There is no cost attached in submitting titles for any of the following awards.

Submissions can only be made by publishers in the British Isles. (Authors wishing to have their novels entered should ensure that their publishers do so.)

- LAST LAUGH AWARD
- SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARDS
- CRIME E-BOOK AWARD

LAST LAUGH AWARD (sponsored by Goldsboro Books)
CRIMEFEST, the international crime fiction convention, annually recognises the outstanding contribution that humorous crime novels make to the genre with the Last Laugh Award for best humorous crime novel.

The award will be presented again in 2010 at the CRIMEFEST gala dinner (22 May). Sponsor Goldsboro Books is providing a £500 prize for the author of the winning title.

To ensure that we have all relevant entries for consideration, we would appreciate you sending us details of ALL your eligible titles. (There is no cost attached in submitting titles.)

Eligible are any humorous crime, spy, suspense and thriller titles published for the first time in the UK in 2009.

The deadline is Friday 18 December 2009.

Entries can be submitted by email to laugh@crimefest.com in the following ways:
- in the body of an email
- attached in an email as text, rich-text-format, Word or Excel files

Submissions should be listed as follows:
last name - first name - title - publisher - month
(Example: Bloggs - Joe - Hangman's Noose, The - Murder Press - May)

The preferred method is an attached Excel file.

All entries must be accompanied by the publisher's contact details.

By submitting entries publishers agree to provide four copies of the shortlisted book for promotional purposes and/or as prizes.

Visit www.crimefest.com/awards.html for the 2008 and 2009 winners.

Please email info@crimefest.com if you have any queries.

SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD (sponsored by Audible UK)
CRIMEFEST, the international crime fiction convention, annually recognises the outstanding contribution that crime audiobooks make in popularising both the genre and audio format.

The Sounds of Crime Awards for best abridged and unabridged crime audiobooks will be presented again at the CRIMEFEST gala dinner (22 May). Sponsor Audible UK helps to make the awards possible.

To ensure that we have all relevant entries for consideration, we would appreciate you sending us details of ALL your eligible titles. (There is no cost attached in submitting titles.)

Eligible are any crime, spy, suspense and thriller titles first published in 2009 in both print AND audio formats (abridged and/or unabridged). The audio book must be available for download from Audible UK. (Please submit the title if you are unsure and we will verify its eligibility.)

The deadline is Friday 18 December 2009.

Entries can be submitted by email to audio@crimefest.com in the following ways:
- in the body of an email
- attached in an email as text, rich-text-format, Word or Excel files

Submissions should be listed as follows:
last name, first name - title - abridged/unabridged - reader - publisher - month
(Example: Bloggs, Joe - Hangman's Noose, The - abridged - Jane Doe - Murder Press - May)

The preferred method is an attached Excel file.

All entries must be accompanied by the publisher's contact details.

By submitting entries publishers agree to provide four copies of the shortlisted audiobook(s) for promotional purposes and/or as prizes.

Visit www.crimefest.com/awards.html for the 2008 and 2009 winners.

Please email info@crimefest.com if you have any queries.

CRIME EBOOK AWARD (sponsored by Sony)
In recognition of the increasing popularity of eBooks, CRIMEFEST, the international crime fiction convention, is instituting a new award for best crime eBook. The award will be presented for first time in 2010 at the CRIMEFEST gala dinner (22 May).

To ensure that we have all relevant entries for consideration, we would appreciate you sending us details of ALL your eligible titles. (There is no cost attached in submitting titles.)

Eligible are any crime, spy, suspense and thriller e-books published in BOTH hardcopy and e-format for the first time in the UK in 2009.

The deadline is Friday 18 December 2009.

Entries should be submitted by email to ebook@crimefest.com as follows:
- one title per email
- each email to be accompanied by a copy of the eBook
(Acceptable e-book formats are ePub, PDF, rich-text-format, text and (Microsoft) Word.)

Details of the entry should be listed in the body of the email in the following way:
last name - first name - title - publisher - month
(Example: Bloggs - Joe - Hangman's Noose, The - Murder Press - May)

All entries must be accompanied by the publisher's contact details.

By submitting entries publishers agree to provide four copies of the shortlisted book for promotional purposes and/or as prizes.

Please email info@crimefest.com if you have any queries.