Archival Post: 1999 SMFS Derringer Awards

1999 DERRINGER AWARDS
(For Stories Published in 1998. Winners bolded.)

SHORT STORY CATEGORY

"Capital Justice" by Kris Neri (1998, Blue Murder #1)
"The Murder of Ernest Trapnell" by Erik Arneson (Fall 1998, Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine)
A Loss of Income" by Seymour Shubin (Spring 1998, Murderous Intent)
Drop Dead Zone" by M.E. Troy (April 1998, Mystery Buff Magazine)
"Just Like in the Movies" by Kate Thornton (Blue Murder)
"To the Farm" by Dina Leacock (writing as Dianne Arrelle) (1998, Blue Murder # 2)
"Gator Bayou" by Joyce Holland (Spring 1998, Fogfire Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2)
"The Deadly Diamonds" by Robert Iles (1998, Blue Murder #5)
"Two Tickets to Paradise" by Barbara White-Rayczek (Death Knell III)

FLASH CATEGORY

"Pretty Kitty" by Joyce Holland (Winter 1998, Vol. 4. No. 4, Murderous Intent)
"Daddy's Pet" by Fay Thompson (January 14, 1898, TheCase.com [Twist 98])
"Rough Times" by Paul Harrison (March 6, 1998, TheCase.com [Flash 51])
"The Used Car" by Sheryl Snell-Massie (May 1, 1998, TheCase.com [Flash 55])
"Pocket Picked" by Jesse Knight (March 18, 1998, TheCase.com [Twist 69])
"Key to Success" by Richard Ciciarelli (November 4, 1998, TheCase.com [Twist 98])
"The Christmas Guest" by Dorothy Francis (December 16, 1998 [Twist 103])
"The Other Woman" by Kate Thornton (October 21, 1998, TheCase.com [Twist 96])
"Checkmate!" by Dale B. Hall (October 2, 1998, TheCase.com [Flash 65])
"Exchange of Information" by Kimberly Brown (February 6, 1998 [Flash 49])
"Anything for the Chief" by Linda K. Wright (as, Geri Myerson) (October 14, 1998, TheCase.com [Twist 95])

GOLDEN DERRINGER AWARD
For Lifetime Achievement of Short Mystery Fiction

Edward D. Hoch

DERRINGER READER AWARD
For Supporting Short Mystery Fiction

Kate Derie