Gold Dagger Award
| Gold Dagger | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best crime novel of the year |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Crime Writers' Association |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Official website | thecwa |
The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1990 for the best crime novel of the year.
For the first five years, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From 1995 to 2002 the award acquired sponsorship from Macallan and was known as the Macallan Gold Dagger.
In 2006, because of new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank, the award was officially renamed as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and gained a prize fund of £20,000. It was the biggest crime-fiction award in the world in monetary terms. In 2008, Duncan Lawrie Bank quietly withdrew its sponsorship of the awards. As a result, the top prize is again called the Gold Dagger, and the monetary award has been slashed from £20,000 to £2,500.
From 1969 to 2005, a Silver Dagger was awarded to the runner-up. When Duncan Lawrie acquired sponsorship, this award was dropped. After the sponsorship was withdrawn, this award was not reinstated.
The Crime Writers' Association also awards a biennial CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and several other "Dagger" awards.
Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:
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