Short Orders

Just a day after the announcement of this year’s Edgar Award winners comes news about the recipients of the 2009 Derringer Awards for short mystery fiction. They are:

Best Short Story (1,001 to 4,000 words):
“The Cost of Doing Business,” by Michael Penncavage
(published in ThugLit)

Best Long Story (4,001 to 8,000 words):
“The Quick Brown Fox,” by Robert S. Levinson (published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)

Best Novelette (8,001 to 17,500 words):
“Too Wise,” by O’Neil De Noux (published in Ellery Queen
Mystery Magazine)

2009 Recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement: Clark Howard

A complete list of the finalists can be found here.