The 5th annual Christy Awards for Christian fiction have announced the nominees in seven categories:

Allegory/Fantasy
The Crying for a Vision by Walter Wangerin, Jr. (Paraclete Press)
Dark Horse by John Fischer (Revell)
The Light of Eidon by Karen Hancock (Bethany House)

Contemporary
Finding Alice by Melody Carlson (WaterBrook)
The Living End by Lisa Samson (WaterBrook)
Songbird by Lisa Samson (Warner Faith)

Futuristic
Apocalypse Dawn by Mel Odom (Tyndale)
Armageddon by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale)
Soon by Jerry Jenkins (Tyndale)

Historical
Beyond the Sacred Page by Jack Cavanaugh (Zondervan)
Fire by Night by Lynn Austin (Bethany House)
First Light by Bodie and Brock Thoene (Tyndale)

Romance
Happily Ever After by Susan May Warren (Tyndale)
Hideaway by Hannah Alexander (Steeple Hill Books)
Playing by Heart by Deborah Raney (Barbour Publishing)

Suspense/Mystery
Into the Nevernight by Anne de Graaf (Tyndale)
The Lies of Saints by Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale)
Steal Away by Linda Hall (Multnomah)
Three by Ted Dekker (WestBow Press)

First Novel (15 Entries)
Flabbergasted by Ray Blackston (Revell)
Welcome to Fred by Brad Whittington (Broadman & Holman)
The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson (Integrity)

The awards will be presented on June 25 at 6 p.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Phyllis Tickle, author and Contributing Editor in Religion for Publishers Weekly, will give the keynote, and author James Scott Bell will emcee the event. Reservations are available for $50 per person and can be made by contacting Donna Kehoe at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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