Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence2021

Given by Crime Writers of Canada (CWC)

Other Names: Prix Arthur-Ellis (French)
31 Works 936 Books 92 Reviews ½ 3.7
The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) honors works published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside show more of Canada. Arthur Ellis was the nom de travail of Canada’s official hangman. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (197), Shortlist (799), Longlist (11)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (32), 2023 (28), 2022 (36), 2021 (31), 2020 (24), 2019 (24), 2018 (26), 2017 (27), 2016 (27), 2015 (29), 2014 (24), 2013 (28), 2012 (21), 2011 (22), 2010 (24), 2009 (25), 2008 (26), 2007 (21), 2006 (22), 2005 (21), 2004 (24), 2003 (21), 2002 (22), 2001 (22), 2000 (24), 1999 (22), 1998 (23), 1997 (11), 1996 (13), 1995 (11), 1994 (15), 1993 (11), 1992 (10), 1991 (11), 1990 (10), 1989 (9), 1988 (9), 1987 (7), 1986 (6), 1985 (6), 1984 (3)
Announced:
Wednesday: Winner2024 Recent

Winner 7

WorkCategoryYear
The Transaction (174) (Essential Prose Series) by Guglielmo D'IzziaCrime First Novel2021
The Finder by Will FergusonCrime Novel2021
Stay Where I Can See You: A Novel by Katrina OnstadCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
Never Going Back by Sam WiebeCrime Novella2021
La mariée de corail by Roxanne BouchardFrench Crime Book2021
Red Fox Road by Frances GreensladeJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin LingNonfiction Crime Book2021

Shortlist 31

WorkCategoryYear
The Transaction (174) (Essential Prose Series) by Guglielmo D'IzziaCrime First Novel2021
And We Shall Have Snow by Raye AndersonCrime First Novel2021
The Nightshade Cabal by Chris Patrick CarolanCrime First Novel2021
True Patriots by Russell FralichCrime First Novel2021
The Woman in the Attic by Emily HepditchCrime First Novel2021
The Finder by Will FergusonCrime Novel2021
How a Woman Becomes a Lake by Marjorie CelonaCrime Novel2021
The Historians by Cecilia EkbackCrime Novel2021
Hurry Home: A Novel by Roz NayCrime Novel2021
Stay Where I Can See You: A Novel by Katrina OnstadCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
Payback: A Kris Redner Mystery by Randall DenleyCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
Rabbit Foot Bill: A Novel by Helen HumphreysCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
The Dogs of Winter (A Russell and Leduc Mystery (2)) by Ann LambertCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
Two for the Tablelands by Kevin MajorCrime Novel Set in Canada2021
Never Going Back by Sam WiebeCrime Novella2021
The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford by C. C. BenisonCrime Novella2021
Coral Reef Views by Vicki DelanyCrime Novella2021
La mariée de corail by Roxanne BouchardFrench Crime Book2021
Les cachettes (French Edition) by Guy LalancetteFrench Crime Book2021
Les Demoiselles de Havre-Aubert (French Edition) by Jean LemieuxFrench Crime Book2021
Inacceptable by Gauthier StéphanieFrench Crime Book2021
Red Fox Road by Frances GreensladeJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House by Janet HillJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
Fight Like a Girl by Sheena KamalJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly PowellJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
I Hope You're Listening by Tom RyanJuvenile or YA Crime Book2021
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin LingNonfiction Crime Book2021
Murder in the family: how the search to my mother's killer let to my father by Jeff BlackstockNonfiction Crime Book2021
Horseplay: My Time Undercover on the Granville Strip by Norm BoucherNonfiction Crime Book2021
Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes by Silver Donald CameronNonfiction Crime Book2021
Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett by Michael NestNonfiction Crime Book2021

Descriptions

The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) honors works published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada. Arthur Ellis was the nom de travail of Canada’s official hangman. (English, Member-written)
The Arthur Ellis Award, named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman, is an annual award from the Crime Writers of Canada that recognizes excellence in Canadian crime writing. (English, Member-written)

The Awards are for CRIME WRITING and are not restricted to mystery writing. Crime-writing encompasses far more than the traditional whodunit. The crime genre includes crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense, and thriller writing, as well as fictional or factual accounts of criminal doings and crime-themed literary works.

Awards are presented annually in the following categories (pending sufficient numbers.)

For published works:

  • The Peter Robinson Award for Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize (Min. 50,000 words)
  • Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Melodie Campbell with a $1,000 prize (Min. 50,000 words AND author’s 1st novel in any genre.)
  • The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe, with a $500 prize (Min. 50,000 words)
  • The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by Charlotte Engel and CWC with a $500 prize. (Min. 50,000 words)
  • Best Crime Novella (8,001 - 49,999 words)
  • Best Crime Short Story (Max. 8,000 words)
  • Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
  • Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book sponsored by Shaftesbury with a $500 prize (Fiction and Nonfiction)
  • The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm (Hamilton) with a $300 prize

For unpublished novels:

  • The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript

The Awards are open to permanent residents of Canada, or by Canadian citizens living abroad.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://crimewriterscanada.com/awards/annual-awards/about

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