Thursday, March 3, 2011

2011 Derringer Awards: Best Short Story

I received the word BEAT to a PULP received two nominations for the 2011 Derringer Awards.

Short Story Finalists:

"Seventy-two Hours or Less" by Michael J. Solender, *A Twist of Noir,* April 23, 2010

"Broken Down on the Bonneville Flats" by Jack Bates, *Beat to a Pulp,* October 17, 2010

"Angel of Mercy" by David Price, *Beat to a Pulp,* Jan. 31, 2010

"Pewter Badge" by Michael J. Solender, *Yellow Mama," August, 2010.

"My Asshole Brother" by Eric Beetner, *A Twist of Noir,* May 7, 2010

Congrats to all the nominees and special thanks to David and Jack for placing BTAP at the top.

14 comments:

John Hornor said...

Congrats. You've got a great magazine going. I'm really happy to be a part of it in my own, small way.

Cullen Gallagher said...

That's great news! Congratulations and best wishes to you, Jack Bates and David Price!

Charles Gramlich said...

Excellent. congrats all around. Beat to a Pulp is the place to be seen online these days.

Naomi Johnson said...

How cool is that! Congratulations.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Btap!

-Diane

David Cranmer said...

Thanks, John. Hopefully "The Death Fantastique" will gain some likewise recognition next year.

Cullen/Charles, Thank you, both.

Very cool indeed, Naomi. Merci.

Many thanks, Diane.

Jack Bates said...

David-
Many, many thanks for your support. Bests to you and my fellow BTaP nominee.

Dan Fleming said...

Great work David!

Chris Rhatigan said...

Congrats David and Jack! This category was seriously stacked, so it's a real honor to be finalists.

David Cranmer said...

Jack, thanks again, sir. Fingers are now crossed.

Dan, Gracias but all the credit goes to the writers. No BTAP without them.

Chris, I'm glad to see for the second year that the webzines are coming through strong in this category.

Clare2e said...

Super-coolness for BTAP and its starring authors!

Ron Scheer said...

Well done, bud.

Matthew P. Mayo said...

This is great news, David. Congratulations to you and to the authors. Thumbs up and fingers crossed!

David Cranmer said...

I just received some sad news in relation to the Derringers which I will post soon.