The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1957
The Edgar Allan Poe awards (the "Edgars") are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre.  The following list is of print literature only.  The awards for television, motion pictures, and plays have been omitted.
Best Novel: A DRAM OF POISON, by Charlotte Armstrong.

Nominated:
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FLY, by Margot Bennett (Harper)

Best First Novel:  REBECCA'S PRIDE, by Donald McNutt Douglass (Harper)

Best Fact Crime: NIGHT FELL ON GEORGIA, by Charles and Louise Samuels (Dell)

   Nominated:
   RUBY McCOLLUM, THE WOMAN IN THE SUWANNE JAIL, by William Bradford Huie (Dutton)
   HISTORICAL WHODUNITS, by Hugh Ross Williamson (Macmillan)

Best Short Story: "The Blessington Method", by Stanley Ellin (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June, 1956).

Nominated:
"The Gentlest of the Brothers" by David Alexander (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2/56)
"The Last Spin" by Evan Hunter (Manhunt 9/56)
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