2008 Derringer Award Results

The Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2008 Derringer Awards results were determined by a vote of the membership at large after member-volunteer judges narrowed the submissions to finalists. Winners bolded:

Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)

• "My Hero" by Patricia Abbott (D.Z. Allen’s Muzzle Flash)
• "A Woman Scorned" by Jillian Berg (Mouth Full of Bullets)
• "Saved" by Keri Clark (Mysterical-E)
• "Your New Fan" by Keri Clark (Mouth Full of Bullets)
• "Dreaming of a Spite Christmas" by B.V. Lawson (Mouth Full of Bullets)

Best Short Story (1,001–4,000 words)

• "In the Shadows of Wrigley Field" by John Weagly (The Back Alley)
• "Handful of Stars" by Jack Hardway (Mouth Full of Bullets)
• "The Promise" by Camille LaGuire (Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine)
• "We All Come from Splattertown" by Hugh Lessig (Thuglit)
• "Joyride" by Rick Noetzel (Shred of Evidence)
• "Brimstone P.I." by Beverle Graves Myers (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)

Best Long Story (4,001–8,000 words)

• "The Gospel According to Gordon Black" by Richard Helms

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"A Private Hanging" by Herschel Cozine (Mysterical-E)

"Mr. McGregor’s Garden" by Kate Flora (Still Waters: Crime Stories by New England Writers)

"Growing Up Is for Losers" by Rosemary Harris (Still Waters: Crime Stories by New England Writers)

"A Trader’s Lot" by Twist Phelan (Wall Street Noir)

"Devil’s Lake" by John Schroeder (Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine)

Best Novelette (8,001–17,500 words)

• "Paper Walls/Glass Houses" by Richard Helms (writing as Eric Shane) (The Back Alley)
• "The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay" by John Burdett (Wall Street Noir)
• "Forget Me Not" by Clifford Royal Johns (Mysterical-E)
• "The Bookworm’s Demise" by Beverle Graves Myers (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
• "Wasting Assets" by Mike Wiecek (Alfred Hitchcock'a Mystery Magazine)