Winners of the 2014 Derringer Awards Announced

The winners of the 2014 Derringer Awards have been announced by the Short Mystery Fiction Society as determined by a vote of the group's members.

The winners are …

Best Flash (up to 1000 words): "Luck is What You Make" by Stephen D. Rogers (Crime Factory, May 2013);

Best Short Story (1001 to 4000 words): "The Present" by Robert Lopresti (The Strand Magazine, February-May 2013);

Best Long Story (4001 to 8000 words): "Give Me a Dollar" by Ray Daniel (Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold, Level Best Books, September 2013); and

Best Novelette (8000 to 20,000 words): "The Goddaughter's Revenge" by Melodie Campbell (Orca Rapid Reads, October 2013).

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for alerting us to this news.)