A Dog Is for Life, Not Just for Christmas
Robert Scragg
Criminal Minds Group
CWA Short Story Dagger
Winner 2021
Monsters
Clare Mackintosh
The Dome Press
A powerful twist turns this vivid, brilliantly written and carefully plotted story about a child’s fear of the forbidden cellar into something much scarier.
Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books
This award is for any crime short story first published in the UK in English in a publication that pays for contributions, or broadcast in the UK in return for payment, during the Judging Period. The term short story refers to a work of fiction no shorter than 1,000 and no longer than 15,000 words.
Shortlist
Deathbed
Elle Croft
Criminal Minds Group
Daddy Dearest
Dominic Nolan
Criminal Minds Group
Hunted
Victoria Selman
Criminal Minds Group
Monsters
Clare Mackintosh
The Dome Press
Planting Nan
James Delargy
Criminal Minds Group
The Judges 2021
Sophie Goodfellow (Chair)
Sophie has been a publicist for almost 10 years, joining FMC Associates in 2017, where she promotes books of all genres, as well as festivals, prizes and cultural initiatives. An avid reader, she can be found tweeting about her latest reads on @sophieglorita.
Mike Linane
Mike Linane is a publisher at Williams & Whiting Publishing and also an event organiser currently organising Bodies From The Library (a one-day conference about the Golden Age of Crime Writing) held annually at the British Library and has previously organised events such as Deal Noir and Morecambe & Vice.
Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons is the online editor of his brainchild, Crimesquad.com – a crime review website, running since March 2005. Chris is a past judge for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, which has highlighted the debuts of authors such as Louise Penny (John Creasey Dagger winner), S J Watson, Sarah Hilary, James Oswald and two-time Dagger winner, Wiley Cash.
Longlist 2021
| Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Scragg | ‘A Dog Is for Life, Not Just for Christmas’ in Afraid of the Christmas Lights, edited by Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds Group |
| Elle Croft | ‘Deathbed’ in Afraid of the Light, edited by Robert Scragg & Various | Criminal Minds Group |
| Dominic Nolan | ‘Daddy Dearest’ in Afraid of the Light, edited by Robert Scragg & Various | Criminal Minds Group |
| Adam Southward | ‘Especially at Christmas’ in Afraid of the Christmas Lights, edited by Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds Group |
| Christopher Fowler | ‘Head Count’in First Edition: Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books | The Dome Press |
| Victoria Selman | ‘Hunted’ in Afraid of the Christmas Lights, edited by Miranda Jewess | Criminal Minds Group |
| Clare Mackintosh | ‘Monsters’ in First Edition: Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books | The Dome Press |
| Stuart Turton | ‘Murder Most Vial’ in First Edition: Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books | The Dome Press |
| Livia Llewelyn | ‘One of These Nights’ in Cutting Edge: Noir Stories by Women, edited by Joyce Carol Oates | Pushkin Press, Pushkin Vertigo |
| James Delargy | ‘Planting Nan’ in Afraid of the Light, edited by Robert Scragg & Various | Criminal Minds Group |
| Simpson Grears | ‘The Foot of the Walk Murders’ in The Foot of the Walk Murders, edited by Simpson Grears | Rymour Books |