And The Winners Are…

We want to extend our sincere congratulations to everyone who entered these contests. You are all winners because you were willing to put your writing out there!

Selah Awards

Genre: Bible Studies

Winner:

Author: Erica Wiggenhorn

Title: An Unexplainable Life: Recovering the Wonder and Devotion of the Early Church

Publisher: Moody PublishersEditor: Pam Pugh

Finalists:

Author: Cheri Cowell

Title: One Story, One Mission, One God

Publisher: E A Books

Editor: Deb Haggerty

 

Author:  Andy Lee

Title:  The Book of Ruth Key Word Bible Study

Publisher: AMG

Editor: Rich Cairnes and Rick Steele

Agent: Blythe Daniel

 

Genre: Children’s Literature (Picture Books & Chapter Books)

Winner:

Author: Michelle Medlock Adams

Title: Happy Birthday to You!

Publisher: Worthy Kids

Editor: Peggy Schaefer

Agent: Steve Laube

 

Finalists:

Author: Hannah C. Hall

Title:  Would a Worm Go on a Walk?

Publisher: Worthy Kids

Editor: Melinda Rumbaugh

Agent: Sally Apokedak

 

Author: Jill Roman Lord

Title: God Made You Just Right

Publisher: Worthy Kids

Editor: Peggy Schaefer

Agent: Cyle Young

 

Genre: Christian Living

Winner:

Author: Deb DeArmond and Ron DeArmond

Title: Don’t Go to Bed Angry; Stay Up and Fight

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Editor: Ramona Richards

Agent: Greg Johnson

 

Finalists:

Author: Torry Martin & Doug Peterson

Title:  Of Moose and Men

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Editor: Gene Skinner

 

Author: Linda Evans Shepherd

Title: Winning Your Daily Spiritual Battles

Publisher: Baker Publishing Group / Revell

Editor: Vicki Crumpton

Agent: Janet Grant

 

Genre: General Nonfiction

Winner:

Author: Lilly Sanders Ubbens

Title: God’s Refugee

Publisher: Create Space

Editor: Lilly Sanders Ubbens

Agent: Diana Flegel

 

Finalists:

Author: Linda Gilden & Tama Westman

Title: Why You Do What You Do

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas/Straight Street Books

Editor: Cindy Sproles

 

Author: David King & Margot Starbuck

Title: Overplayed: A Parent’s Guide to Sanity in the World of Youth Sports

Publisher: Herald Press

Editor: Valerie Weaver-Zercher

 

Genre: Inspiration & Gift

Winner:

Author: Bob Hostetler

Title: The Bard and the Bible

Publisher: Worthy Inspired

Editor: Pamela Clements

Agent: Steve Laube

 

Finalists:

Author: Cary & Dena Dyer

Title: Love at First Fight

Publisher: Barbour/Shiloh Run Press

Editor: Brigitta Nortker

Agent: Greg Johnson

 

Author: Kathy Ide

Title: 21 Days of Love

Publisher: Broadstreet Publishing Group

Editor: Kathy Ide

Agent: Diana Flegal

 

Genre: Memoir

Winner:

Author: Virginia Pillars

Title: Broken Brain, Fortified Faith

Publisher: Familius

Editor: Lindsay Sandberg

 

Finalists:

Author: Annie Garman

Title: Unexpected Grace: When Your Child is Born With Half a Heart

Publisher: Annie B. Garman

Editor: Linnea Ransom

 

Author: Christine Lindsay

Title: Finding Sarah, Finding Me

Publisher: WhiteFire Publishing

Editor: Roseanna White & Wendy Chorot

 

Genre: Middle Grade Novels

Winner:

Author: Wendy Dunham

Title: Hope Girl

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Editor: Peggy Wright, Barb Sherrill

Agent: Ruth Samsel

 

Finalists:

Author: Lauren H. Brandenburg

Title: Orlo: The Created

Publisher: Kingdom Publishing Press

Editor: Bethany Kaczmarek

Agent: Julie Gwinn

 

Author: Marion Dawson Gunderson

Title: Finding the King, The Story of Joshua

Publisher: AuthorHouse

 

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Winner:

Author: Sarah Monzon

Title: Finders Keepers

Publisher: Radiant Publications

Editor: Dori Harrell

 

Finalists:

Author: Johnnie Alexander

Title: Where She Belongs

Publisher: Baker Publishing Group / Revell

Editor: Vicki Crumpton & Kristin Kornoelje

Agent: Tamela Hancock Murray

 

Author: Lin Stepp

Title: Welcome Back

Publisher: Kensington Publishing

Editor: Martin Biro

 

Genre: Contemporary Women’s (Double Third Place)

Winner:

Author: Christa Allan

Title: Since You’ve Been Gone

Publisher: Amazon Waterfall Press

Editor: Erin Calligan Mooney

Agent: Jessica Kirkland

 

Finalists:

Author: Candee Fick

Title: Dance Over Me

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas / Bling!

Editor: Sandie Bricker & Marisa Deshaies

 

Author: Linda Wood Rondeau

Title: Miracle on Maple Street

Publisher: Elk Lake Publishing

Editor: Deb Haggerty

Agent: Diana Flegal

 

Author: Cynthia Ruchti

Title: Song of Silence

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Editor: Ramona Richards & Jamie Chavez

Agent: Wendy Lawton

 

Genre: First Novel

Winner:

Author: Beth Ann Ziarnik

Title: Her Deadly Inheritance

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Editor: Rowena Kuo

Agent: Jim Hart

 

Finalists:

Author: Janine Mendenhall

Title: Starving Hearts

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas / Heritage Beacon Fiction

Editor: Ann Tatlock

 

Author: K. S. Moore

Title: Angel Beneath My Wheels

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas/Firefly Southern Fiction

Editor: Jessica Everson

Agent: Les Stobbe

 

Genre: Fiction: Historical/Biblical

Winner:

Author: Karl A. Bacon

Title: Prairie Dog Town

Publisher: Historical Chronicles Press

Editor: Julie Gwinn

 

Finalists:

Author: Pamela King Cable

Title: The Sanctum

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas/Firefly Southern Fiction

Editor: Eva Marie Everson

Agent: Sarah Joy Freese

 

Author: Leslie Basil Payne

Title:  The Legacy of Nobody Smith

Publisher: Leslie Basil Payne

Editor: Robin Patchen

 

Genre: Historical Romance

Winner:

Author: Janet S. Grunst

Title: A Heart Set Free

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Editor: Kathryn Davis

Agent: Linda Glaz

 

Finalists:

Author: Elaine Marie Cooper

Title: Saratoga Letters

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Editor: Alycia Morales

Agent: Cyle Young

 

Author: Myra Johnson

Title: Castle in the Clouds

Publisher: Franciscan Media

Editor: Ericka McIntyre

 

Genre: Fiction: Mystery/Suspense (Double Second Place)

Winner:

Author: Michael Hicks Thompson

Title: The Rector

Publisher: Shepherd King Publishing

Editor: Jerry Gramckow & Caitlin Alexander

Agent: Les Stobbe

 

Finalists:

Author: Lynette Eason

Title: Without Warning

Publisher: Baker Publishing Group / Revell

Editor: Andrea Doering

Agent: Tamela Hancock Murray

 

Author: Lynette Eason

Title: Always Watching

Publisher: Baker Publishing Group / Revell

Editor: Andrea Doering

Agent: Tamela Hancock Murray

 

Author: Donn Taylor

Title: Murder Mezzo Forte

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Editor: Marsha Hubler

Agent: Terry Burns

 

Genre: Novella

Winner:

Author: Cynthia Ruchti

Title: Restoring Christmas

Publisher: Worthy Inspired

Editor: Pamela Clements & Jamie Chavez

Agent: Wendy Lawton

 

Finalists:

Author: Tanya Eavenson

Title: To Gain a Mommy

Publisher: All Roads Publishing

 

Author: Marianne Evans

Title: Bella Natale

Publisher: Pelican Book Group / White Rose

Editor: Nicola Martinez

 

Genre: Fiction: Romantic Suspense

Winner:

Author:  Katy Lee

Title: Blindsided

Publisher: Harlequin / Love Inspired Suspense

Editor: Emily Rodmell

Agent: Steve Laube

 

Finalists:

Author: Mary Alford

Title: Rocky Mountain Pursuit

Publisher: Harlequin / Love Inspired Suspense

Editor: Shana Asaro

Agent: Rachel Kent

 

Author: Lynette Eason

Title: Classified Christmas Mission

Publisher: Harlequin / Love Inspired Suspense

Editor: Emily Rodmell

Agent: Tamela Hancock Murray

 

Genre: Fiction: Speculative

Winner:

Author: Timothy W. Ayers

Title: Cruel Messenger

Publisher: Castle Gate Press

Editor: Suzanne Hartmann

 

Finalists:

Author: Aaron D. Gansky

Title: The Blood Sword: A Hand of Adonai Novel

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas / Brimstone Fiction

Editor: Bethany Kaczmarek

Agent: Dave Fessenden

 

Author:  S. D. Grimm

Title:  Scarlet Moon

Publisher: Gilead Publishing / Enclave

Editor: Ramona Richards

Agent: Julie Gwinn

 

2017 Selah Book of The Year

Bob Hostetler

For: The Bard and the Bible

Publisher: Worthy Inspired

Editor: Pamela Clements

Agent: Steve Laube

 

Directors’ Choice Awards

Nonfiction:

Lori Stanley Roeleveld “Jesus and the Beanstalk”

Abingdon Press

 

Fiction:

Karl A. Bacon “Prairie Dog Town”

Historical Chronicles Press

 

Foundations Awards

(Note: When we had fewer than five entries in any category, we either combined them with another logical or like category or we only awarded a first place.)

 

Genre: Articles

Honorable Mention

Josie Siler: The Clandestine Life of Bestselling Author Tosca Lee

Third Place

Meredith Mills: Parenting Through Depression

Second Place

Karen Friday: Four Ways to Click the Refresh Button in Marriage

First Place

Deborah Sprinkle: What If … Howard Thurman Never Got on that Train?

 

Genre: Essays (Double Honorable Mention)

Honorable Mention

Tez Brooks: Hold On: A Holiday Lesson in Humility

Honorable Mention

Paula Sorrells-Beene: Everything is Going to be All Right

Third Place

Andrea Merrell: The Return of The Prodigals

Second Place

Michelle Munger: Welcome at the Table?

First Place

Jean Wilund: Oops!

 

Genre: Devotionals

Third Place

Karen Friday: The First Breath of Grace

Second Place

Starr Ayers: Eighth Day of the Week

First Place

Jean Wilund: What If We Lived What We Say We Believe?

 

Genre: Nonfiction Books

Third Place

Diana Asaad: Divinely Different

Second Place

Rhonda Robinson: Will I Survive?

First Place

Lyneta L. Smith: Curtain Call

 

Genre: Fiction: Historical / Biblical / Historical Romance

First Place

Jacob Cavett: The Vinyard Keeper

 

Genre: Fiction/Contemporary Romance

Honorable Mention

Bethany Morehead: A Pastor’s Proposal

Third Place

Jennifer Kramer: It’s Always Been You

Second Place

Leslie DeVooght: Island Love is Elementary

First Place

Deborah Clack: Twelve Bluebells Ranch

 

Genre: Fiction: Romantic Suspense

Honorable Mention

Tessa Stone: Illicit

Third Place

Deborah Sprinkle: Deadly Guardian

Second Place

Andrea Merrell: Secret Scars

First Place

Hope R. Welborn: Relentless Pursuit

 

Genre: Fiction: Contemporary Women’s

First Place

Starr Ayers: Beyond the Rainbow

 

Genre: Fiction: Speculative / Mystery / Suspense

Third Place

Sylvia Patzold: You Are Mine

Second Place

Debra Dupree Williams: Grave Consequences

First Place

Sara Anderson: Sook

 

Genre: Poetry

Honorable Mention

Michelle Adserias: Repentant

Third Place

Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes: This is Beauty

Second Place

Karisa Moore: No Regrets, Mother Mary

First Place

Hope E. P. Nicely: Victory

 

Genre: Short Stories

Third Place

Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes: The Unfathomable Details

Second Place

Josie Siler: One More Step

First Place

Katherine Pasour: Courage on the Homefront

 

Genre: Bible Studies

Honorable Mention

Rebecca Lindsey & Patricia Schell: Legacy: Living Now for Future Generations

Third Place

Susan Neal: May the Faith Be With You: Youth Bible Study

Second Place

Patricia Luellen Nicholas: Ruth

First Place

Michelle Adserias: Praise Him!

 

Genre: Young Adult Novels

Third Place

Emily H. Jeffries: The Midways

Second Place

Rebecca Lindsey: Beauties From Ashes

First Place

Sandy Quandt: In the Shadow of Death

Genre: Flash Fiction

Third Place

Mary McQueen: Just Let Me Hold You

Second Place

Tez Brooks: Pink

First Place

Sandy Quandt: The Abomination

 

Genre: Children’s Chapter

First Place

Karena Carter: Herald the Christmas Goat

 

Genre: Children’s Picture

Honorable Mention

Karena Carter: Little Bird, Little Bird

Third Place

Susan Boskat Murray: A Stranger At Your Door

Second Place

Dr. James G. Tippins III: Twas the Night Before Jesus

First Place

Jill Holler: Forty Days of Faith with Mr. Fuzzles

 

Genre: Middle Grade Novels

First Place

Sandy Quandt: Big Granny

 

Genre: Blogs

Honorable Mention

Becky Lindsey: Spotlight

Third Place

Patty Schell: Girl on Adventure

Second Place

Sarah Philpott: All American Mom

First Place

Nan Jones: Taking You Beyond the Veil to Find God’s Presence

 

Genre: Film and Teleplay Script

First Place

Toni Haas Williams: Padre Foundations

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