Mme Melissa Yi’s Edan Sze vs. The Red Rock Serial Killer is a finalist for the Claymore Award for Best First 50 Pages of an Unpublished Manuscript in the BEST JUVENILE / YA category. The winner will be announced on Saturday, August 25, at the 2023 Killer Nashville Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Melissa’s Derringer-award-winning story, “My Two Legs” (Published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2022) is also nominated for a Macavity Award. The winners will be announced at the San Diego Bouchercon opening ceremonies in late August.