The Crime Writers’ Association

Traditionally Published membership

Join the CWA - Traditionally Published author membership Thank you for your interest in joining the CWA. Membership is subject to meeting the membership criteria and completing the application form does not guarantee membership. Please fill in your ...


Self-published membership – Application form

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Creating Authenticity in Fiction: Online Workshop with Saeida Rouass

Creating Authenticity in Fiction: Online Workshop with Saeida Rouass Whether you write historical, contemporary or fantasy fiction, creating a convincing backdrop for your story can be a challenge. This workshop will explore the various consideratio...


CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced

The 2022 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced. Created in 1955, the world-famous CWA Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre ...


CWA Daggers Announced

Chris Whitaker, Clare Mackintosh, Michael Robotham, Vaseem Khan and Peter May win 2021 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2021 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The prestigious Crime Write...


Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Ian Fleming said there was one essential criterion for a good thriller, ‘one simply has to turn the pages’. Eligible books in this category are thrillers set in any period and include, but are not limited to, spy fiction...


Private: How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months by C T Mitchell

How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months How I Wrote 20 Mystery eBooks In 20 Months October 17, 2017 / Writing / By CT Mitchell Have you ever wanted to write mystery eBooks but procrastinated for so long you never got started? You...


Dagger Awards Live – online and free

This year, due to coronavirus restrictions, we can’t hold a posh dinner in London where we enjoy a convivial atmosphere, networking with the publishing industry and watching as each Dagger is announced. However, we can still entertain, and – we ...


Society of Authors @Home – online events

The Society of Authors continue to offer a full programme of bookish events online - many of them for free! From 23 March until 1 April, the events include in conversation with translator Maureen Freely, crime writer and CWA member Dorothy Koomson, c...


Lindsey Davis talks online about latest Flavia Albia novel A Comedy of Terrors

Online through Sheffield Libraries on Monday 1 November at 7.30pm. Best-selling historical novelist Lindsey Davis discusses her latest crime novel, A Comedy of Terrors, set in Ancient Rome. The next book in the thrilling, immersive Flavia Albia ser...


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