The Christy AwardsThe Christy Award was named in honor of Catherine Marshall’s novel and of her contribution to growth of the fiction Christians love to read.
How They Work
Every year publishers are invited to submit novels written from a Christian worldview and copyrighted in the year preceding the awards. Each category of novels are read and evaluated against a ten-point criteria by a panel of seven judges composed of librarians, reviewers, academicians, literary critics, and other qualified readers, none of whom have a direct affiliation with a publishing company.
The nominees:
Contemporary Romance Category
Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)
Contemporary Series, Sequels & Novellas Category
Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Summer Snow by Nicole Baart (Tyndale House Publishers)
You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman (FaithWords)
Contemporary Standalone Category
Dogwood by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)
Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas (Moody Publishers)
First Novel Category
Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake (David C. Cook)
Ran Song by Alice J. Wisler (Bethany House Publishers)
Safe at Home by Richard Doster (David C. Cook)
Historical Category
Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley (B&H Publishing Group)
Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)
Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser (Bethany House Publishers)
Historical Romance Category
Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy (Barbour Publishers)
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers)
The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H Publishing Group)
Suspense Category
By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Rook by Steven James (Revell)
Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers)
Visionary Category
The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House Publishers)
Shade by John B. Olson (B&H Publishing Group)
Vanish by Tom Pawlik (Tyndale House Publishers)
Young Adult Category
The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina (FaithWords)
I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers)
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
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My warmest congratualtions to my blog mate over at Novel Matters, Debbie Fuller Thomas for this amazing (and well deserved) honor. All of us at Novel Matters are doing the happy dance with you!
Ha-cha-cha!
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4 comments:
Thank you, Bonnie. I always find myself amazed at being in the company of such talented authors at Novel Matters. You all raise the bar!
So excited!!!! Did you see that Joy was nominated!? And Athol! Everyone on that list deserves to be!
Debbie: You are kind, but you wrote your amazing book Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon BEFORE you were a part of Novel Matters, so it must just be your own amazingness that got you there!
Nicci:Joy Jordan Lake's book absolutely deserves to be on this list. It's outstanding.
Athol is a strong steady writer and it's no surpise to see his name on this (or any awards) list.
And Claudia Mair Burnbey is astounding. A voice you will want to listen to for sure!!
Hi, if you could change the title of my novel from RAN SONG to RAIN SONG, I'd be happy!
Thanks!
~ Alice J. Wisler, author of RAIN SONG and HOW SWEET IT IS (just out this month!)
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