The 2025 Imadjinn Awards!
Nominations are OPEN!
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 will be given for the following categories:
Best Romance Novel
Best Thriller Novel
Best Mystery Novel
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Fantasy Novel
Best Historical Fiction Novel
Best Children’s Book
Best Paranormal Romance Novel
Best Non-Fiction Book
Best Young Adult Novel
Best Middle Grade Novel
Best Horror Novel
Best Short Story
Best Urban Fantasy Novel
Best Anthology (multiple authors)
Best Short Story Collection (single authors)
Best Literary Fiction Novel
Best Steampunk Novel
Best Faith-Based Novel
Best Poetry Collection (single author)
Best Graphic Novel/Comic Book
Best Audiobook Narration
Best Song Lyrics
Best Game Module/Rulebook
Best Cross-Genre Novel
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.
Nominations are open until 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, February 1st, 2025
Finalists are determined by the Imadjinn Awards Committee. The works of all selected finalists will be juried for determining award winners in each category.
Awards will be announced and presented at the Imaginarium Awards Banquet held on Saturday, July 19th, 2025 at the Holiday Inn Louisville East!
To nominate a title for the 2025 Imadjinn Awards, please use the form below:
