Irish Game 2006 - Rebecca Godfrey, Under the Bridge 2007 - Brian O'Dea, High 2008 - Julian Sher, One Child at a Time 2009 - Michael Calce and Craig Silverman, Mafiaboy 2010 - Terry Gould, Murder Without Borders 2011 - Stevie Cameron, On the Farm 2012 - Joshua Knelman, Hot Art 2013 - Steve Lillebuen, The Devil's Cinema 2014 - no award presented 2015 - Charlotte Gray, The Massey Murder 2016 - Dean Jobb, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation 2017 - Jeremy Grimaldi, A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story 2018 - Trevor Cole, The Whisky King: The remarkable true story of Canada's most infamous bootlegger and the undercover Mountie on his trail 2019 - Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World 2020 - Charlotte Gray, Murdered Midas: A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise 2021 - Justin Ling, Missing from the Village Best Crime Short Story 1988 - Eric Wright, "Looking for an Honest Man", in Cold Blood: Murder in Canada 1989 - Jas. R. Petrin, "Killer in the House", in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 1988 1990 - Josef Skvorecky, "Humbug", in The End of Lieutenant Boruvka 1991 - Peter Robinson, "Innocence", in Cold Blood III 1992 - Eric Wright, "Two in the Bush", in Christmas Stalkings 1993 - Nancy Kilpatrick, "Mantrap", in Murder, Mayhem, and the Macabre 1994 - Robert J. Sawyer, "Just Like Old Times", in On Spec, Summer 1993 1995 - Rosemary Aubert, "The Midnight Boat to Palermo", in Cold Blood IV 1996 - Mary Jane Maffini, "Cotton Armour", in Ladies Killing Circle 1997 - Richard K. Bercuson, "Dead Run", in Storyteller, Winter 1996-97 1998 - Sue Pike, "Widow's Weeds", in Cottage Country Killers 1999 - Scott Mackay, "Last Inning", in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, February 1998 2000 - Matt Hughes, "One More Kill", in Blue Murder Magazine, December 1999 2001 - Peter Robinson, "Murder in Utopia", in Crime Through Time III2002 - Mary Jane Maffini, "Sign of the Times", in Fit to Die2003 - James Powell, "Bottom Walker", in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2002 2004 - Gregory Ward, "Dead Wood", in Hard Boiled Love2005 - Leslie Watts, "Crocodile Tears", in Revenge: A Noir Anthology2006 - Rick Mofina, "Lightning Rider", in Murder in Vegas2007