2024 Imadjinn Awards Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1, Devon Eriksen (Devon Eriksen LLC)
• Dust of the Ocean, Dorothy Grant (Self published)
• Prince Liberator, Fred Hughes (Theogony)
• Standing Among The Tombstones, William Alan Webb (Self published)

Best Fantasy Novel

• Nexus, Jeff Dunne (Wyrder)
• Heart Master, Nikolas Everhart (Dragon Street Press)
• Dagger of Orion, J.L. Lawrence (Jumpmaster)
• Reckoning Day, Steven L. Shrewsbury (Self published)
• Touch of Faete, Ligia de Wit (Cursed Dragon Ship)

Best Horror Novel

• Polyphemus, Zachary Ashford (DarkLit)
• Shock Waves, Matt Kurtz (Self published)
• A Fury, Eva Vertrice (Pendem)

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever, Larry Correia & Jason Cordova (Baen)
• Delevan House, Ruthann Jagge & Natasha Sinclair (Self published)
• Hunting the Hart, Jon R. Osborne (New Mythology)
• Jason Phoenix and the Demon Lamp, Kyle Adam Willis (Pathbinder)

Best Paranormal Romance

• Embers, Kat Turner (City Owl)
• Sons of Ymre: Jake, Lilith Saintcrow (ImaJinn)
• Shadow & Ash, Crymsyn Hart (Self published)

Best Young Adult Novel

• The Book of Rose, K B Carlisle (Woods)
• I See You, Frantiska Oliver (Jumpmaster)
• Trumpus, James Sabata (Self published)

Best Anthology

• Chicks in Tank Tops, Jason Cordova, ed. (Baen)
• Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare, Mark Greene, ed. (Three Ravens)
• Fantastic Schools Staff (Volume 7), L Jagi Lamplighter, ed. (Wisecraft)
• Standing Against All Odds, William Alan Webb, ed. (Self published)

Best Short Story Collection

• The End, Kayleigh Dobbs (Black Shuck)
• The Unfortunate Problem with Grandmother’s Head and Other Stories, Karen Haber (Three Ravens)
• The LawDog Files: Revised and Expanded, Ian McMurtrie (Self published)

Best Short Story

• “The Ballad of Esmerelda Calhoun”, David Badurina (It Came From The Trailer Park)
• “Primordial Soup”, S.A. Bradley (A Night of Misfit Stories: A Charity Anthology)
• “Some Hidden Soul”, Dave Creek (Amazing Stories 7/23)
• “Duck Me”, Melissa Olthoff (The Phoenix Initiative)
• “Don’t Kill the Cook”, J.F. Posthumus (Fantastic Schools Volume Seven: Staff)

Best Audiobook Narration

• The Grey Man – Twilight, J.L. Curtis, narrated by Marcus Barton (Three Ravens)
• The Rise of Zhengyi, E.G. Rowley, narrated by E.G. Rowley (Jumpmaster)
• Privateers & Pandemonium, Nick Steverson and Melissa Olthoff, narrated by Daniel Wisniewski (Theogony)

Best Steampunk Novel

• The King’s Regret, Philip Ligon (Jumpmaster)