2019 EQMM Readers Award

Picture courtesy of Art Taylor on Facebook

The Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: May/June 2020 issue not only features stories from several SMFS members as previously announced, it also contains the announcement of the 2019 EQMM Readers Award. This year, ten of the eleven recognized authors are SMFS list members. Our SMFS list members and their placement in the 2019 Ellery Queen Readers Award poll are as follows:

1^st Place---David Dean with “The Duelist” in the May/June 2019 issue.

2^nd Place---Paul D. Marks with “Fadeout on Bunker Hill” in the March/April 2019 issue.

3^rd Place---G. M. Malliet with “Whiteout” in the January/February 2019 issue (tie with nonmember).

4rth Place---David Dean with “Snow Boy” in the January/February 2019 issue.

6^th Place---Art Taylor with “Better Days”  in the the May/June 2019 issue and Trey Dowell with "Heat"  in the July/August  2019 issue (tie).

7^th Place---Michael Bracken with “Wishing Tree” in the January/February 2019 and O’Neil De Noux” with “Sac-a-lait Man” in the September/October 2019 issue (tie).

8^th Place---Richard Helms with “The Cripplegate Apprehension” in the July/August  2019 issue.

9^th Place---Stacy Woodson with “The Retirement Plan” in the in the September/October 2019 issue.

10^th Place---Christine Poulson with “Fiction Addiction” in the November/December 2019 issue.


More information can be found in the May/June 2020 issue available now.