The 2020 Imadjinn Awards winners were announced on September 27, the final day of the Imaginarium 2020 Virtual Conference and Convention.

Best Anthology

• Malice in Memphis presents Mayhem IN Memphis – edited by Carolyn McSparren

Best Audiobook Narration

• Protecting Peyton – written by Becky Muth & narrated by Jennifer Gilmour

Best Children’s Book

• My Mom Is Sick and It’s Okay – written by Angie McPherson

Best Fantasy Novel

• Things They Buried – written by Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson

Best Historical Fiction Novel

• Subterfuge – written by Erv Klein

Best Horror Novel

• The Crymost – written by Dean H. Wild

Best Literary Fiction Novel

• Anybody Want to Play WAR? – written by Tommy B. Smith

Best Mystery Novel

     [Two winners]

• NO JOKE: A Folly Beach Mystery – written by Bill Noel
• Death By Stalking – written by Abigail Keam

Best Non-Fiction Book

• Something to Believe In – written by Amy Leigh McCorkle

Best Paranormal Romance Novel

• The Guardian – written by Amy Leigh McCorkle

Best Romance Novel

• A Cowboy Charming Christmas – written by Mina Beckett

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Harvest Day – written by R. Kyle Hannah

Best Short Story

• Woman of the Grid – written by Sandy Lender

Best Short Story Collection (single author)

     [Two winners]

• Terror in Time – written by Melodie Romeo
• Hero Without a Cape – written by Katheryn Ragle

Best Steampunk Novel

• Black Recluse – written by Anna Bowman

Best Thriller Novel

• Tybee Island H-Bomb – written by Michael Houtchen

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• A Drop of Magic – written by Lauren Braden

Best Young Adult Novel

• Persnickety Jones and the Pirates of Undertoe – written by Robert Turk writing as Robert Ottoman