You can expect to see two brand-new Dagger awards among those being handed out in 2025 by the British Crime Writers’ Association. A press release brings news today that entries will “open in early 2024 for the CWA Twisted Dagger and the CWA Whodunnit Dagger.”
As the bulletin goes on to explain, “The Twisted Dagger is aimed at psychological and suspense thrillers and the Whodunnit Dagger covers cosy crime, traditional mysteries, and Golden Age crime.” It quotes Vaseem Khan, who took over earlier this year as the CWA’s chair, as saying: “Psychological thrillers have dominated the crime fiction landscape in recent years and now cosy crime is having its moment, with Golden Age crime also enjoying a resurgence. These Daggers recognise these trends, and I, for one, am excited to see the range of books that publishers—and authors—will submit to these new awards.”
The inaugural Twisted and Whodunnit Daggers, for books published in 2024, will be presented at the annual Dagger awards ceremony in 2025. They will join the Gold Dagger, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the Historical Dagger, the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger, and other previously existing CWA commendations.
READ MORE: “Twisted and Whodunnit Daggers Added to Crime Writers' Association Awards,” by Melina Spanoudi (The Bookseller).
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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