Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (EQMM) honors authors each year as voted upon by readers, hence the name, Readers Choice Award. Recipients include many of the most popular authors of thrillers and mysteries.
Awards are bestowed in April of the following year, coinciding with the annual Mystery Writers of America conference, at an informal ceremony sponsored by Dell Publishing.
1st : Doug Allyn, "The Snow Angel", Jan 20142nd : Marilyn Todd, "Blood Red Roses", Sep-Oct 20143rd : Miriam Grace Monfredo, "The Tavern Keeper's Daughter", Dec 20141st : Dave Zeltserman, "Archie Solves the Case", May 20132nd : Doug Allyn, "Borrowed Time", Mar-Apr 20133rd : Marilyn Todd, "The Wickedest Town in the West", Jun 20131st : Doug Allyn, "Wood-Smoke Boys", Mar-Apr 20122nd : David Dean, "Mariel", Dec 20123rd : Lia Matera, "Champawat", Sep-Oct 20121st : P. N. Elrod, "Beach Girl", Nov 20112nd : Doug Allyn, "A Penny for the Boatman", Mar-Apr 20113rd : Clark Howard, "Hangman's Rhapsody", Sep-Oct 20111st : Dave Zeltserman, "Archie’s Been Framed", Sep-Oct 20102nd : Doug Allyn, "The Scent of Lilacs", Sep-Oct 20103rd : Doug Allyn, "Days of Rage", Mar-Apr 20101st : Doug Allyn, (tied) "An Early Christmas", Jan 20091st : Mick Herron, "Dolphin Junction", Dec 20092nd : Clark Howard, "White Wolves", Nov 20093rd : Dave Zeltserman, "Julius Katz", Sep-Oct 20091st : Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "The Secret Lives of Cats", Jul 20082nd : Doug Allyn, "The Sonnets of September", Jul 20083rd : Brendan DuBois, "The Blue Plate Special", Mar-Apr 20081st : David Dean, (tied) "Ibrahim's Eyes", Jun 20071st : Edward D. Hoch, "The Theft of the Ostracized Ostrich", Sep-Oct 20072nd : Dale C. Andrews and Kurt Sercu, "The Book Case", May 20073rd : Doug Allyn, "Stone-Cold Christmas", Jan 20071st : Leigh Lundin (writing under L. Leigh), "Swamped", Aug 20062nd : Doug Allyn, "The Black Chapel", Sep-Oct 20063rd : Edward D. Hoch, "A Convergence of Clerics", Dec 20061st : Doug Allyn, "Wolf Woman Bay", Jun 20052nd : J.A. Konrath, "With a Twist", Dec 20053rd : Robert S. Levinson, "Death Conquers All", Sep-Oct 20051st : Doug Allyn, "The Gin Mill", Sep-Oct 20042nd : Clark Howard, "Deep Lock", Dec 20043rd : Clark Howard, "Tequila Memories", Jun 20041st : Doug Allyn, "Palace in the Pines", Jul 20032nd : Clark Howard, "The Mask of Peter", Apr 20033rd : Clark Howard, "The Leper Colony", Aug 20031st : Jeffery Deaver, "Without Jonathan", Nov 20022nd : Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of Bailey's Buzzard", Dec 20023rd : Doug Allyn, "Telephone to Forever", Jul 20021st : Peter Sellers, "Avenging Miriam", Dec 20012nd : David Handler, "The Mondo Whammy", Sep-Oct 20013rd : Neil Schofield, "Groundwork", Nov 20011st : Doug Allyn, "The Death Row Pet Show", Apr 20002nd : Doug Allyn, "The Christmas Mitzvah", Dec 20003rd : Donald Olson, "Don't Go Upstairs", Aug 20001st : Clark Howard, "The Global Man", Dec 19992nd : Michael A. Kahn, "The Bread of Affliction", Sep-Oct 19993rd : Minette Walters, ", The Tinder Box", Dec 19991st : Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "Details", Dec 19982nd : Barbara D'Amato, "Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable", Nov 19983rd : Joan Richter, "Recipe Secrets", Sep-Oct 19981st : Jeffery Deaver, "Double Jeopardy", Sep-Oct 19972nd : Doug Allyn, "Copperhead Run", Jun 19973rd : George C. Chesbro, "The Problem with the Pigs", Jun 19971st : Doug Allyn, "Roadkill", May 19962nd : Doug Allyn, "Puppyland", Sep-Oct 19963rd : Steven Saylor, "The White Fawn", Dec 19961st : Doug Allyn, (tied) "Franken Kat", mid-Dec 19951st : Jeffery Deaver, "Gone Fishing", Oct 19952nd : Brendan DuBois, "Heirlooms", Jul 19953rd : Edward D. Hoch, "The Killdeer Chronicles", Mid-Dec 19951st : Jan Burke, "Unharmed", mid-Dec 19942nd : Doug Allyn, "Black Water", Oct 19943rd : Doug Allyn, "The Cross-Wolf", Mid-Dec 19941st : Doug Allyn, "The Ghost Show", Dec 19932nd : Steven Saylor, "The House of the Vestals", Apr 19933rd : Peter Lovesey, "You May See a Strangler", Mid-Dec 19931st : Doug Allyn, "Candles in the Rain", Nov 19922nd : Jo Bannister, "Howler", Oct 19923rd : Doug Allyn, "Icewater Mansions", Jan 19921st : Peter Lovesey, "The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown", May 19912nd : Clark Howard, "Dark Conception", Oct 19913rd : Peter Lovesey, "Supper with Miss Shivers", Mid-Dec 19911st : Clark Howard, "Deeds of Valor", Nov 19902nd : Clark Howard, "Challenge the Widow-Maker", Aug 19903rd : Peter Massarelli, "Once Upon a Time", Dec 19901st : James Powell, "A Dirge for Clowntown", Nov 19892nd : Doug Allyn, "Star Pupil", Oct 19893rd : Patricia Moyes, "The Faithful Cat", Dec 19891st : Clark Howard, "The Dakar Run", Aug 19882nd : Peter Lovesey, "The Wasp", Nov 19883rd : Clark Howard, "The Color of Death", Jun 19881st : Robert Barnard, "The Woman in the Wardrobe", Dec 19872nd : Ann Bayer, "A Pleasure to Deal With", Nov 19873rd : John F. Suter, "That Man's Moccasins Have Holes", Jul 19871st : Clark Howard, "Scalplock", Jul 19862nd : Thomas Adcock, "Thrown-Away Child", Oct 19863rd : Nell Lamburn, "Tom's Thatch", Jul 19861st : Clark Howard, "Animals", Jun 19852nd : Lawrence Block, "Like a Bug on a Windshield", Oct 19853rd : Clark Howard, "McCulla's Kid", Sep 1985Edward D. Hoch, who contributed a story each month, had so many stories nominated, they kept him from taking first place until 2007. He received notification shortly before his death.
Clark Howard often won first place and placed second or third in the same year.
Doug Allyn has won more often than any other author.
Leigh Lundin (under the pseudonym L. Leigh) in 2006 became the first first-time writer to take first place in a major Ellery Queen award.
Dale Andrews, a student of the Ellery Queen canon, became the first to place with an Ellery Queen story.
