2022 | with Laurie R. King | How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America | Scribner | Winner | |
| 2022 | | Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World | HarperCollins | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | ' | Random House | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | ' | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | Tony Hillerman: A Life | University of Oklahoma Press | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | ' | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | ' | W. W. Norton & Co. | Finalist | |
| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | |
| 1987 | | | Mean Streets | Winner | |
| 1988 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1987 | Winner | |
| 1989 | | Deja Vu | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1988 | Winner | |
| 1989 | | Fatherly Love | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1988 | Finalist | |
| 1990 | | Afraid All the Time | Sisters in Crime | Winner | |
| 1990 | | Fire Burning Bright | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Winter 1989 | Finalist | |
| 1990 | | One Eye Open | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1989 | Finalist | |
| 1990 | | Too Many Crooks | Playboy, August 1989 | Finalist | |
| 1991 | | Too Much to Bare | Sisters in Crime 2 | Winner | |
| 1992 | | Deborah's Judgement | | Winner | |
| 1992 | | Dance of the Dead | , Spring 1991 | Finalist | |
| 1992 | | Life, for Short | Sisters in Crime 4 | Finalist | |
| 1993 | | Henrie O's Holiday | Malice Domestic 1 | Winner | |
| 1993 | | | Malice Domestic 1 | Finalist | |
| 1993 | | | , Fall 1992 | Finalist | |
| 1994 | | Checkout | Malice Domestic 2 | Winner | |
| 1994 | | Kim’s Game | Malice Domestic 2 | Finalist | |
| 1995 | | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Malice Domestic 3 | Winner | |
| 1995 | | Unharmed | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1994 | Winner | |
| 1996 | | Evans Tries an O-Level | Morse's Greatest Mystery | Winner | |
| 1996 | | Rule of Law | Malice Domestic 4 | Finalist | |
| 1996 | | Cupid’s Arrow | Crimes of the Heart | Finalist | |
| 1997 | | Cruel & Unusual | Guilty As Charged | Winner | |
| 1997 | | Takeout | Malice Domestic 5 | Finalist | |
| 1997 | | | Malice Domestic 5 | Finalist | |
| 1997 | | Red Clay | Murder for Love | Finalist | |
| 1997 | | | New Mystery, Number 9, 1996 | Finalist | |
| 1998 | | Two Ladies of Rose Cottage | Malice Domestic 6 | Winner | |
| 1998 | | Real Bullets This Time | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1997 | Finalist | |
| 1998 | | Find Miriam | New Mystery Magazine, Summer 1997 | Finalist | |
| 1998 | and Peter Lovesey | | Malice Domestic 6 | Finalist | |
| 1998 | | Etiquette Lesson | Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine | Finalist | |
| 1999 | | Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 98 | Winner | |
| 1999 | | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Canine Crimes | Finalist | |
| 1999 | | | Malice Domestic 7 | Finalist | |
| 1999 | | | Malice Domestic 7 | Finalist | |
| 2000 | | Maubi and the Jumbies | The Strand Magazine, Spring 2007 | Winner | |
| 2000 | | Paleta Man | Irreconcilable Differences, edited by Lia Matera | Finalist | |
| 2000 | | Heroes | Murder & Obsession, edited by Otto Penzler | Finalist | |
| 2000 | | Show Me the Bones | Diagnosis Dead, edited by Jonathan Kellerman | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep-Oct 2007 | Winner | |
| 2001 | | | Malice Domestic 9 | Finalist | |
| 2001 | | | Unholy Orders | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | The Abbey Ghosts | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003 | Winner | |
| 2002 | | | Malice Domestic 10, edited by Nevada Barr | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | My Bonnie Lies | The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, edited by Michael Hemmingson | Finalist | |
| 2002 | | Bitter Waters | Criminal Kabbalah, edited by Lawrence W. Raphael | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | Voice Mail | Harper / Headline | Winner | |
| 2003 | | Boot Scoot | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2002 | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2002 | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | Bible Belt | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2002 | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | Too Many Cooks | Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry | Finalist | |
| 2003 | | | Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | The Grass Is Always Greener | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2007 | Winner | |
| 2004 | | Rogues Gallery | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003 | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | Texas Two-Step | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 2003 | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | No Man's Land | Blood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | War Crimes | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | Child Support | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver | Finalist | |
| 2004 | | Red Meat | Blood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block | Finalist | |
| 2005 | | The Widow of Slane | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept-Oct 2005 | Winner | |
| 2005 | | Viscery | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2004 | Finalist | |
| 2005 | | | Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Winter 2004 | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | There Is No Crime on Easter Island | Scam and Eggs, Five Star | Winner | |
| 2006 | | Everybody's Girl | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2005 | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | It Can Happen | San Francisco Noir, Akashic Books | Finalist | |
| 2006 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2005 | Finalist | |
| 2007 | | Til Death Do Us Part | MWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben | Winner | |
| 2007 | | Provenance | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul 2006 | Finalist | |
| 2007 | | Disturbance in the Field | Seasmoke: Crime Stories by New England Writers, edited by Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty, and Susan Oleksiw | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | Please Watch Your Step | Hardly Knew Her | Winner | |
| 2008 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007 | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | Brimstone P.I. | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner | Finalist | |
| 2008 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2004 | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mar/Apr 2007 | Winner | |
| 2009 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2008 | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | Keeping Watch Over His Flock | Murderous Intent, Fall 1999 | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | Scratch a Woman | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan 2001 | Finalist | |
| 2009 | | Between the Dark and the Daylight | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2007 | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | On the House | Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers, Level Best Books | Winner | |
| 2010 | | Last Fair Deal Gone Down | Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Femme Sole | Boston Noir, Akashic Books | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Digby, Attorney at Law | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2009 | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Your Turn | Two of the Deadliest, Harper | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | | Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down, Mira | Finalist | |
| 2010 | | Amapola | Phoenix Noir, Akashic Books | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Swing Shift | Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side, Berkley Books | Winner | |
| 2011 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Devil's Pocket | Philadelphia Noir, Akashic Books | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Finalist | |
| 2011 | | Bookworm | Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin, Wildside Press | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Disarming | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011 | Winner | |
| 2012 | | Facts Exhibiting Wantonness | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2011 | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Palace by the Lake | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology, Wildside Press | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Truth and Consequences | Mystery Times Ten, Buddhapuss Ink | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | Heat of Passion | A Twist of Noir, Feb. 14, 2011 | Finalist | |
| 2012 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011 | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press | Winner | |
| 2013 | | | The Strand Magazine, November 2012-February 2013 | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | Blind Justice | Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | | Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | Thea's First Husband | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012 | Finalist | |
| 2013 | | When Duty Calls | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 | Winner | |
| 2014 | | | Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler, Thomas & Mercer | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | | Bibliomysteries: Short Tales About Deadly Books, edited by Otto Penzler, Bookspan | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | | Nightmare Range: The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories, Soho Books | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | | Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, edited by Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press | Finalist | |
| 2014 | | Incident on the 405 | The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble, edited by Clare Toohey, Macmillan | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | Honeymoon Sweet | Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron, Down & Out | Winner | |
| 2015 | | | Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, Wildside Press | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | Howling at the Moon | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | | Thuglit #13, Sept./Oct. 2014 | Finalist | |
| 2015 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road | Winner | |
| 2016 | | On Borrowed Time | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2015 | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | Sob Sister | Detroit Is Our Beat: Tales of the Four Horsemen, Tyrus | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2015 | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | Quack and Dwight | Jewish Noir, edited by Kenneth Wishnia, PM Press | Finalist | |
| 2016 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015 | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Parallel Play | Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, Wildside Press | Winner | |
| 2017 | | Autumn at the Automat | In Sunlight or in Shadow, Pegasus Books | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Blank Shot | Black Coffee, Darkhouse Books | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Survivor's Guilt | Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016, Down & Out Books | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | Ghosts of Bunker Hill | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2016 | Finalist | |
| 2017 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 2016 | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Windward | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books | Winner | |
| 2018 | | As Ye Sow | Passport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017, Down and Out Books | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Infinite Uticas | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | Whose Wine Is it Anyway? | 50 Shades of Cabernet, Koehler Books | Finalist | |
| 2018 | | | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | English 398: Fiction Workshop | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018 | Winner | |
| 2019 | | Race to Judgment | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018 | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | All God's Sparrows | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018 | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | Bug Appétit | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018 | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | Three-Star Sushi | Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3 | Finalist | |
| 2019 | | | The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Better Days | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 | Winner | |
| 2020 | | West Texas Barbecue | The Eyes of Texas, edited by Michael Bracken | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Alex's Choice | Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Whiteout | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 | Finalist | |
| 2020 | | Brother's Keeper | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | Elysian Fields | California Schemin': The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Art Taylor | Winner | |
| 2021 | | Dear Emily Etiquette | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2020 | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020 | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | Dog Eat Dog | ', edited by Josh Pachter | Finalist | |
| 2021 | | | In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | Sweeps Week | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 | Winner | |
| 2022 | | Lucky Thirteen | Midnight Hour | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | Curious Incidents | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021 | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2021 | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 | Finalist | |
| 2022 | | Julius Katz and the Two Cousins | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July/August 2021 | Finalist | |