2000 Derringer Award Results

The Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2000 Derringer Awards results were determined by a vote of the membership at large after member-volunteer judges narrowed the submissions to finalists. Winners bolded:

Our preference is to list month, year, and day of publication where applicable, but some of this information is missing from our older records. Please email me (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM) if you have any information to correct or add.

Best Flash (Up to 1,200 words) (Tie)

• "When in Rome" by Dorothy Francis (Murderous Intent, December 1999/January 2000)
• "Just a Man on the Sidewalk" by Carol Kilgore (TheCase.com, March 12–18, 1999)
• "Blind Justice" by Lynda Douglas (Novel Advice, August 15, 1999)
• "Absent-Minded" by L. C. Mohr (Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, June/July 1999)
• "The Armored Car" by Tim Myers (MysteryNet, August 1999)

Best Short Story (1,201–10,000 words)

• "The Way to a Man's Heart" by Elizabeth Dearl (TheCase.com, February 10, 1999)
• "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" by Chris Huntington (Blue Murder #9)
• "One More Kill" by Matt Hughes (Blue Murder, December 1999)
• "The Bread of Affliction" by Michael Kahn (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 1999)
• "Taking Care of Frank" by Anthony Mann (Crimewave #2, 1999)

Best Novella (10,001–25,000 words)

• "Saint Bobby" by Doug Allyn (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1999)
• "Annie's Dream" by Bentley Dadmun (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1999)
• "Death in the Dales" by C. M. Chan (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 1999)

Best First Short Story

• "Death in Full Bloom" by Ray Wonderly (Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, August 1999)

Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement

• Henry Slesar

Derringers for Reader Support

• Robert Foster
• Jiro Kimura