# Event Details - **Event Name**: 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards: Go wild in scarlet - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 09:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join in the celebration of 32 years of criminally good short storiesAbout this EventWilliam Angliss Institute, Conference Centre, Building A, 5th Floor, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne. Friday 21 November, 6 for 6.30 pm.Go wild in scarlet.Award-winning Sydney author, Dinuka McKenzie, will present Sisters in Crime’s 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards, after first discussing her life in crime with award-winning author, Amanda Hampson.This year, 231 short stories have competed for 14 awards, with a $13,100 prize pool. Thirty-one stories by 30 authors have been shortlisted. Each author will receive a framed certificate. The winner of the 1st Prize will also take home ‘The Shoe’– a scarlet stiletto trophy with its steel heel plunged into a perspex mount.Dinuka McKenzie is the author of the Detective Kate Miles crime series, The Torrent, Taken, and Tipping Point, published in Australia and the UK. She is the winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Australia Banjo Prize. The first novel starts with Kate heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave; the second and third show her struggling on multiple fronts but still coming through to solve complex crimes with grace and courage.Dinuka’s writing has been shortlisted for Sisters in Crime’s Davitt Awards, the Bad Sydney Crime Danger Awards, and longlisted for the Richell Prize. Her short fiction appeared in the 2022 Dark Deeds Down Under Crime and Thriller Anthology. Dinuka lives with her family in Southern Sydney on Dharawal country.Host Melbourne-based author Amanda Hampson, who has been writing professionally for more than thirty years, is the bestselling author of nine novels, including The Tea Ladie,, The Cryptic Clue, and The Deadly Dispute. A runaway bestseller, The Tea Ladies won the 2024 Danger Awards for Best Crime Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards (Best Adult Crime) and the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards (Best Fiction). The fourth in the series, The Model M**der, is out in April.Dinuka McKenzie will also launch Scarlet Stiletto: The Seventeenth Cut, an e-book of the 2025 winning stories, published by Clan Destine Press.Sun Bookshop stall: Sisters in Crime members receive a 10% discount.The price includes a main course plus dessert. Vegetarian/vegan/gluten-free and other dietary requirements catered for. Drinks at bar prices. Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome. Book individually or in groups of up to 10.And don’t forget to come in scarlet or sporting at least a splash . . . - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet/100001894905777189 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, business, conferences - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2F32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet-tickets-1894905777189 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 42.85, max: 74.17, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Melbourne - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: William Angliss Institute - **lat**: -37.8128967 - **long**: 144.9536305 - **full address**: William Angliss Institute, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Australia ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Sisters in Crime Australia (https://allevents.in/org/sisters-in-crime-australia/22544204) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/995cc2c746e660688ff0e99beb762f023fb5b040750dd75b584f27ff659391a1-rimg-w1200-h600-dc000000-gmir.jpg?v=1762272517 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/053093c42b70accb48c36bb02f4b989ee8919b2ee5c413354d850e78434d885f-rimg-w400-h400-dc000000-gmir.jpg?v=1762272516 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** William Angliss Institute, 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Australia - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 42.85 up to 74.17 AUD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Sisters in Crime Australia - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, business, conferences - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards: Go wild in scarlet ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards: Go wild in scarlet", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/995cc2c746e660688ff0e99beb762f023fb5b040750dd75b584f27ff659391a1-rimg-w1200-h600-dc000000-gmir.jpg?v=1762272517", "startDate": "2025-11-21", "endDate": "2025-11-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet/100001894905777189", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "William Angliss Institute", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "555 La Trobe Street", "postalCode": "3000", "addressLocality": "Melbourne", "addressRegion": "VI", "addressCountry": "AU" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-37.8128967", "longitude": "144.9536305" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join in the celebration of 32 years of criminally good short stories", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-21", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "42.85", "highPrice": "74.17", "price": "42.85", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet/100001894905777189" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet/100001894905777189", "price": "74.17", "name": "General admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/32nd-scarlet-stiletto-awards-go-wild-in-scarlet/100001894905777189", "price": "42.85", "name": "Shortlisted authors" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Sisters in Crime Australia", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/sisters-in-crime-australia/22544204", "description": "Sisters in Crime Australia is a 600+ member strong organisation promoting and supporting women crime writers across all genres. Sisters in Crime Australia currently have chapters in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart and Brisbane. Sisters in Crime has no funding – just keen volunteers! Sisters in Crime Australia hosts a busy yearly calendar of events including interview panels, debates, book launches, quiz nights. and tours of places such as the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Victoria Police Museum. Events are open to members of the public. Men or ‘brothers in law’ are welcome to attend events and join. Check out ourwebsite,follow us onFacebook,TwitterorInstagramandjoin our newsletter A Stab in the Dark email listto keep up with our current events." } ] } ] ```