DERRINGER AWARDS BEST LONGER SHORT STORY

2014:  The Goddaughter’s Revenge by Melodie Campbell  (Winner)
The Serpent Beneath the Flower by Jack Bates 
For Love’s Sake by O’Neil De Noux 
The Antiquary’s Wife by William Burton McCormick
Last Night in Cannes by James L. Ross 

2013:  Wood-Smoke Boys by Doug Allyn  (Winner)
Iphigenia in Aulis by Mike Carey 
Mariel by David Dean 
Pirate Dave and the Captain’s Ghost by Toni L.P. Kelner
The Sunny South” by Chris Muessig

2012:  Where Billy Died by Earl Staggs   (Winner)
A Penny for the Boatman by Doug Allyn
The Gun Also Rises by Jeffrey Cohen 
Tomorrow’s Dead by David Dean 
In Brightest Day by Toni L.P. Kelner

2011:  Rearview Mirror by Art Taylor  (Winner)
The Scent of Lilacs by Doug Allyn 
The Gods for Vengeance Cry by Richard Helms
Deserters by Chris Muessig
The Man With One Eye by Stephen Ross 

2010:  Julius Katz by Dave Zeltserman (Winner)
The Pirate’s Debt by Toni L. P. Kelner
The Last Drop by R. W. Kerrigan
Uncle Brick and Jimmy Kills by Allan Leverone
Adjuncts Anonymous by B.K. Stevens

2009: Too Wise by O’Neil De Noux (Winner)
Haven’t Seen You Since the Funeral by Ernest B & Alice A. Brown
Vegetable Matters by Terry W. Ervin II
Jack Best and the Line in the Sand by Steve Olley
Panic on Portage Path by Dick Stodghill

2008: Paper Walls/Glass Houses by Eric Shane (Winner)
The Bookworm’s Demise by Beverle Graves Myers
The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay by John Burdett
Wasting Assets by Mike Wiecek
Forget Me Not by Clifford Royal Johns

2007:  Strictly Business by Julie Hyzy (Winner)
Signature in Blood by Annette Dashofy 
Daphne MacAndrews and the Smack-Head Junkies by Stuart MacBride
See Also Murder by Larry Sweazy
The Valley of Angustias by Steven Torres 

2006: The Safest Place on Earth by Mark Best (Winner) 
Monday, Sweet Monday by John F. Dobbyn
Good Shepherd by Frank Zafiro
Fish by Stephen Johnston
The Cherries of Lucullus by Steven Saylor  

2005: Secondhand Heart by Doug Allyn   (Winner)
God’s Dice by David White 
A Sunday in Ordinary Time by Terence Faherty 
The Franklin Fiasco by Beverle Graves Myers 
The Girl in Apartment 2A by G. Miki Hayden  

2004: The Mask of Peter by Clark Howard (Winner)  
Bombshell by Loren D. Estleman 
The Windsor Ballet by Deborah Morgan
Henry and the Idiots by Robert J. Randisi 
Amazing Grace by Harriet Rzetelny  

2003: The Murder Ballads by Doug Allyn (Winner)
Medicine Water by David Edgerly Gates
To Live and Die in Midland, Texas by Clark Howard
Painter of the Seven-Eyed Beast by Catherine Mambretti
Henry’s Power by Bob Stevens   

2002: Early Morning Rain by Jean McCord (Winner)  
Lesser-Included Offense by Jeffery Deaver 
The Mondo Whammy by David Handler 
Avenging Miriam by Peter Sellers 
Harry’s Lament by Bentley Dadmun 

2001: Lilacs and Lace by Lynda Douglas (Winner)
The Death Row Pet Show by Doug Allyn
Attitude Thing by William J. Carroll, Jr.
Blood Paths by Clark Howard 
The Sedgemoor Strangler by Peter Lovesey  

2000: Saint Bobby by Doug Allyn   
Annie’s Dream by Bentley Dadmun
Death in the Dales by C. M. Chan 

1998: Image of Conspiracy by Margo Power