1 October 2024 – For immediate release
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing.
This year’s categories are:
- The Miller-Martin Award for Best Crime Novel sponsored by the Boreal Benefactor with a $1000 prize
- Best Crime First Novel, sponsored by Melodie Campbell with a $1000 prize
- Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by Shaftesbury with a $500 prize
- The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe with a $500 prize
- Best Crime Novella sponsored by Carrick Publishing with a $200 prize
- Best Crime Short Story
- The Best French Language Crime Book
- Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book
- The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm (Hamilton) with a $300 prize
- Best Unpublished Crime Novel manuscript written by an unpublished author sponsored by ECW Press with a $500 prize
All prizes are awarded in Canadian Funds
The Shortlist will be announced on April 25th, 2025.
Winners will be announced May 30th, 2025.
Full details about the competition can be found on the Crime Writers of Canada’s website: About the CWC Awards of Excellence
CWC is grateful for the support of Our Awards Sponsors
- Shaftesbury is an award-winning creator and producer of original content for television, film, and digital. Building on a library of award-winning children’s programs, Shaftesbury has an extensive slate of new child and family programming.
- Canadian book publisher ECW Press is one of the most diversified independent publishers in North America. ECW Press has published close to 1,000 books that are distributed throughout the English-speaking world and translated into dozens of languages.
- Based in Toronto, Canada, Carrick Publishing was formed in 2010 by Donna and Alex Carrick. With over 20 titles, Carrick Publishing works closely with established and new authors to bring their work to readers.
- David Simpson a lawyer in Hamilton and the Districts of, Brant, Halton, Haldimand and Niagara, has a tradition of over fifty years of legal services. He sponsors “The Brass Knuckle” Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book in memory of true-crime author Robert Gordon Knuckle (1935-2019).
- Melodie Campbell is the author of 17 books, 60 short stories, and is the recipient of ten awards, including the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence. She has taught fiction writing since 1992 and maintains a special interest in encouraging new writers.
- Jane Doe chooses to remain anonymous.
- Boreal Benefactor, a Canadian author, chooses to remain anonymous.
About Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada was founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. Past winners of the Awards have included such major names in Canadian crime writing as Mario Bolduc, Gail Bowen, Stevie Cameron, Howard Engel, Barbara Fradkin, Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Eric Wright. We would like to thank our sponsors and volunteers, and the many participating publishers, authors and judges for their continued support.
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For more information about the Awards of Excellence, contact Ludvica Boota at awards@crimewriterscanada.com
To enquire about becoming an Awards sponsor, contact the CWC Awards Chair, Hyacinthe Miller, at awards@crimewriterscanada.com
