It’s a great pleasure to congratulate Jas. R. Petrin, whose AHMM story “Under Cap Ste. Claire” (October 2013) has been named a finalist for the 2014 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada. Petrin is a previous winner in this category with his AHMM story “Killer in the House” and he has been named a finalist for an AHMM story every year since 2010. The 2014 winners will be announced on Thursday, June 5 at the Arts & Letters Club in Toronto.
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AHMM Congratulates Its Derringer Award finalists
I’m pleased to see that four of our stories from 2013 are on the shortlist for a Derringer Award presented by the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
Kudos to Joseph D’Agnese for his story “Bloody Signorina” (AHMM, September 2013) in the category of Best Long Story, and in the category of Best Novelette, to William Burton McCormick for “The Antiquary’s Wife” (AHMM, March 2013), O’Neil De Noux for his story “For Love’s Sake” (AHMM, July/August 2013), and James L. Ross for “Last Night in Cannes” (AHMM, November 2013).
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Back from Albany
I’m just back Albany, where I attended the Bouchercon conference for mystery writers. I’m happy to report that John Shepphird’s story “Ghost Negligence” (AHMM, July/August 2012) won the Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Short Story. You can download a podcast of his story from iTunes or PodoMatic.
The Short Mystery Fiction Society also presented their Derringer awards at Bouchercon, and though the winners had been previously announced, I’m happy to repeat that Randy DeWitt was the winner this year in the Flash Story category for his entry in our Mysterious Photograph contest. His short short “The Cable Job” was our Story That Won in September 2012.
Congratulations also go to our Macavity nominee, B. K. Stevens, for the nomination of “Thea’s First Husband” (AHMM, June 2012) and to Michael Nethercott, whose story “Mr. O’Nelligan and the Lost Fates” (AHMM, March 2012) was also nominated for a Shamus Award. You can download B. K. Stevens’s reading of Adjunct Anonymous here. A podcast from Michael Nethercott is forthcoming.
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Derringer Award Nominations Announced
The nominees for Derringer Awards have been listed, and we are delighted to see three AHMM stories among those short listed. Chris Muessig’s story “The Sunny South” (March 2012) is nominated for Best Novelette and David Hagerty’s story “The Pot Hunters” (June 2012) is nominated for Best Long Story. And one of our Mystery Photograph contest winners was nominated under the category of Best Flash Story: Randy DeWitt for his winning entry “The Cable Job,” which appeared as The Story That Won in our September 2012 issue.
The Derringers are presented by The Short Mystery Fiction Society, a group that works to promote the appreciation of short crime fiction. Only SMFS members can vote for the Derringer-nominated stories, but if you are a member, you can read the stories at the SFMS site.
Congratulations to all the nominees!!
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A Gala of Wolfeian Proportions
The Wolfe Pack’s annual gala is a lively affair. The Black Orchid Banquet, always held on the first Saturday of December, features toasts to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, to their creator Rex Stout, and to many of the other characters who enliven the series. There is also singing, as each table competes (informally) to create a (semi-)spontaneous and wholly witty tribute in song to oversized detective.
And there are awards.
Kudos
Kudos to Jeffrey Cohen on winning the Barry Award for Best Short Story at Bouchercon this year in Cleveland! His story “The Gun Also Rises” appeared in the 
January/February 2011 issue of AHMM. (To see a picture of the award, check out his post at the blog Hey There’s a Dead Guy in My Living Room.
Congratulations, too, to our Barry Award nominees: Doug Allyn for “Thicker Than Blood” (September 2011) and Eric Rutter for “Purge” (December 2011). And to Leroy Wilson, Jr., whose story “Dancer in a Storm” (January/February 2011) was nominated for a Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Short Story.
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