Are you a writer?

Do you have a book – fiction or nonfiction – or short story that was published in 2008? If you do, it may be eligible for entry in the
2008 Arthur Ellis Awards. There are six categories of awards for published material:
 Best crime novel
 Best first crime novel (by a writer who has never had a novel of any kind published before)
 Best crime nonfiction
 Best crime short story
 Best juvenile crime book
 Best crime book in French

Either you or your publisher may submit the work. The deadline for submissions is January 12, 2009.
Thank you to our sponsors: Sleuth of Baker Street, Toronto, sponsor of the Best Novel Award, and to Book City, Toronto, sponsor
of the Best First Novel Award.

For specific eligibility and submission rules, email the CWC at info@crimewriterscanada.com or go to www.crimewriterscanada.
com and click on the Arthur Ellis Awards button.

And for new writers: the Ellis Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel

Is the Great Canadian Crime Novel tucked carefully away in a drawer or even languishing under your bed?

Well, pull it out and enter it in the newly created Arthur Ellis Award category – the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished First
Crime Novel.

This new annual award from Crime Writers of Canada is sponsored by Canadian publisher McArthur & Company and has been
created to recognize and promote the careers of promising new Canadian crime novelists. The winner receives a special Arthur
Award from the CWC plus a cash prize from McArthur, which has first refusal rights on publishing the novel.

The competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, who lives in Canada or is a Canadian citizen living outside
Canada, and who has never had a novel of any kind published commercially.

Contestants should have a completed manuscript and submit the opening chapter(s) – 8000 to 10,000 words – plus a 500-word
synopsis of their crime novel manuscript. "Crime novel" is defined as crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense, or thriller,
and can be set in any time period and crime-related sub-genre.

All entries must be accompanied by $30 per submission plus an entry form that can be downloaded from the CWC Website.

Initial submissions will be judged by a panel of publishing professionals who will come up with a shortlist. Shortlisted authors
will be asked to submit their completed manuscripts for the second round of judging.

The shortlist will be announced at the end of April at the same time as the other Arthur Ellis categories. The winner will be
announced at the Arthur Ellis Awards dinner in Toronto in June.

The deadline for submitting the sample and synopsis is January 31, 2009.

For the specific submission rules and the entry form, go to www.crimewriterscanada.com and click on the Arthur Ellis Awards
button.
Arthur Ellis Awards