Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2025 longlist Title Author The Human Imperative Michael Bird Desmond Astonishes Stacy Browne Best Served Cold Ajay Chowdury The Treasure Hunter Jane Corry Only Fo...
Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thr...
Gold Dagger
Gold Dagger This award is for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The broadest definition of the crime novel applies. Eligible books include thr...
Historical Dagger
Historical Dagger This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages...
Ending Your Extract for the Emerging Author Dagger, by a Shortlisted Author
by Megan Toogood If you’ve entered any kind of writing competition before you’ll know how easy it is to obsess over creating a killer first line. But I think it’s just as important to finish your submission on the right note. Despite writing...
Libraries
Supporting libraries The places where many of us first discovered a love of books, and the places that for many form the centre of their reading experience, libraries are a national treasure. The CWA does not assume a political role – we leave tha...
Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries an...
Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition2025 shortlist2025 longlist Title Author The Human Imperative Michael Bird Desmond Astonishes Stacy Brown Best Served Cold Ajay Chowdury The Treasure Hunter Jane Corry...
Emerging Author Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger), sponsored by Fiction Feedback, is an international competition, open to anyone in the world writing in English, for a crime novel opening (max. 3,000 words) and synopsis ...
Historical Dagger
Historical Dagger This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages...
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