The Christy Award^® Archives

YOUNG ADULT

2023

Winner

This Dreamer

Sara Watterson

Sara Watterson

Finalist

Blood Secrets

Morgan L. Busse

Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media

Finalist

The Whisperer's Wish

Janilise Lloyd

Scrivenings Press LLC

Finalist

Wishtress

Nadine Brandes

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

The Wonderland Trials

Sara Ella

Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media

2022

Winner

Shadow

Kara Swanson

Enclave Publishing, a division of Oasis Family Media

Finalist

A Gently Tyranny

Jess Corban

Wander, an imprint of Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Realms of Light

Sandra Fernandez Rhoads

Enclave Publishing, a division of Oasis Family Media

2021

Winner

Mortal Sight

Sandra Fernandez Rhoads

Enclave Publishing

Finalist

Dust

Kara Swanson

Enclave Publishing, an imprint of Third Day Books

Finalist

Rebel Daughter

Lori Banov Kaufmann

Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books

2020

Winner

The Means That Make Us Strangers

Christine Kindberg

Bellflower Press

Finalist

The Piper's Pursuit

Melanie Dickerson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

The Winter King

Christine Cohen

Canonball Books

2019

Winner

The Warrior Maiden

Melanie Dickerson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

The Crescent Stone

Matt Mikalatos

Wander, a YA imprint of Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Fawkes

Nadine Brandes

Thomas Nelson

2018

Winner

The Delusion

Laura Gallier

Wander, a YA imprint of Tyndale House

Finalist

Last Summer at Eden

Christina Hergenrader

Concordia Publishing House

Finalist

Unraveling

Sara Ella

Thomas Nelson (HarperCollins Christian Publishing)

2017

Winner

The Silent Songbird

Melanie Dickerson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

If You're Gone

Brittany Goodwin

Edge of 22

Finalist

Unblemished

Sara Ella

Thomas Nelson

2016

Winner

The Choosing

Rachelle Dekker

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Rebel

R.J. Anderson

Enclave Publishing

Finalist

To Get to You

Joanne Bischof

Independently Published

2015

Winner

Storm Siren

Mary Weber

Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins Christian Publishing

Finalist

Failstate: Nemesis

John W. Otte

Enclave Publishing

Finalist

This Quiet Sky

Joanne Bischof

Independently Published

2013

Winner

Child of the Mountains

Marilyn Sue Shank

Delacorte Press, a division of Random House

Finalist

Failstate

John W. Otte

Marcher Lord Press

Finalist

Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

Rachel Coker

Zondervan, Harper Collins Christian Publishing

2012

Winner

Waterfall

Lisa T. Bergren

David C Cook

Finalist

How Huge the Night

Heather Munn and Lydia Munn

Kregel Publications

Finalist

The Merchant's Daughter

Melanie Dickerson

Zondervan

2011

Winner

Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book

Nancy Rue

Zondervan

Finalist

The Charlatan's Boy

Jonathan Rogers

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

The Healer's Apprentice

Melanie Dickerson

Zondervan

2010

Winner

North! Or Be Eaten

Andrew Peterson

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

Finalist

Beautiful

Cindy Martinusen

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

The Blue Umbrella

Mike Mason

David C. Cook

2009

Winner

I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires 

Cathy Gohlke

Moody Publishers

Finalist

The Fruit of My Lipstick

Shelley Adina

FaithWords

Finalist

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

Andrew Peterson

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

2008

Winner

Hollywood Nobody

Lisa Samson

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

In Between

Jenny B. Jones

NavPress Publishing Group

Finalist

Maggie Come Lately

Michelle Buckman

NavPress Publishing Group

2007

Winner

William Henry is a Fine Name

Cathy Gohlke

Moody Press

Finalist

Bad Idea

Todd Hafer and Jedd Hafer

NavPress

Finalist

The Way of the Wilderking

Jonathan Rogers

B&H Publishing Group