Petrona Award



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Redditch , Worcestershire UK

The Petrona Award has been established to celebrate the work of Maxine Clarke, one of the first online crime fiction reviewers and bloggers, who died in December 2012. Maxine, whose online persona and blog was called Petrona, was passionate about translated crime fiction but in particular that from the Scandinavian countries.

<p>The submission must be in translation and published in English in the UK during the preceding calendar year ie 1 January - 31 December. The author of the submission must either be born in Scandinavia* or the submission must be set in Scandinavia*.


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  • First Prize: £200, a trophy, and a pass to and panel at CrimeFest

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