Monday 3 May 2010

Archival Post: 2003 SMFS Derringer Awards

2003 DERRINGER AWARDS
(For Stories Published in 2002. Winners bolded.)

Some titles are linked to stories available in online magazine archives. The SMFS encourages you to read these free stories.


BEST SHORT SHORT STORY

"A Cut Above" by Del Tinsley (Fall 2002, Hardluck Stories)
"Sending Out an S.O.S." by Nick Andreychuk (Apr/May/June 2002, Futures)
"Jumping the Fence" by Stephen Rogers (Fall 2002, Hardluck Stories)
"What A Day" by Seymour Shubin (January 2002, Futures)
"Shark Infested Pudding" by John Weagly (November 2002, Judas Ezine)

BEST SHORT MYSTERY STORY

"Closure" by Dave White (Fall 2002, The Thrilling Detective Web Site)
"Top of the World" by Bill Crider (Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires)
"Just Looking" by Bill Pronzini (Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires)
"Mexican Gatsby" by Raymond Steiber (March 2002, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"More Than a Scam" by Dave Zeltserman (Mysterical-E)

BEST LONG SHORT STORY

"The Murder Ballads" by Doug Allyn (March 2002, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Medicine Water" by David Edgerly Gates (September 2002, AHMM)
"To Live and Die in Midland, Texas" by Clark Howard (September-October 2002, EQMM)
"Painter of the Seven-Eyed Beast" by Catherine Mambretti (November 2002, AHMM)
"Henry's Power" by Bob Stevens (March 2002, HandHeldCrime)

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