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Winners 2000 - Present
Winners 1990 - 1999
Winners 1970 - 1979
Winners 1960 - 1969
Winners 1946 - 1959
| 1989 | Best Novel | A Cold Red Sunrise | Stuart Kaminsky |
| Best First Novel | Carolina Skeletons | David Stout | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Telling of Lies | Timothy Findley | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die | Francis Nevins | |
| Best Fact Crime | In Broad Daylight | Harry MacLean | |
| Best Short Story | Flicks | Bill Crenshaw | |
| Best Young Adult | Incident at Loring Groves | Sonia Levitin | |
| Best Juvenile | Megan’s Island | Willo Davis Roberts | |
| Best Screenplay | Thin Blue Line | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Different Drummers | Linda Johnston | |
| Grand Master | Hillary Waugh | ||
| 1988 | Best Novel | Old Bones | Aaron Elkins |
| Best First Novel | Death Among Strangers | Deidre S. Laiken | |
| Best Paperback Original | Bimbos of the Death Sun | Sharyn McCrumb | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Introduction to the Detective Story | Leroy Lad Panek | |
| Best Fact Crime | CBS Murders | Richard Hammer | |
| Best Short Story | Soft Monkey | Harlan Ellison | |
| Best Young Adult | Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks | Susan Shreve | |
| Best Screenplay | Stakeout | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Roger, Mr. Whilkie | Eric Heideman | |
| Grand Master | Phyllis Whitney | ||
| 1987 | Best Novel | A Dark Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine |
| Best First Novel | No One Rides for Free | Larry Beinhart | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Junkyard Dog | Robert Campbell | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Here Lies: An Autobiography | Eric Ambler | |
| Best Fact Crime | Careless Whispers | Carlton Stowers | |
| Best Short Story | Rain in Pinton County | Robert Sampson | |
| Best Juvenile | The Other Side of Dark | Joan Lowery Nixon | |
| Best Screenplay | Something Wild | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Father to the Man | Mary Kitteredge | |
| Grand Master | Michael Gilbert | ||
| 1986 | Best Novel | The Suspect | L.R. Wright |
| Best First Novel | When the Bough Breaks | Jonathan Kellerman | |
| Best Paperback Original | Pigs Get Fat | Warren Murphy | |
| Best Critical/Biography | John le Carre | Peter Lewis | |
| Best Fact Crime | Savage Grace | Stephen M.L. Aronson, Natalie Robins | |
| Best Short Story | Ride the Lightening | John Lutz | |
| Best Juvenile | The Sandman's Eyes | Patricia Windsor | |
| Best Screenplay | Witness | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Final Rites | Doug Allyn | |
| Grand Master | Ed McBain | ||
| Play | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rupart Holmes | |
| 1985 | Best Novel | Briar Patch | Ross Thomas |
| Best First Novel | Strike Three, You're Dead | R.D. Rosen | |
| Best Paperback Original | Grandmaster | Molly Cochran, Warren Murphy | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Novel Verdicts | Jon L. Breen | |
| Best Fact Crime | Double Play | Mike Weiss | |
| Best Short Story | By Dawn's Early Light | Lawrence Block | |
| Best Juvenile | Night Cry | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | |
| Best Screenplay | A Soldier's Story | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Poor Dumb Mouths | Bill Crenshaw | |
| Grand Master | Dorothy Salisbury Davis | ||
| 1984 | Best Novel | La Brava | Elmore Leonard |
| Best First Novel | The Bay Psalm Book Murder | Will Harriss | |
| Best Paperback Original | Mrs. White | Margaret Tracy | |
| Best Critical/Biography | The Dark Side of Genius | Donald Spoto | |
| Best Fact Crime | Very Much a Lady | Shana Alexander | |
| Best Short Story | The New Girlfriend | Ruth Rendell | |
| Best Juvenile | The Callender Papers | Cynthia Voigt | |
| Best Screenplay | Gorky Park | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Locked Doors | Lilly Carlson | |
| Grand Master | John le Carre | ||
| 1983 | Best Novel | Billingsgate Shoal | Rick Boyer |
| Best First Novel | The Butcher's Boy | Thomas Perry | |
| Best Paperback Original | Triangle | Teri White | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Cain | Roy Hoopes | |
| Best Fact Crime | The Vatican Connection | Richard Hammer | |
| Best Short Story | There are No Snakes in Ireland | Frederick Forsyth | |
| Best Juvenile | The Murder of Hound Dog Bates | Robbie Branscum | |
| Best Screenplay | The Long Good Friday | ||
| Grand Master | Margaret Millar | ||
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| 1982 | Best Novel | Peregrine | William Bayer |
| Best First Novel | Chiefs | Stuart Woods | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Old Dick | L.A. Morse | |
| Best Critical/Biography | What About Murder? | Jon L. Breen | |
| Best Fact Crime | The Sting Man | Robert W. Greene | |
| Best Short Story | The Absence of Emily | Jack Ritchie | |
| Best Juvenile | Talking Terri Mueller | Norma Fox Mazer | |
| Best Screenplay | Cutter's Way | ||
| Grand Master | Julian Symons | ||
| Play | A Talent for Murder | Jerome Chodorov, Norman Panama | |
| 1981 | Best Novel | Whip Hand | Dick Francis |
| Best First Novel | The Watcher | K. Nolte Smith | |
| Best Paperback Original | Public Murders | Bill Granger | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers | John Reilly | |
| Best Fact Crime | A True Deliverance | Fred Harwell | |
| Best Short Story | Horn Man | Clark Howard | |
| Best Juvenile | The Séance | Joan Lowery Nixon | |
| Best Screenplay | The Black Marble | ||
| Grand Master | Stanley Ellin | ||
| Play | Ricochet | Paul Nathan | |
| 1980 | Best Novel | The Rheingold Route | Arthur Mailing |
| Best First Novel | The Lasko Tangent | Richard North Patterson | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Hog Murders | William L. DeAndrea | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Dorothy L. Sayers: A Literary Biography | Ralph E. Hone | |
| Best Fact Crime | The Falcon and the Snowman | Richard Lindsey | |
| Best Short Story | Armed and Dangerous | Geoffrey Norman | |
| Best Juvenile | The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore | Joan Lowery Nixon | |
| Best Screenplay | The Great Train Robbery | ||
| Grand Master | W.R. Burnett | ||
| Play | Death Trap | Ira Levin |
