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(for the best first 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript, play, or screenplay) 17 groups of finalists.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