Christy Award Winners Contemporary

Awards List

2016

The Sea Keeper's Daughters (Winner)
Lisa Wingate

Sep-2015
/ Christian

The Art of Losing Yourself (Finalist)
Katie Ganshert

Apr-2015
/ Contemporary Romance

As Waters Gone by (Finalist)
Cynthia Ruchti

May-2015
/ Christian

2015

The Story Keeper (Winner)
Lisa Wingate

Aug-2014
/ Christian

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good (Finalist)
Jan Karon

Sep-2014
/ Christian

Farewell, Four Waters (Finalist)
Kate McCord

Oct-2014
/ Christian

2014

Stones for Bread (Winner)
Christa Parrish

Nov-2013
/ Christian

Every Waking Moment (Finalist)
Chris Fabry

Sep-2013
/ Christian

The Prayer Box (Finalist)
Lisa Wingate

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

2013

Not in the Heart (Winner)
Chris Fabry

Jan-2012
/ Christian

Borders of the Heart (Finalist)
Chris Fabry

Sep-2012
/ Christian

The Air We Breathe (Finalist)
Christa Parrish

Nov-2012
/ Christian

2012

Promises to Keep (Winner)
Ann Tatlock

Feb-2011
/ Christian

Words (Finalist)
Ginny L. Yttrup

Feb-2011
/ Christian

Dry As Rain (Finalist)
Gina Holmes

Aug-2011
/ Christian

2011

Almost Heaven (Winner)
Chris Fabry

Sep-2009
/ Christian

A Season of Miracles (Finalist)
Rusty Whitener

Aug-2010
/ Christian

Lady in Waiting (Finalist)
Susan Meissner

Sep-2010
/ Historical

2010

The Passion of Mary-Margaret (Winner)
Lisa Samson

Mar-2009
/ Christian

Veiled Freedom (Finalist)
Jeanette Windle

May-2009
/ Suspense

June Bug (Finalist)
Chris Fabry

Jul-2009
/ Christian

2009

Dogwood (Winner)
Chris Fabry

Jul-2008
/ Christian

Embrace Me (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Mar-2008
/ Christian

Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon (Finalist)
Debbie Fuller Thomas

Jun-2008
/ Christian

2008

Chasing Fireflies (Winner)
Charles Martin

Jun-2007
/ Suspense

Quaker Summer (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Feb-2007
/ Romance

In High Places (Finalist)
Tom Morrisey

Mar-2007
/ Christian

2007

Winter Birds (Winner)
Jamie Langston Turner

Sep-2006
/ Romance

Dwelling Places (Finalist)
Vinita Hampton Wright

2005
/ Romance

Straight Up (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Sep-2006
/ Romance

2006

Levi's Will (Winner)
W. Dale Cramer

Jun-2005
/ Christian

Grace at Low Tide (Finalist)
Beth Webb Hart

2005
/ Romance

Wrapped in Rain (Finalist)
Charles Martin

2005
/ Romance

2005

Bad Ground (Winner)
W. Dale Cramer

Jul-2004
/ Action Adventure

No Dark Valley (Finalist)
Jamie Langston Turner

Aug-2004
/ Romance

Tiger Lillie (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Oct-2004
/ Romance

2004

Songbird (Winner)
Lisa Samson

/ Contemporary Romance

Finding Alice (Finalist)
Melody Carlson

Sep-2003
/ Romance

The Living End (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Oct-2003
/ Romance

2003

All the Way Home (Winner)
Ann Tatlock

Jul-2002
/ Romance

Not a Sparrow Falls (Finalist)
Linda Nichols

Sep-2002
/ Romance

Women's Intuition (Finalist)
Lisa Samson

Oct-2002
/ Romance

2002

A Garden to Keep (Winner)
Jamie Langston Turner

Sep-2001
/ Romance

Ain't No River (Finalist)
Sharon Ewell Foster

Jan-2001
/ Romance

Carley's Song (Finalist)
Patricia Sprinkle

Nov-2001
/ Christian

2001

Home to Harmony (Winner)
Philip Gulley

Oct-2000
/ Christian

The Trial (Winner)
Robert Whitlow

Jan-2001
/ Suspense

The Book of Hours (Finalist)
T. Davis Bunn / Davis Bunn

Mar-2000
/ Christian

Bookends (Finalist)
Liz Curtis Higgs

Mar-2000
/ Romance

2000

A New Song (Winner)
Jan Karon

Apr-1999
/ Christian

By the Light of a Thousand Stars (Finalist)
Jamie Langston Turner

Oct-1999
/ Christian

Romey's Place (Finalist)
James Calvin Schaap

Oct-1999
/ Christian

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