Monday, May 01, 2023

Benoit’s Blossoming Second Career

One prize recipient we failed to mention amid our coverage of last week’s Edgar Awards ceremony was Deborah J. Benoit, a legal secretary and new author hailing from western Massachusetts. She has been announced as the winner of this year’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition.

“The First Crime Novel Competition, which had its first winner in 2008, provides a previously unpublished writer an opportunity to launch his or her career with the Minotaur Books imprint,” explains a press release. “The winner will receive a one-book, $10,000 contract.” Benoit’s book, The Gardener’s Plot, is to be published in 2024.

If you fancy entering next year’s First Crime Novel Competition, click here to find guidelines and submission details.

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