Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for The Christy Award Finalists 2025 organized by ECPA and hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! We extend our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to The Christy Award 2025 Finalists & Winners (announced on November 7th)!

You are Invited

The Christy Award Gala 2025
Via webcast
November 7, 2025 | 7 pm CT
Featuring Chris Fabry, T.I. Lowe, Jessica Hooten Wilson, and a host of Christy-winning authors

The Christy Award Finalists 2025

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE – tie

A Run at Love, Toni Shiloh (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Nature of Love, Toni Shiloh (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
WINNER – The Roads We Follow, Nicole Deese (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Who Touches the Mountains, Deborah Raney (Raney Day Press)

FIRST NOVEL

WINNER – Darkfell, Amanda Wright (Quill and Flame Publishing House)
Until Our Time Comes, Nicole M. Miller (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Yellow Badge, Addison Crissone (Addison Crissone)

GENERAL FICTION – tie

WINNER – Between the Sound and Sea, Amanda Cox (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Bitter and Sweet, Rhonda McKnight (Thomas Nelson)
Lowcountry Lost, T.I. Lowe (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Way Back, Heidi Chiavaroli (Hope Creek Publishers)

HISTORICAL

WINNER (tie) – All We Thought We Knew, Michelle Shocklee (Tyndale House Publishers)
WINNER (tie) – Born of Gilded Mountains, Amanda Dykes (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Queen’s Cook, Tessa Afshar (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE – tie

WINNER – As Sure as the Sea, Jamie Ogle (Tyndale House Publishers)
The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple, Joanna Davidson Politano (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
The Seaside Homecoming, Julie Klassen (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Walking on Hidden Wings, Rachel Scott McDaniel (Kregel Publications)

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER – tie

The Crown Conspiracy, Connie Mann (Tyndale House Publishers)
WINNER – Night Falls on Predicament Avenue, Jaime Jo Wright (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Serial Burn, Lynette Eason (Revell/ Baker Publishing Group)
Shattered Sanctuary, Nancy Mehl (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)
Terminal Danger, Jerusha Agen (SDG Words)

SHORT FORM – tie

WINNER – A Daffodil in the Dress (within Something Borrowed), Susie Finkbeiner (Kregel Publications)
Forgiving the Cowboy, Tabitha Bouldin (Love Inspired)
A Heart in Disguise (within Something Borrowed), Rachel Scott McDaniel (Kregel Publications)
A Letter to Eli (within Something Borrowed), Allison Pittman (Kregel Publications)

SPECULATIVE – tie

A Slice of Sky, Nancy Moser (Mustard Seed Press)
Darkfell, Amanda Wright (Quill and Flame Publishing House)
WINNER – Memoria, J.J. Fischer (Enclave, a division of Oasis Family Media)
Protector, Megan Schaulis (WhiteCrown, an imprint of WhiteFire Publishing)

YOUNG ADULT – tie

Ben Washington is the Newbie on the Block, Jasmine Mullen (Moody Publishers)
WINNER – The Chaos Grid, Lyndsey Lewellen (Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media)
Echo Nova, Clint Hall (Enclave Escape, a division of Oasis Family Media)
Jake Rogers’ Planet, Philip Wilder (Great Commission Alliance)

AMPLIFY AWARD

Bitter and Sweet, Rhonda McKnight (Thomas Nelson)

BOOK OF THE YEAR

All We Thought We Knew, Michelle Shocklee (Tyndale House Publishers)

Register for The Christy Award 2025 Winners Webcast

The Christy Award winners webcast on November 7 at 7 p.m. CT. – free but registration is required.
Celebrate this year’s finalists and winners with authors, editors, publishers, and readers!

REGISTER

The Christy Award® is a program of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) and is the foremost award honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction since 1999. For more information about ECPA, visit ECPA.org. For more information about the Christy Awards and Art of Writing conferences, visit ChristyAwards.com or email TheChristyAward@ecpa.org

Author and Reader Event

Join fellow readers and 46 writers at the third annual Rendezvous to celebrate Christian fiction and sweet reads. This event, modeled after the Christian Fiction Readers Retreat and organized by JustRead Publicity Tours, aims to sweeten reading and storytelling experiences with fellowship and encouragement. Activities will include corporate worship, The Christy Award webcast watch party, speaker sessions, author panels, small group discussions, games, giveaways, a pop-up book shop, and author signings.

Learn more about the 2025 Read Write Rendezvous

Registration Ends Oct 15!

Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive print copies of The Christy Award 2025 finalist titles for one category of their choice!

Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight October 10, 2025 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on October 17, 2025. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

Giveaway is subject to the policies found here.

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Tour Schedule

Launch Post @JustReadTours

October 10
By The Book
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions
Britt Reads Fiction
Reading Is My Remedy
Only By Grace Reviews
Cindy’s Book Corner
Mrs. Ryan Moser’s Book and Movie Reviews
ReviewsByErin
Labor Not in Vain
Faith, Fiction, & Fairytales
A Baker’s Perspective
Beauty in the Binding
FINCHNWREN
Woven by Words
A Modern Day Fairy Tale
All-of-a-kind Mom
All God’s Women
Life on Chickadee Lane
Reading Is My SuperPower
Christy’s Cozy Corners
Happily Managing a Household of Boys
Wishful Endings
@reading.among.the.daisies
@meezcarrie
@beautyinthebinding
@sassybookishmama
@books.n.blossoms
@randikaye
@melissas_bookshelf
@_ruth_reads_
@abakersperspective
@fortheloveofchristianfiction
@faithfulbookish
@happiestwhilereading
@TeaandBooksToo
@onlybygracereviews
Beauty in the Binding Blog
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama
Woven by Words
A Modern Day Fairy Tale
Melissa’s Bookshelf
Ruth Reads
A Bakers Perspective
For the Love of Christian Fiction
Faithfully Bookish
@HappyReading24
@TeaandBooks
@cherrypie0420
@familymgrkendra