2021 Christy Award

Awards List

Book of the Year

The Edge of Belonging
(Winner)
Amanda Cox

Contemporary Romance

Stay with Me
(Winner)
Becky Wade

Just Like Home
(Finalist)
Courtney Walsh

Some Bright Someday
(Finalist)
Melissa Tagg

First Novel

The Edge of Belonging
(Winner)
Amanda Cox

A Noble Calling
(Finalist)
Rhona Weaver

Rain
(Finalist)
Dana McNeely

Roots of Wood and Stone
(Finalist)
Amanda Wen

General Fiction

The Way It Should Be
(Winner)
Christina Suzann Nelson

The Water Keeper
(Finalist)
Charles Martin

Set the Stars Alight
(Finalist)
Amanda Dykes

Historical

The White Rose Resists
(Winner)
Amanda Barratt

Like Flames in the Night
(Finalist)
Connilyn Cossette

Under the Tulip Tree
(Finalist)
Michelle Shocklee

Historical Romance

A Portrait of Loyalty
(Winner)
Roseanna M. White

The Prince of Spies
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Camden

When Twilight Breaks
(Finalist)
Sarah Sundin

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Relative Silence
(Winner)
Carrie Stuart Parks

Port Of Origin
(Finalist)
Lisa Harris; Lynne Gentry

Unknown Threat
(Finalist)
Lynn H. Blackburn

Short Form

Far As The Curse Is Found
(Winner)
Amanda Barratt
in Joy to the World

A Match Made at Christmas
(Finalist)
Courtney Walsh

Wonders of His Love
(Finalist)
Erica Vetsch
in Joy to the World

Speculative

Forsaken Island
(Winner)
Sharon Hinck

The Story Hunter
(Finalist)
Lindsay A. Franklin

Extinction Island
(Finalist)
Janice Boekhoff

Young Adult

Mortal Sight
(Winner)
Sandra Fernandez-Rhoads

Dust
(Finalist)
Kara Swanson

Rebel Daughter
(Finalist)
Lori Banov Kaufmann

Award Categories

Allegory/Fantasy

Amplify Award

Book of the Year

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

First Novel

Futuristic

General Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

International Historical

Lits

North American Historical

Romance

Series

Short Form

Speculative

Suspense

Western

Young Adult

Award Years

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