Diamond Dagger
Diamond Dagger The most prestigious Dagger of all, the Diamond Dagger awards a lifetime contribution to crime writing in the English language, and is nominated by CWA members. Nominations and Judging Process The CWA Diamond Dagger winner is sele...
Daggers Dinner and Awards Ceremony
This year's Daggers Dinner and Awards Ceremony will take place on 4 July, 2024, at: Leonardo Royal Hotel London City 8-14 Cooper’s Row London EC3N 2BQ The event will include a three-course gourmet dinner, and all of the Daggers festivities. Th...
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Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival
Join Louise Mumford, Elly Griffiths, Sarah Ward, Sarah Bax-Horton and more at Wales's first crime festival! Join crime fiction lovers online 16-18 and 22-24 April 2024 for a series of very special presentations. Check out the programme and book your ...
Dagger in the Library nominations
Dagger in the Library nominations Nominations for the 2024 Dagger in the Library are now closed. The Dagger in the Library is awarded to a UK crime writer every year. This year the names of nominated authors have been supplied by libraries and ...
CWA’s Margery Allingham Short Story Competition to Continue
The Margery Allingham Society has agreed with the Crime Writers’ Association that the popular short mystery competition will run for at least another five years, until 2024. The Society, set up to honour and promote the writings of the great Golden...
The CWA Says Thank You to Darren Wills
On Saturday 10 February 2024, a small group of people met at the home of CWA member, and ex-Red Herrings editor, David Stuart Davies. The purpose of the gathering was not only to enjoy the company of old friends and a few glasses of wine (which goes ...
Debut Dagger Success Story by Fiona McPhillips
I had never written a novel before I entered the 2021 Debut Dagger. I was halfway through an MA in Creative Writing and too focused on the rhythm of my prose, the structure and shape of my short stories. A novel felt like a marathon when I’d only e...
Awards Dinner gallery
Awards Dinner gallery Please select a year below to view photos from past awards dinners....
Women Who Murder: An Evening with Mitzi Szereto (Vancouver, BC)
On 4 May, 2024, True crime author Mitzi Szereto will be at Indigo Langley to meet readers and sign copies of her new book release Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales. She’ll be joined by her special guest, contr...
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