I’m honored — and more than a little stunned — by the news this morning that my story “Rearview Mirror,” originally published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (March/April 2010), won the 2011 Derringer Award for Best Novelette.
The full list of winners includes:
- Flash Story (<1001 words) — TIE: “The Book Signing,” by Kathy Kencharik, Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers, 2010 and “The Unknown Substance,” by Jane Hammons, A Twist of Noir, Dec. 27, 2010
- Short Story (1001 – 4000 words): “Pewter Badge” by Michael J. Solender, Yellow Mama, August, 2010.
- Long Story (4001 – 8000 words) — TIE: “Care of the Circumcised Penis,” by Sean Doolittle, Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts, and Whiskey, 2010 and “Interpretation of Murder,” by B. K. Stevens, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 2010
- Novelette (8001 – 17,500 words): “Rearview Mirror,” by Art Taylor, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 2010
Congrats to all! — Art Taylor