The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence released the 2023 SHORTLISTS. The Winners will be announced Thursday, 25 May 2023. Best of luck to all!
Best Crime Novel - sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize
- Linwood Barclay, Take Your Breath Away, William Morrow
- Anthony Bidulka, Going to Beautiful, Stonehouse Publishing
- Nicole Lundrigan, An Unthinkable Thing, Viking Canada
- Catherine McKenzie, Please Join Us, Simon & Schuster Canada
- Shelly Sanders, Daughters of the Occupation, HarperCollins Canada
Best Crime First Novel - sponsored by Melodie Campbell, with a $1000 prize
- T. Lawrence Davis, The Pale Horse, Friesen Press
- Bill Edwards, Killer Time, Friesen Press
- Adam Frost, The Damned Lovely, Down and Out Books
- Sam Shelstad, Citizens of Light, TouchWood Editions
- M.Z. Urlocker, The Man from Mittelwerk, Inkshares, Inc.
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada - sponsored by Charlotte Engel and CWC, with a $500 prize
- A. J. Devlin, Five Moves of Doom, NeWest Press
- S. M. Freedman, Blood Atonement, Dundurn Press
- Joanne Jackson, A Snake in the Raspberry Patch, Stonehouse Publishing
- Maureen Jennings, Cold Snap, Cormorant Books
- Amy Tector, The Foulest Things, Keylight Books
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery - sponsored by Jane Doe, with a $500 prize
- Alice Bienia, Knight in the Museum, Cairn Press
- Anne Emery, Fenian Street, ECW Press
- Thomas King, Deep House, HarperCollins Canada
- Mary Jane Maffini, Death Plans a Perfect Trip, Beyond the Page
- Iona Whishaw, Framed in Fire, Touchwood Editions
Best Crime Novella - sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $200 prize
- M.H. Callway, Amdur's Ghost, In the Spirit of 13,Carrick Publishing
- Hilary Davidson, Dangerous to Know, A Grifter's Song Vol. 8, Down & Out Books
- Julie Hiner, Dead End Track, Julie Hiner
- Matt Hughes, The Emir's Falcon, Shadowpaw Press Premiere
- Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, The Man Who Went Down Under, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines
Best Crime Short Story - sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $300 prize
- Craig H. Bowlsby, The Girl Who Was Only Three Quarters Dead, Mystery Magazine
- M.H. Callway, Must Love Dogs - or You're Gone, Red Dog Press
- Blair Keetch, To Catch a Kumiho, In the Spirit of 13, Carrick Publishing
- Sylvia Maultash Warsh, The Natural Order of Things, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
- Donalee Moulton, Swan Song, Cold Canadian Crime, Crime Writers of Canada
Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- Geneviève Blouin, Le Mouroir des anges, Éditions Alire
- Isabelle Lafortune, Chaîne de glace, Éditions XYZ
- Guillaume Morrissette, Le dernier manège, Saint-Jean éditeur
- Suzan Payne, Modus operandi, Éditions Perce-Neige
- Richard Ste-Marie, Monsieur Hämmerli, Éditions Alire
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) - sponsored by Shaftesbury, with a $500 prize
- Natasha Deen, Lark Steals the Show, Orca Book Publisher
- Marthe Jocelyn, Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse, Tundra Books
- H.N. Khan, Wrong Side of the Court, Penguin Teen
- Wesley King, Butt Sandwich & Tree, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Jo Treggiari, Heartbreak Homes, Nimbus Publishing Limited
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book - sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm, Hamilton, with a $300 prize
- Michael Arntfield, How to Solve a Cold Case: And Everything Else You Wanted to Know About Catching Killers, HarperCollins Canada
- Sharon Anne Cook and Margaret Carson, The Castleton Massacre, Dundurn Press Ltd.
- Harley Rustad, Lost in the Valley of Death, Knopf Canada - Penguin Random House Canada
- Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, HarperCollins Canada
- Sarah Weinman, Scoundrel, Knopf Canada - Penguin Random House Canada
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript - sponsored by ECW Press, with a $500 prize
- Jan Garnett, No Safe House
- Mary Keenan, Snowed
- Joanne Kormylo, Two Knots
- Joel Nedecky, The Broken Detective
- Michael Pennock, The Peaks
