The CWA Debut Dagger Competition

The 2003 winner is Kirsty Evans (UK), for The Cuckoo

The Debut Dagger, and a cheque for £250, were presented to Kirsty (left) at the CWA Jubilee Awards Lunch, held on 13 November 2003 at The Brewery, London.

Follow this link to read her winning entry.

Margaret Dumas (USA) (right) was Highly Commended for her entry Speak Now.

The standard of entries in this year's competiton has again been extremely high, and we commend all our competitors for their hard work and originality. We offer them our thanks and gratitude for sharing their talent with us, and for helping to make the Debut Dagger the great success it continues to be. The remaining entrants shortlisted for the 2003 Debut Dagger were:

Duncan Brewer for The Woman From Smyrna - UK
Sandra Charan for The Third Room - UK
Avriel Genesen for Speak No Evil - Israel
Jude Larkin for Dead Cat Bounce - Australia
Peter Norris for The Long Train - UK
Bryon Quertermous for Lunchbox Hero - USA
Chris Rose for Driftlines - Italy
Melissa Kate Rowberry for The Mouths of Men - UK
Maria E. Schneider for Soul of the Desert - USA
Michael Shenton for The Amazing GM Dog - UK
Betty Jacque for Days of Future Past - USA
Otis Twelve for On the Albino Farm - UK

The CWA would like to thank Orion for their continued sponsorship which made the whole event possible.

The Debut Dagger 2003

sponsored by

Orion