Since 1998, the Short
Mystery Fiction Society has awarded the annual Derringers—after the popular
pocket pistol—to outstanding published stories. The awards recognize
outstanding stories published during 2019. Results of membership voting are
scheduled to be posted on May 1, 202020.
As graphically posted late last night
to our list by 2020 Derringer Awards Coordinator Tony Rudzki, these
are the official 202020 Derringer Award Finalists:
Flash
|
Author
|
Lucky
|
Trey
Dowell
|
The Two-Body Problem
|
Josh
Pachter
|
2 Percent
|
Lissa Marie Redmond
|
Birdbrain
|
C J
Verburg
|
The
Six-Year-Old Serial Killer
|
Chris Chan
|
Short
|
|
Grist For The Mill
|
Kaye George
|
Love, or
Something Like It
|
Michael
Bracken
|
A Sure Thing
|
C.C.
Guthrie
|
On the
Road with Mary Jo
|
John Floyd
|
Pig
Lickin’ Good
|
Debra H.
Goldstein
|
Long
|
|
Miss
Starr’s Good-bye
|
Leslie
Budewitz
|
None Shall
Sleep
|
Sylvia
Maultash Warsh
|
Pretty
Dreams
|
Peter W.
J. Hayes
|
See Humble
and Die
|
Rick Helms
|
Lucy's
Tree
|
Sandra
Murphy
|
Novelette
|
|
Her
Sister's Secrets
|
Brendan
DuBois
|
The
Cripplegate Apprehension
|
Rick Helms
|
The Concrete Smile
|
Frank
Zafiro
|
The Dutchy
|
Doug Allyn
|
I Called
to Say You're Dead
|
Stephen
Greco
|
A vote of the SMFS membership will determine the winner in each category. Results will be announced in May 2020.
For more on the Derringers and the rules, please see the Derringer Awards Policy post
Kevin R. Tipple
President-SMFS
2 comments:
Will we be sent a link to read the stories and to vote? I seem to recall we used to have a separate group for this on Yahoo.
As always, instructions were given on the list for voting.
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