ITW is awarding two separate scholarships for ThrillerFest 2023: One scholarship to a BIPOC author writing a thriller manuscript featuring a BIPOC protagonist and one scholarship to an unpublished author who is writing a mystery/thriller novel (80-100k words). Each scholarship recipient will receive a $1000 (USD) stipend and a free pass to attend ThrillerFest XVIII, which takes place May 30 - June 3, 2023 in New York City. A panel of esteemed judges will review the submissions. Applications must be submitted by March 20, 2023 by 11:59pm EST.
From Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 23, fans of crime fiction from around the world will finally be able to join international bestselling crime authors at the Gŵyl CRIME CYMRU Festival, the first in-real-life gathering since it was launched online in 2021. Due to the Covid pandemic and social distancing restrictions, a second online event took place in 2022, featuring more than a dozen panels with more than 30 authors, over six crime fiction-filled evenings.
Murderous March 2023 is scheduled for March 10-11, sponsored by The Uppder Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime. In addition to a Master Class by Guest of Honor, bestselling author Deborah Crombie, there will be a Pitch Workshop with Edwin Hill, a Master Class with Bruce Robert Coffin, plus various panels. All panels are live and will be offered virtually online only.
Although every year brings hope for new beginnings, goals, and dreams, the end of a year is time to reflect on those who have left the stage. Jeff Pierce over at The Rap Sheet blog has a list of notable deaths specifically within the crime-fiction community with the note that "Our lives and world were improved by the presence of the people mentioned below, and have been diminished by their loss."
Mystery Readers Journal has a call for articles on the upcoming themed issue, "Mysteries Set in Africa." Editor Janet Rudolph is seeking articles, reviews and Author! Author! essays (500-1,000 words) about mysteries set in Africa. The deadline is January 15, 2023, and materials (including title and 2-3 sentence bio/tagline) can be sent to [email protected].
Issue 36 of the Film Noir Foundation’s magazine, Noir City, sees the passing of the torch as editor Vince Keenan hangs up his editing pencils. The issues has the usual fine essays, reviews, film reviews, and more—including the farewell edition of Keeenan's Cocktails & Crime column, with one last libation for the road.
In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series "The First Two Pages," hosting craft essays by short story writers and novelists analyzing the openings of their own work. The series continued until just after her death in August 2017, when the blog series relocated to Art Taylors website. The latest offering is via "Scars of Love" by Brendan DuBois.
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 weekly is "Getting Even and Getting Ahead" by Charles Rammelkamp.
In the Q&A roundup, Writers Who Kill's E.B. Davis interviewed Sherry Harris about Rum and Choke, the fourth book in the Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon mystery series. Davis also spoke with V. M. (Valerie) Burns about Bookclubbed to Death, the eighth book in her Mystery Bookshop Mystery series.
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