The Imaginarium Convention is proud to announce the Finalists for the 2024 Imadjinn Awards!
Finalists for the 2024 Imadjinn Awards were selected from the largest field of nominations ever in the 11-year history of the Imaginarium Convention! All Finalists will now advance to the awards jury to determine the winners in each category.
Winners will be announced live at the Imaginarium 2024 Awards Banquet, taking place on Saturday, July 20th at the Holiday Inn Louisville East! Be sure to get your single-day or full-weekend Event Tickets for the big weekend, and a limited number of Dinner Tickets are still available for the awards ceremony!
The 2024 Imadjinn Award Finalists in each category are:
Best Anthology
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare
Editor – Mark Greene
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Chicks in Tank Tops
Editor – Jason Cordova
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Standing Against All Odds
Editor – William Alan Webb
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Fantastic Schools Staff (Volume 7 )
Editor – L Jagi Lamplighter
Best Short Story Collection
The End
Kayleigh Dobbs
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The Unfortunate Problem with Grandmother’s Head and Other Stories
Karen Haber
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The LawDog Files: Revised and Expanded
Ian McMurtrie
Best Short Story
Some Hidden Soul
Dave Creek
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Duck Me
Melissa Olthoff
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The Ballad of Esmerelda Calhoun
David Badurina
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Primordial Soup
S.A. Bradley
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Don’t Kill the Cook
J.F. Posthumus
Best Audiobook Narration
Privateers & Pandemonium
Narrated by Daniel Wisniewski / Written by Nick Steverson and Melissa Olthoff
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The Grey Man – Twilight
Narrated by Marcus Barton / Written by J.L. Curtis
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The Rise of Zhengyi
Narrated by E.G. Rowley/ Written by E.G. Rowley
Best Children’s Book
Abyss of Nightmares
Donald R Guillory & Arya C. Guillory
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The Eerie Brothers and The Witches of Autumn
Sheldon Higdon
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Awaken
Malinda Andrews
Best Young Adult Novel
Trumpus
James Sabata
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I See You
Frantiska Oliver
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The Book of Rose
K B Carlisle
Best Faith-Based Novel
Heavenly Places: Coram Deo
John Kowalski
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Wingless
David M. James
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For the Love of Rhett
Maribelle McCrea
Best Fantasy Novel
Dagger of Orion
J.L. Lawrence
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Touch of Faete
Ligia de Wit
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Heart Master
Nikolas Everhart
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Nexus
Jeff Dunne
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Reckoning Day
Steven L. Shrewsbury
Best Game Module / Rule Book
Bloody Appalachia
Josh Palmer, Eric Bloat, and Justin Isaac
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The Dead West
Josh Palmer and Eric Bloat
Best Historical Fiction Novel
Secrets of Mary Celeste
Steve Dahill
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Legacy of the Valiant
Edale Lane
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Wavesong
Michael Gants
Best Horror Novel
A Fury
Eva Vertrice
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Shock Waves
Matt Kurtz
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Polyphemus
Zachary Ashford
Best Literary Fiction Novel
Jewels in the Rough: Tales from the Jewelers Workbench
James Pomeroy
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Pan and the Message Chair
Lawrence Weill
Best Mystery Novel
OVERKILL: A Folly Beach Halloween Mystery
Bill Noel and Angelica Cruz
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Edisto Bullet
C. Hope Clark
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Homecoming in Murder
Edale Lane
Best Non-Fiction Book
From Boardroom to Backpack: Risking It All
Rob Sangster
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28 Years Haunted: The Life and Adventures of World-Renowned Psychic Medium Brandy Marie Miller
Bryan “B.D.” Prince
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Righting Writing
Michael Bailey
Best Paranormal Romance Novel
Embers
Kat Turner
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Sons of Ymre: Jake
Lilith Saintcrow
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Shadow & Ash
Crymsyn Hart
Best Poetry Collection (single author)
In Memory of Exoskeletons
Rebecca Cuthbert
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Domesticated Demons
Amba Elieff
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Weight of Thought
Noah Wieczorek
Best Romance Novel
Fall: A Year of Change: A Silver Leaf University Novel
Lisette Blythe
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Harvest Moon: A Raven and the Crow Romance
Michael K Falciani
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Tall, Dark, And Cherokee
Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Best Science Fiction Novel
Prince Liberator
Fred Hughes
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Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1
Devon Eriksen
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Standing Among The Tombstones
William Alan Webb
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Dust of the Ocean
Dorothy Grant
Best Song Lyrics
Lost and Found
Jayson William Allen
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Villanelle
Veronica Torraca Bragdon
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As the Sky Cries
Jayson William Allen
Best Steampunk Novel
The King’s Regret
Philip Ligon
Best Thriller Novel
Checkout Time
John Bukowski
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Battlefield Missouri
Arnold P. Montgomery
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The Phantom of the Circus
Michael Houtchen
Best Urban Fantasy Novel
Jason Phoenix and the Demon Lamp
Kyle Adam Willis
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Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever
Larry Correia & Jason Cordova
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Hunting the Hart
Jon R. Osborne
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