AustLit
History
Established in 1994 by Sisters in Crime Australia to foster and encourage women's crime writing, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards are given for crime writing by women in a number of categories. The first prize winner is awarded the Scarlet Stiletto trophy for best unpublished short crime fiction. The trophy consists of a scarlet shoe with a steel stiletto heel plunging into a perspex mount.
The competition is open to women residents of Australia. All stories must contain an active woman protagonist and a crime/mystery theme.
Angela Savage wrote a history of the awards, entitled 'A Dagger With a Difference', in 2013.
Source: http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/ Sighted 10/12/2013.
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The Scarlet Stiletto Awards were established by Sisters in Crime Australia in 1994 and are presented annually for short stories written by women resident in Australia.
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Year: 2016
winner Stone Cold 2017 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 214-227) The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice 2023; -
Year: 2015
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Year: 2012
winner Shadows 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 137-150) The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice 2023; -
Year: 2011
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2012
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short story
crime
'In this award-winning short story set in Melbourne, Australia, an anonymous narrator is released from prison into public housing near a child care centre. When she receives a complaint about her dog, a restricted breed, she blames a mother whose infant attends the centre. Acquiring disguises from the local op shop, she stalks the mother and sets about plotting a terrible revenge for the loss of her dog.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2010
winner Tallow 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Scarlet Stiletto : The Second Cut 2011; (p. 283-298) Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011; The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice 2023;
Works About this Award
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Moss Puts in Time to Talk about Crime 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 6 October 2011; (p. 28) -
Crime and Nourishment 2009-2010 single work column
— Appears in: Inscribe , Summer no. 1 2009-2010; (p. 10) -
Bordering on the Brink 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 2009; (p. 32) -
Undercover 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 November 2009; (p. 26) -
Lending Rights Wrong Widow 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2008; (p. 29) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the injustice of the cessation of lending rights payments for Alan Collins's Alva's Boy following his death. Columnist Jason Steger also lists the winners of the 2008 Scarlet Stiletto Awards.
