Archival Post: 2002 SMFS Derringer Awards

2002 DERRINGER AWARD
(For Stories Published in 2001. Winners bolded.)

BEST SHORT MYSTERY

"All The Fine Actors" by Earl Staggs (April 2001, EWG Presents Without A Clue)
"The Last Letter" by Mike Wiecek (January 2002, AHMM)
"Smoky Didn't Send Me" by Charles Cutter (December 2001, AHMM)
"Tunnel of Malice" by Margaret DiCanio (October 2001, Futures)
"Cuts Like A Knife" by Michael Bracken (Fedora)

BEST SHORT-SHORT MYSTERY

"In the Heat of the Moment" by Nick Andreychuk (February 2001, Futures)
"Greenhouse Pest" by Tim Myers (November 2001, Futures)
"A Matter of Interest" by Stephen D. Rogers (September 2001, HandHeldCrime)
"Lucrezia and The Thief" by Henry Slesar (April 2001, EQMM)

FOR THE BEST LONGER MYSTERY

"Early Morning Rain" by Jean McCord (Futures #4)
"Lesser-Included Offense" by Jeffery Deaver (May 2001, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"The Mondo Whammy" by David Handler (September/October 2001, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Avenging Miriam" by Peter Sellers (December 2001, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Harry's Lament" by Bentley Dadmun (June 2001, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

THE SILVER DERRINGER FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

Cathleen Jordan (posthumous)
For 20 benchmark years at the helm of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.