Awards & Honors

Recognition from the frontier of storytelling

Every award is a handshake from readers and judges who believe these stories matter. Here is the growing shelf of honors for the world of Lynda J. Cox.

2018 InD'tale RONE Award Runner-Up for West of Forgotten — Historical: Victorian - 20th Century

InD'tale RONE Awards — 2018

Runner-Up — Reward of Novel Excellence

Category: Historical — Victorian to 20th Century

West of Forgotten

2015 Laramie Award Winner for Best Debut Novel — A Long Way from Yesterday

Laramie Awards — 2015

Winner — Best Debut Novel

A Long Way from Yesterday

2016 Laramie Award Winner for Best Western Romance — Seize the Flame

Laramie Awards — 2016

Winner — Best Western Romance

Seize the Flame

2018 Uncaged Book Reviews Raven Award Winner for Best Historical Western Romance — West of Forgotten

Uncaged Book Reviews — 2018

Winner — Best Historical Western Romance

West of Forgotten

RONE

Nominee

InD'tale RONE Awards — 2019

Nominee — Reward of Novel Excellence

Originally published as Controlled Burn

Until Forever

RONE

Nominee

InD'tale RONE Awards — 2022

Nominee — Reward of Novel Excellence

One Saint in Tonica