Thank you for your entry for
The 16th Annual Silver Falchion Award
Hosted by Killer Nashville

We look forward to reading your submission!

What previous winners are saying:

  • “Winning the Silver Falchion Award was an incredible experience, from the awards ceremony to the positive effect on my book sales!

    —Randall Reneau

  • "Winning the Silver Falchion Award came at just the right time to draw extra attention to the release of The Devil's Bible trade paperback, and we were also able to use the Silver Falchion win as promotion at the launch of Book of the Just. For some readers trying to decide what to add to their TBR pile, seeing the validation of an award win gives them the last nudge they need to buy your book."

    _Dana Chamblee Carpenter, The Bohemian Trilogy

  • "Winning the Silver Falchion Award for Best Attending Author from Killer Nashville 2020 is one of my biggest thrills ever -and that coveted Silver Falchion medal has been a huge boost to my writing career. It also comes after I won the Killer Nashville Claymore Award a few years earlier, which helped me start my current Clare Carlson mystery series."

    _R.G Belskv, The Clare Carlson Mysteries

  • "After winning the Silver Falchion in 2019 for Best Mystery (A Knife in the Fog), and again in 2020 as Best Suspense and Book of the Year (Queen's Gambit). I'm seen b industrv professionals as a serious writer. I've gotten several invitations to participate or lead author panels and been on several podcasts. If I were in the Mafia, I'd be what is known as a "Made Man."

    –Bradley Harper, A Knife in the Fog & Queen's Gambit

  • "I don't know which was better, winning the Silver Falchion in 2016 for our anthology, Murder on Wheels, or having it presented by the mystery legend, Anne Perry. Both were a total thrill for the Austin Mystery Writers and this honor gave us the confidence to create another anthology."

    –Kaye George

  • "Winning the Silver Falchion Award was one of the highlights of my career! It propelled me forward and opened doors in a way no other award has!"

    –David Neilsen

  • "The most exciting event in my writing career occurred the evening The Killer Nashville International Mystery Writers' Conference named my debut novel, Waking Up in Medellin, the Silver Falchion winner for Best Fiction Book of the Year. 2017. The award has validated me as an author in the competitive mystery and thriller categories."

    –Kathryn Lane

  • "An award vou're not quite sure how to pronounce reminds you that there's always more to learn about language when you're a writer. And, in this enormous country, it's lovely to think of readers all the way over in TN knowing about your books and appreciating them."

    –Catriona McPherson

  • "As an indie author, winning a Silver Falchion for Best Mystery out of a pool that included some of my favorite traditionally published authors, alongside winners in other categories who were my idols, was an exciting form of validation I never dreamed was possible. Since winning, I have found that I suddenly have an instant credibility with other crime fiction authors, publishers, agents, publicists, and editors - credibility I lacked before. Readers may care more about my USA Today bestseller status, but nothing opens doors within the industry like the Silver Falchion."

    –Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Previous Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award winners: