16th 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.

General/Historical

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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

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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.

15th Annual Whitney Award Finalists

General/Historical

Abramson, Traci Hunter; Bessey, Sian Ann; Edwards, Paige; Sowards, A. L. – Heirs of Falcon Point

Brower, Beth: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

Elliott, Joani – The Audacity of Sara Grayson

Moore, Heather B. – The Slow March of Light

Sowards, A.L. – Of Sword and Shadow

Adult Speculative

Bates, Kevin W. – Prospector’s Choice

Harmon, Amy – The Second Blind Son

Holmberg, Charlie N. – Spellbreaker

Sanderson, Brandon – Rhythm of War

Wheeler, E. B. – A Proper Dragon

Mystery/Suspense

Brianne, Natalie – Constantine Capers: The Pennington Perplexity

Cowley, Katherine – The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet

Edwards, Paige – Danger on the Loch

McKusick, Heidi L. – Heart of the Enemy

Peterson, Kathi Oram – Treacherous Legacy

Romance

Jacobson, Melanie – So Not My Thing

Kay, Shaela – Only Ever Friends

Linton, Chalon – Fly Home to Me

Monson, Becky: The Accidental Text

Rallison, Janette: The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door

Historical Romance

Harmon, Amy – The Songbook of Benny Lament

Hatch, Esther – A Proper Scoundrel

Heileman, Jess – The Nabob’s Daughter

Kimball, Heidi – Heart in the Highlands

Newbold, Ashtyn – The Captain’s Confidant

Young Adult General

Boekweg, Sheena – A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions

Eves, Rosalyn – Beyond the Mapped Stars

Farb, M. L. – Fourth Sister

Mickelson, Marcia Argueta – Where I Belong

Vickers, E. B. – Fadeaway

Young Adult Speculative

Camp, Shannen – Entanglement

Carpenter, Amy Michelle – Becoming Human

Hues, L. Blaise – Republic of Ruin

Keisel, Kortney – The Promised Prince

Scott, R. M.: Unseen

Young Adult Fantasy

Berg, Adam – Rainbringer

Olson, Jessica S.: Sing Me Forgotten

Purdie, Kathryn – Bone Crier’s Dawn

Sangster, Caitlin – She Who Rides the Storm

Shields, Breanna – The Splendor

Middle Grade

Allen, Sarah – Breathing Underwater

Baldwin, Cindy – The Stars of Whistling Ridge

Méndez, Yamile Saied: Wish Upon a Stray

Mull, Brandon – Return of the Dragon Slayers

Rivera, Kaela – Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Best Novel by a Debut Author

Berg, Adam – Rainbringer

Brianne, Natalie – Constantine Capers: The Pennington Perplexity

Carpenter, Amy Michelle – Becoming Human

Cowley, Katherine – The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet

Elliott, Joani – The Audacity of Sara Grayson

Keisel, Kortney – The Promised Prince

Olson, Jessica S.: Sing Me Forgotten

Rivera, Kaela – Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Scott, R. M.: Unseen