Member Honors: Anthony Nominations

 The nominations for the 2021 Anthony Awards were announced today and there were plenty of members of the SMFS among the story categories.

Best Short Story nominees included:

“Dear Emily Etiquette,” by Barb Goffman, EQMM (Dell Magazines)

“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74,” by Art Taylor, AHMM (Jan-Feb) (Dell Magazines)

“Elysian Fields,” by Gabriel Valjan, California Schemin’ (Wildside Press)

“The Twenty-Five Year Engagement,” by James W. Ziskin, In League with Sherlock Holmes (Pegasus Crime)

Best Anthology or Collection nominees include:

Noiryorican, by Richie Narvaez (Down & Out Books)

The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads Publishing)

California Schemin,‘ edited by Art Taylor (Wildside Press)

Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic, edited by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle (Polis Books)

Member Publication News: David H. Hendrickson

 

Cave Creek released two anthologies today and both have short stories by David H. Hendrickson.  “Stepping into the Light” appears in Bitter Mountain Moonlight, and “The Run of her Life” in OpenEnded Threat.

Member Publication News: Pam Ebel

 Pam Ebel's poem “The Last Windmill” appears this week at the Five-Two Crime Poetry Blog. 

Member Publication News: Kevin R. Tipple

The May issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine features Kevin R. Tipple's "The Damn Rodents Are Everywhere."

SMFS Official Announcement: 2021 Derringer Award Winners

 

Since 1998, the Short Mystery Fiction Society has awarded the annual Derringers—named for  the popular pocket pistol—to outstanding published stories. The current awards recognize outstanding stories published during 2020. 

These are the official 2021 Derringer Award Winners:

FLASH (ranges up to 1,000 words)

 

TIE:

Blackwell, C.W. “Memories of Fire.” Pulp Modern Flash. August 3, 2020.

 

Richardson, Travis. “War Words.” Punk Noir Magazine. December 3, 2020.

SHORT (ranges from 1,001 to 4,000 words) 

 

TIE:  

 

Jones, Eleanor Cawood. “The Great Bedbug Incident and the Invitation of Doom." Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder.    

 

Woodson, Stacy. “River.” The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell.

LONG (ranges from 4,001 to 8,000 words)

Chen, Sarah M. “Hotelin’.” Shotgun Honey: Volume #4: Recoil.

NOVELETTE (ranges from 8,001 to 20,000 words)

Taylor, Art. “The Boy Detective and the Summer of ’74.” Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. January/February 2020.

The Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement is annually awarded to an outstanding living writer of short mysteries, selected by a five-member panel. This year's recipient:

Brendan DuBois.

 

The full list of the finalists for this year can be found here. 

 
Due to the pandemic we can't predict yet whether there will be a Derringer ceremony at Bouchercon in New Orleans in August.  If not the winners will receive their medals through the mail. Congratulations to all!

Member Publication News: Susan Oleksiw

 Susan Oleksiw's "Picture This"appears today in New Fiction Friday at Saturday Evening Post.

Member Publication News: John M. Floyd

 John M. Floyd's story "Punch and Judy: is in the May 3 issue of Woman's World.  His "An Hour at Finley's" is featured in Barb Goffman Presents: Black Cat Mystery and SF Ebook club.