I Detest Mozart
Teresa Solana
Bitter Lemon Press
CWA Short Story Dagger
This year's winner
The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing
Danuta Reah
Fantastic Books
A ‘Dummies Guide’ you won’t find in your local bookshop! The darkest thriller you’ll ever read, in which an amateur killer meticulously plans his first murder.
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.
Commended and Highly commended
Shortlist
Strangers in a Pub
Martin Edwards
No Exit Press
Death Becomes Her
Syd Moore
Point Blank Books
The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing
Danuta Reah
Fantastic Books
I Detest Mozart
Teresa Solana
Bitter Lemon Press
Bag Man
Lavie Tidhar
Solaris
The judges
Ayo Onatade (Chair)
When not working at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom she can be found doing interviews, writing (including giving conference papers) and reviewing on all things crime fiction related for a number of crime fiction websites including Shotsmag.co.uk and Crimespree Magazine. Ayo can also be found blogging at Shotsmag Confidential.
Sophie Goodfellow
Sophie is an Account Executive at ed public relations, a boutique publishing and lifestyle PR agency where she works to spread the word on books of all genres. An avid reader of crime, historical and literary fiction, she blogs at Back to the Books Blog, and can be found tweeting about her latest reads on @sophieglorita. Two little-known facts about her are that she speaks fluent French and fainted on a train while reading The Shining Girls.
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.
Submissions 01 April, 2019 to 31 March, 2020
| Collection Title | Author | Publisher |
| Invisible Blood | Maxim Jaukowski | Titan Books |
| Reap the Whirlwind & Other Stories | Mark Timlin | Crime & Mystery Club |
| Joan Smokes | Angela Meyer | Contraband |