25th Davitt Awards for women’s crime books
Entries Close 31 January 2025
Sisters in Crime’s Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books by Australian women turn 25 in 2025.
An early bird entry fee of $20 applies until 30 November. From 1 December-31 January, it will cost $30.
The judging panel for 2025 comprises Ruth Wykes, 2016 Scarlet Stiletto Award winner, author, editor, and review editor; Professor Emerita Christina Lee, 1994 and 1996 Scarlet Stiletto Award winner; Moraig Kisler, Sisters in Crime’s Secretary, and former review editor; Romany Rzechowicz, 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Award winner and communications manager; Dr Philomena Horsley, winner of the 2018 Scarlet Stiletto Award and medical autopsy expert; Ashleigh Meikle, blogger; writer, editor, proofreader, book reviewer; and Cecile Shanahan, editor, proof-reader, and curator of the Bendigo Writers Festival.
The competition is open to books by all women, whether cisgender, transgender or intersex, who are citizens/residents of Australia. Self-published books are eligible. Please note that books co-written or co-edited with men or including chapters by men are not eligible.