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Best Crime Short Story
or The Scarlet Stiletto ; or 1st Prize
Subcategory of Scarlet Stiletto Awards
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Notes

  • The Best Crime Short Story is awarded to a winner and two place-getters. A different sponsor is responsible for the prize-money for each awardee.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2023

winner Romany Rzechowicz for 'Skin and Bone'.

Year: 2022

winner Fin J. Ross for 'Tuesdays Jocks'.

Year: 2021

winner Hayley Young for 'Monster Hunters'.

Year: 2019

winner Blanche Clark for ‘At Length I Would Be Avenged’

Year: 2016

winner Cooking up a Murder Jenny Blackford , 2017 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 82-96)
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