Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) have announced the winners for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Started in 1984, the annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, then known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors.
The presentation of the winners can be viewed on CWC’s YouTube channel:
Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize
Under an Outlaw Moon by Dietrich Kalteis ECW Press
Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Writers First, with a $500 prize
The Push by Ashley Audrain Viking Canada
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe, with a $500 prize
What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? By Candas Jane Dorsey ECW Press
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by The Engel Family, with a $500 prize
Beneath Her Skin by C. S. Porter, Vagrant Press / Nimbus Publishing Inc.
Best Crime Novella sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $200 prize
Letters From Johnny by Wayne Ng Guernica Editions
Best Crime Short Story sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $300 prize
Number 10 Marlborough Place by Elizabeth Elwood Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Flots by Patrick Senécal, Editions Alire
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by Shaftesbury, with a $500 prize
The Traitor's Blade by Kevin Sands Aladdin (Simon & Schuster)
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by Simpson & Wellenreiter LLP, Hamilton, with a $300 prize
The Beatle Bandit by Nate Hendley Dundurn Press
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript sponsored by ECW Press, with a $500 prize
Elmington by Renee Lehnen
About Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canadawas founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers. Members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. Past winners of the Awards have included major names in Canadian crime writing such as Mario Bolduc, Gail Bowen, Stevie Cameron, Howard Engel, Barbara Fradkin, Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Eric Wright.
