* Bold records denote winners
| Award Year | Award Category | Title | Author's Name | Publisher/Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Best Short Story | The Children of Alda Nuova | Robert Wallston | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: August '61 |
| 1961 | Best Short Story | Tiger | John Durham | Cosmopolitan | Volume: February '60 |
| 1961 | Best Short Story | A Real Live Murder | Donald Honig | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Volume: October '60 |
| 1961 | Best Short Story | A View From the Terrace | Mike Marmer | Cosmopolitan | Volume: December '60 |
| 1961 | Best Short Story | Louisa, Please | Shirley Jackson | Ladies' Home Journal | Volume: February '60 |
| 1961 | Best Short Story | Summer Evil | Nora Kaplan | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Volume: October '60 |
| 1960 | Best Short Story | The Landlady | Roald Dahl | The New Yorker | Volume: November '59 |
| 1960 | Best Short Story | The Day of the Bullet | Stanley Ellin | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: October '59 |
| 1959 | Best Short Story | Over There, Darkness | William O'Farrell | Sleuth | Volume: October '58 |
| 1958 | Best Short Story | The Secret of the Bottle | Gerald Kersh | Saturday Evening Post | Volume: December 7 '57 |
| 1958 | Best Short Story | And Already Lost | Charlotte Armstrong | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: June '57 |
| 1957 | Best Short Story | The Blessington Method | Stanley Ellin | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: June '56 |
| 1957 | Best Short Story | The Gentlest of the Brothers | David Alexander | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: February '56 |
| 1957 | Best Short Story | The Last Spin | Evan Hunter | Manhunt | Volume: September '56 |
| 1956 | Best Short Story | Dream No More | Philip MacDonald | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: November '55 |
| 1956 | Best Short Story | Invitation to an Accident | Wade Miller | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: July '55 |
| 1955 | Best Short Story | The House Party | Stanley Ellin | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Volume: May '54 |
| 1954 | Best Short Story | Someone Like You | Roald Dahl | Knopf | |
| 1953 | Best Short Story | Something to Hide | Philip MacDonald | Doubleday | |
| 1952 | Best Short Story | Fancies and Goodnights | John Collier | Doubleday | |
| 1952 | Best Short Story | Full Cargo | Wilbur Daniel Steele | Doubleday | |
| 1952 | Best Short Story | Handbook for Poisoners | Raymond T. Bond | Rinehart & Co. | |
| 1952 | Best Short Story | The Memoirs of Solar Pons | August Derleth | Mycroft and Moran | |
| 1952 | Best Short Story | Twenty Great Tales of Murder | Brett Halliday, Helen McCloy | Random House | |
| 1951 | Best Short Story | Diagnosis: Homicide | Lawrence G. Blochman | Lippincott |