THE 2017 DERRINGERS RESULTS
It is my privilege
to announce the recipients of the Short Mystery Fiction Society’s Derringer
awards. In each of the four categories below, the winning author and story are listed
first, followed by the other four finalists in no particular order.
BEST
FLASH STORY
(1 - 1,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Flash Story
is presented to
Herschel
Cozine
for
“The
Phone Call”
(Flash
Bang Mysteries, Summer 2016)
FINALISTS
“Aftermath” by Craig Faustus Buck
(Flash
Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)
“A Just Reward” by O'Neil De Noux
(Flash
Bang Mysteries, Winter 2016)
“The Orphan” by Billy Kring
(Shotgun
Honey, March 18, 2016)
“An Ill Wind” by R.T. Lawton
(Flash
Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)
Best
Short Story
(1,001 - 4,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Short Story
is presented to
Linda
Barnes
for
“The
Way They Do It in Boston”
(Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)
FINALISTS
“Beks and the Second Note” by Bruce
Arthurs
(Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 2016)
“YOLO” by Libby Cudmore
(BEAT
to a PULP, May 2016)
“The Woman in the Briefcase” by Joseph
D'Agnese
(Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)
“The Lighthouse” by Hilde Vandermeeren
(Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)
Best
Long Story
(4,001- 8,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Long Story
is presented to
Victoria
Weisfeld
for
“Breadcrumbs”
(Betty
Fedora: Kickass Women In Crime
Fiction, Issue 3, September 2016)
FINALISTS
“Swan Song” by Hilary Davidson
(Unloaded:
Crime Writers Writing Without Guns, ed. By Eric Beetner, Down & Out
Books, April 2016)
“Effect on Men” by O'Neil De Noux
(The
Strand magazine, Issue XLVIII, Feb-May 2016)
“The Cumberland Package” by Robert
Mangeot
(Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)
“Murder Under the Baobab” by Meg
Opperman (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine,
November 2016)
Best
Novelette
(8,000 to 20,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Novelette is
presented to
Terrie
Farley Moran
for
“Inquiry
and Assistance”
(Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2016)
FINALISTS
“Coup de Grace” by Doug Allyn
(Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)
“The Chemistry of Heroes” by Catherine
Dilts
(Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)
“The Educator” by Travis Richardson
(44
Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul, and Payback, ed. by Gary Phillips and
Robert J. Randisi, Moonstone, December 2016)
“The Last Blue Glass” by B.K. Stevens
(Alfred
Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016)
Edward D. Hoch Memorial
Golden Derringer
For more information about this award,
see its complete description here:
The 2017
Edward D. Hoch
Memorial Golden Derringer
is presented to
Robert Randisi
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