The winners of the 2024 Silver Falchion awards were announced August 24 at the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee.

The award categories cover the spectrum of popular literature. Here are the Silver Falchion winners of genre interest. The complete list of winners is here.

BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY

• The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller by Stu Jones

BEST JUVENILE / Y.A.

• Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould

BEST SUPERNATURAL

• Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons

Finalists have been announced for the 2022 Silver Falchion award given by the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The Silver Falchion award categories cover the spectrum of popular literature. The conference’s Reader’s Choice nominees also have been posted.

The conference takes place August 18-21. The awards dinner is on August 20.

Here are the finalists in Silver Falchion categories that include works of genre interest.

2022 BEST JUVENILE / YA FINALISTS

• A Shadow on the Snow by JPC Allen
• Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3) by Elizabeth Bunce
• What Lies Beneath by Marissa Doyle
• Rules of Falling by Leslie Tall Manning
• A Stranger From the Storm by William Burton McCormick
• Wonder Rush by Dan McKeon
• Silence Speaks: A Sonny and Breanne Mystery #4 by James Paavola
• Leisha’s Song by Lynn Slaughter

2022 BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY FINALISTS

• Journey to the Past by Esteban Corio
• Schrodinger’s Cat by Ronald Crittenden
• Hall of Skulls by Jamie Eubanks
• The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian
• House of Bastiion by K.L. Kolarich
• Beryl Blue, Time Cop by Janet Raye Stevens
• Tomb of the Queen by Joss Walker
• Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos by Wilson Whitlow
• Missing on Orbital 4: A Jake Hemlock Adventure by Cory Wilcox

2022 BEST SUPERNATURAL FINALISTS

• You Can’t Candle the Truth by Sarah E. Burr
• Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman
• Our Trespasses by Michael Cordell
• Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge
• Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks
• Rovers by Richard Lange
• Annihilation by Kaylin McFarren
• The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen Power
• A Moment After Dark by Janet Raye Stevens
• Tidepool by Nicole Willson

Finalists have been announced for the 2018 Silver Falchion award is given by the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The Silver Falchion award categories cover the spectrum of popular literature. The conference’s Reader’s Choice nominees also have been posted.

The conference is being held this year August 23-26. The Silver Falchion and the convention’s Readers’ Choice Awards will be presented on August 26.

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How the winners are determined

SILVER FALCHION. All entries to the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award go through multiple rounds of judging that are performed by a collective of industry peers—writers, editors, agents, reviewers, etc. Each title is assigned a numerical score addressing multiple elements present within the submitted work. Scores are averaged together and the best-performing works move on to the next round of judging. This process is repeated until the judges are able to determine finalists and definitive winners in each respective category

READER’S CHOICE. The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award is given to the author who receives the most votes for his/her title. Voting is done online and is open to everyone. By submitting to the Silver Falchion Award competition, authors are automatically placed in the Reader’s Choice Award contest, as well.

Here are the Readers Choice nominees of genre interest —

Best Fantasy/SciFi/Horror

• PIGEON by Daniel Zadow
• UNTO THE THIRD GENERATION by Rosemary & Larry Mild
• SHADOW MOUNTAIN by Tess Collins
• TRIPLEYE by John Hegenberger
• ALTERATIONS by Jane Suen
• CHILDREN OF THE FIFTH SUN by Gareth Worthington
• DESTINY by Matthew Mather
• CHAOS UNBOUND by Brian Leon
• THE DEVIL’S BIBLE by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
• ANTITHEUS by G.A. Minton
• BLACKWELL by Alexandrea Weis
• DADGUMMIT by Maggie Toussaint
• IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN by Andy Davidson
• KNIFE’S TELL by Daniel Dark
• THE GRIP OF IT by Jacob Jemc
• VACANT EYES by Christine Wevik

Winners of the Silver Falchion and the Readers’ Choice Awards were announced at the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, TN on August 26. They cover the spectrum of popular literature; here are the winners in the categories of genre interest.

2017 SILVER FALCHION AWARD WINNERS

2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Mystery/Thriller

• James Hannibal, The Lost Property Office

2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Horror/Fantasy

• David Neilsen, Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom

2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror/Fantasy

• Andrew Peters, The City of Seven Gods

2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Children’s

• Delia Sherman, The Evil Wizard Smallbone

2017 KILLER NASHVILLE READER’S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS

2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror

• Eric Gardner, Awakening

2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Fantasy / Sci-Fi

• Barbara Barnett, The Apothecary’s Curse

2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Children’s

• Janice Petri, Something’s Tuggin on my Claw

How the winners are determined

SILVER FALCHION. All entries to the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award go through multiple rounds of judging that are performed by a collective of industry peers—writers, editors, agents, reviewers, etc. Each title is assigned a numerical score addressing multiple elements present within the submitted work. Scores are averaged together and the best-performing works move on to the next round of judging. This process is repeated until the judges are able to determine finalists and definitive winners in each respective category

READER’S CHOICE. The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award is given to the author who receives the most votes for his/her title. Voting is done online and is open to everyone. By submitting to the Silver Falchion Award competition, authors are automatically placed in the Reader’s Choice Award contest, as well.