Acerca de los premios Imadjinn: Otorgados por primera vez en Imaginarium 2015, los premios Imadjinn son una serie integral de premios de escritura con jurado que reconocen logros sobresalientes en una amplia gama de géneros y categorías.

Se han convertido en un premio de escritura muy respetado a nivel internacional y abarcan muchas esferas de la escritura, incluidos guiones, cómics, letras de canciones y desarrollo de juegos, además de una amplia gama de categorías literarias.

Los Finalistas de los Imadjinn Awards 2024 fueron seleccionados y aquí estan:

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Theft of Fire: Orbital Space # 1, Devon Eriksen (Devon Eriksen LLC)
• Dust of the Ocean, Dorothy Grant (Self published)
• Prince Liberator, Fred Hughes (Theogony)
• Standing Among The Tombstones, William Alan Webb (Self published)

Best Fantasy Novel

• Nexus, Jeff Dunne (Wyrder)
• Heart Master, Nikolas Everhart (Dragon Street Press)
• Dagger of Orion, J.L. Lawrence (Jumpmaster)
• Reckoning Day, Steven L. Shrewsbury (Self published)
• Touch of Faete, Ligia de Wit (Cursed Dragon Ship)

Best Horror Novel

• Polyphemus, Zachary Ashford (DarkLit)
• Shock Waves, Matt Kurtz (Self published)
• A Fury, Eva Vertrice (Pendem)

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever, Larry Correia & Jason Cordova (Baen)
• Delevan House, Ruthann Jagge & Natasha Sinclair (Self published)
• Hunting the Hart, Jon R. Osborne (New Mythology)
• Jason Phoenix and the Demon Lamp, Kyle Adam Willis (Pathbinder)

Best Paranormal Romance

• Embers, Kat Turner (City Owl)
• Sons of Ymre: Jake, Lilith Saintcrow (ImaJinn)
• Shadow & Ash, Crymsyn Hart (Self published)

Best Young Adult Novel

• The Book of Rose, K B Carlisle (Woods)
• I See You, Frantiska Oliver (Jumpmaster)
• Trumpus, James Sabata (Self published)

Best Anthology

• Chicks in Tank Tops, Jason Cordova, ed. (Baen)
• Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare, Mark Greene, ed. (Three Ravens)
• Fantastic Schools Staff (Volume 7), L Jagi Lamplighter, ed. (Wisecraft)
• Standing Against All Odds, William Alan Webb, ed. (Self published)

Best Short Story Collection

• The End, Kayleigh Dobbs (Black Shuck)
• The Unfortunate Problem with Grandmother’s Head and Other Stories, Karen Haber (Three Ravens)
• The LawDog Files: Revised and Expanded, Ian McMurtrie (Self published)

Best Short Story

• “The Ballad of Esmerelda Calhoun”, David Badurina (It Came From The Trailer Park)
• “Primordial Soup”, S.A. Bradley (A Night of Misfit Stories: A Charity Anthology)
• “Some Hidden Soul”, Dave Creek (Amazing Stories 7/23)
• “Duck Me”, Melissa Olthoff (The Phoenix Initiative)
• “Don’t Kill the Cook”, J.F. Posthumus (Fantastic Schools Volume Seven: Staff)

Best Audiobook Narration

• The Grey Man – Twilight, J.L. Curtis, narrated by Marcus Barton (Three Ravens)
• The Rise of Zhengyi, E.G. Rowley, narrated by E.G. Rowley (Jumpmaster)
• Privateers & Pandemonium, Nick Steverson and Melissa Olthoff, narrated by Daniel Wisniewski (Theogony)

Best Steampunk Novel

• The King’s Regret, Philip Ligon (Jumpmaster)

Los ganadores serán seleccionados por un jurado y anunciados en la Convención Imaginarium, que se celebrará el 20 de julio de 2024 en el Holiday Inn Louisville East de Louisville KY. Para más información, incluida la lista completa de finalistas, consulte el sitio web de Imaginarium.

Fuente: Locus Magazine