The Crime Writers’ Association

Author account application form

If you are an author who has been traditionally published in the UK by one of our approved publishers but would like to nominate your own title into the CWA Daggers, please submit the form below and we will be in touch to organise your access to our Dagger nomination portal.

If your publisher is not on the current recognised list, you may still be eligible. They must be a traditional publisher as defined in Section 2 of the Terms & Conditions. Please enter their name below.

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