Best Private Eye Novel Contest
The annual Best Private Eye Novel Contest is sponsored by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and St. Martin's Minotaur. The contest is open to any professional or non-professional writer who has never been the author of a published "private eye" novel (as defined by the contest sponsors).
2009
◊ Winner: Shots on Goal by Michael Ayoob
2008
◊ Winner: Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman
2007
◊ Winner: Father's Day by Keith Gilman
2006
◊ Winner: Unrobed (The Last Striptease) by Michael Wiley
2005
◊ No Winner Selected
2004
◊ Winner: First Kill by Michael Kronenwetter
2003
◊ Winner: Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
2002
◊ Winner: The Sterling Inheritance by Michael Siverling
2001
◊ No Winner Selected
2000
◊ Winner: Catching Water in a Net by J. L. Abramo
1999
◊ Winner: Street Legal by Robert Truluck
1998
◊ Winner: The Loser's Club by Lise S. Baker
1997
◊ Winner: A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton
1996
◊ No Winner Selected
1995
◊ Winner: Diamond Head by Charles Knief
1994
◊ Winner: The Heaven Stone by David Daniel
1993
◊ Winner: The Harry Chronicles by Allan Pedrazas
1992
◊ Winner: Storm Warning (Hour of the Manatee) by A. C. Ayres
1991
◊ Winner: A Sudden Death at the Norfolk Café by Winona Sullivan
1990
◊ Winner: The Loud Adios by Ken Kuhlken
1989
◊ Winner: Kindred Crime by Janet Dawson
1988
◊ Winner: Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
1987
◊ Winner: Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood
1986
◊ Winner: An Infinite Number of Monkeys by Les Roberts