Derringer Award: 2026 Best Anthology Finalists
The Short Mystery Fiction Society is a group of writers, readers, editors, publishers, and others dedicated to the promotion and celebration of mystery and crime short stories.
The winning anthology will be determined via member vote in April and announced May 1. Derringer Award medals will be presented in October at Bouchercon in Calgary, Alberta.
The finalists for the 2026 Best Anthology Derringer Award are
Crimeucopia - The Not So Frail Detective Agency
Edited by John Connor, Murderous Ink Press)
Gone Fishin': Crime Takes a Holiday, The Eighth Guppy Anthology
Edited by James M. Jackson, Wolf's Echo Press
Hollywood Kills: An Anthology
Edited by Adam Meyer & Alan Orloff, Level Best Books - Level Short
Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense: A Superior Shores Anthology
Edited by Judy Penz Sheluk, Superior Shores Press
Edited by Curtis Ippolito, Rock and a Hard Place Press
SoWest: Danger Awaits! A Desert Sleuths Anthology
Edited by Claire A. Murray, Eva Eldridge, Suzanne E. Flaig, Denise Ganley, and Sarah Smith, DS Publishing
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Judges are currently evaluating 495 story submissions to determine the finalists in four categories. Finalista will be announced April 1. The winners will be determined via member vote in April and announced May 1.
The story categories are
- Best Flash Story (Up to 1,000 words)
- Best Short Story (1,001 to 4,000 words)
- Best Long Story (4,001 to 8,000 words)
- Best Novelette (8,001 to 2
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