DERRINGER AWARDS BEST SHORT-SHORT STORY

2014:  The Present by Robert Lopresti  (Winner)
Pretty Little Things by Chris F. Holm 
The Sweetheart Scamster by Rosemary McCracken
The Little Outlaw by Mike Miner 
The Cemetery Man by Bill Pronzini

2013:  Getting Out of the Box by Michael Bracken   (Winner)
A Special Kind of Hell by Hilary Davidson
Dead Weight by Allan Leverone
Nain Rouge by Barbara Nadel 
Baby Boy by Todd Robinson

2012:  Touch of Death by B.V. Lawson   (Winner)
Coronation by Adam Renn Olenn
Sisters in Black by Mary E. Stibal
Fatal Flaw by Cathi Stoler 
Death Will Tank Your Fish by Elizabeth Zelvin

2011:  Pewter Badge by Michael J. Solender   (Winner)
Broken Down on the Bonneville Flats by Jack Bates 
My Asshole Brother by Eric Beetner 
Angel of Mercy by David Price
Seventy-two Hours or Less by Michael J. Solender

2010:  Twas the Night by Anita Page (Winner)
The Right to Remain Silent by Debbi Mack
The Hard Sell by Jay Stringer
The Biography of Stoop the Thief by Steven Torres
Identity Theft by Robert Weibezahl

2009: The Cost of Doing Business by Michael Penncavage (Winner)
Independence Day by Allan Leverone
Regrets, I’ve Had a Few by Allan Leverone
Taste for It by Sophie Littlefield
Stalkers by Lew Stowe
Wishing on Whores by John Weagly

2008: In the Shadows of Wrigley Field by John Weagly (Winner)
Brimstone P.I. by Beverle Graves Myers
We All Come from Splattertown by Hugh Lessig
Joyride by Rick Noetzel
Handful of Stars by Jack Hardway
The Promise by Camille LaGuire

2007:Tied Winners:       Four for Dinner by John M. Floyd
                 Elena Speaks of the City, Under Siege by Steven Torres
Even Steven by Gail Farrelly
Interview by Justin Gustainis  
The Worst Door by Frank Zafiro   

2006: Zipped by Stephen D. Rogers (Winner)  
Twilight of the Fireflies by John Weagly
Roses at His Feet by Todd Robinson
The Day the Bad Men Came by Andy Henion 
Hangman’s Tree by Deanne Boast 

2005: The Test by Mike Wiecek (Winner)  
Experience Required by Michael Giorgio 
Sweet Smell of Success by Beverle Graves Myers
The Big Store by Stephen D. Rogers
Up in Smoke by Jan Christensen  

2004: Nailbiter by Rob Lopresti (Winner)  
Coyotes Find by Gay T. Kinman 
Waiter, There’s a Clue in My Soup by Camille LaGuire
Children Seen and Heard by K. G. McAbee 
Packy Run by Stephen D. Rogers
Silky’s Getaway by Earl Staggs  

2003: A Cut Above by Del Tinsley (Winner)  
Sending out an S.O.S. by Nick Andreychuk
Jumping the Fence by Stephen Rogers 
What a Day by Seymour Shubin 
Shark Infested Pudding by John Weagly   

2002: In the Heat of the Moment by Nick Andreychuk (Winner)
Greenhouse Pest by Tim Myers 
A Matter of Interest by Stephen Rogers
Lucrezia and the Thief by Henry Slesar  

2001: Erie’s Last Day by Steve Hockensmith (Winner)
The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald by Jennifer Ashley 
Amish Butter by Jacqueline Fiedler 
The Dark Tower by Gwen Moffat
Tom Wasp and Anybody’s Child by Amy Myers 

2000: Tie: When in Rome by Dorothy Francis (Winner)
              Tie: Just a Man on the Sidewalk by Carol Kilgore (Winner)Absent-Minded by L. C. Mohr
Blind Justice by Lynda Douglas
The Armored Car by Tim Myers 

1999: Capital Justice by Kris Neri (Winner) 
The Murder of Ernest Trapnell by Erik Arneson 
A Loss of Income by Seymour Shubin
Drop Dead Zone by M.E. Troy 
Just Like in the Movies by Kate Thornton
To the Farm by Dina Leacock 
Gator Bayou by Joyce Holland
The Deadly Diamonds by Robert Iles 
Two Tickets to Paradise by Barbara White-Rayczek  

1998: Guavaberry Christmas by Kate Grilley