The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog

The Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2011 Derringer Awards results were determined by a vote of the membership at large after member-volu...

The Short Mystery Fiction Society is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Derringer Awards for short mystery fiction: Best Flash Fi...

For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words) "The Book Signing" by Kathy Chencharik ( Thin Ice: Crime Stories By New England Writers , Novem...

The period to submit stories for the Derringer Awards will open Saturday, Jan.1, 2011, at 12:00 p.m. (noon), Eastern Standard Time. The foll...

Bouchercon 2010 starts tomorrow, October 14, in San Francisco. On Friday, October 15, following the short story panel discussion "In Ca...

PULP METAL MAGAZINE has moved but is still, and is always, open for fiction and non fiction submissions. It's a non-paying online market...

Below is the text of Gerald So's July 9, 2010 motion, seconded by Kevin Tipple. The motion passed 43-0 July 23, 2010: I move that th...