2022 Imadjinn Awards Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Why Not Wichita, Peter Catania (self-published)
• Revolution (The Sol Saga Book 1), James Fox (Dawnrunner)
• Smuggler’s Run, William Joseph Roberts & Christopher Woods (Theogony)
• Sea Serpent, John S. Worth (Three Ravens)

Best Fantasy Novel

• The Watchers in Exile, Barbara V. Evers (New Mythology)
• Sword of Cho Nisi Book 1 – Dianne Gardner (self-published)
• Big Damn Magic, Kevin Pettway (Cursed Dragon Ship)

Best Horror Novel

• The Devil’s Mark, Tony Acree & Lynn Tincher (Hydra)
• 21 Grams, M. Regan (Timber Ghost)
• Liar: Memoir of a Haunting, E.F. Schraeder (Omnium Gatherum)
• Cruel Summer, Wesley Southard (self-published)

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Blood Ad Infinitum, Raven Belasco (Lmbpn)
• Of Mettle and Magic, L.R. Braden (Bell Bridge)
• The Big Cinch, Kathy L. Brown (Montag)

Best Paranormal Romance

• Dance to a Wylder Beat, Marilyn Barr (Wild Rose)
• Mystic Passage, C.L. Carhart (self-published)
• Taking the Night, J.F. Posthumus (Three Ravens)

Best Young Adult Novel

• Daughter of a King, JM Jordan (Cursed Dragon Ship)
• Leisha’s Song, Lynn Slaughter (Fire & Ice)
• Just One Chance, Lynn Stevens (self-published)

Best Anthology

• Blood on the Blade, Jim Beard & John C. Bruening, eds. (Flinch)
• Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology, S.D. Vassallo & Steven M. Long, eds. (self-published)
• It Came from the Trailer Park Volume 1, William Joseph Roberts, ed. (Three Ravens)

Best Short Story Collection

• Fractured Fairy Tales, Alma Alexander (Book View Cafe)
• Side Roads: A Dark Fiction Collection, Rachel A. Brune (Crone Girls)
• Beneath Raven’s Wing, Vonnie Winslow Crist (self-published)
• Orbital Defense Corps: And Eight Other Scifi Stories: A Kevin Steverson Collection, Kevin Steverson (Theogony)

Best Short Story

• “The Interrogation“, Jeffrey James Higgins (self-published)
• “The Last Word”, Laurel Hightower (What One Wouldn’t Do)
• “Why You Should Think Twice Before Adopting an Alien Baby”, Robert Jeschonek (Expanding Universe)
• “KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF YOU”, Steven L. Shrewsbury (Blood on the Blade)

Best Audiobook Narration

• The Raven and the Crow: Dark Storm Rising, Michael K. Falciani, narrated by Joshua Saxon (Three Ravens)
• The Deadly Dust Bunnies, R. A. Muth, narrated by Sarah Zimmerman (Tantor)
• Widowmakers, William Joseph Roberts, narrated by Talon Beeson (Three Ravens)

Best Steampunk Novel

• Black Wolf, Anna Bowman (Kepler)

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