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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.​
 

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