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Winners bolded.
Best Flash (Up to 1,200 words)
- "Pretty Kitty" by Joyce Holland (Murderous Intent, Winter 1998)
- "Exchange of Information" by Kimberly Brown (TheCase.com, February 6, 1998)
- "Key to Success" by Richard Ciciarelli (TheCase.com, November 4, 1998)
- "The Christmas Guest" by Dorothy Francis (TheCase.com, December 16, 1998)
- "Checkmate!" by Dale B. Hall (TheCase,com, October 2, 1998)
- "Rough Times" by Paul Harrison (TheCase.com, March 6, 1998)
- "Mother's Helper" by John Herrmann (Murderous Intent, Spring 1998)
- "Pocket Picked" by Jesse Knight (TheCase.com March 18, 1998)
- "The Used Car" by Sheryl Snell-Massie (TheCase.com, May 1, 1998)
- "Daddy's Pet" by Fay Thompson (TheCase.com, January 14, 1898)
- "The Other Woman" by Kate Thornton (TheCase.com, October 21, 1998)
- "Anything for the Chief" by Linda K. Wright (as Geri Myerson) (TheCase.com, October 14, 1998)
Best Short Story (1,201–10,000 words)
- "Capital Justice" by Kris Neri (Blue Murder #1, 1998)
- "The Murder of Ernest Trapnell" by Erik Arneson (Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, Fall 1998)
- "Gator Bayou" by Joyce Holland (Fogfire Magazine, Spring 1998)
- "The Deadly Diamonds" by Robert Iles (Blue Murder #5, 1998)
- "To the Farm" by Dina Leacock (writing as Dianne Arrelle) (Blue Murder #2, 1998)
- "A Loss of Income" by Seymour Shubin (Murderous Intent, Spring 1998)
- "Just Like in the Movies" by Kate Thornton (Blue Murder #1, 1998)
- "Drop Dead Zone" by M.E. Troy (Mystery Buff Magazine, April 1998)
- "Two Tickets to Paradise" by Barbara White-Rayczek (Death Knell III, 1998)
Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement
- Edward D. Hoch
Derringer for Reader Support of Short Mystery Fiction
- Kate Derie