The Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2020 Derringer Awards voting ends April 29 and winners will be announced in May. The finalists' full publication information does not appear on the SMFS Blog as yet this year, but members Rob Lopresti and I have pieced it together below. Congratulations and good luck to all:
For Best Flash (stories up to 1,000 words)
For Best Short Story (1,000–4,000 words)
For Best Long Story (4,001–8,000 words)
For Best Novelette (8,001–20,000 words)
For Best Flash (stories up to 1,000 words)
- Chris Chan, "The Six-Year Old Serial Killer", Akashic Books Mondays are Murder, December 16, 2019
- Trey Dowell, "Lucky", Close 2 the Bone, December 17, 2019
- Josh Pachter, "The Two-Body Problem", Mystery Weekly, October 2019
- Lissa Marie Redmond, "2 Percent", Mystery Tribune, December 31, 2019
- C.J. Verburg, "Birdbrain", Fault Lines, Sisters in Crime Northern California Chapter, March 2019
For Best Short Story (1,000–4,000 words)
- Michael Bracken, "Love, Or Something Like It", Crime Travel ed. Barb Goffman, Wildside Press, December 2019
- John M. Floyd, "On the Road with Mary Jo", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2019
- Kaye George, "Grist for the Mill", A Murder of Crows ed. Sandra Murphy, Darkhouse Books, October 2019
- Debra H. Goldstein, "Pig-Lickin' Good", Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible, Wildside Press, May 2019
- C.C. Guthrie, "A Sure Thing", The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery and Suspense ed. Judy Penz Sheluk, Superior Shores Press, June 2019
For Best Long Story (4,001–8,000 words)
- Leslie Budewitz, "Miss Starr's Good-bye", Alfred Hitchock's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2019
- Peter W.J. Hayes, "Pretty Dreams", Seascape: The Best New England Crime Stories 2019, Level Best Books, October 2019
- Richard Helms, "See Humble and Die", The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, October 2019
- Sandra Murphy, "Lucy's Tree", The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods ed. Michael Bracken, Down & Out Books, October 2019
- Sylvia Maultash Warsh, "None Shall Sleep", In the Key of 13: An Anthology of Music and Murder, Carrick Publishing, October 2019
For Best Novelette (8,001–20,000 words)
- Doug Allyn, "The Dutchy", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2019
- Brendan DuBois, "Her Sister's Secrets", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2019
- S.E. Greco, "I Called to Say You're Dead", The Society of Misfit Stories Presents Vol. 1, No. 3, September 2019
- Richard Helms, "The Cripplegate Apprehension", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2019
- Frank Zafiro, "The Concrete Smile", Down & Out Books, January 2019
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