2024 Carol Award (Awarded by American Christian Fiction Writers)

Awards List

Contemporary

A Million Little Choices
(Winner)
Tamera Alexander

He Should Have Told the Bees
(Finalist)
Amanda Cox

The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass
(Finalist)
Katie Powner

Debut Author

Dear Henry, Love
(Winner)
Edith Becca Kinzer

Show Me Betrayal
(Finalist)
Ellen E. Withers

Steal Fire from the Gods
(Finalist)
Clint Hall

Historical

Code Name Edelweiss
(Winner)
Stephanie Landsem

The Warsaw Sisters
(Finalist)
Amanda Barratt

April's Promise
(Finalist)
Terrie Todd

Historical Romance

The Legacy of Longdale Manor
(Winner)
Carrie Turansky

The Sound of Light
(Finalist)
Sarah Sundin

Garden of the Midnights
(Finalist)
Hannah Linder

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

What Happens Next
(Winner)
Christina Suzann Nelson

26 Below
(Finalist)
Kimberley Woodhouse

Show Me Betrayal
(Finalist)
Ellen E. Withers

Novella

Christmas Snowstorm Standoff
(Winner)
Sami A. Abrams

Honor's Mountain Promise
(Finalist)
Misty M. Beller

Return of the Monarchs
(Finalist)
Beth Wiseman

Romance

Memory Lane
(Winner)
Becky Wade

The Words We Lost
(Finalist)
Nicole Deese

Wedding at Sea
(Finalist)
Melissa Tagg

Romantic Suspense

Under Fire
(Winner)
Lynn H. Blackburn

Critical Threat
(Finalist)
Lynette Eason

Expired Hope
(Finalist)
Megan Besing

Short Novel

Their Holiday Secret
(Winner)
Betsy St. Amant

Together for the Twins
(Finalist)
Laurel Blount

The Cowboy Bargain
(Finalist)
Tina Radcliffe

Speculative Fiction

Of Sea and Smoke
(Winner)
Gillian Bronte Adams

The Wayward
(Finalist)
Tabitha Caplinger

Young Adult

Sky of Seven Colors
(Winner)
Rachelle Nelson

Dancing in the Silence
(Finalist)
Linda Sammaritan

The Mermaid's Tale
(Finalist)
L.E. Richmond

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

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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