EW! The 2025 INDIE AUTHOR BOOK AWARDS!

CATEGORIES & NOMINEES

Voting will be open through THANKSGIVING DAY, November 27th!

Indie Book of the Year (Sponsored by Indievisible Events)
– Curbside Curses –Nadine Stewart 
– The Magic Man – LaShane Arnett
– How to Commit the Perfect Murder in Ten Easy Steps – Jessica Huntley
Medicate Me –Emily Hodson

Best Anthology/Collection (Sponsored by Hell’s Diner: 13 Devilish Delectables)
– Curbside Curses – Nadine Stewart
– Beautifully Bloody, Volume 1
– Twelve Months of Horror
– Autumn Tales III: Return
– Hall of Hauntings – NS Ford

Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi
– Cursed Fate – Kassidy VanGundy
– The Dragon’s Flute – Rylo Kinn
– Imprints of the Past – Gareth Ian Davies
Medicate Me – Emily Hodson
– Umbrate – AD Jones

Best LGBTQ+ Horror (Sponsored by Undertaker Books)
– Don’t Lie – Sarah Jules 
Europea Halls 2 –Alan Shivers
– Family Murder Night – B.E. Fournier
– A HOLE IN THE WORLD: White Harbor Book 3 – Carlos Rivera
– The Namaste Slasher – Alan Shivers

Best Monster Horror (Sponsored by Kitty-Pie by Abbigail White and Stephanie James Publishing)
– Evening of the Mutated Undead – E Reyes
– Fallout – Hayley Anderton & Laura Swift
– Hallowin – EV Sauvage
– A HOLE IN THE WORLD: White Harbor Book 3 – Carlos Rivera
– The Tickle Monster – David Washburn

Best Paranormal Thriller (Sponsored by January Ember Press!)
– The Cult of Choiche – Jamie Stewart
– The Magic Man – LaShane Arnett
– Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend – Alana K. Drex & Billy Ray Middleton Jr.
– Powder & Poison – Julia Jackson
– Umbrate – AD Jones

Best Slasher (Sponsored by The Magic of Books Bookstore)
– Bleed – Emerald O’Brien
– Don’t Lie – Sarah Jules
– Europea Halls 2 – Alan Shivers
– The Namaste Slasher – Alan Shivers
The Skull Keeper – Mariette Whitcomb

Catchiest Book Title (Sponsored by A Car Trip to Save the Blissfully Unaware World by Lowe Shivers and Stephanie James Publishing)
– Christmas Night of the Scurry Furry – E. Reyes
– Evening of the Mutated Undead – E Reyes
– How to Commit the Perfect Murder in Ten Easy Steps – Jessica Huntley
-Oops, I Killed My Boyfriend – Alana K. Drex and Billy Middleton Jr.
– The Tickle Monster – David Washburn

Best Short Story/Novella (Sponsored by Your Move by Danielle Maya and Stephanie James Publishing)
– Fallout – Hayley Anderton
– Next Move – Mike Minicky
– Red Christmas – Alice B. Sullivan
– The Tickle Monster – David Washburn
The Unseen and Uninvited – Sara Kate

Best Sequel or Prequel (Sponsored by Alex Tilley, Author!)
– The Darkness That Binds Us – Jessica Huntley
– The Darkness That Came Before – Jessica Huntley
– A Hole in the World: White Harbor Book 3 – Carlos Rivera
– The Magic Man – LaShane Arnett
– The Woman I Want Dead – Sara Kate

Best Psychological Thriller (Sponsored by The Magic Man by LaShane Arnett!)
– The Darkness That Binds Us – Jessica Huntley
Don’t Tell a Soul – Jessica Huntley
– Family Murder Night – B.E. Fournier
Powder & Poison – Julia Jackson
The Skull Keeper – Mariette Whitcomb

Best Murder Mystery/Suspense (Sponsored by The Stokebridge Trilogy)
– Echoes of the Forgotten– Michael Nunn
– How to Commit the Perfect Murder in Ten Easy Steps – Jessica Huntley
– Powder & Poison – Julia Jackson
– The Storm Within – Gill D. Anderson
– The Woman I Want Dead – Sara Kate

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!