2025 Derringer Awards: Short Mystery Fiction Society Awards

The 2025 Derringer Awards: Short Mystery Fiction Society

Best Flash Story (up to 1,000 words): “Kargin the Necromancer,” by Mike McHone (Mystery Tribune, December 15, 2024)

Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words): “The Wind Phone,” by Josh Pachter (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2024)

Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words): “Heart of Darkness,” by Tammy Euliano (from Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, edited by Michael Bracken and Stacy Woodson; Down & Out)

Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words): “The Cadillac Job,” by Stacy Woodson (Chop Shop, Episode 1, edited by Michael Bracken; 
Down & Out)

Best Anthology: Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology, edited by Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman (Level Short)

The Silver Derringer for Editorial Excellence goes to Janet Hutchings, former Editor in chief of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. 

The Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement goes to short-story writer and English professor Art Taylor. 

The 2025 Hall of Fame recipient is O. Henry.

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HT: The Rap Sheet & Kevin Tipple