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Christy Awards
The Christy Awards were established in the spring of 1999, when nearly a dozen Christian publishers confirmed the need for establishing a Christian fiction award to recognize novelists and novels of excellence in half a dozen genres of Christian fiction. By late summer, ideas and planning had come together to launch The Christy Award, named in honor of Catherine Marshall’s novel.

2003

Allegory:
Arena by Karen Hancock (Bethany House Publishers)

Contemporary:
All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock (Bethany House Publishers)

Futuristic:
Time Lottery by Nancy Moser (Barbour Publishing)

International Historical:
His Watchful Eye by Jack Cavanaugh (Bethany House Publishers)

North American Historical:
Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers)

Romance:
True Honor by Dee Henderson (Multnomah Publishers)

Suspense:
Directed Verdict by Randy Singer (WaterBrook Press)

Western:
Toward a New Beginning by R. William Rogers (Longwood Communications)

First Novel:
A Place Called Wiregrass by Michael Morris (RiverOak Publishing)

2002

Contemporary:
A Garden to Keep by Jamie Langston Turner (Bethany)

Futuristic:
Oxygen by Randall Ingermanson and John Olson (Bethany)

International Historical:
While Mortals Sleep by Jack Cavanaugh (Bethany)

North American Historical:
Hidden Places by Lynn Austin (Bethany)

Romance:
The Guardian by Dee Henderson (Multnomah Publishers)

Suspense:
Drummer in the Dark by T. Davis Bunn (WaterBrook Press)

Western:
The Long Trail Home by Stephen Bly (Broadman & Holman Publishers)

First Novel:
Ezekiel’s Shadow by David Ryan Long (Bethany)

2001

Contemporary: -- Tie --
Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley (Multnomah)

Contemporary: -- Tie --
The Trial by Robert Whitlow (Word Publishing)

Futuristic:
Transgression by Randall Ingermanson (Harvest House)

International Historical:
Unashamed by Francine Rivers (Tyndale)

North American Historical: --Tie--
Edge of Honor by Gilbert Morris (Zondervan)

North American Historical: --Tie--
Reaping the Whirlwind by Rosey Dow (WinePress Publishing)

Romance:
A Touch of Betrayal by Catherine Palmer (Tyndale)

Suspense:
The Great Divide by T. Davis Bunn (WaterBrook)

New Novel:
Passing by Samaria by Sharon Ewell Foster (Multnomah)

2000

Contemporary:
A New Song by Jan Karon (Viking)

Futuristic:
By Dawn's Early Light by Grant R. Jeffrey and Angela Hunt (Word Publishing)

International Historical:
Out of the Red Shadow by Anne de Graaf (Bethany House Publishers)

North American Historical:
The Meeting Place by Janette Oke & T. Davis Bunn (Bethany House Publishers)

Romance:
Whispers from Yesterday by Robin Lee Hatcher (WaterBrook Press)

Suspense:
Final Witness by James Scott Bell (Broadman & Holman Publishers)