Articles

Honorable Mention: “P.R.I.M.E. Christian Author” by Kelly May Harris
Third Place: “How to Manage Your Day Jesus’ Way” by Donna Pryor
Second Place: “10 Creative Ways to Read Your Bible” by Shelly Snead
First Place: “Trust Jesus with Your What Ifs” by Suzanne Montgomery

Blogs (Only Two Entries Qualified)

Second Place: CarolynEJacobs.com
First Place: CecilTaylorMinistries.com

Essays

Third Place: “Talking to Crystals and Comas” by Barbara Wright
Second Place: “The Surprise at the Drive-through Window” by Courtney Dailey
First Place: “When the Glasses Go Dark” by Kristin Cooney

Devotions

Third Place: “First Aid” by Kyle Dunn
Second Place: “Following Fireflies” by Barbara Wright
First Place: “A Matter of Trust” by Karen Cerney

Nonfiction Books

Honorable Mention: “The Kilimanjaro Principles of Marriage” by David Hollenstein

Third Place: “From Justified to Just If I’d…” by Kyla Carpenter
Second Place: “Letters from Love’s Battlefield/Triumph in the Aftermath of a Spouse’s Sexual Addiction” by Kathryn M. Lackey
First Place: “Men Called them Crazy, Jesus Called them Daughter: How Jesus Loved and Empowered the Gospel Women” by Roberta Fish

Children’s Picture Books

Honorable Mention: “I Love You no Matter What” by Stacey Barkley
Third Place: “J.J.’s Hands” by Noël Turner
Second Place: “Duffy Goes to Heaven” by Jennifer E. Tirrell
First Place: “I Wish You Enough” by Donna Foster

Children’s Chapter Books/ Middle Grade Books

Third Place: “Lamb of God” by Pam Halter
Second Place: “Wandering Swallow” by Milico Mathers
First Place: “The Tipping Point” by Cindee Appling

Flash Fiction

Third Place: “The Box” by Donna Pryor
Second Place: “Redemption of a Star Killer” by Karisa Moore
First Place: “A Rare Treasure” by Fred von Kamecke

Novellas

Third Place: “XS Island” by Annette Marie Griffin
Second Place: “The Marble Princess” by Carolyn Jacobs
First Place: “Peril in Potter Valley” by Laurie Herlich

Novels: Contemporary Romance Fiction

Third Place: “Truly Madly Deadly” by Courtney Dailey
Second Place: “The Waterman” by Kara Stalnaker
First Place: “Ribbons of Hope” by Renee Gentry

Novels: Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Third Place: “Rezi Maria” by Helen St. Martin
Second Place: “Weep No More” by Deena Adams
First Place: “Skip a Beat” by Anne Sewall

Novels: General Fiction

Third Place: “The UnRemarkable Life of Oxford Dunnigan” by Melanie Stevenson
Second Place: “His Eyes” by Mark Charles Powers
First Place: “Grady’s Gift” by Dr. Suzanne Montgomery

Novels: Historical/Biblical

Honorable Mention: “Her Exodus” by Marissa Giles

Third Place: “The Memoir of Lucas P. Scott” by Sandy Bunch
Second Place: “Of Chains and Choices” by Daryl Lott

First Place: “None So Blind” by Lauren Ann Harrison

Novels: Historical Romance

Third Place: “When the Last Stone Falls” by Johanna Janssen
Second Place: “Hope for Charity” by Sandy Kay Slawson
First Place: “For All That is Secret” by Amy L. Harden

Novels: Romantic Suspense/Suspense Fiction

Third Place: “Open Me” by Courtney Dailey
Second Place: “The Rescue” by Kimberly Stacy Skaggs
First Place: “Veils of Darkness, Circles of Light” by Jana M. Harp Dean

Novels: Speculative

Third Place: “Charlie’s Trip” by David Hollenstein
Second Place: “The Other Side” by Kara Stalnaker
First Place: “A Shrouded Jewel” by Suzie Anne

Poetry

Third Place: “This is My Worship” by Kyla Carpenter
Second Place: “Shadows and Valleys” by Caitlin Miller
First Place: “The Overture” by Annette Marie Griffin

Short Stories

Third Place: “The Stranger in her Driveway” by Courtney Dailey
Second Place: “Rain” by Danny Barnhill
First Place: “Shoshana and the Stranger,” by Julie Giddens

Y A Fiction (large number of entries)

Third Place: “The Remarkable Rescue of 1898” by Helen Liptak
Second Place: “Heart of a Bowman” by Jil Koller
First Place: “Daughter of the Lark” by Kate Campbell

Y A Nonfiction (Only 2 entries qualified)
Second Place: “The Bearded Dragon Devotional: Biblical Reflections for Middle School Boys” by Anne Sewall
First Place: “No Simple Answers: Going Beyond Spiritual Prescriptions for Mental Health” by Amber Ginter

Film and Teleplay Script

Third Place: “The Bless Me Club” by Matthew Hawk Eldridge
Second Place: “Million Likes” by Helen St. Martin
First Place: NONE