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Dec 15, 2026

CWC Awards of Excellence 2027 (published works)

Crime Writers of Canada

  • Award (published work)
  • CA$200–1,000 per category ($4,950 total)
  • Fee: CA$30–55 (novel $55, novella $40, short story $30; 20% member discount)

Varies by category

Dec 31, 2026

Crime Without Corpses

Level Best Books (ed. Gabriel Valjan)

  • Anthology
  • $25–50 (depends on number of stories chosen)
  • No fee

2,000–5,000

Jan 29, 2027

CWA Emerging Author Dagger 2027

Crime Writers' Association (sponsor: Fiction Feedback)

  • Contest
  • £500; shortlist sent to agents and publishers
  • Fee: £42

Opening up to 3,000 + synopsis up to 1,500

Open anytime

Close To The Bone – Press

Close To The Bone

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Case-by-case contracts
  • No fee

Novels, novellas, collections

Open anytime

Cold Caller

Cold Caller Magazine (Substack)

  • Magazine
  • $125 flat per story
  • No fee

2,000–6,000 sweet spot; up to 10,000

Open anytime

Crooked Lane Books

Crooked Lane Books

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Advance + royalties (terms not published)
  • No fee

60,000–100,000

Open anytime

Down & Out Books

Down & Out Books

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Terms on offer
  • No fee

50,000+ (send first 10,000)

Open anytime

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Must Read Books Publishing

  • Magazine
  • 6–8¢/word (fiction); $25–50 per poem; 7¢/word nonfiction
  • No fee

2,500–8,000 preferred (700–20,000 considered)

Open anytime

Hera Books

Hera Books (sister of Canelo)

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Royalties on net receipts
  • No fee

80,000+

Open anytime

Inkubator Books

Inkubator Books

  • Publisher taking novels
  • 45% of net receipts
  • No fee

Full-length

Open anytime

Joffe Books

Joffe Books

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Terms on offer
  • No fee

Full-length

Open anytime

Lyrical Press (Kensington)

Kensington Publishing

  • Publisher taking novels
  • Terms on offer
  • No fee

Novellas, serials or full-length

Open anytime

Mystery Tribune

Mystery Tribune

  • Magazine
  • Honorarium for print-edition fiction (amount discussed on acceptance); web/flash unpaid
  • No fee

No fixed limit; most 3,000–6,000; they rarely read past 10,000

Open anytime

The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine

  • Magazine
  • $100–150 per story
  • No fee

2,000–6,000 preferred (occasional 1,000-word shorts or short novellas)

Open anytime

Thriller Magazine Press

Thriller Media LLC

  • Publisher taking novels
  • $300 advance + 33% net royalties
  • Fee: $9.99 (includes personalized feedback)

Novels 50,000–90,000; novellas 25,000–50,000

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