Homer Awards
The thriller awards
Three awards. One genre. Submitted by publishers. Voted on by readers. Winner chosen by the panel.
Best Thriller of the Year
The Odyssey Award
The headline award. The book that kept you turning pages all the way home. Not the most commercially successful. The one that earned every reader’s trust and never broke it.
Best Psychological Thriller
The Circe Award
The book that got inside your head and won’t leave. The one that made you question what you knew, who you trusted, and what was real.
Best Debut Thriller
The Athena Award
The sharpest new voice in the genre. Completely confident from page one, with no apprentice work visible anywhere.
How to submit
Publisher submitted only.
Submissions open October 1, 2026.