2022 Derringer Award Nominees

The Short Mystery Fiction Society announced the Nominees for the 2022 Derringer Awards. Congratulations to all!

2022 DERRINGER AWARD NOMINEES

FLASH FICTION

C.W. Blackwell.  "Smoke and Consequences." Mystery Tribune.

Wil A. Emerson. "An Unexpected Reunion." BOULD Awards 2021 Short Story Anthology Vol 1.

John M. Floyd. "Tourist Trap." Pulp Modern Flash.

Scott Von Doviak. "Millicent." Shotgun Honey.

Robert Weibezahl. "Why Are You Just Sitting There?" Yellow Mama.

SHORT STORIES

Brandon Barrows. "The Right to Hang." On the Premises. October 2021.

Tina Debellegarde. "Tokyo Stranger." A Stranger Comes to Town.

Trey Dowell. "Yelena Tried to Kill Me." Mystery Weekly Magazine. August 2021.

Kathleen Marple Kalb. "The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin." Justice For All.

Gabriel Valjan. "Burnt Ends." This Time for Sure.

LONG STORIES

K.L. Abrahamson. "Chicken Coops and Bread Pudding." Moonlight and Misadventure.

Michael Bracken. "The Downeaster Alexa." Only the Good Die Young.

Teel James Glenn. "A Study of Death." Mystery Weekly Magazine. October 2021.

Annie Reed. "Missing Carolyn." Fiction River: Dark & Deadly Passions.

Mark Troy. "Burnin Butt, Texas." Black Cat Mystery Magazine. Issue 10.

NOVELLETTES

Jim Benn. "Glass." Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. September/October 2021.

Michael Bracken. "Aloha Boys." Hallmarks of the Job / Aloha Boys.

Barb Goffman. "A Tale of Two Sisters." Murder on the Beach.

Annie Reed. "Little City Blues." Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Long Ago.

Stacy Woodson. "Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises." Guns + Tacos: Season Three.

The Derringer Award Nominees

The Short Mystery Fiction Society nominees for the Derringer Awards for 2015. 
 
For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)

• Joseph D'Agnese, "How Lil' Jimmie Beat the Big C" (Shotgun Honey, May 12, 2014)
• Rob Hart, "Foodies" (Shotgun Honey, May 2, 2014)
• Jed Power, "Sweet Smells" (Shotgun Honey, July 28, 2014)
• Eryk Pruitt, "Knockout" (Out of the Gutter Online, August 31, 2014)
• Travis Richardson, "Because" (Out of the Gutter Online, May 15, 2014)*
• Melissa Yuan-Innes, "Because" (Fiction River: Crime, March 2014)*

*To offset any judging confusion this rare case of two stories with the same title may have caused, both stories were included as finalists.

For Best Short Story (1,001–4,000 words)

• B.V. Lawson, "The Least of These" (Plan B Magazine, June 6, 2014))
• William Burton McCormick, "Killing Sam Clemens" (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #13, July 2014)
• Britni Patterson, "The Bad Son" (Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing, March 2014)
• Mary E. Stibal, "A Friend in Brown" (Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave, November 2014)
• Cathi Stoler, "The Kaluki King of Queens" (Murder New York Style: Family Matters, August 2014)

For Best Long Story (4,001–8,000 words)

• M.H. Callway, "The Ultimate Mystery" (World Enough and Crime, October 2014)
• Angel Luis Colon, "Separation Anxiety" (All Due Respect #3, May 2014)
• Hilary Davidson, "A Hopeless Case" (All Due Respect #4, September 2014)
• James T. Shannon, "The Missing Money" (Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave, November 2014)
• Cathy Wiley, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, October 2014)

For Best Novelette (8,001–20,000 words)

• Doug Allyn, "Hitler's Dogs" (Fiction River: Crime, March 2014)
• Vicki Delany, "Juba Good" (Orca Books Rapid Reads, April 2014)
• Trey Dowell, "Infernal" (Untreed Reads, June 2014)
• Richard Helms, "Busting Red Heads" (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2014)
• Kris Nelscott, "The Monster in Our Midst" (Fiction River: Crime, March 2014)

   HT: Gerald So       

2011 Derringer Award Nominees

The Short Mystery Fiction Society has announced it’s nominees for the 2011 Derringer Awards. (announced by Brian Lindenmuth at Spinetingler. Not yet on the Short Mystery Fiction Society website)

The Derringer Award was created in 1997 by the Short Mystery Fiction Society to honor excellence in the creative artform of short mystery and crime stories. The name “Derringer,” after the palm-sized handgun, was chosen as a metaphor for a mystery or crime short story — small, but dangerous. The award is in the form of a certificate suitable for framing.

Flash Story (less then 1001 words)
“Blues in the Night,” by Carol Kilgore, *Dark Valentine*, May 2010
“Homeless,” by Patricia Morin, *MYSTERY MONTAGE*, 2010
“Stick a Needle in My Eye,” by Julia Madeleine, *Powder Burn Flash* No. 302, May 5, 2010
“The Book Signing,” by Kathy Kencharik, *THIN ICE: CRIME STORIES BY NEW ENGLAND WRITERS*, 2010
“The Unknown Substance,” by Jane Hammons, *A Twist of Noir*, Dec. 27, 2010

Short Story (1001 – 4000 words)
"Seventy-two Hours or Less" by Michael J. Solender, *A Twist of Noir,* April 23, 2010
"Broken Down on the Bonneville Flats" by Jack Bates, *Beat to a Pulp,* October 17, 2010
"Angel of Mercy" by David Price, *Beat to a Pulp,* Jan. 31, 2010
"Pewter Badge" by Michael J. Solender, *Yellow Mama," August, 2010
"My Asshole Brother" by Eric Beetner, *A Twist of Noir,* May 7, 2010

Long Story (4001 – 8000 words)
“A Tour of the Tower,” by Christine Poulson, *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*, March/April 2010
“Care of the Circumcised Penis,” by Sean Doolittle, *THUGLIT PRESENTS: BLOOD, GUTS, AND WHISKEY*, 2010
“Interpretation of Murder,” by B. K. Stevens, *Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, December 2010
“Silicon Kings,” by Richard Helms, *The Back Alley Webzine*, April 2010
“The Little Nogai Boy,” by R. T. Lawton, *Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, September 2010

Novelette (8001 – 17, 500 words)
“Deserters,” by Chris Muessig, *Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, March 2010
“Rearview Mirror,” by Art Taylor, *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*, March 2010
“The Gods for Vengeance Cry,” by Richard Helms, *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*, November 2010
“The Man With One Eye,” by Stephen Ross, *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*, December 2010
“The Scent of Lilacs,” by Doug Allyn, *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine*, September/October 2010

Hat Tip: Spinetingler & The Rap Sheet