The 2022 Darrell Awards winners were announced on March 26 at MidSouthCon 38.

The annual Darrell Awards support Midsouth Literacy by recognizing the best published Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror. 

COGER MEMORIAL HALL OF FAME AWARD

• Sheree Renée Thomas for her extraordinary contributions to literacy in the Midsouth and the world.

BEST MIDSOUTH NOVEL

• Winner: Serpent’s Mark by Beth Alvarez
• First Runner-up: The Girl Who Had No Shadows by John and Victoria Babb

BEST MIDSOUTH NOVELLA

• Winner: Madam and The Map: A Journey in Five Movements by Sheree Renée Thomas (in Nine Bar Blues collection)
• First Runner-up: Shadows Before Sunrise by Melissa Olthoff (in It Takes All Kinds anthology)

 BEST MIDSOUTH SHORT STORY

• Winner: “Five-Six-Seven-Eight” by James Paavola (in Lies Along the Mississippi anthology)
• First Runner-up: “Well Being” by Elden Lee