More to Do with the Derringers

Originally posted to Shortmystery by Gerald So, Vice President, February 4, 2013:

My thanks to everyone who submitted stories, and to Awards Coordinator Tony Rudzki and the judges. While the judging goes on, it's a good time to sign up for the Derringers Voting Group, where Tony will upload the finalist stories and set up the polls for the March group vote.

If you've signed up previously, just check that you are still a member of the voting group. Log in to http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups/ with your Yahoo! ID and confirm that "Derringers" is in your list of groups.

We also need to fill out the Golden Derringer committee with one volunteer chosen at random from the membership at large.

This is the committee that choose this year's recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement. If you'd like to put your name in the hopper, email me offlist by Friday, February 8. I will forward the names to Tom Sweeney, SMFS President and committee chairman. The membership can also participate in the Golden Derringer process by submitting candidates to receive the Award. Tom will announce when we begin accepting candidates.

The same committee will attempt to choose up to two inductees into the Short Mystery Fiction Hall of Fame. The key difference between the Golden Derringer and the Hall is the latter is for writers deceased at least ten years before induction consideration.

2013 Derringer Award Submissions as of January 31

Derringer Awards Coordinator Tony Rudzki has received the following stories for awards consideration. To encourage open-minded judging, stories are identified by title only.

If you don't see your submissions here, please contact Tony at tony DOT rudzki AT gmail DOT com.


FLASH STORY (Up to 1,000 words)

Shades of Gray
Blow Out the Candles
The Cable Job
Super Thesaurus
An Old-Fashioned Villain
The Complete Pinscher
Crack of the Bat
Officer, It Was Self-Defense
Crimewave
The Things We Do For Love
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas
The Moron
Showtime
Daddy's Girl
Dead Man
Free Advice
The Clueless Mystery
Incompetence Kills
The Pendulum Swings, Until It Doesn't
Exit Interview
Transcript of Statement--11 May 2012--14:23, Subject: Lauren Lindsay
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SHORT STORY (1,001 to 4,000 words)

Dust Clouds
The Graduate
A Personnel Matter
The End of Grace
Driving Miss Rachel
Thursday Night At Pins and Pub
The City
They eDone Him Wrong
Murderous Lies
The Job
The Trunk
A Man In A Hurry
Death on the Ocean Breeze
The Conversation
DRUMSTICKS CAN BE DEADLY
Dead Weight
Burning Desire
LIFE WITHOUT GEORGE
The Oldest Man in Town
The Takeover
Greed Takes Over the Human Soul
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Suicide By Engagement
Seven Feet of Fire
Stress!
BEWARE THE FLYING MOOSE
Keys To The Kingdom
Strictly Male Fantasy
Mess With Me
The Hotel Room Murder
Tourettes
Plus One
Until I Come Again
Shadow Man
Mama's Boy
Is That You?
Gumbo Weather
Collecting
Stooping to Conquer
Cole's Landing and the Gulchers
Bon Appetit
Yellow Ribbon
They Call Me Mr. Fussy
BRUTAL
There is No Johnny---Just Call Me Smitty
Getting Out of the Box
Acts of Balance
I’m Learning
The History Lesson
Flashback
Mistakes
Nain Rouge
DESPERADOS
The Kindness of Strangers
In Search of Gwen Guattari
As the Screw Turns
NOTES FOUND INSIDE THE BODY OF THE CONVICT CLARENCE SKAGGS
No Corners
Campaign Seasoning
The Sounds of Silence
Murder a la Mode
Baby Boy
A Special Kind of Hell
Cave In
The Cat and the Blue Moon
Kept in the Dark



LONG STORY (4,001-8,000 words)

Blackjack Road
Big Water
The Project
A Regular Story
Double Wedding
Freebie
The Times Square Terrorist
The Shroud of Turin
White People Problems
Everyone Knows The Axeman
The Pot Hunters
Kiss It Goodbye
The Fourteenth Juror
Marsh Island
The Lord Is My Shamus
SPRING BREAK
Old Flames Sometimes Die
Magpie
Death from a bad Heart
Venice Beach Birthday Boogie
Death in the Family
Seven Ways to Kill Harry
Out to Sea
Gymnopédie No. 1
On the Way to Hue
Hit and Run
The Gatekeeper
Jake Says Hello
Shadow of the Crow
House Calls
The Biggest Fish in Texas
Done for the Day
The Kill Stand
Keep It Simple
When Duty Calls
Misprision of Felony
Don’t Breathe
Artie and the Green-eyed Woman
Fontaine House
Ulterior Motives
9 Songs
SHANKS COMMENCES
The Melody Lingers On
Even A Blind Man
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER
Some Like It Raw
After Cana
Mischief in Mesopotamia
A Change of Heart
The Very Edge of New Harare



NOVELETTE (8,001 to 20,000 words)

Money Never Sleeps
Mariel
Ill-Gotten Games
The Retro Look
The Movement
Death on the Range
Thea’s First Husband
Pirate Dave and the Captain's Ghost
Academy Field Trip
Iphigenia in Aulis
Meatballs and Murder
SHIFTING IS FOR THE GOYIM
Wood-Smoke Boys
The Sunny South
The Morgue File Blues
The Goddaughter
The Flashback Floozy
Switch
DEATH WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE