2021
Book of
the year
Blind Turn by Cara Sue Achterberg
Children’s Book
Children’s Book Winner
I Dreamed You by Justine Avery & Ema Tepic
Children’s Book Runner-Up
And a Book: The Inhabitants of Myth by Michael Molinet
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
HORROR
Horror Winner
The Vanishing by Arjay Lewis
Horror Runner-Up
Level Zero by Dan McDowell
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
LITERARY & HUMOR
Literary & Humor Winner
There Are No Saints by Stephen Kanicki
Literary & Humor Runner-up
Dad by Bob Seay
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
Middle Grade & Young Adult
middle grade & young adult winner
A Forgotten Past by Tiffany Lafleur
Middle grade & Young adult Runner-up
Foretold by Violet Lumani
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
Mystery - Suspense Winner
The Slave Players by Megan Allen
Mystery - Suspense Runner-up
Betrayed by Joseph Lewis
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
Nonfiction
NonFiction Winner
Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life by Linda K. Olson
Nonfiction Runner-Up
The Lifer and the Lawyer by George Critchlow with Michael Anderson
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
Romance
Romance Winner
Another Lifetime Ago by Ben Marney
romance runner-up
The War Journal by Barbara A. Battisto
RUNNER-UP
WINNER
Finalists
Scifi & Fantasy
scifi & Fantasy winner
Lost on a Page by David E. Sharp
scifi & Fantasy Runner-Up
In the Wake of Gods by Christopher Monteagle
WINNER
RUNNER-UP
Finalists
Thriller
Thriller Winner
The Lumbermill by Laya V. Smith
Thriller runner-Up
The Lambda Factor by Dimple Patel Desai
