The Imaginarium Convention released the 2022 Imadjinn Awards finalists on March 29.

The winners selected by the jury will be announced during an awards ceremony on July 9 at the Imaginarium 2022 Convention in Louisville, KY.

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• It Came from the Trailer Park Volume 1  – Editor William Joseph Roberts
• Blood On The Blade – Editors Jim Beard and John C. Bruening
• Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology – Editors S.D. Vassallo and Steven M. Long

BEST AUDIOBOOK NARRATION

• The Deadly Dust Bunnies  – Written by RA muth / Narrated by Sarah Zimmerman
• The Raven and the Crow: Dark Storm Rising  –  Written by Michael K. Falciani / Narrated by Joshua Saxon
• Widowmakers – Written by William Joseph Roberts / Narrated by Talon Beeson

BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK

• Rosie Paints with Ghosts – Cassie Daley
• The Dragon in My Back Yard – Alan Goldstein
• Love, Hope: Children Express Their Emotions During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Kimberly Hoffman

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

• Big Damn Magic – Kevin Pettway
• The Watchers in Exile –   Barbara V. Evers
• Sword of Cho Nisi book 1 – Dianne Gardner

BEST FAITH-BASED NOVEL

• Raised for a Purpose: Talia’s Story – Virginia Smith

BEST HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL

• Loyal, The Orphan Train Saga book 5 – Sherry A. Burton
• Hoarfrost to Roses – D.L. Gardner
• Witch Hunt – Casey Moores

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• Liar: Memoir of a Haunting – E.F. Schraeder
• 21 Grams – M. Regan
• Cruel Summer – Wesley Southard
• The Devil’s Mark – Tony Acree and Lynn Tincher

BEST LITERARY FICTION NOVEL

• Squat – Erv Klein
• Concussive – Kelsey Day
• “I” For Immortality (The Book of Exquisite Corpse #2) – Anna Tizard

BEST MYSTERY NOVEL

• An Untidy Affair – MB Dabney
• The Merry Messy Mummy – R. A. Muth
• Sea Fog: A Folly Beach Halloween Mystery – Bill Noel and Angelica Cruz

BEST NON-FICTION BOOK

• Pocket Workshop: Essays On Living as a Writer – Tod McCoy editor & by M. Huw Evans, editor
• Writers Workshop of Horror 2 – Michael Knost
• It’s Your Funeral!: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime – Before It’s Too Late – Kathy Benjamin

BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL

• Mystic Passage  – C.L. Carhart
• Taking the Night – J. F. Posthumus
• Dance to a Wylder Beat – Marilyn Barr

BEST POETRY COLLECTION (SINGLE AUTHOR)

• Other Worlds – Terry Persun

BEST ROMANCE NOVEL

• Sandals for Christmas – Kristin King
• At Her Service – Michel Prince
• Southern Mommas A Tale by Tallulah Louise  – Maribelle McCrea

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• Sea Serpent – John S. Worth
• Smuggler’s Run – William Joseph Roberts  and Christopher Woods
• Why Not Wichita – Peter Catania
• Revolution (The Sol Saga Book 1) – James Fox

BEST STEAMPUNK NOVEL 

• Black Wolf – Anna Bowman

BEST SHORT STORY

• Why You Should Think Twice Before Adopting an Alien Baby – Robert Jeschonek
• The Interrogation – Jeffrey James Higgins
• Knock The Hell Out Of You – Steven L. Shrewsbury
• The Last Word  – Laurel Hightower

BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION (SINGLE AUTHOR)

• Side Roads: A Dark Fiction Collection – Rachel A. Brune
• Beneath Raven’s Wing – Vonnie Winslow Crist
• Orbital Defense Corps: And Eight Other Scifi Stories: A Kevin Steverson Collection – Kevin Steverson
• Fractured Fairy Tales – Alma Alexander

BEST THRILLER NOVEL

• Furious: Sailing into Terror – Jeffrey James Higgins
• The Collector – Kelly Lynn Colby
• A Final Call – Eliot Parker

BEST URBAN FANTASY NOVEL

• The Big Cinch – Kathy L. Brown
• Of Mettle and Magic – L.R. Braden
• Blood Ad Infinitum – Raven Belasco

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Leisha’s Song – Lynn Slaughter
• Daughter of a King – JM Jordan
• Just One Chance – Lynn Stevens