2022 Award Winners

The Alabama Library Association’s Alabama Authors Awards Committee

AWSA Christian Market Book Award

2022 Novel of the Year—A Deep Divide by Kimberley Woodhouse (Bethany House Publishers)

Carol Awards

Historical Romance—The Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House Publishers)
Novella—A Texas Christmas Carol by Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House Publishers)
Romance—All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese (Bethany House Publishers)

The Christy Award

Amplify Award—In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh (Bethany House Publishers)
Novel of the Year—The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox (Revell)
General Fiction—The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox (Revell)
Contemporary Romance—All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese (Bethany House Publishers)
Historical—Drawn by the Current by Jocelyn Green (Bethany House Publishers)
Historical Romance—Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin (Revell)
Short Form—A Texas Christmas Carol by Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House Publishers)

Faith, Hope, and Love Christian Reader’s Choice Awards

The Gospel Coalition Awards

Academic Theology Award—Biblical Reasoning by R. B. Jamieson and Tyler R. Wittman (Baker Academic)
Award of Distinction for Mission & the Global Church—Apostolic Imagination by J. D. Payne (Baker Academic)

Interviews and Reviews

2022 Book of the Year—The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold (Revell)

Life Is Story Awards

Fiction Category—The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water by Erin Bartels (Revell)

Outreach Resources of the Year Award

Theology and Biblical Studies—The Lord Roars by M. Daniel Carroll R. (Baker Academic)
Leadership—Preaching to a Divided Nation by Matthew D. Kim and Paul A. Hoffman (Baker Academic)
Church—The Church after Innovation by Andrew Root (Baker Academic)

Will Rogers Medallion Award

Western Modern Fiction—The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick (Revell)