My sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to all The Christy Award 2020 Finalists & Winners! All titles are listed below and linked to posts featured here on Faithfully Bookish or Amazon!
I’m excited to partner with ECPA and JustRead Publicity Tours in sharing about The Art of Writing & The Christy Award® 2020 Webinar Series!! Although this year’s events are being held exclusively online, I’ve personally had the pleasure of attending this event in person for the last three years and I highly recommend this year’s online experience for published and aspiring authors and even voracious readers of Christian Fiction.
you are invited…
Celebrate the power of story and honor the craft of writing by participating in The Art of Writing and The Christy Award Webinar Series for writers, storytellers, and publishing curators. Live-streamed every Thursday, October 8 to November 12 plus recorded sessions are also available to registered participants for 30-days. Register now! More information below or register now at ChristyAwards.com
The Christy Award® 2020 Finalists & Winners
First Novel
Winner – A Long Time Comin’, Robin W. Pearson (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Means That Make Us Strangers, Christine Kindberg (Bellflower Press)
Whose Waves These Are, Amanda Dykes (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Contemporary Romance
Just One Kiss, Courtney Walsh (Courtney Walsh Writes)
Winner – Now and Then and Always, Melissa Tagg (Larkspur Press)
Sweet On You, Becky Wade (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
General Fiction
All Manner of Things, Susie Finkbeiner (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Winner – Whose Waves These Are, Amanda Dykes (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Words Between Us, Erin Bartels (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Historical
The Bright Unknown, Elizabeth Byler Younts (Thomas Nelson)
Winner – The Medallion, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale House Publishers)
Memories of Glass, Melanie Dobson (Tyndale House Publishers)
My Dearest Dietrich, Amanda Barratt (Kregel Publications)
Historical Romance
The Land Beneath Us, Sarah Sundin (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Number of Love, Roseanna M. White (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Winner – The Painted Castle, Kristy Cambron (Thomas Nelson)
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Echoes Among the Stones, Jaime Jo Wright (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Winner – The Girl Behind the Red Rope, Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Smoke Screen, Terri Blackstock (Thomas Nelson)
Short Form
Winner – A Christmas Haven, Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall (WaterBrook)
A Flood of Love, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Intrigue a la Mode, Regina Jennings (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Visionary
Cry of the Raven, Morgan L. Busse (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Winner – Hidden Current, Sharon Hinck (Enclave Publishing)
The Story Raider, Lindsay A. Franklin (Enclave Publishing)
Young Adult
Winner – The Means That Make Us Strangers, Christine Kindberg (Bellflower Press)
The Piper’s Pursuit, Melanie Dickerson (Thomas Nelson)
The Winter King, Christine Cohen (Canonball Books)
Book of the Year
Winner – Whose Waves These Are, Amanda Dykes (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
about the events
The Art of Writing Webinar Series
The Art of Writing and The Christy Award Webinar Series for writers, storytellers, and publishing curators will be live-streamed every Thursday, October 8 to November 12. Recordings available on-demand for 30 days to all who register. Learn more at ChristyAwards.com/conference
The Christy Award Winners Webcast
The Christy Award® program will celebrate the finalists and reveal the winners of the 2020 program at the Winners Webcast on November 12th at 7pm central time. The program will be hosted by emcee and Hall of Fame author, Chris Fabry and will feature the finalists and winners in nine categories. Award-winning authors Tamera Alexander and Steven James will be inducted into the Christy Hall of Fame, the program’s highest honor, AND our keynote speaker will be bestselling author, Lisa Wingate who penned Before We Were Yours and her latest, The Book of Lost Friends. This is a free event but viewers must register!
celebrate with us
JustRead Publicity Tours honored each title in a Bookstagram Countdown for The Christy Award 2020 Finalists & Giveaway on Instagram during the two weeks before the Winners were announced! Follow @justreadtours, @meezcarrie, @faithfulbookish, and @bookwormmama14 on November 2-12 for more about each finalist and a chance to win a special prize from ECPA and The Christy Award! Congratulate all the winners @justreadtours!
How many of The Christy Award 2020 Finalists and Winners have you read, reader friends?!
Which ones are you adding to your tbr?
Faithfully Bookish 
I’ve read 13 of them and have a couple more on my TBR list. What a great bunch of books!
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Go, Winnie! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed so many wonderful stories!
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Goodness! So many good books to read! I don’t feel like I ever catch up! 🙂
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Me either! Books are starting to take over our house! Not that I mind but my husband isn’t thrilled, lol 😉
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So many great books nominated!
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So many of my favorites on this list! Here are my personal winners:
First Novel: Whose Waves These Are (Amanda Dykes)
Contemporary Romance: Now and Then and Always (Melissa Tag)
General Fiction: The Words Between Us (Erin Bartels)
Historical: The Medallion (Cathy Gohkle, this one is probably my overall winner)
Historical Fiction: The Number of Love (Roseanna M. White)
Suspense: Echoes Among the Stones (Jaime Jo Wright)
I can’t vote on the other categories because I haven’t read any of them ?
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