2023 Imadjinn Awards Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Rimworld – Diplomatic Immunity, J.L. Curtis (self-published)
• Omitted Pieces, Stephanie Hansen (Fire & Ice)
• Sunrise Over Shippo, Melissa Olthoff (‎Theogony)
• Consquences, Nick Steverson (Theogony)

Best Fantasy Novel

• Sovereign Fourth, Saph Dodd (Jumpmaster)
• The Raven and The Crow: The Gray Throne, Michael K. Falciani (Three Ravens)
• The Fate Of The Realm, Rose Marie Machario (Seventh Star)
• Killer of Giants, Steven L. Shrewsbury (Seventh Star)

Best Horror Novel

• You’re Mine, Somer Canon (self-published)
• Clickers Never Die, Stephen Kozeniewski & Wile E. Young (Macabre Ink)
• The Warrior Retreat, John Lynch (High Explosive Horror)

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Chaos Song, L.R. Braden (Bell Bridge)
• Scatter of Light, Diana Pharaoh Francis (Dutton)
• Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Cat Mischief, Lydia Sherrer (Chenoweth)

Best Paranormal Romance

• The Nighthawkers, Amy L. Bernstein (Wild Rose)
• Gift of Fire, C.L. Carhart (self-published)
• Antonio, D.B. Reynolds (ImaJinn)
• Sons of Ymre: Erik, Lilith Saintcrow (ImaJinn)

Best Young Adult Novel

• Sword and Sorcery: Frostfire, Ethan Avery (Stories By Storytellers)
• Into the Real, Lydia Sherrer & John Ringo (Baen)
• Deadly Setup, Lynn Slaughter (Fire & Ice)
• The Hostage in Hiding, Henry Vogel (Rampant Loon)

Best Anthology

• Classic Monsters Unleashed, James Aquilone, ed. (Black Spot)
• It Came From the Trailer Park: Volume 2, William Joseph Roberts & Jenny Wren, eds. (Three Ravens)
• You Pay, We Slay, William Alan Webb, ed. (Hit World)

Best Short Story Collection

• The Gods Must Clearly Smile, Aaron Christopher Drown (Seventh Star)
• Chronicles from the World of Guilt, Chris Durston (Three Ravens)
• Paranormal City, Stephen Oliver (Three Ravens)
• They Mostly Come At Night: Collected Short Fiction, Wesley Southard (self-published)

Best Short Story

• “My Chopping List”, Stephen Kozeniewski (Counting Bodies Like Sheep)
• “Angel Wings and Demon Bones”, Melissa Olthoff (The Valkyries Initiative)
• “Goat Shopping”, Melissa Olthoff (Among the Embers)
• “The Room”, L. Marie Wood (Campfire Macabre, Volume 2)

Best Audiobook Narration

• Rimworld- The Rift, J.L. Curtis, narrated by Walt Allen (self-published)
• Smugglers Run, William Joseph Roberts & Christopher Woods, narrated by Michael Le Blanc (Theogony)
• Wildcat: Foreclosure of a Dream, William Joseph Roberts, narrated by Mark Boyett (Blood Moon)

Best Steampunk Novel

• The Dwarves of Rahm: Omens of War, Michael K. Falciani (Three Ravens)
• This Strange Engine, Philip Ligon (Newquist Corporation)