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In honor of award-winning mystery writer Darcy Scott and thanks to the generosity of Maine Authors Publishing & Cooperative, her husband Cleave, and many indvidual donors, we are pleased to offer the Darcy Scott Award for Young Mystery Writers. This award provides one young writer with a full scholarship to attend the Maine Crime Wave and a travel stipend to help cover hotel costs in Portland. 

Award-winning author Darcy Scott (Best Mystery, 2013 Indie Book Awards; Silver Award, 2013 Readers Favorite Book Awards; Bronze Award, 2013 IPPY Awards; Winner, 2019 National Indie Excellence Award) was a live-aboard sailor and experienced ocean cruiser who’s sailed to Grenada and back on a whim, island-hopped through the Caribbean, and was struck by lightning in the middle of the Gulf Stream. For all her wandering, her summer home and favorite cruising grounds remained along the coast of Maine—the history and rugged beauty of its sparsely populated out-islands serving as inspiration for much of her fiction, including Margel’s Madness and her popular Island Mystery Series (Matinicus, Reese’s Leap, and Ragged Island). Her debut novel, Hunter Huntress, was published in 2010 by Snowbooks, Ltd., UK.

The scholarship is worth $450. A portion of that money will go toward covering the registration fee for the Maine Crime Wave, and the remaining will be given to the recipient as a travel stipend/cash award. 

To be eligible, all applicants must:
- live in Maine at least 6 months a yearand be under the age of 40 at the time of application. 

Note: There is no limitation on what the award recipient has previously published, or if they have not published any work yet. 



The Darcy Scott Award for Young Mystery Writers

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The Darcy Scott Award for Young Mystery Writers

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