This is one of those things that I typically say “meh, don’t really care” about but since I’ve been nominated (and won) for a few, here they are.

• 2014 Darrell Award for Best Short Story (“The Finder’s Keeper” – Dreams of Steam IV: Gizmos, Dark Oak Press) — *FINALIST*
• 2014 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Author (“Hill 142” – Hero’s Best Friend, Seventh Star Press) — *FINALIST*
• 2019 Dragon Award for Best Military SciFi and Fantasy Novel (Sons of the Lion, Seventh Seal Press) — *FINALIST*
• 2019 Webster Award for Best Virginian Author (Sons of the Lion, Seventh Seal Press) –*FINALIST*
• 2020 Helicon Award for Best Military Science Fiction Novel (Sons of the Lion, Seventh Seal Press) — *WINNER*
• 2023 Readers Favorite Award for Best Audiobook-Fiction (The Executioners w/Matt Novotny, Narrated by Daniel Wisniewski, Seventh Seal Press) — *GOLD MEDAL WINNER*
• 2023 Helicon Award for Best Horror Novel (Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever w/Larry Correia, Baen Books) — *WINNER*
• 2024 Imadjinn Award for Best Editor (Chicks in Tank Tops, Baen Books) — *FINALIST*
• 2024 Imadjinn Award for Best Urban Fantasy Novel (Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever w/ Larry Correia, Baen Books) — *WINNER*
• 2025 Imadjinn Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (Salvage Purgatory w/ Kevin Steverson & Nick Steverson, Theogony Books) — *FINALIST*
• 2025 Imadjinn Award for Best Short Story Collection (Single Author) (Side Hustle: Vol. 1, Kurp Publishing) — *FINALIST*
• 2025 Imadjinn Award for Best Horror Novel (Mountain of Fire, Baen Books) — *WINNER*

I’d rather win the award for most checks cashed than anything else…