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2020 Darrell Awards

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The annual Darrell Awards support Midsouth Literacy by recognizing the best published Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror. Due to the pandemic, the 2019 and 2020 editions of MidSouthCon were canceled, so the administrators asked fans to consider today’s announcement to be the presentation of the 2020 Darrell Awards.

BEST MIDSOUTH NOVEL 2020

  • Above the Ether by Eric Barnes

First Runner-Up — Carl Perkins Cadillac by John G. Hartness

BEST MIDSOUTH YOUNG ADULT NOVEL 2020

  • House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

First Runner-Up — The Diminished and The Enchanted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

BEST MIDSOUTH NOVELLA 2020

  • Shoot First by Larry Hoy and William Alan Webb

BEST MIDSOUTH SHORT STORY 2020

  • Killing Him by Carolyn McSparren (as published in Mayhem in Memphis)

First Runner-Up — The Game by H. David Blalock (as publishedin Tales of the Interstellar Bartenders Guild)

Additional Short Story Finalist — Robert J. Krog for Roxy Socksy and Herika Raymer for Critters (both published in Tales of the Interstellar Bartenders Guild).

2020 HALL OF FAME WINNER

  • Rachel E. Carr

Coger Memorial Hall of Fame 2020 Winner Announced

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The 2020 inductee to the Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame is Rachel E. Carr for her Rules Undying series which features scenes set in Memphis in her books Six and Ten.

The Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award is given to an author who has made exceptional contributions to Midsouth Literacy by having published a substantial body of work that is or would have been eligible for the Darrell Award. It is named in recognition of the outstanding service rendered to Midsouth fandom by Dalvan Coger, who passed away in 2002.

More information on Rachel E. Carr and her books can be found at Rachel’s website.

The Coger Memorial Hall of Fame award, as well as the 2020 Darrell Awards, will be presented at MidSouthCon 38 on Saturday, March 21, in Memphis, TN. For details of the convention, see MidSouthCon.org.