BEST FLASH STORY (Up to 1,000 words):
- "An Old-Fashioned Villain" by Nick Andreychuk (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, May 2012)
- "The Cable Job" by Randy DeWitt (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 2012)
- "Dead Man" by A.J. Hayes (Off The Record 2: At The Movies, September 2012)
- "Daddy's Girl" by Nicola Kennington (The Flash Fiction Offensive, July 22, 2012)
- "Twas the Knife Before Christmas" by Allan Leverone (Shotgun Honey, December 24, 2012)
BEST SHORT STORY (1,001 - 4,000 words):
- "Getting Out of the Box" by Michael Bracken (Crime Square, Vantage Point, 2012)
- "A Special Kind of Hell" by Hilary Davidson (BEAT to a PULP: Round Two, May 2012)
- "Dead Weight" by Allan Leverone (Burning Bridges: A Renegade Fiction Anthology, April 2012)
- "Nain Rouge" by Barbara Nadel (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2012)
- "Baby Boy" by Todd Robinson (Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT, September 2012)
BEST LONG STORY (4,001 - 8,000 words):
- "The Pot Hunters" by David Hagerty (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012)
- "A Regular Story" by Peggy McFarland (Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon, Level Best Books, November 2012)
- "Peaches" by Todd Robinson (Grift #1, April 2012)
- "When Duty Calls" by Art Taylor (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, 2012)
- "Double Wedding" Mo Walsh (Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon, Level Best Books, November 2012)
BEST NOVELETTE (8,001 - 20,000 words):
- "Wood-Smoke Boys" by Doug Allyn (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2012)
- "Iphigenia in Aulis" by Mike Carey (An Apple for the Creature, September 2012)
- "Mariel" by David Dean (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2012)
- "Pirate Dave and the Captain's Ghost" by Toni L.P. Kelner (An Apple for the Creature, September 2012)
- "The Sunny South" by Chris Muessig (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2012)
EDWARD D. HOCH MEMORIAL GOLDEN DERRINGER FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
- Loren D. Estleman
