Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Killer Nashville Silver Falchion and Claymore Award Finalists

Founder Clay Stafford of the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce the 2024 finalists for both the Silver Falchion & Claymore Award. The Silver Falchion Award celebrates the best books of 2023. The Claymore Award for the best first fifty pages of an unpublished manuscript at the time of submission. Winners will be announced at the Killer Nashville Awards Dinner on the final night of the conference, August 23rd, in Nashville, Tennessee. 
There are 17 categories for each award. Be sure and check them all out. I'm listing the 'Best Mystery" category for each award. Be sure and check back for the winners.

Silver Falchion Award: 17 categories.

2024 Finalists for Best Mystery Category:

 Mouse in the Box, by Lewis Allan (Stretched Studio)
 Indigo Road, by Reed Bunzel (Coffeetown Press)
 Beautiful Death, by John Deal (Dark Lake Press)
 Secrets Don’t Sink, by K.B. Jackson (Level Best)
 BeatNikki’s Café, by Renee James (Amble Press)
 The Empty Kayak, by Jodé Millman (Level Best)

2024 Claymore Awards
(for the best first 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript, play, or screenplay) 17 groups of finalists.

2024 Finalists for Best Mystery Category

 Killer Eyes, by Denis Berkfeldt
 Death of a Glades Man, by Jane Bock
 Dare to Live, by Paul Guyot
 The Healer's Curse, by John Madinger
 What They Buried, by P.J. McAvoy
 Fishing for Murder, by Mark Zeid

3 comments:

Judy Penz Sheluk said...

I'm proud to say that my book on publishing paths (Finding YOUR Path to Publication) is a finalist in the Nonfiction category for a Silver Falchion Award!

Staci Andrea said...

I am thrilled to be a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore Awards for the third year in a row, this time for my upcoming southern thriller, Ghosts in the Glades. Killer Nashville has been so supportive of my writing journey and I have met some of the best authors at the event. Thanks so much!

Anonymous said...

I was honored to be nominated for THE EMPTY KAYAK in the Mystery Division and congratulate INDIGO ROAD for its 2024 win.