2015 Derringer Finalists

As posted to Shortmystery by Awards Coordinator Tony Rudzki, the finalists for our 2015 Derringer Awards:

For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)

• Joseph D'Agnese, "How Lil' Jimmie Beat the Big C" (Shotgun Honey, May 12, 2014)
• Rob Hart, "Foodies" (Shotgun Honey, May 2, 2014)
• Jed Power, "Sweet Smells" (Shotgun Honey, July 28, 2014)
• Eryk Pruitt, "Knockout" (Out of the Gutter Online, August 31, 2014)
• Melissa Yi, "Because" (Fiction River: Crime, March 2014)

For Best Short Story (1,001–4,000 words)

• B.V. Lawson, "The Least of These" (Plan B Magazine, June 6, 2014)
• William Burton McCormick, "Killing Sam Clemens" (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #13, July 2014)
• Britni Patterson, "The Bad Son" (Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing, March 2014)
• Mary E. Stibal, "A Friend in Brown" (Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave, November 2014)
• Cathi Stoler, "The Kaluki King of Queens" (Murder New York Style: Family Matters, August 2014)

For Best Long Story (4,001–8,000 words)

• M.H. Callway, "The Ultimate Mystery" (World Enough and Crime, October 2014)
• Angel Luis Colón, "Separation Anxiety" (All Due Respect #3, May 2014)
• Hilary Davidson, "A Hopeless Case" (All Due Respect #4, September 2014)
• James T. Shannon, "The Missing Money" (Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave, November 2014)
• Cathy Wiley, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, October 2014)

For Best Novelette (8,001–20,000 words)

• Doug Allyn, "The Snow Angel" (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2014)
• Doug Allyn, "Hitler's Dogs" (Fiction River: Crime, March 2014)
• Vicki Delany, "Juba Good" (Orca Books Rapid Reads, April 2014)
• Trey Dowell, "Infernal" (Untreed Reads, June 2014)
• Richard Helms, "Busting Red Heads" (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2014)

Finalists may obtain certificates for web display and printout by emailing Gerald So (G_SO at YAHOO dot COM).

The group vote to determine the winners takes place March 1–30. Winners will be announced March 31.