The Scarlet Stiletto Awards has several categories. You can enter as many as you think are relevant for no extra cost. Here are the category definitions: Art and CrimeThe story involves art and crime. It can include artists, the art world, galleries, art collections, museums, theft,fakes, fraud, forgeries or heists. Art forms include painting, drawing, …
Here are some regularly asked questions with their answers. If I enter two stories, do I pay two entry fees?Yes. Supply an entry form for each story and attach a cover page to each story. Has the submission procedure changed?Yes. You no longer have to submit a hard copy. For each story, please email a …
Does anyone think they’re bad? That’s the question Joanne Jenkins asks. Read here how she researched this (most unusual!) and how it informed her development of complex characters.
7 books received honours in the prestigious 25th Davitt Awards, for the best crime books written by women during calendar year 2024.
Penguin Books Australia is generously donating twenty copies of Margaret Hickey’s latest rural thriller, An Ill Wind, where a local land owner is found hanging from a huge white blade of a wind turbine.
After what can only be described as extensive deliberation, the judges have announced the shortlist for the Davitt Awards 2025. Congratulations to all of these very worthy Australian women writers.
Tips for Writing a Criminally Good Short Story Ruth Wykes, Scarlet Stiletto Awards Coordinator and Sisters in Crime Australia Convenor, has provided some handy tips to help you polish your submission.
For Murder Monday, Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem spoke to award-winning Melbourne author, Maryrose Cuskelly. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her books include Wedderburn: A true tale of blood and dust; Original Skin: Exploring the marvels of the human hide, and the novels, The Cane, and The Campers.
Australia’s premier short story awards for crime fiction written by Australian women. It is critical you read this information before entering. Information supplied here and in How to Enter forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Who can enter Categories offered These are the categories offered in 2025. All entries are automatically entered …
Not sure how old to make the protagonist in her Southern Highlands Mysteries series Joan Sauers took inspiration from the Baby Animals… ‘too young to know, too old to listen’. She explains why ….