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Short Story Dagger
2025

winner

A Date on Yarmouth Pier
by
J C Berthal

shortlist

Why Harrogate?
by
Janice Hallett

shortlist

City Without Shadows
by
William Burton McCormick

shortlist

A Ruby Sun
by
Meeti Shroff-Shah

shortlist

Murder at the Turkish Baths
by
Ruth Ware

shortlist

The Glorious Twelfth
by
S J Bennett

longlist

Murder in Masham
by
Vaseem Khan

longlist

The Perfect Smile
by
Clare Mackintosh

longlist

Parkrun
by
Ann Cleeves

longlist

The Valley of the Queens
by
Elly Griffiths

About the Crime Writers' Association Awards

The Dagger awards are given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom. Website

Years when the Short Story Dagger was given

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Other Crime Writers' Association Awards given in 2025

CWA Gold Dagger
CWA Historical Dagger
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
CWA Twisted Dagger
CWA Whodunnit Dagger
Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation
Emerging Author Dagger
ILP John Creasey First Novel
CWA Dagger in the Library
CWA Diamond Dagger

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