The winners of the shortlists below will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Dinner on Saturday, 26 May.

- AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARDS
- GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
- eDUNNIT AWARD
- AWARDS LONGLISTS
- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 WINNERS

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARDS
The Audible Sounds of Crime Awards are for the best abridged and unabridged crime audiobooks first published in the UK in 2011 in both printed and audio formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain's largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning authors and audiobook readers share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a commemorative award provided by Bristol Blue Glass.

Nominees for Best Abridged Crime Audiobook:
- Lee Child for The Affair, read by Kerry Shale (Random House Audiobooks)
- James Henry for First Frost, read by David Jason (Random House Audiobooks)
- Simon Kernick for The Payback, read by Daniel Weyman (Random House Audiobooks)
- Donna Leon for Drawing Conclusions, read by Andrew Sachs (Random House Audiobooks)
- Alexander McCall Smith for The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, read by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette Digital)

Nominees for Best Unabridged Crime Audiobook:
- Ben Aaronovitch for Rivers of London, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Audio with Isis Publishing)
- Michael Connelly for The Fifth Witness, read by Peter Giles (Orion Audio)
- David Hewson for The Fallen Angel, read by Saul Reichlin (Whole Story Audio Books)
- Anthony Horowitz for The House of Silk, read by Derek Jacobi (Orion Audio)
- S. J. Watson for Before I Go To Sleep, read by Susannah Harker (Random House Audio with AudioGO)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.

GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2011. The £500 prize is sponsored by Goldsboro Books, the book collector's bookseller. The winner also receives a commemorative award courtesy of Bristol Blue Glass.

Nominees:
- Declan Burke for Absolute Zero Cool (Liberties Press)
- Colin Cotterill for Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Quercus)
- Chris Ewan for The Good Thief's Guide to Venice (Simon & Schuster)
- Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood (Doubleday)
- Carl Hiaasen for Star Island (Sphere)
- Doug Johnstone for Smokeheads (Faber and Faber)
- Elmore Leonard for Djibouti (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- L.C. Tyler for Herring on the Nile (Macmillan)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2011. The winning author receives £500, an eReader, as well as a commemorative award courtesy of Bristol Blue Glass.

Nominees:
- Linwood Barclay for The Accident (Orion)
- Thomas Enger for Burned (Faber and Faber)
- Dennis Lehane for Moonlight Mile (Little, Brown Book Group)
- Adrian Magson for Death on the Rive Nord (Allison & Busby)
- Denise Mina for The End of the Wasp Season (Orion)
- Steve Mosby for Black Flowers (Orion)
- George Pelecanos for The Cut (Orion)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.