Spring in Canada — a wonderful time (and place) to be a Crimewriter

With all the buzz this month about the up-coming Arthur Ellis Short-list (Short List Events take place April 18, 2013 in cities across Canada), I’d be a naughty little Crime Writer if I didn’t pay homage to the CrimeWriters of Canada (CWC) and their exceptional work in raising the profile of the Crime Fiction and True Crime genres in our country.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FINALISTS, including my very good friends:

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur
William Hall, Cold Black Tide

Best Short Story
Melodie Campbell, “Life without George” in Over My Dead Body Mystery Magazine, August 2012

Best Novella
Lou Allin, Contingency Plan, Orca Rapid Reads
Vicki Delany, A Winter Kill, Orca Rapid Reads
Barbara Fradkin, Evil behind that Door, Orca Rapid Reads

Way to go — I’m so proud of each of you!

You’ll find up-to-the-minute news about the May Awards Banquet at the CWC Website.

The exciting Awards Categories include:

Best Crime First Novel

Best Crime Novel

Best Crime Novella (3-year pilot)

Best Crime Short Story

Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Best Nonfiction Crime Book

For unpublished authors:

The Unhanged Arthur Award

for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel

Be sure to stay tuned for Short List Announcements!

Donna Carrick – April 17, 2013

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