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The Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
Deadline: Thu 29 Feb 2024
Every year since 2014, the CWA and the Margery Allingham Society have jointly held an international competition for a short story of up to 3,500 words. Entries are invited from all writers, published or unpublished, aged 18 years or over and writing in English.
Our mission is to find the best unpublished short mystery which fits into Golden Age crime writer Margery Allingham’s definition of what makes a great mystery story.
Margery Allingham remarked that: “The Mystery remains box-shaped, at once a prison and a refuge. Its four walls are, roughly, a Crime, a Mystery, an Enquiry and a Conclusion with an Element of Satisfaction in it.”
The story may be on any theme but must satisfy the Margery Allingham’s definition of a mystery (above) and its chronology.
The winner receives a cash prize of £500 and two tickets for CrimeFest 2025.
Entry costs £18.
Find out more here
Deadline: 6pm GMT, Thursday 29 February 2024
Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International
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