The most popular
form of art among evangelicals may be
the story…stories really do locate us in the human condition, and stories bind our families to each other and to the earth.

—Calvin Miller

2006 Winners & Finalists

 

Contemporary (Stand-Alones)

Levi's Will

by W. Dale Cramer (Bethany House Publishers)

Grace at Low Tide

by Beth Webb Hart (WestBow Press)

Wrapped in Rain

by Charles Martin (WestBow Press)

Contemporary (Series, Sequels and Novellas)

The Road to Home

by Vanessa Del Fabbro (Steeple Hill)

Living With Fred

by Brad Whittington (Broadman & Holman)

Moment of Truth

by Sally John (Harvest House Publishers)

 

Historical

Whence Came a Prince

by Liz Curtis Higgs (WaterBrook Press)

Glimpses of Paradise

by James Scott Bell (Bethany House Publishers)

The Noble Fugitive

by T. Davis & Isabella Bunn (Bethany House Publishers)

Romance

A Bride Most Begrudging

by Deeanne Gist (Bethany House Publishers)

Chateau of Echoes

by Siri L. Mitchell (NavPress)

In Sheep's Clothing

by Susan May Warren (SteepleHill)

Suspense

River Rising

by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers) 

Comes a Horseman

by Robert Liparulo (WestBow Press)

Last Light

by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)

 

Visionary

Shadow Over Kiriath

by Karen Hancock (Bethany House Publishers)

Legend of the Emerald Rose

by Linda Wichman (Kregel Publications)

The Presence

by Bill Myers (Zondervan)

 

First Novel

This Heavy Silence

by Nicole Mazzarella (Paraclete Press)

Like a Watered Garden

by Patti Hill (Bethany House Publishers)

The Road to Home

by Vanessa Del Fabbro (SteepleHill)