2020 Imadjinn Awards
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Last weekend the winners for this year's Imadjinn Awards were named at the closing of the Imaginarium Convention, and I'm so excited to say that A Drop of Magic was named Best Urban Fantasy Novel! Below is a list of the winners and finalists in the various categories. Congratulations to everyone who placed!
Best Science Fiction Novel
WINNER: Harvest Day, R. Kyle Hannah (Jumpmaster)
Things They Buried, Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson (Ismae)
WINNER: Harvest Day, R. Kyle Hannah (Jumpmaster)
Things They Buried, Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson (Ismae)
Best Fantasy Novel
WINNER: Things They Buried, Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson (Ismae)
The Amulet of Elements, Rose Marie Machario (Seventh Star)
To Kill a Fae, Jamie A. Waters (self-published)
WINNER: Things They Buried, Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson (Ismae)
The Amulet of Elements, Rose Marie Machario (Seventh Star)
To Kill a Fae, Jamie A. Waters (self-published)
Best Horror Novel
WINNER: The Crymost, Dean H. Wild (Blood Bound)
Squirrel Apocalypse, Josef Matulich (Hydra)
The Immortal Force, Stephen Paul Sayers (Hydra)
WINNER: The Crymost, Dean H. Wild (Blood Bound)
Squirrel Apocalypse, Josef Matulich (Hydra)
The Immortal Force, Stephen Paul Sayers (Hydra)
Best Urban Fantasy Novel
WINNER: A Drop of Magic, L.R. Braden (Bell Bridge)
Wolf Dreams, Aimee Easterling (self-published)
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Betrayal, Lydia Sherrer (Chenoweth)
Tattered Men, Michael Williams (Seventh Star)
WINNER: A Drop of Magic, L.R. Braden (Bell Bridge)
Wolf Dreams, Aimee Easterling (self-published)
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Betrayal, Lydia Sherrer (Chenoweth)
Tattered Men, Michael Williams (Seventh Star)
Best Steampunk Novel
WINNER: Black Recluse, Anna Bowman (Rivet Wing)
WINNER: Black Recluse, Anna Bowman (Rivet Wing)
Best Paranormal Romance
WINNER: The Guardian, Amy Leigh McCorkle (Healing Hands)
WINNER: The Guardian, Amy Leigh McCorkle (Healing Hands)
Best Young Adult Novel
WINNER: Persnickety Jones and the Pirates of Undertoe, Robert Ottoman (Wicked Clever)
The Evil Within, Karen Kasey (self-published)
WINNER: Persnickety Jones and the Pirates of Undertoe, Robert Ottoman (Wicked Clever)
The Evil Within, Karen Kasey (self-published)
Best Anthology
WINNER: Mayhem In Memphis, Carolyn McSparren, ed. (Dingbat)
Tales of the Lost, Volume 1: We All Lose Something!, Eugene Johnson, ed. (Things in the Well)
Dark Tides, John J. Questore & Eugene Johnson, eds. (Gestalt)
WINNER: Mayhem In Memphis, Carolyn McSparren, ed. (Dingbat)
Tales of the Lost, Volume 1: We All Lose Something!, Eugene Johnson, ed. (Things in the Well)
Dark Tides, John J. Questore & Eugene Johnson, eds. (Gestalt)
Best Short Story Collection
WINNER: Terror in Time, Melodie Romeo (Past and Prologue), tied
WINNER: Terror in Time, Melodie Romeo (Past and Prologue), tied
Best Short Story
WINNER: “Woman off the Grid”, Sandy Lender (TulipTree Review Spring ’19)
Water of Life, Kathy L. Brown (Otter Springs)
Kill Me When You Can, William Allen Webb (Last Brigade)
WINNER: “Woman off the Grid”, Sandy Lender (TulipTree Review Spring ’19)
Water of Life, Kathy L. Brown (Otter Springs)
Kill Me When You Can, William Allen Webb (Last Brigade)