Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction: Joseph S. Walker

Bouchercon 2019 celebrated the legendary work of Texas author Bill Crider with the inaugural Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction. SMFS list member Joseph S. Walker won the award for his short story, “The Last Man in Lafarge.”


2 comments:

Todd Mason said...

Ah. Originally, I gathered, there was to be first, second and third prizes. Was that revised?

Angela Crider Neary said...

Many thanks to Bouchercon for organizing this!

The First Place Award of $1,000
in the Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction
to
Joseph S. Walker
for his story “The Last Man in Lafarge”


The Second Place Award of $750
in the Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction
to
Jaap Boekestein
for his story “Long Overdue”


The Third Place Award of $500
in the Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction
to
Douglas Dorow
for his story “Trust Me”


The Bill Crider Memorial Scholarship of Registration to Bouchercon 2020
in the Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction
to
Dixon Hill
for his story “Mi Corazón, Sin Cartero, Sin Timbre de la Puerta (My Heart, Sans Postman, Sans Doorbell)”