2023
The Claymore Award
2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award – Les Edgerton / Francois Roberge – The Fixer
1st Runner Up Best Unpublished Manuscript – Maria Ostrowski / The Bones of Hope
2nd Runner Up Best Unpublished Manuscript – Lucinda Gerlitz / The Chess Player
Best Action Adventure – Les Edgerton / Francois Roberge - The Fixer
Best Comedy – Elaine K. Marsh / King of the Buckaroo Boys
Best Cozy – Lucinda Gerlitz / The Chess Player
Best Historical – Catherine Siemann / Death Uptown and Downtown
Best Investigator – Kayla Brown / Chase Harlem
Best Juvenile / YA – Angie Andriot / The Stonecrafters
Best Literary – Jennifer and Jessica Slee / Perfect Fifth
Best Mainstream / Commercial – Rodney Walther / Glory of the Leopard
Best Mystery
N.D. Haupt / The Cottage
Lynn Tavernier / Long Way Home
Best Nonfiction – John Lamb / Service with a Sneer: A Street Cop’s Memoir
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy – JS Morrison / The Pieces of My Self
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology – Robert Mangeot / Parts of the Problem
Best Southern Gothic – Leigh M. Hall / The Chambermaids
Best Supernatural
Maria Ostrowski / The Bones of Hope
Darin Werkmeister / Volk
Best Suspense – Cynthia Rice / The Last Broken Girl
Best Thriller – Christopher I. Reilly / El Chancho
Best Western – Mary Bendickson / A Brilliantly Scathing Life
The Silver Falchion Award
Best Book of 2022 – Lynessa Layne / Target Acquired
1st Runner Up Best Book of 2022 – Frank Runles / Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent’s Toolkit for Catching Liars and Cheats
2nd Runner Up Best Book of 2022 – Rich Zahradnik / The Bone Records
Best Action Adventure – Angela Greenman / The Child Riddler
Best Comedy – J. B. Manning / Richter the Mighty
Best Cozy – Lori Robbins / Murder in Third Position
Best Historical – Carmen Amato / Murder at the Galliano Club
Best Investigator – James L'Etoile / Dead Drop
Best Juvenile / YA – Elizabeth Bunce / In Myrtle Peril, a Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery
Best Literary – Bruce Holsinger / The Displacements
Best Mainstream / Commercial – Katherine Faulkner / Greenwich Park
Best Mystery – Rich Zahradnik / The Bone Records
Best Nonfiction – Frank Runles / Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent's Toolkit for Catching Liars and Cheats
Best Sci-fi / Fantasy – Bryan Johnston / Death Warrant
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology – Lindy Ryan / Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga
Best Southern Gothic – Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor / River of Ashes
Best Supernatural – Jennifer McMahon / The Children on the Hill
Best Suspense – Lynessa Layne / Target Acquired
Best Thriller – Jeneva Rose / One of Us is Dead
Best Western – Terrence McCauley / Blood on the Trail
2023 BEST BOOK BY AN ATTENDING AUTHOR – Debra H. Goldstein / Five Belles Too Many
2023 READERS’ CHOICE AWARD – Jeneva Rose / One of Us is Dead
2023 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD – Robert Mangeot
2023 JOHN SEIGENTHALER LEGENDS AWARDS – Maureen Corrigan
