2024
The Claymore Award
2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Award – Christopher Boswell, "The Aviatrix" (Best Action Adventure)
2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Award, 1st Runner Up – Paul McAvoy, "What They Buried" (Best Mystery)
2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Award, 2nd Runner Up – Erik Giles, "The Destroyer of Many Worlds" (Best Supernatural)
Best Action Adventure – The Aviatrix / Christopher Boswell
Best Comedy – The Queen of Granny Lit / Sandy White
Best Cozy – Pontoon, Romance, Boats, and Bad Business in the Wisconsin Northwoods / TK Sheffield
Best Historical – An Inquest of Eels / Jane Bitomsky
Best Investigator – The Scent of Sunday / Patricia Thorpe
Best Juvenile / YA – Trouble is a Shore Thing / Mark Brutsché
Best Literary – The Accidental Time Traveler / Sylvia Bluck
Best Mainstream / Commercial – What Remains Behind / Rodney Walther
Best Mystery – What They Buried / P.J. McAvoy
Best Nonfiction – Sue or Be Sued / Justin Hopson
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy – A Tonic of Wildness / Kate Hohl
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology – Pocket Money and Other Stories / P.K. Richard
Best Southern Gothic – Ghosts in the Glades / Staci Andrea
Best Supernatural – The Destroyer of Many Worlds / Erik Giles
Best Suspense – The Middle of Nowhere / Brenda Fine
Best Thriller – Electric Sky / Peter Miller
Best Western – Put Away Wet / Nancy Bruett
The Silver Falchion Award
2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award – Ghost Tamer / Meredith R. Lyons
2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, 1st Runner Up – Arsenic at Ascot: A Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery / Kelly Oliver
2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, 2nd Runner Up – Trust the Terrier: A Coral Shores Veterinary Mystery / DL Mitchell
Best Action Adventure – Hanging the Devil / Tim Maleeny
Best Comedy – A Crafty Collage of Crime / Lois Winston
Best Cozy – Trust the Terrier: A Coral Shores Veterinary Mystery / DL Mitchell
Best Historical – Arsenic at Ascot, A Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery / Kelly Oliver
Best Investigator – Vessels of Wrath / Thomas Holland
Best Juvenile / YA – Where Echoes Die / Courtney Gould
Best Literary – Brush: A Novel / Penn Anderson
Best Mainstream / Commercial – Prom Queen / Laura Wolfe
Best Mystery – Indigo Road / Reed Bunzel
Best Nonfiction – Finding YOUR Path to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide / Judy Penz Sheluk
Best Sci-fi / Fantasy – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller / Stu Jones
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology – Paper Walls / Glass Houses / Richard Helms
Best Southern Gothic – Inescapable, A Novel / WB Henley
Best Supernatural – Ghost Tamer / Meredith R. Lyons
Best Suspense – The Rule of Thirds / Jeannee Sacken
Best Thriller – Breaking Apart / Wanda Venters, MD and Mary Rae, MD
Best Western – Reckoning / Baron Birtcher
John Seigenthaler Legends Award Winner – Charles Todd
Readers’ Choice Award – These Still Black Waters / Christina McDonald
Bad Traffic / Patrick Weill
Best Book By Attending Author – James L’Etoile / Face of Greed
