The Derringer Awards

The winners of the Short Mystery Fiction Society’s annual awards are:

Flash Story (Up to 500 Words) — JA Konrath for “The Big Guys” in Small

Bites anthology edited by Garrett Peck and Keith Gouvela, August 2004

Short-Short Story (501 – 2000 Words) — Mike Wiecek for “The Test” in

Woman’s World, 30 November 2004

Midlength Story (2001 – 6000 Words) — Sandy Balzo for “Viscery” in

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2004

Longer Story (6001 – 15000 Words) — Doug Allyn for “Secondhand Heart”

in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, January-February 2004

Congratulations to all the winners, many of whom competed in extremely tough categories.