2019 Imadjinn Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2019 Imadjinn Awards have been announced, including several categories of genre interest.
Best Science Fiction Novel
- The Shadow Beneath the Waves, Matt Betts (Severed)
- Storm Forged, Patrick Dugan (Falstaff)
- Jurassic Jail, William Alan Webb (Dingbat)
Best Fantasy Novel
- Winter’s Heir, Sarah Joy Adams & Emily Lavin Leverett (Falstaff)
- Fey West, Michael J. Allen (Bell Bridge)
- Terra Australis, Cody Higgins (Zen Mob)
Best Horror Novel
- The Mourner’s Cradle: A Widow’s Journey, Tommy B. Smith (Crystal Lake)
Best Urban Fantasy Novel
- Blood Ghast Blues, Jake Bible (Bell Bridge)
- The Corpse Whisperer, H.R. Boldwood (Third Street)
- Spells, Salt, & Steel: Season One, Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin (Falstaff)
Best Young Adult Novel
- We Can’t Let You In, Sandy Lender (self-published)
- Just One Summer, Lynn Stevens (Linda Murphy)
Best Non-Fiction Book
- Indiana’s Strange and Unusual Haunts, Jacob & Jenny Floyd (Per Bastet)
- Light at the End of the Tunnel, A Memoir, Sallyanne Monti (Queer Stuff)
- It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares To Life, Joe Mynhardt & Eugene Johnson, eds. (Crystal Lake)
Best Anthology
- Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets, Eugene Johnson, ed. (Crystal Lake)
- Whispers Anthology, Vincennes Writers Group (self-published)
Best Collection
- Lonnie, Me, and…, Marian Allen (Per Bastet)
- Now You Sea God, T. Lee Harris (Untreed Reads)
- Dead Reckoning and Other Stories, Dino Parenti (Crystal Lake)
Best Short Story
- “Beyond Human Measure”, Dave Creek (Amazing Fall ’18)
- “The Price of Admission”, Maxwell Ian Gold (Caravans Awry)
- The Hairy Man, William Alan Webb (Dingbat)
Winners will be selected by jury and announced during Imaginarium 2019, to be held October 11-13, 2019 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville KY. For more information, including a full list of finalists, see the Imaginarium website.
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