Readers Choice Award

The Readers Choice Award, formerly " Ellery Queen Readers' Award titled" (not to be confused with the Ellery Queen Award), is an American literary prize for crime short stories. Sponsored by the publishing house of Dell Publishing, he is awarded each year since 1985 on the Edgar Awards Banquet of the Authors' Guild Mystery Writers of America ( MWA). The choice of the year 's best short story made ​​by the readers of detective magazine Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. By far the most successful author Doug Allyn was with nine awards.