Carol Award - Contemporary (Awarded by American Christian Fiction Writers)

Awards List

2022

A Piece of the Moon
(Winner)
Chris Fabry

Roots of Wood and Stone
(Finalist)
Amanda Wen

Where Grace Appears
(Finalist)
Heidi Chiavaroli

2021

The Promised Land
(Winner)
Elizabeth Musser

2020

The Death of Mungo Blackwell
(Winner)
Lauren H. Brandenburg

2019

Where Hope Begins
(Winner)
Catherine West

2018

Maybe It's You
(Winner)
Candace Calvert

2017

The Feathered Bone
(Winner)
Julie Cantrell

2016

The Art of Losing Yourself
(Winner)
Katie Ganshert

2015

Last Family Standing
(Winner)
Jennifer AlLee

The Story Keeper
(Finalist)
Lisa Wingate

Lizzy & Jane
(Finalist)
Katherine Reay

2014

Dear Mr. Knightley
(Winner)
Katherine Reay

The Dance
(Finalist)
Dan Walsh; Gary Smalley

The Language of Sparrows
(Finalist)
Rachel Phifer

2013

Heart Echoes
(Winner)
Sally D. John

You Don't Know Me
(Finalist)
Susan May Warren

Beyond the Storm
(Finalist)
Carolyn Zane

2012

The Search
(Winner)
Suzanne Woods Fisher

Larkspur Cove
(Finalist)
Lisa Wingate

Lost Melody
(Finalist)
Lori Copeland

2011

Never Say Never
(Winner)
Lisa Wingate

The Choice
(Finalist)
Suzanne Woods Fisher

Red Ink
(Finalist)
Kathi Macias

2010

The Familiar Stranger
(Winner)
Christina Berry

2009

Symphony of Secrets
(Winner)
Sharon Hinck

2008

Within This Circle
(Winner)
Deborah Raney

2005

Dreaming In Black and White
(Winner)
Laura Jensen Walker

2004

What a Girl Wants
(Winner)
Kristin Billerbeck

2003

After the Rains
(Winner)
Deborah Raney

2002

The Artist's Granddaughter
(Winner)
Robin Bayne

Color the Sidewalk for Me
(Winner)
Brandilyn Collins

Award Categories

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

Debut Author

Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

Literature

Lits

Mystery

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Novella

Romance

Romantic Suspense

Short Novel

Speculative Fiction

Suspense

Women's Fiction

Young Adult

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002