I've just been sent this info from an anthology editor at White City Press, and thought it might be of interest to others.
Have you wanted to try your hand at short mystery fiction? Have you
already been writing crime shorts and want some advice about the
submission process? Here's an opportunity to learn from the experts: a
free webinar sponsored by the Palmetto Chapter of Sisters in Crime and
the Southeastern Chapter of Mystery Writers of America on Saturday,
October 18, 2025, from 11:15 am to 2:45 pm ET. FREE OF CHARGE!
Register through this link:
Following is the schedule and program descriptions:
Mystery in the Midlands: Writing Short Mystery Fiction 2025
A Virtual One-Day Program
Sponsored by the Palmetto Chapter of Sisters in Crime and the
Southeastern Chapter of Mystery Writers of America
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Registration Link
SCHEDULE (All times Eastern)
11:15 a.m. Welcome
11:30 a.m. Plotting Short Stories
12:30 p.m. New Voices in Short Mystery Fiction
1:30 p.m. Intriguing an Editor: So Your Writing’s Remembered Even If
Your Story’s Rejected
2:30 p.m. Conclusion
Segment Descriptions and Participants
Plotting Short Stories
John M. Floyd’s short stories have appeared in AHMM, EQMM, Strand
Magazine, Best American Mystery Stories, Best Mystery Stories of the
Year, and many other publications. John is an Edgar nominee, a Shamus
Award winner, and a six-time Derringer Award winner.
New Voices in Short Mystery Fiction — Michael Bracken, moderator
N.M. Cedeño writes across genres. Her short stories have appeared in
Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, After Dinner Conversation, Black Cat
Weekly, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and Crimeucopia. “Predators and
Prey,” was selected for the “Other Distinguished Mystery and Suspense of
2024” list in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025.
LaToya Jovena is an author whose crime fiction has appeared in Ellery
Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Best American Mystery and Suspense. She
writes about the DC suburbs a lot, because that’s where she lives.
Tom Milani’s first story was published in 2022. Since then, his work has
been short-listed for a Derringer Award, and he has published an
additional nine stories, a novella, and his debut novel.
Intriguing an Editor: So Your Writing’s Remembered Even If Your Story’s
Rejected — Paula Gail Benson, moderator
Barb Goffman has won the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, Macavity, and
Ellery Queen Readers Award, as well as the Short Mystery Fiction
Society’s lifetime achievement award. She's been a finalist for major
mystery awards forty-nine times. She has edited or co-edited several
anthologies and received a Derringer Award for Murder, Neat.
Sandra Murphy is a Derringer-winning writer whose stories have appeared
in AHMM, EQMM, and several other publications. Additionally, she is the
editor of four anthologies, including, most recently, Sex and Violins:
An Erotic Crime Anthology and Yeet Me in St. Louis: Crime Under the
Arch.
Josh Pachter is an author, editor, and translator. A two-time Derringer
winner and the 2020 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's
Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement, he is the editor of more than
two dozen anthologies, including four Anthony Award finalists.
