CWA New Blood Dagger

The CWA New Blood Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for first books by previously unpublished writers.^[1] It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey and was previously known as the John Creasey Memorial Award.

Publisher Chivers Press was the sponsor from the award's introduction in 1973 to 2002. BBC Audiobooks was the sponsor in 2003.^{[citation needed][needs update]}

Winners

Year	Winner	Work	Ref.
1973	Kyril Bonfiglioli	Don't Point That Thing at Me
1974	Roger L. Simon	The Big Fix
1975	Sara George	Acid Drop
1976	Patrick Alexander	Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal
1977	Jonathan Gash	The Judas Pair
1978	Paula Gosling	A Running Duck
1979	David Serafin	Saturday of Glory
1980	Liza Cody	Dupe
1981	James Leigh	The Ludi Victory
1982	Eric Wright	The Night the Gods Smiled
1983	Carol Clemeau	The Ariadne Clue
1984	Elizabeth Ironside	A Very Private Enterprise
1985	Robert Richardson	The Latimer Mercy
1986	Neville Steed	Tinplate
1987	Denis Kilcommons	Dark Apostle
1988	Janet Neel	Death's Bright Angel
1989	Annette Roome	A Real Shot in the Arm
1990	Patricia Cornwell	Postmortem
1991	Walter Mosley	Devil in a Blue Dress
1992	Minette Walters	The Ice House
1993	No award
1994	Doug J. Swanson	Big Town
1995	Janet Evanovich	One for the Money
	Laurie R. King	A Grave Talent
1996	No award
1997	Paul Johnston	Body Politic
1998	Denise Mina	Garnethill
1999	Dan Fesperman	Lie in the Dark
2000	Boston Teran	God Is a Bullet
2001	Susanna Jones	The Earthquake Bird
2002	Louise Welsh	The Cutting Room
2003	William Landay	Mission Flats
2004	Mark Mills	Amagansett
2005	Dreda Say Mitchell	Running Hot
2006	Louise Penny	Still Life
2007	Gillian Flynn	Sharp Objects
2008	Matt Rees	The Bethlehem Murders
2009	Johan Theorin	Echoes from the Dead
2010	Ryan David Jahn	Acts of Violence
2011	S. J. Watson	Before I Go to Sleep
2012	Wiley Cash	A Land More Kind than Home
2013	Derek B. Miller	Norwegian by Night
2014	Ray Celestin	The Axeman's Jazz
2015	Smith Henderson	Fourth of July
2016	Bill Beverly	Dodgers
2017	Chris Whitaker	Tall Oaks
2018	Melissa Scrivner Love	Lola
2019	Chris Hammer	Scrublands	[2]
2020	Trevor Wood	The Man on the Street	[3]
2021	Eva Björg Ægisdóttir	The Creak on the Stairs	[4]
2022	Janice Hallett	The Appeal	[5]
2023	Hayley Scrivenor	Dirt Town	[6]
2024	Jo Callaghan	Blink of an Eye	[7]