DERRINGER AWARDS BEST FLASH STORY

2014:  Luck is What You Make by Stephen D. Rogers  (winner)
Final Statement by Robert Bailey
Not My Day by Stephen Buehler
The Needle and the Spoon by Allan Leverone
Terry Tenderloin and the Pig Thief by John Weagly 

2013:  The Cable Job by Randy DeWitt   (Winner)
An Old-Fashioned Villain by Nick Andreychuk
Dead Man by A.J. Hayes
Daddy’s Girl by Nicola Kennington
Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Allan Leverone

2012:  Lessons Learned by Allan Leverone  (Winner)
Company Policy by Warren Bull
The Perfect Mark by Melodie Campbell 
Countdown by John Kenyon 
Heat of Passion by Kathleen A. Ryan 

2011:  The Book Signing by Kathy Chencharik   (Winner)
The Unknown Substance by Jane Hammons
Blues in the Night by Carol Kilgore
Stick a Needle in My Eye by Julia Madeleine
Homeless by Patricia Morin 

2010:  And Here’s To You, Mrs. Edwardson by Hamilton Waymire (Winner)
Unplanned by Libby Cudmore
Awake by David Dean
The Right Track by R.T. Lawton
Gutterball by Stephen D. Rogers

2009: No Flowers for Stacey by Ruth McCarty (Tied Winner)
No Place Like Home by Dee Stuart (Tied Winner)
A Killing Season by J.F. Benedetto
Black Pearls by James C. Clar
Rainy Day Fund by J.K. Cummins
Incident in Itawamba by Gary Hoffman
This Bird has Flown by BV Lawson

2008: My Hero by Patricia Abbott (Winner)
Saved by Keri Clark
Dreaming of a Spite Christmas by B.V. Lawson
A Woman Scorned by Jillian Berg
Your New Fan by Keri Clark

2007:  Vigilante by Barry Ergang (Winner)
Matched Set by Jan Christensen 
Snowflake Therapy by Michelle Mach 
Flight School by Jill Maser 
Home Entertainment by Sandra Seamans 

2006: Secondhand Shoe by Patricia Harrington (Winner)  
The Last Journey by Mary Schenten
Word Power by Michelle Mach
Hell Hath No Fury by BJ Bourg 
No Atheists in Foxholes by Stephen D. Rogers  

2005: The Big Guys by JA Konrath (Winner)  
Housesitter by J. K. Cummins
Sand Scam by Nick Andreychuk
Theda by Beverly Brackett 
Widow’s Peak by S.A. Daynard 

2004: All My Yesterdays by Michael Bracken  (Winner) 
Patience by Nick Andreychuk 
Motive for Murder by Guy Belleranti 
How to Become a Rodeo Queen by Michelle Mach
At Thirty Paces by Graydon Miller  

2003: Closure by Dave White (Winner)  
Top of the World by Bill Crider 
Just Looking by Bill Pronzini 
Mexican Gatsby by Raymond Steiber 
More than a Scam by Dave Zeltserman   

2002: All the Fine Actors by Earl Staggs (Winner)  
The Last Letter by Mike Wiecek
Smoky Didn’t Send Me by Charles Cutter 
Tunnel of Malice by Margaret Dicanio 
Cuts like a Knife by Michael Bracken  

2001: Tie: Polls Don’t Lie by Earl McGill (Winner)
               Tie: The New Lawyer by Mike Wiecek (Winner)  
Accident by Guy Belleranti 
Sunken Dreams by Tim Myers
Lucky Man by Ali Seay   

2000: The Way to a Man’s Heart by Elizabeth Dearl (Winner) 
The Bread of Affliction by Michael Kahn 
|Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Chris Huntington 
Taking Care of Frank by Anthony Mann
One More Kill by Matt Hughes 

1999: Pretty Kitty by Joyce Holland (Winner) 
Daddy’s Pet by Fay Thompson
Rough Times by Paul Harrison 
The Used Car by Sheryl Snell-Massie 
Pocket Picked by Jesse Knight 
Key to Success by Richard Ciciarelli
The Christmas Guest by Dorothy Francis 
The Other Woman by Kate Thornton 
Checkmate! by Dale B. Hall
Exchange of Information by Kimberly Brown
Anything for the Chief by Linda K. Wright  

1998: Curiosity Kills by Michael Mallory