At 1pm tomorrow! The #HWADDSS25 longlist is revealed! #histfic #shortstories

The longlist for the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition will be announced here at 1pm tomorrow! Pass the word on to your writer friends who entered #HWADDSS25

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern @4thEstateBooks @LucyHH @SamiKent @WmCollinsBooks @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor @wnbooks @claremulley @johnmurrays @DHAbooks @riverrunbooks @annesebba @jonathanwatts @EdwardWilsonLee @EAlpsten_Author @MarkEllis15 @FeinLouise @AlisonJoseph1 @AmyMc_Books @franquinn @novelcarolyn @DrLindaPorter1 @GreeneandHeaton @JohnsonAlcock @AllisonandBusby @headlinepg @MtLeopardPress @ChrisRickaby2 @LissaKEvans That brings us to the end of the 2025 HWA Gold Crown longlist. Congratulations to the authors! It’s also the end of all the #HWACrowns25longlists. Thanks for joining us! And a huge thank you to all our hardworking, brilliant judges – see below for well-deserved credits 41/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern @4thEstateBooks @LucyHH @SamiKent @WmCollinsBooks @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor @wnbooks @claremulley @johnmurrays @DHAbooks @riverrunbooks @annesebba @jonathanwatts @EdwardWilsonLee @EAlpsten_Author @MarkEllis15 @FeinLouise @AlisonJoseph1 @AmyMc_Books @franquinn @novelcarolyn @DrLindaPorter1 @GreeneandHeaton The Small Museum: Jody Cooksley A dark Victorian tale of gaslighting, exploitation and wrongful arrest, all in the name of science. This macabre, gothic nightmare twists up the horrors to the outcome of a spine-chilling court case #HWACrowns25 30/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern @4thEstateBooks @LucyHH @SamiKent @WmCollinsBooks @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor @wnbooks @claremulley @johnmurrays @DHAbooks @riverrunbooks @annesebba @jonathanwatts @EdwardWilsonLee @EAlpsten_Author @MarkEllis15 @FeinLouise @AlisonJoseph1 @AmyMc_Books @franquinn @novelcarolyn @DrLindaPorter1 Shy Creatures: Clare Chambers A tender and life-affirming novel inspired by a true story, set in the art department of a 1960's psychiatric hospital. Mysteries unfold with insight and humour in this quiet and memorable celebration of kindness and the human spirit #HWACrowns25 29/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern @4thEstateBooks @LucyHH @SamiKent @WmCollinsBooks @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor @wnbooks @claremulley @johnmurrays @DHAbooks @riverrunbooks @annesebba @jonathanwatts @EdwardWilsonLee @EAlpsten_Author @MarkEllis15 @FeinLouise @AlisonJoseph1 @AmyMc_Books @franquinn @novelcarolyn @DrLindaPorter1 The Heart in Winter: Kevin Barry In 1890s Montana, a mail-order bride and a messed-up Irishman flee into a frozen wilderness pursued by crazed bounty-hunters. Funny, gripping and stylistically brilliant, a poetic love story as well as a classic Western adventure #HWACrowns25 28/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern @4thEstateBooks @LucyHH @SamiKent @WmCollinsBooks @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor Agent Zo: Clare Mulley Impeccably researched, this immersive and moving book highlights the extraordinary life and war time experiences of Elzbieta Zawacka, whilst also revealing the plight and bravery of the women of Poland's resistance movement #HWACrowns25 21/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks That’s the end of the longlist for the 2025 HWA Debut Crown. Congratulations to all the authors, and good luck! Next, after a short break, the twelve books in the HWA Non-fiction Crown longlist #HWACrowns25 14/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks A Case of Mice and Murder: Sally Smith A charming mashup of Christie and Dickensian wit with a fresh voice and lovable characters set in and around the London law courts in 1901. Clever and impossible not to devour at speed #HWACrowns25 13/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst They Dream in Gold: Mai Sennaar An Afrobeat love story which takes the reader round the globe in rich evocative prose. The 1960s jazz scene comes alive in a sweeping, fascinating book about identity, families and acts of creation #HWACrowns25 12/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin A Little Trickerie: Rosanna Pike A smart, emotional and moving debut that sparkles throughout. A fresh and inventive take on Tudor times with a fantastic protagonist #HWACrowns25 11/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK The Eights: Joanna Miller An immersive, engaging and powerful novel of friendship and ambition which follows the first women to study at Oxford University in the shadow of the Great War. A real pleasure #HWACrowns25 10/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp Spitting Gold: Carmella Lowkis Compulsively addictive, deliciously atmospheric and dripping in gothic style, Spitting Gold is a dark, sapphic fairytale. Lose yourself in a Paris richly populated with ghosts, aristocrats and heaving with dangerous glamour #HWACrowns25 9/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK A Poisoner's Tale: Cathryn Kemp A complex and powerful novel, both devastating and enlightening. Storytelling at its most powerful and important; a journey into early modern Rome which thrills and compels #HWACrowns25 8/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress Winter of Shadows: Clare Grant A gripping murder mystery that not only has a twisting plot but a rich evocative historical background set in 1862 Yorkshire, and introduces readers to a fascinating and brilliant crime scene photographer #HWACrowns25 7/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks Murder in Constantinople: AE Goldin A page-turning adventure in which a boy from London's East End is sucked into a deadly adventure onthe eve of the Crimean War. Rich, evocative and full of wit and colour #HWACrowns25 6/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub Nephthys: Rachel Louise Driscoll A truly spellbinding debut that glitters and shimmers with a riveting plot and a story that will have you glued to the pages until you uncover what secrets lie deep within. A Victorian adventure that is compulsive and satisfying #HWACrowns25 5/

@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub The Instrumentalist: Harriet Constable Full of passion made all the more poignant being based on true events. A masterful evocation of music, musicians and ambition in 18th-century Venice #HWACrowns25 4/

The Wicked of the Earth: AD Bergin Truly powerful in its delivery, highlighting the constant pressure and prejudice women faced. Clever, tense and atmospheric... takes the reader along the streets of Newcastle shortly after the end of the Civil War #HWACrowns252/

Memorials in the old Middlesex Hospital Chapel to two extraordinary women - it’s both inspiring and exhausting to think of the battles they must have fought along the way. Though I think being christened ‘Godiva Thorold’ was probably a bit of a springboard….