Nominees and Finalists

Past Finalists and Winners

18th Annual Whitney Award Nominees

The Whitney Awards are a readers’ choice award. Nominees, finalists, and winners do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Whitney Awards Committee or the Storymakers Guild organization. Nominees will be posted as they come in.

* Titles with an asterisk met the requirements and received the necessary nominations for a Whitney Award. They are not competing due to the one book per category per author rule. The Whitney Awards program is happy to honor the authors and fans of these titles by featuring them on our website.

Nominate a Novel

General/Historical

Baumgardner, Soquel – Kiss and Dwell

Bessey, Sian Ann – A Kingdom to Claim

Hiller, Lindsay – Bailey in the Corner

Melior, Marla – When Walls Talk

Shumway, Peggy Ann – When a Stranger Knocks

Sowards, A.L. – Beneath a Crescent Shadow

Adult Speculative

Belt, C. David – Haunted by the Neverborn

Brown, Boydell – Splinter’s Edge

Hill, C.J. – The Wizard’s Mark

Powell, Christine Valentine – The Centaur Choice

Pozo, Faralee – Sorry Humans, Especially Greg

Wade, J.C. – Winter’s Handmaiden

Mystery/Suspense

Abramson, Traci Hunter & Bessey, Sian Ann – From an Unknown Sender

Bellon, Julie Coulter – Second Guess

Condie, Ally – The Unwedding

Edwards, Paige – Flat Deception

Eljarbo, Heidi – Trouble in Assisi

Fayeth, Jenessa – Date with Danger

Tregaskis, D. M. – Bake Wars

Romance

Abramson, Traci Hunter – Jim and Katherine

Armstrong, Lindzee – Refuse to Sink

Beckstrand, Jennifer – The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unlikely Match

Castleton, Shannon – Drinker of Ink

Heileman, Jess – Plotting Summer

Keisel, Kortney – Summer Ever After

King, Jessica – The Best Friend’s Playlist

LeBaron, Trish – One Enchanted Evening

Matthews, Arya – Tell Me Why Not

Mitchell, Gracie Ruth – Beauty and the Beach

Patterson, Kiri – No Plans to Fall

Smith, Madelyn – Winning My Queen

Steel, Cindy – Rebel Summer*

Steel, Cindy – The One with the Kiss Cam

Tregaskis, D. M. – The Lonely Mortician

Williams, Melody J. – Stealing Mackenzie’s Heart

Historical Romance

*Warner, Jill E. – Of Jasmine and Roses

Everett, Judith Hale – Piqued and Repiqued

Flint, Jentry – To Love the Brooding Baron

Langford, Clarissa – The Gentleman and the Spy

McConkie – Sarah L. – Dual Devotions

Nichols, M. A. – A Light in the Dark

Nickle, Rachel – More Than a Measure

Van Buskirk, Sara – A Cowboy’s Runaway

Van, Nichole – A Heart Sufficient

Walker, Anneka R. – The Lady Glass

Walker, Megan – Highcliff House

Weight, Teah Kemp – Secrets A Captain Keeps

Wright, Julie – An Inconvenient Letter

Young Adult General

Carroll, Stacy Lynn – The Year I Was Almost Prom Queen

Cox, Emily & Allen, Nicole – The Other Side of Together

Daley, Tracy – Cut Scenes and Impossible Things

Jakes, Annie – Blue Streetlights

Young Adult Speculative

Anderson, Kate – Lonely Places

Lyon, Catherine – Dark and Bright

Standage, L. L. – Call Me Henbane

Stutznegger, Lenore – Black Ruins Rise

Young Adult Fantasy

Anderson, Allison – The Shadow Lord

Burnham, Chantel – Misfortune Gilded in Greed

Bustamante, Ashley – Chromatic

Costigan, Steffanie – Land of the Dragon

Eden, Deirdra – The Watchers, Night of Light

Flory, Jessica – Dunes of Water

Gregson, Marc J. – Sky’s End

Hamblin, Kristin – Sorcery and Stagecraft

Wheeler, E. B. – Fierce Magic

Whitfield, Stephanie B. – The Sword of Moira

Middle Grade

Campbell, Jill – Ruby Who?

Nielsen, Jennifer A. – Uprising

Rivera, Kaela – Cece Rios and the Queen of Brujas

Swore, Wendy S. – Sleeping Spells and Dragon Scales

Wright, Jason F. – Scar Dakota

Best Novel by a Debut Author

Baumgardner, Soquel – Kiss and Dwell

Campbell, Jill – Ruby Who?

Castleton, Shannon – Drinker of Ink

Cox, Emily & Allen, Nicole – The Other Side of Together

Gregson, Marc J. – Sky’s End

King, Jessica – The Best Friend’s Playlist

Lyon, Catherine – Dark and Bright

Melior, Marla – When Walls Talk

Patterson, Kiri – No Plans to Fall

Pozo, Faralee – Sorry Humans, Especially Greg

Smith, Madelyn – Winning My Queen

Tregaskis, D. M. – The Lonely Mortician

Van Buskirk, Sara – A Cowboy’s Runaway

Williams, Melody J. – Stealing Mackenzie’s Heart

18th Annual Whitney Award Finalists

The Whitney Awards are a readers’ choice award. Nominees, finalists, and winners do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Whitney Awards Committee or the Storymakers Guild organization. Nominees will be posted as they come in.

Nominate a Novel

General/Historical

Finalists will be posted Jan 2025. Check back then!

Adult Speculative

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Mystery/Suspense

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Romance

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Historical Romance

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Young Adult General

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Young Adult Speculative

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Young Adult Fantasy

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Middle Grade

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Best Novel by a Debut Author

Finalists will be posted Jan 2025. Check back then!