Friday, February 10, 2012

The Barry Award Nominations

The short list for the annual Barry Awards given at Bouchercon is out http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2012/02/barry-award-nominations.html

Here's the list for Best Short Story:

Doug Allyn, "Thicker Than Blood" (AHMM September)
Jeffrey Cohen, "The Gun Also Rises" (AHMM January-February)
Mike Cooper, "Whiz Bang" (EQMM September-October)
Trina Corey, "Facts Exhibiting Wantonness" ( EQMM November)
James Powell, "Last Laugh in Floogle Park" (EQMM July)
Eric Rutter, "Purge" (AHMM December)

Congratulations to everyone!!

2 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

This pretty much tells us the chance one has of getting nominated from any other venue. I don't even think the judges look farther.

sandra seamans said...

I agree, Patti. The whole of the "big" mystery awards community seems to think the only place to find mystery shorts is EQ and AHMM. And only because they're a pro-paying market.