Capital Crime Writers is a non-profit mystery writing organization located in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada. It was founded in 1988 by Linda Wiken and Audrey Jessup.

CCW has 90 members.

Monthly meetings include presentations from expert guest speakers on topics related to crime or the craft of writing. Authors who have presented at the December meeting include Louise Penny

Louise Penny

Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

, Vicki Delany

Vicki Delany

Vicki Delany is a Canadian mystery novelist. She is the author of two mystery series, and a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Capital Crime Writers...

, and Maureen Jennings

Maureen Jennings

Maureen Jennings is a British-born Canadian writer. Born on Eastfield Road in Birmingham, England she spent her formative years there until she emigrated to Canada at the age of seventeen with her mother...

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CCW issues a monthly newsletter, The Purloined Newsletter, which contains articles and information for mystery writers and mystery fans. The newsletter is available on the website.

Annual Short Story Contest

CCW sponsors the annual Capital Crime Writer's short story contest for the Audrey Jessup award. Deadline for submissions is April 1. The contest is open to the National Capital Region and CCW members regardless of location.

Organization

CCW is run by 6 executive board members. A slate of candidates is offered every year for elections at the Annual General Meeting in May.

2011 Executive board members and committee members include:

• Ken Gibson Past President
• Michael Murphy President
• Rachel Pitcher Vice-President
• Janet Claridge Treasurer
• Wynn Quon Program Director
• Thomas Rendell Curran Program Committee
• Alex Brett Program Committee
• Darlene Cole Membership Director
• Katherine Hobbs
  Katherine Hobbs
  Katherine Hobbs is the Ottawa city councillor of Kitchissippi Ward. She won the ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010, defeating the incumbent Christine Leadman.Hobbs lives in the Westboro neighbourhood of the city, and was raised in Ottawa...
  
  Communications Director

Past Presidents include Barbara Fradkin

Barbara Fradkin

Barbara Fradkin, née Currie, is a Canadian mystery writer, and a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.-Biography:Fradkin was born in Montreal and obtained her B.A. at McGill University and M.A. at the University of Toronto, before moving to Ottawa to work and raise a family...

 (writer) and Brenda Chapman (writer)

Brenda Chapman (writer)

Brenda Chapman is a Canadian writer of mystery novels. Her Jennifer Bannon mysteries are for ages ten and up. She has also published several short stories and a murder mystery for adults.-Bio:...

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External links

• http://www.capitalcrimewriters.com Official CCW Website
• http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/links.shtml Canadian Author's Association link to Capital Crime Writers
• http://www.rickmofina.com/author.shtml CCW Member Author Rick Mofina
  Rick Mofina
  Rick Mofina is a Canadian author of crime fiction and thriller novels. He grew up in Belleville, Ontario, and began writing short stories in school, selling his first short story at the age of fifteen...