Collecting Their Daggers - The Rap Sheet

I wonder what they served for dinner. Pizza?

Panzer made a quick trip to The Rap Sheet site today. There our traveling kitty pilot found a post about the British Crime Writers Association (CWA) and the Dagger Awards.

 

J. Kingston Pierce's post lists the winners of the Dagger Awards which were present on July 3. In addition to the winners those also nominated are included.

 

Panzer says, "It must have been an entertaining dinner presenting the awards."

 

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Dagger Awards 

Hits With Brits: 2025 Dagger Nominees - The Rap Sheet

That's a long wait until July to learn the winners.

Today at The Rap Sheet site Panzer found a post about the Crime Writer's Association's Dagger Awards.

 

J. Kingston Pierce's post lists the 12 Awards and the nominees for each award. The post includes links to other information about the awards.

 

Panzer says, "The winners will be announced July 3."

 

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to 2025 Dagger Nominees 

Bagging Daggers - The Rap Sheet

Today, Panzer went to The Rap Sheet site. There he found a post about the UK's Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) Dagger Awards.

How many of them have you read?

According to the post by J. Kingston Pierce, the Crime Writers' Association has announced the 2022 CWA Dagger Awards. There are ten Dagger categories which include nonfiction books, novels, debut novels, and short stories. The Rap Sheet post lists all the winners and the also nominated contenders. The post includes a link to a longer post at the Shots site which has more information about the awards.

 

Panzer says, "The CWA is really, really old. It was started in the mid-1950s!"

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Dagger Awards

CWA Opens Membership to Self-Published Authors - CWA

As Panzer was tootling around in the  Catosphere today, he heard clapping and cheering outside the Panzermobile. Following all the happy noise took him to the Crime Writers' Association's CWA site. There with no digging at all he found a post about a membership change.

 

It's about time.

The post explains the Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) membership change. After a vote by CWA members which passed by 85 percent, self-published authors will now be accepted as members. Self-published authors can apply for membership beginning September 13.

 
Panzer says, "Another writers' organization joins the ranks and is accepting self-published authors."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a glass of iced tea for today's celebration.

 

To read the post tootle over to CWA membership

2021 CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists - Mystery Fanfare

 Panzer stopped in at the Mystery Fanfare site today. There he found the Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) Dagger shortlists.

 

According to the post by Janet Rudolph, the Crime Writers' Association announced the shortlists nominees for this year's Dagger Awards. There are 9 shortlists. There are Dagger Awards available for short stories, nonfiction, publishers, historical, translations, and new authors. There are gold daggers and steel daggers and even a library dagger.

Anybody on the lists you know?

 

Panzer says, "There sure are a lot of crime writers on those shortlists."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a big cup of tea and a big muffin for while you're reading all those names.

 

To read the list tootle over to CWA awards shortlist

CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition - Shots Crime and Thriller Ezine

 

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Shots Crime and Thriller Ezine site. There our inquisitive kitty found a post about a short story mystery competition being sponsored by the Crime Writers' Association (CWA).

 

Can cats enter?  The rules don't say.

According to the post by Oyo Onatade, the CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition is open for submissions now. The short story mystery entries must be no more than 3500 words and unpublished. Entries must be submitted by February 26, 2021. There is an entry fee. The post includes a link to the CWA's site with all the rules and how to submit.

Panzer says, "The rules say this is an international competition."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for your reading today. If you plan to follow the link to the rules, bring another muffin.

 

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