The CWA is delighted to announce an exciting new annual prize for the year’s best thriller, adventure novel or spy fiction novel. The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger has been suggested and sponsored by Ian Fleming (Glidrose) Publications Ltd., to celebrate the best of contemporary thriller writing.
CASINO ROYALE, Ian Fleming’s first novel, was completed in 1952, and so this year marks fifty years of James Bond. Penguin Books will be reissuing the complete Ian Fleming backlist in April this year and the twentieth Bond movie will be released in November 2002.
Eligible books can come from authors of any nationality but must have been first published in the UK in English between 1st September and 31st August in each judging year. The first prize of £2,000 and a Steel Dagger will be awarded this year. Judging will be administered by the Crime Writers’ Association (who already run the Gold & Silver Dagger, the Short Story Dagger, the Non-fiction Dagger, the Creasey Dagger and the Ellis Peters Prize for Historical Crime Fiction).
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Russell James commented, “We’ve deliberately framed the rules to attract writers from all over the English speaking world. It’s a very inclusive competition and we’ll welcome entries of all kinds of adventure fiction, whether aimed at adult or younger age groups. I think the prestige of being the first winner of this major new prize, closely associated with the Ian Fleming name, will draw a host of entries.” Kate Jones said, “Ian Fleming (Glidrose) Publications Ltd are delighted to inaugurate this award. Fifty years ago, Ian Fleming redefined thriller writing and his character James Bond is a twentieth century icon without peer. We wanted to mark Ian Fleming’s achievements by celebrating the best of contemporary thriller writing.”
—Article ©2002 The Crime Writers Association