(For thos of you who might be interested who aren't also on
ShortMystery:)
We are pleased to announce this year's Derringer Award
nominees.
The nominees for Best Story 0 to 1000 words are:
--Keri Clark, "Saved" (Mysterical-E, Fall 2007)
--BV Lawson, "Dreaming of a Spite Christmas" (Mouth Full of
Bullets, Winter 2007)
--Jillian Berg, "A Woman Scorned" (Mouth Full of Bullets,
Autumn 2007)
--Keri Clark, "Your New Fan" (Mouth Full of Bullets, Winter
2007)
--Patricia Abbott, "My Hero" (D Z Allen's Muzzle Flash,
2007)
The nominees for Best Story 1001 to 4000 words are:
--Beverle Graves Myers, "Brimstone P.I." (Alfred Hitchcock
Mystery Magazine, May 2007)
--Hugh Lessig, "We All Come From Splattertown" (Thuglit,
Issue 17, July 2007)
--Rick Noetzel, "Joyride" (Shred of Evidence, Dec.,
2007)
--Jack Hardway, "Handful of Stars" (Mouth Full of Bullets,
Issue 5, Autumn 2007)
--John Weagly, "In the Shadows of Wrigley Field" (The Back
Alley, Vol. I, Nov 2007)
--Camille LaGuire, "The Promise" (Future's Mysterious
Anthology Magazine, March-April 2007)
The nominees for Best Story 4001 to 8000 words are:
--Twist Phalen, "A Trader's Lot" (Wall Street Noir, Akashic
Books, June, 2007)
--John Schroeder, "Devil's Lake" (Futures Anthology Magazine,
Jan/Feb 2007)
--Herschel Cozine, "A Private Hanging" (Mysterical-E, Summer,
2007)
--Kate Flora, "Mr. McGregor's Garden" (Still Waters, Level
Best Books, 2007)
--Rosemary Harris, "Growing Up is For Losers" (Still Waters,
Level Best Books, 2007)
--Richard Helms, "The Gospel According to Gordon Black" (The
Thrilling Detective, Fall 2007)
The nominees for Best Story 8001 to 17,500 words are:
--Beverle Graves Myers, "The Bookworm's Demise"(Alfred
Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2007)
--Eric Shane, "Paper Walls / Glass Houses" (The Back Alley
Vol.1, June 2007)
--John Burdett, "The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay" (Wall
Street Noir, June 2007)
--Mike Wiecek, "Wasting Assets" (Alfred Hitchcock Sept.,
2007)
--Clifford Royal Johns, "Forget Me Not" (Mysterical-E, Fall
2007)
Congratulations to the nominees -- way to go!
Joyce Holland, 2008 Derringer Awards Coordinator Molly
MacRae, SMFS Vice President Stephen Johnston, SMFS
President
PS. (In cases of a tie for fifth place, both stories were
included in the selction of finalists.)
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