Monday, May 1, 2023

SMFS Official Announcement: 2023 Derringer Award Winners


Since 1998, the Short Mystery Fiction Society has awarded the annual Derringers—after the popular pocket pistol—to outstanding published stories. The Short Mystery Fiction Society is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Derringer Awards for works published in 2022.

 

FLASH FICTION

Karen Harrington for “Acknowledgments.” (Guilty Crime Story Magazine online flash fiction, April 2022)

 

SHORT STORY

Melissa Yi for “My Two-Legs.” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine: September/October 2022)

 

LONG STORY

Bobby Mathews for “Negative Tilt.” (Rock and a Hard Place issue 7)

 

NOVELETTE

Adam Meyer for Two Shrimp Tacos and a .22 Ruger by Adam Meyer (Guns & Tacos, Down & Out Books)

 

EDWARD D. HOCH MEMORIAL GOLDEN DERRINGER FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Martin Edwards

 

HALL OF FAME

No Award


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