2011

Claymore Award – Judith Dailey, Animal, Vegetable, Murder

1st Runner Up  – Craig Faustus Buck, Go Down Hard
2nd Runner Up – Joan Lipinsky Cochran, The Yiddish Gangster’s Daughter

Claymore Award Finalists:
(in alphabetical order by author)
Baron R. Birtcher, Rain Dogs
Bryan Camp, Where the Dead Remain
Debora Dale, Canyon Road
Jessica Ferguson, A Bad Guy Forever
Frank Jenkins, An Embarrassment of Riches
Doc Macomber, Riff Raff
E. Joan Sims, A.K.A. Love

Silver Falchion Award – Marco Conelli, Matthew Livingston and the Politics of Death

Dupin Detective Award – Deborah DeLong

SEMWA Magnolia Award – Clay Stafford