Thriller Award - Short Story (Awarded by International Thriller Writers)

Awards List

2022

The Lemonade Stand
(Winner)
Scott Loring Sanders

Bad Chemistry
(Finalist)
John Wimer

Demon in the Depths
(Finalist)
William Burton McCormick

The Interpreter and the Killer
(Finalist)
Jeff Soloway

Not My Cross to Bear
(Finalist)
S.A. Cosby

2021

Dog Eat Dog
(Nominee)
Elaine Viets

2019

Nana
(Winner)
Helen Smith
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10,432 Serial Killers
(Nominee)
Emily Devenport
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Tough Guy Ballet
(Nominee)
Duane Swierczynski
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Window to the Soul
(Nominee)
Scott Loring Sanders
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The Victims' Club
(Nominee)
Jeffery Deaver

2018

Charcoal and Cherry
(Winner)
Zoe Z. Dean
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The Kill Switch
(Nominee)
Willy Vlautin
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Test Drive
(Nominee)
Ben H. Winters
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What Could Possibly Go Boing?
(Nominee)
Mat Coward
  • / Thriller
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Too Much Time
(Nominee)
Lee Child

2017

Big Momma
(Winner)
Joyce Carol Oates
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The Business of Death
(Nominee)
Eric Beetner
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The Man from Away
(Nominee)
Brendan DuBois
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Parallel Play
(Nominee)
Art Taylor
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The Peter Rabbit Killers
(Nominee)
Laura Benedict
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2016

Gun Accident: An Investigation
(Winner)
Joyce Carol Oates
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Feeding the Crocodile
(Nominee)
Reed Farrel Coleman
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The Water Was Rising
(Nominee)
Sharon Hunt
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Cold-Blooded: Repressed
(Nominee)
Jeffery Deaver

Award Categories

Audiobook

E-Book Original

First Novel

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Young Adult

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006