The Entry Process
The Entry Process There are four kinds ofย Dagger, differentiated by how they are nominated. See below for an explanation of the different entry processes, and who may nominate for each Dagger. Please do not hesitate to contact the Dagger Liaison Or...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition The winner will be announced on Friday 10 May in early evening at the Daggers shortlist reception at CrimeFest The 2025 competition will open in autumn 2024. All announcements will also appear ...
Our Fascination with Crime Fiction
The annual Daggers awarded by The Crime Writersโ Association set the bar for the genreโs writing, but how did crime fiction develop into such a broad and rich reading experience? Taking us from the Golden Age of detective fiction in the UK to th...
Martin Edwards wins an Edgar
Martin Edwards, the CWA’s vice chair, has won the Best Biographical/Critical Edgar award for The Golden Age of Murder. The awards for mystery fiction, non-fiction and TV are made every spring by Mystery Writers of America. The term ‘Edgar...
CrimeFest Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the following awards, announced at CrimeFest in Bristol on Saturday 21 May. Audible Sounds of Crime Award โ Paula Hawkins for The Girl on the Train, read by Clare Corbett, India Fisher and Louise Brealey (Random Ho...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller, โone simply has to turn the pagesโ. Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction...
Debut Dagger Deadline Draws Near
The deadline to enter the most hotly contended competition for aspiring crime novelists is fast approaching. Aspiring crime novelists have until the end of February to enter the Crime Writersโ Association (CWA) Debut Dagger, which is sponsored b...
About the CWA
About the CWA The Crime Writersโ Association was founded in 1953 by John Creasey (pictured). Our overall aim is to support, promote and celebrate this most durable, adaptable and successful of genres. The CWAโs everyday aim is to support writers...
Crime in the North East Festival
22 & 23 February 2019 Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, Newcastle University. Whodunnit? NCLA in the frame for crime fiction festival. One of the most popular and intriguing forms of fiction comes under suspicion at Newcastle Univ...
Murder in the Library!
Author Talk with Leye Adenle, Alison Bruce & James Carol Celebrate National Libraries Week with the launch of our new bi-monthly Crime Panel, where best-selling authors will visit Chiswick and Osterley Libraries. With the CWA Daggers due to be a...
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