SMFS Member Award Winners at 2024 Killer Nashville

 

Several SMFS list members reported that they won awards at the recent Killer Nashville Conference.  The full list of winners can be found at the website. The SMFS list members who reported that they received awards are:

 

James L’Etoile won a Silver Falchion Award in the Best Book by an Attending Author category for Face of Greed: A Novel (Oceanview Publishing, November 2023).

 

Richard Helms won a Silver Falchion Award in the Best Anthology (Awarded To Individual Author Or Collection Editor) category for Paper Walls/Glass Houses (Black Arch Books, May 2023)

 

Paul McAvoy won a Claymore Award in the Best Mystery category for What They Buried. Mr.  McAvoy also reports that he additionally won a first runner-up Claymore Award For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages for the manuscript, What They Buried.

 

P.K. Richard won a Claymore Award in the Best Short Story Collection / Anthology category for Pocket Money and Other Stories.

 

Judy Penz Sheluk won a Silver Falchion Award in the Best Nonfiction category for Finding YOUR Path to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide (Superior Shores Press).

SMFS Member Award Winners at 2023 Killer Nashville

Several SMFS list members won awards at the Killer Nashville Conference last weekend. The full list of winners can be found at the website. The SMFS list members who received awards are listed below:

 

Debra H. Goldstein won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Book By An Attending Author” category for Five Belles Too Many: A Sarah Blair Mystery (Kensington Books).

 

James L’Etoile won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Investigator” category for Dead Drop: A Detective Nathan Parker Novel (Level Best Books).

 

Robert Mangeot won the “2023 SEMWA Magnolia Award” for service to the Southeast Regional Chapter (SEMWA) of the Mystery Writers of America.

 

Cynthia Rice won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award in The Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the “Suspense” category for The Last Broken Girl. The book is scheduled to be published in 2024 by The Wild Rose Press.

 

Lori Robbons won a Silver Falchion Award in the “Best Cozy” category for Murder in Third Position: An On Pointe Mystery (Level Best Books).

 

Jennifer and Jessica Slee won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award in The Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the “Literary” category for Perfect Fifth.

SMFS Member Award Winners at 2022 Killer Nashville

Three SMFS list members won awards at the Killer Nashville Conference last weekend. The full list of winners can be found at the website. The SMFS list members who received awards as listed below:

James L’Etoile won a Silver Falchion Award in the 2022 Killer Nashville Best Book By Attending Author  category for Black Label (Level Best Books, July 2021).

Jeffrey James Higgins won the overall 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Shaking. The unpublished manuscript also won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages in the Best Mystery category.

Nina Wachsman won a Killer Nashville Claymore Award For Best First Fifty Unpublished Pages for the manuscript, The Surrealist Circle, in the Best Historical category.