The Christy Award^® Archives

CONTEMPORARY

2016

Winner

The Sea Keeper's Daughters

Lisa Wingate

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Art of Losing Yourself

Katie Ganshert

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

As Waters Gone By

Cynthia Ruchti

Abingdon Press

2015

Winner

The Story Keeper

Lisa Wingate

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Farewell, Four Waters

Kate McCord

RiverNorth, an imprint of Moody Publishing

Finalist

Somebody Safe with Somebody Good

Jan Karon

G.P. Putnam's Sons

2014

Winner

Stones for Bread

Christa Parrish

Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins Christian Publishing

Finalist

Every Waking Moment

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Prayer Box

Lisa Wingate

Tyndale House Publishers

2013

Winner

Not in the Heart

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Air We Breathe

Christa Parrish

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Borders of the Heart

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

2012

Winner

Promises to Keep

Ann Tatlock

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Dry as Rain

Gina Holmes

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Words

Ginny Yttrup

B&H Publishing Group

2011

Winner

Almost Heaven

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Lady in Waiting

Susan Meissner

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

A Season of Miracles

Rusty Whitener

Kregel Publications

2010

Winner

The Passion of Mary-Margaret

Lisa Samson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

June Bug

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Veiled Freedom

Jeanette Windle

Tyndale House Publishers

2009

Winner

Dogwood 

Chris Fabry

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Embrace Me

Lisa Samson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon

Debbie Fuller Thomas

Moody Publishers

2008

Winner

Chasing Fireflies

Charles Martin

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

In High Places

Tom Morrisey

Bethany House

Finalist

Quaker Summer

Lisa Samson

Thomas Nelson

2007

Winner

Winter Birds

Jamie Langston Turner

Bethany House

Finalist

Dwelling Places

Vinita Hampton Wright

HarperOne

Finalist

Straight Up

Lisa Samson

WaterBrook Press

2006

Winner

Levi's Will

W. Dale Cramer

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Grace at Low Tide

Beth Webb Hart

WestBow Press

Finalist

Wrapped in Rain

Charles Martin

Thomas Nelson

2005

Winner

Bad Ground

W. Dale Cramer

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

No Dark Valley

Jamie Langston Turner

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Tiger Lillie

Lisa Samson

WaterBrook Press

2004

Winner

Songbird

Lisa Samson

Warner Faith

Finalist

Finding Alice

Melody Carlson

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

The Living End

Lisa Samson

WaterBrook Press

2003

Winner

All the Way Home

Ann Tatlock

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Not a Sparrow Falls

Linda Nichols

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Women's Intuition

Lisa Samson

WaterBrook Press

2002

Winner

A Garden to Keep

Jamie Langston Turner

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Ain't No River

Sharon Ewell Foster

Multnomah Publishers

Finalist

Carley's Song

Patricia Sprinkle

Zondervan

2001

Winner

Home to Harmony

Philip Gulley

Multnomah Publishers

Winner

The Trial

Robert Whitlow

Word Publishing

Finalist

The Book of Hours

T. Davis Bunn

Thomas Nelson Publishers

Finalist

Bookends

Liz Curtis Higgs

Multnomah Publishers

2000

Winner

A New Song

Jan Karon

Viking Press

Finalist

By the Light of a Thousand Stars

Jamie Langston Turner

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Romey's Place

James Calvin Schaap

Baker Books