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 The Claymore Award for the best first fifty pages of an unpublished manuscript at the time of submission.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 23^rd, 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(for the best first 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript, play, or screenplay) 17 groups of finalists.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

KILLER NASHVILLE CLAYMORE AWARD FINALISTS

2020 KILLER NASHVILLE CLAYMORE AWARD FINALISTS
Congratulations to all. Winners will be announced on August 22, 2020.

Top 20 Finalists 

C.C. Anderson Sunday Split 

R.G. Belsky The Baghdad Conspiracy 

Alexander Bruce Of Empires and Eternities 

Mary Bush Crooked 

Kathy Cuddihy Safe Harbours 

Nicholas Holloway Three Houses on a Hill 

Geoffrey Hyatt A Coffin for Mr. Blackpoole 

Michael Jordan A Desperate Race 

William Kaufmann  Killing Bodhi 

Edson Knapp Ghosts of Kilimanjaro 

Grace Lawler Astral Exile 

Michael Byers Lewis The Pilate Scroll 

Lisa Malice Dead Ringer 

Kevin Maris Forged in Lightning 

William Burton McCormick Ghost 

Mark Renshaw Cyborn 

Steven Sanders War Wolves 

Sheila Sobel Time Flies 

J.B. Stevens The Red Exit 

Victory Witherkeigh The Girl

2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award Top 20

The Killer Nashville Claymore Award goes to authors of the best 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript. The top 3 finalists and the winner will be announced at Killer Nashville on August 24.

Killer Nashville 2012 Award Winners

Killer Nashville 2012 announced its Award winners this past weekend.

2012 Claymore Award Winner: Jonathan Stone for "Again"
2nd Place: V.R. Barkowski for "A Twist of Hate"
3rd Place Tie: Carol Baier for "Wicked Schemes" & Mark Troy for "The Law of the Splintered Paddle"

2012 Silver Falchion Award:  C.Hope Clark for "Lowcountry Bribe"

Crime Scene Detective Award:  Lee Masterson ​

SEMWA Magnolia Award Chester D. Campbell 

Congratulations to all!