2020 Derringer Awards Information

The Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2020 Derringer Awards Coordinator Anthony Rudzki this morning announced this year's official winners.

I've highlighted the winners below, including the 2020 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement, which is decided by a panel of the SMFS president, vice president, awards coordinator, and two regular members. Congratulations to all:

For Best Flash (stories up to 1,000 words)

• Josh Pachter, "The Two-Body Problem", Mystery Weekly, October 2019
• 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
• 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)

• John M. Floyd, "On the Road with Mary Jo", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2019
• Michael Bracken, "Love, Or Something Like It", Crime Travel ed. Barb Goffman, Wildside Press, December 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)

• 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
• 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
• 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)

• Brendan DuBois, "Her Sister's Secrets", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2019
• Doug Allyn, "The Dutchy", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 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

2020 recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement

• Josh Pachter