
The 2025 Imadjinn Awards!
Finalists have been announced!

Imaginarium 2025 is our 12th year, and we will be hosting our Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, where the 2025 Imadjinn Award Winners and Film Festival Winners will be announced live!
About the Imadjinn Awards: First awarded at Imaginarium 2015, in our 2nd year, the Imadjinn Awards are a comprehensive series of juried writing awards that recognize outstanding achievement in a broad range of genres and categories.
They have become a highly respected writing award internationally, and encompass many spheres of writing including screenwriting, comics, song lyrics, and game development, in addition to a wide array of literary categories.
The next group of Imadjinn Awards will be announced and presented at Imaginarium 2025 on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 at the Awards Banquet that evening.

2025 Imadjinn Awards Finalists:

The 2025 Imadjinn Award Finalists in each category are:
Best Anthology (multiple authors)
The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks
Editor – Tom Deady
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Express Elevator to Hell (Universes at War Book 1)
Editors – Chris Kennedy & Kelley Jones
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It Came From the Trailer Park: Volume 3.5
Editors – Philip K. Booker & William Joseph Roberts
Best Audiobook Narration
Prince Liberator: The Prince of Britannia Saga, Book 6
Narrated by Michael Joss / Written by Fred Hughes
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The Grey Man- Sunset
Narrated by Marcus Barton / Written by JL Curtis
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Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare
Narrated by Brian Fairbank / Written by David Drake, Kevin Ikenberry, and William Joseph Roberts
Best Children’s Book
The Tractor Squad
Heather Dawn Torres
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HELP! Santa is in Trouble
Effin Older
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She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
Kathy MacMilan & Manuela Bernardi
Best Cross Genre Novel
The Fae Wars: Insurgent
J.F. Holmes
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Cursed by Bandits
Stephanie K. Clemens
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The Armored Houred
Stephanie Hansen
Best Faith-Based Novel
Wisdom of Our Elders: Living in Spirit, Wisdom, Deep Mercy, and Truth
Karen E. Simms Tolson
Best Fantasy Novel
Cursed by a Siren’s Kiss
Riley Hunt and L. S. Embers
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Atlantis, Land of Dreams
Edale Lane
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Chosen By The Sword
Charles Hackney
Best Game Module / Rule Book
Dark Places & Demogorgons: Ultimate Edition
Josh Palmer
Best Graphic Novel/Comic Book
Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves Complete Collection
Henry Vogel
Best Historical Fiction Novel
The Long Winter of Miðgarðr
Edale Lane
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Silent Mine
C.M. Saunders
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Trail of Madness
Michael Knost
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Lies in the Place of Truth
T. Lee Harris
Best Horror Novel
Mountain of Fire
Jason Cordova
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Those Left Behind
Tom Deady
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Ink Vine
Elizabeth Broadbent
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Never Have I Ever
Harker Jones
Best Literary Fiction Novel
Beach Therapy
Maddie James
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Rooted in Sunrise
Beth Dotson Brown
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Return of the Goatman
Lawrence Weill
Best Middle Grade Novel
Quantum Quirks: A Science Fiction Childhood
Adam Gaffen
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A Story Unfinished
Melody Pendlebury
Best Mystery Novel
Edge of Edisto
C. Hope Clark
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Midnight: A Folly Beach Mystery
Bill Noel
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The Scheme
Amethyst Drake
Best Non-Fiction Book
You’re Not Alone In The Dark
Eric J. Gurignard & Eugene M. Johnson
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100 Things Duran Duran Fans Should Know & Do During This Life: A New, Quirky Guide to Nostalgia from 1978 to Danse Macabre
Sandy Lender
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A Trick of the Tale: The Story of Every Genesis Song
Jen Selinsky & Travis Potts
Best Paranormal Romance Novel
Spider King
Paige Skye
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What a Dragon Desires
Ava Cuvay
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The House on Darkling Street
Annette Miller
Best Poetry Collection (single author)
Imitation of Life
L. Marie Wood
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Pens, Parchment, and Pain
Jayson William Allen
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Torn
Jen Selinsky
Best Romance Novel
Addicted
Ayla Cox
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Given a Chance (The R&B Series Book 2)
Olivia Linden
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Group Hug
Ariella Talix
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Hell’s Belles: Love and War
Jon Laforce
Best Science Fiction Novel
Prince Conqueror (The Prince of Britannia Saga Book 7)
Fred Hughes
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Salvage Purgatory
Kevin Steverson & Nick Steverson & Jason Cordova
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Path To Freedom
James Copley
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2028 Tomorrow Is The Day
L.R. O’Brien
Best Short Story Collection (single author)
Shadow’s Gate
Sharon Marie Provost
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Doll Seed: Stories
Michele Tracy Berger
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Side Hustle: Vol. 1
Jason Cordova
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SELF-MADE MONSTERS: Feminist Horrors
Rebecca Cuthbert
Best Short Story
Northward Stones Mark a Crooked Path
Tommy B. Smith
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Las Envies
John Palisano
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Kaleidoscope
Barbara V. Evers
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Red Waves of Slaughter
Steven L. Shrewsbury
Best Song Lyrics
Frozen
Jayson William Allen
Best Steampunk Novel
Hell’s Acre
Lilith Saintcrow
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The Darkness of Dying in the Light
S.E. Reed
Best Thriller Novel
Doubling Down
Dan Kemp
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SapphicLover69
Edale Lane
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Mission Black: Father Black Book One
Mick Williams
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Harvest of Evil: Book One of the John Fisher Chronicles
William M. Lehman
Best Urban Fantasy Novel
Reka’s Grasp
H.Y. Gregor
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Lies and Illusion
L.R. Braden
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Pinky Promise
J. D. Blackrose
Best Young Adult Novel
Superficial
Diane Billas
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Pride and Persistence
Joe Chianakas
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The Princess Scout
Henry Vogel
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The Dreams of Gemini
K.B. Carlisle
Rules and Stipulations for the Imadjinn Awards
- Books nominated must have been published for the first time between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024 to be eligible. Reprints published during that time frame are not eligible for these awards, unless the reprint has been out of print for at least 20 years and is part of a collection/anthology released within our required dates of entry.
- Nominations of a title must be made by the publisher, the author, or an official representative of the publisher such as a PA, literary agent, or manager.
- All nominees must be prepared to expedite eBook copies of titles in ePub and PDF formats for the awards jury if selected to be a finalist. You will have one week upon notification to deliver files for our jury.
- Multiple titles by the same author may be submitted in a single category.
- A title may only be entered in a single category. Please choose the category most appropriate for your nomination.
- Nomination period will end at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, February 1st, 2025.
- Awards will be announced and presented at the Imaginarium 2025 Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 at the Holiday Inn Louisville East
- If you are not present at the Awards Ceremony, you will be responsible for the shipping and handling fee if you wish for the award to be sent to you.

