See below for blogs about our prestigious competition, the Debut Dagger. There’ s more about the competition itself on the Debut Dagger page.
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Please note change in time for announcement to 4pm (5pm on this website). This year’s Debut Dagger longlist will be announced on Thursday 22 April at 4pm (UK time) as part of the ProWritingAid Crime Writer’s Week, a FREE online festival of crime writ...
Announcement dates for Debut Dagger 2021 
Opening Windows, by John Kennedy 
Third time lucky with the Debut Dagger, by Anna Caig 
What if? by D B Carew 
Sapere Books is looking for debut crime fiction 
How Entering the Debut Dagger Led to Gold, by M W Craven – Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger 2019
Returning to writing – shortlisted Debut Dagger writer J. Huw Evans tells how life got in the way of writing 
What a Difference a Dagger Makes: Debut Dagger winner Bill Crotty tells of doors that have opened since the award 
Trust your gut: how a Debut Dagger longlisting led to a publishing deal