VISUAL MEDIA CATEGORIES

Comics/Graphic Novels

Acts of the Apostles: Word for Word Bible Comic: NIV Translation, illustrated by Simon Amadeus Pillario; published by Word for Word Bible Comics

Kayless: Achilles Has Landed #1, Brent T. Larson, illustrated by Luis Czerniawski; published by Silverline Comics

The Epistle to the Galatians: Word for Word Bible Comic: NIV Translation, illustrated by Simon Amadeus Pillario; published by Word for Word Bible Comics

Cover Design

Daughter of Light, cover design by Jenneth Leed; published by Enclave Publishing

Demon Tide, cover design by J. Caleb; published by Descendant Publishing

Jake Rogers’ Planet, cover design by Kirk DouPonce; published by Great Commission Alliance

The Little Girl and the Sea, cover design by Emilie Haney; published by Doc Creative

The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine, cover design by Kirk DouPonce; published by Enclave Escape

SHORT FICTION CATEGORIES

Short Stories

In the Shadow of Hope, Ruth Anne Burrell; published by The Writer’s Sanctuary

In the Silence of Static, J.J. Johnson; published by Interstice Books

Pest Control, Kerry Nietz; published by Onward and Upward Media

The Department of Lost Things, Shannae Grace; published by The Author Conservatory

The Edge of Sea Glass, Kayla E. Green published by Twenty Hills Publishing

Flash Fiction

Finding Miriel, Morgan J. Manns; published by Havok Publishing

Godspeed, Spaulding, Olivia Gratehouse; published by Havok Publishing

The Genuine Newspaper, Miriam Thor; published by Havok Publishing

Novelette/Novella

The Keeper’s Voice, Teddi Deppner; published by Parabolic Orbits / Onward and Upward Media, LLC / Ben Avery

The Patchling, Jordan Janice; Independently  Published

Winter’s Mask (An Empire of Ash and Song novella), D. E. Carlson; published by D.C Mountain Publishing

AUDIO CATEGORIES

Audio, Short to Medium Length

Jake Muller Adventures: Undead, Micah Touchet and Darby Kern; published by Tannhauser Gate Entertainment

Monsters, Jenelle Leanne Schmidt; published by H. L. Burke

The Edge of Sea Glass, Kayla E. Green; published by Twenty Hills Publishing

Audio Drama

Route Styx (Season 1), Colton Grellier; published by Sound and Fury Entertainment

The Return of Epsilon VII, Drew Hill; published by Over the Hills Productions

The Road to Kaeluma, Landon Hawley and Perry Wilson; produced by Jesus Film Project and FamilyLife

Audio, Novel Length

Embergold, Rachelle Nelson, narrated by Aimee Lilly; published by Oasis Audio

Lady of Shadows, Kelly Fernlake, narrated by Jane Maree and Toby J. Smith; published by Sunrise Publishing

Shadow Over Kiriath, Karen Hancock, narrated by Adam Verner; published by Oasis Audio

NOVEL CATEGORIES

Debut

A Study of Shattered Spells, Josiah DeGraaf; published by Andreia Press

Return to Aramon – A New Moon, Ezra Ferguson; published by Songmyth Media, LLC

Those We See in the Dark, Robin Rakkeby; published by Anthornis Press

Truth Cursed, Angie Dickinson; published by Enclave Escape

Whispers of the Elixir, C.P. Silver; published by Yellow Thearch Enterprises

By Audience

Middle Grade/Young Readers (Combined Category)

Beyond the Far Horizon, Carolyn Leiloglou; published by WaterBrook Children’s

Smoke and Mirrors, Jeff Maxim; published by End Game Press

The Mage Pocket: Apprentice Alliance, Millie Florence; published by Sprouting Pen Press

Young Adult

Captive, Bradley Caffee; published by Mountain Brook Ink

Embergold, Rachelle Nelson; published by Enclave Escape

House of Dragons, Kathryn Jordan; Independently  Published

The Curious Case of the Midnight Specter, Moriah Chavis; published by Twenty Hills Publishing

The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine, Lindsay A. Franklin; published by Enclave Escape

Adult

Judgment of Frost: Frost Bound Duology Book 1, Abigail L. Wilkes; published by Earl & Salt Press

The Valkyrie, Carrie Cotten; Independently  published

Ties of Frost, Selina R. Gonzalez; published by Wyvern Wing Press

By Genre

Cross-genre

The Dogs of War, Emily Hayse; published by Blue Maverick Press

The Same Water, Nori Larkspur; Independently published

The Valkyrie, Carrie Cotten; Independently published

Horror/Paranormal/Supernatural

Forever, Gina Detwiler; published by Ally Press

Flight of Fate, Tricia and Nathan Goyer; published by Enclave Publishing

Shadows of the Forgotten Shore, Angela R Hughes; published by Imagine Now Publishing

Science Fiction

In the Unbreaking, Brigitte Cromey; Independently  published

Resonance, Anne Wheeler; Independently  published

The Crier Stone, Lyndsey Lewellen; published by Enclave Escape

Fantasy (Romance)

Caligo, J. J. Fischer; Independently  Published

Embergold, Rachelle Nelson; published by Enclave Escape

Rune, Victoria McCombs; Independently Published

Fantasy (General)

Fates Defiant, Brigitte Cromey and C.M. Banschbach; Borderlands Publishing Company

Glass Across the Sea, Sara Ella; published by Enclave Escape

Iron Heart of Terlian, Adelaide Thorne; Independently published

Smoke and Mirrors, Jeff Maxim; published by End Game Press

The Poet of the Leawold, H. R. Hess; published by Reformation Lightning