The 2023 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year were presented on September 15.
THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE SHORTLIST
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000.
THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST
The Debut Prize winner is awarded a cheque of £500 and a trophy sponsored by The Glencairn Glass.
The 2022 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year were presented on September 15.
2022 MCILVANNEY PRIZE
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones. The 2022 winner is:
BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR
The 2022 Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year goes to a writer born in Scotland or living there, and setting their books there. The winner is awarded a cheque of £500 and a trophy sponsored by The Glencairn Glass.
The winner is:
NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLIST
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards.
The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.
The shortlisted titles in each category are:
BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION
BEST TRUE CRIME
BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION
BEST CRIME FICTION
BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
The finalists for the 2022 Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year have been revealed.
Eligible writers must either be born in Scotland or living there, and setting their books there.
The winner is awarded a cheque of £500 and a trophy sponsored by The Glencairn Glass.
The shortlisted books are:
[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the links.]
BLOODY SCOTLAND. The shortlist for the Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2021 has been announced, which is the other award handed out by the Bloody Scotland festival in addition to the McIlvanney Prize:
MARGERY ALLINGHAM COMPETITION. The winner of the CWA’s 2021 Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition has been announced as well.
The international competition is open to short stories of up to 3,500 words that have not been previously published anywhere, or shortlisted for this competition.
FALCON AWARD. C. J. Box has won the 2021 Falcon Award for his novel Breaking Point.
The award is given by the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan for the best hardboiled/private eye novel published in Japan in the previous year.
The winning author receives a certificate of merit and a falcon sculpture crafted in wood.
The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco in 1981, and later added chapters in New York and Japan. The Japanese chapter is the last one still active, and holds meetings in Tokyo and Osaka.
[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the story.]
The 2020 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year were presented in a virtual ceremony on September 18.
Both awards are ordinarily handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, which was cancelled this year. The announcement was still made online in the month when the festival would have taken place.
McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.
Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year
The Bloody Scotland festival on June 23 announced contenders for the two awards it hosts that celebrate Scottish noir, the McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year award.
Both awards are ordinarily handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland, which has been cancelled this year, however, the winners will be announced in September, the month when the festival would have taken place.
The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, and includes a prize of £1,000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.. Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2020 longlist:
McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Longlist
Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the Year Shortlist
