
Blindsided
Caroline England
From: Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Telos Publishing
This award is for any crime short story first published in the UK in English during the Judging Period, whether on its own or within an anthology or collection. Upon publication it must have been for sale to the public, either in print or e-book, through established channels or platforms.
The term short story refers to a work of fiction no shorter than 1,000 and no longer than 15,000 words.
You are able to nominate a full anthology where we consider every story, or an individual story.
Publishers or authors can nominate.
Caroline England
From: Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Telos Publishing
TM Logan
From: Afraid of the Shadows
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Criminal Minds
Paul Magrs
From: Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Telos Publishing
Jo Nesbø
From: The Jealousy Man and other stories
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Penguin Random House
Bryony Pearce
From: Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Telos Publishing
Robert Scragg
From: Afraid of the Shadows
Short Story Dagger
2022 | Shortlisted
Criminal Minds
TITLE | ANTHOLOGY | AUTHOR | EDITOR | PUBLISHER | IMPRINT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blindsided | Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time | Caroline England | Samantha Lee Howe | Telos Publishing | |
The Victim | Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time | Awais Khan | Samantha Lee Howe | Telos Publishing | |
New Tricks | Afraid of the Shadows | Matt Wesolowski | Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds | |
London | The Jealousy Man and other stories | Jo Nesbⱷ | Robert Ferguson | Penguin Random House | Harvill Secker |
With the Others | Afraid of the Shadows | TM Logan | Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds | |
The Clifton Vampire | Afraid of the Shadows | TE Kinsey | Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds | |
Flesh of a Fancy Woman | Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time | Paul Magrs | Samantha Lee Howe | Telos Publishing | |
Changeling | Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time | Bryony Pearce | Samantha Lee Howe | Telos Publishing | |
The Way Of All Flesh | Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time | Raven Dane | Samantha Lee Howe | Telos Publishing | |
When I Grow Up | Afraid of the Shadows | Robert Scragg | Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds |
A powerful twist turns this vivid, brilliantly written and carefully plotted story about a child’s fear of the forbidden cellar into something much scarier.
Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books
Priscilla Masters (Chair)
Cilla Masters was born in Halifax and adopted into a multi-racial family of seven. She has produced more than thirty crime novels and one children’s book. She trained as a registered nurse in the 1970s at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham. Her first novel to feature DI Joanna Piercy, Winding Up the Serpent, was published in 1995 by Pan Macmillan. She has followed this with a further thirteen titles in the series. In 2004 she created Coroner Martha Gunn, a series set in the medieval town of Shrewsbury and in 2017 revived a previous character, Dr Claire Roget, a forensic psychiatrist. She has also written medical standalone mysteries and is currently published by Severn House, Lume Books and Telos Publishing. Cilla is a CWA Library Champion, together with John Dean and G B Williams.
Mike Linane
Mike Linane is a publisher at Williams & Whiting Publishing and also an event organiser currently organising Bodies From The Library (a one-day conference about the Golden Age of Crime Writing) held annually at the British Library and has previously organised events such as Deal Noir and Morecambe & Vice.
Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons is the online editor of his brainchild, Crimesquad.com – a crime review website, running since March 2005. Chris is a past judge for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, which has highlighted the debuts of authors such as Louise Penny (John Creasey Dagger winner), S J Watson, Sarah Hilary, James Oswald and two-time Dagger winner, Wiley Cash.
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