Nominees and Finalists

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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. 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.

Past Finalists and Winners

20th Annual Whitney Award Nominees

Achievement Award Winners

Achievement Award Winners will be announced soon!

General/Historical

Brown, Deb L, – To Have and To Hold

Davis, Kiylee – Eliza’s Fire

Lark, Melissa – Fresh Start

Moore, H.B. – Elisabeth: Mother of John the Baptist

Moyes, Leah – Soul Thief

Seeley, Mengxi – Silk and Sensibility

Smith, Tracy D. – Threads of Faith

Adult Speculative

Altwood, Brady – Wards of the Rift

Beckstrand, Luke – Axion: Spark of Life

Belt, David C. – Taliesin’s Arrow

Bingham, S. – Cloaked Legends: The Traitor

Ferreira, Emma Kate – Echoes of Power

Frost, Heather – Invictus

Isert, Rebekah – Recoil

Kae, Clarissa – Reign of Mercy

Lister, Jazmin – Heart of the Beast Prince

Lowham, Elizabeth – Sonnets and Serpents

McMullin, Trenna – The Alchemist’s Ghost

Palmer, L. – The Tailor’s Escape

Rhys, Tiffany M. – Beneath the Shattered Crown

Scarlett, Jessica – Smoke in the Mirrors

Wilson, Kelly Fae – Unraveling Fate

Mystery/Suspense

Abramson, Traci Hunter, and Bessey, Sian Ann – Treasures of Falcon Point

Deighton, Terry – Painted into a Coroner

Hiller, Lindsay – Hallie in Heels

Knudsen, Shay – Try to Keep Up

Shiels, Cassie M. – Caught in a Snare

Sutton, Ann – The Mystery of Lady Sedgwick’s Butler

Yates, Katelyn – Squarejaw Jordan

Romance

Isert, Rebekah – Heart of the Matter

Larson, Sara B. – Every Beat After

McKenna, Ashley – Summer Under the Big Sky

Monson, Becky – Fifty First Kisses

Historical Romance

Barker, Joanna – A Love Most Daring

Bessey, Sian Ann – The Maid of Sherwood Forest

Brousseau, Jessica – A Siege on Her Heart

Davis, Kiylee – Lady of Merit

Hampton, Brooke – Lavender’s Lost Duke

Johnson, Angela E. – Entwined by Error

Merrill, Marilee – A Courtship of Conspiracies

Nelson, Miranda D. – To Win a Lady

Nichols, M.A. – The Banker’s Daughter

Salway, Kelona – A Windmill with a View

Thornell, Karen – A Fortunate Miscalculation

Thornell, Karen – Windvale*

Walker, Anneka R. – The Stranger I Love

Walker, Megan – The Duke’s Bargain

Young Adult General

Capener, K.D. – Hidden by These Walls

Evjen, Natalie Shaw – Wolfpack

Logan, Meredith – As If

Rallison, Janette – We Are Never Getting Together

Richards, Teresa – Last to Leave

Schafer, Keelin – En Garde

Washburn, Lisa – Emily’s Tree

Young Adult Speculative

Anderson, Sara K. – Frayed

Downing, TM – The Dead of Cypress Creek

Hemingway, J.A. – The Enemy of the Book Keeper

Lister, Jazmin – Depth of the Ocean

Millecam, Courtney – Magic at Midnight

Young Adult Fantasy

Bono, Haley – Killed by True Love’s Kiss

Bridenstine, E.B. – Six Swans

Bustamante, Ashley – Miss Fortune

Larson, Sara B. – A Promised Vengeance

Nickle, Rachel – Salt and Sacrifice*

Nielson, Makayla & McMullin, Trenna – The Voyage of Clara Bowman

Stutznegger, Lenore – Christmas With the Elf King

Woodscourt, M.H. – The Crane Maiden

Middle Grade

Bybee, Veeda – The Invincible List of Lani Li

Evans, Loralee – Felicity and the Raccoons

Rimington, Celesta – Reach

Rivera, Kaela – The Hungry Forest

Stewart, Erin – The Mysterious Magic of Lighthouse Lane

Wilkinson, Alyssa – Unlucky Charm Summer

Youngstrom, J.C. – Magic Mural

Best Novel by a Debut Author

Altwood, Brady – Wards of the Rift

Brousseau, Jessica – A Siege on Her Heart

Brown, Deb L, – To Have and To Hold

Capener, K.D. – Hidden by These Walls

Davis, Kiylee – Eliza’s Fire

Downing, TM – The Dead of Cypress Creek

Knudsen, Shay – Try to Keep Up

Lister, Jazmin – Heart of the Beast Prince

Merrill, Marilee – A Courtship of Conspiracies

Salway, Kelona – A Windmill with a View

Seeley, Mengxi – Silk and Sensibility

Washburn, Lisa – Emily’s Tree

Wilkinson, Alyssa – Unlucky Charm Summer

Youngstrom, J.C. – Magic Mural

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20th Annual Whitney Award Finalists

General/Historical

Finalists will be posted in January.

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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