2023 winning story
How to Catch a Bullet in a Plate and Other Tricks to Astound - Judith O’Reilly He never performed the trick at a matinee show as he didn’t like to worry the children in the audience. At least there was that, Mrs Conway thought, as the red bloo...
Members Christmas Party
Date: Thursday 15th December 2016 Time: 6pm onwards Venue: Goldsboro Books Offices, London This is the seasonal event where all the writer people go – the CWA Christmas Party! Being held at Goldsboro Books Offices in London, it is the perfect o...
Date Changed to 11 Feb: Talk with Biographer of Real-Life Model for Sherlock Holmes
Please note the date for this event has now changed to Saturday 11th February 2017. CWA member Bryan Kesselman will be talking about his biography of Victorian private detective Ignatius Pollaky on Saturday 11th February at 5pm at Marylebone Librar...
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Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions
Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...
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Vintage Thrillers Film Weekend, Chester
A residential weekend course organised by the Cosmopolitan Film Club (non-profit) is running at Chester University campus on Vintage Thrillers (1950 - 1961) this August. There are seven thrillers being shown commencing on Friday evening and ending ...
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...
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