Announcing the 26th Annual Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers Reader’s Choice Award, 2025
2025 FHLRCA Winners
Long Contemporary
Emma’s Hero by Carrie Walker (Mountain Brook Ink)
Short Contemporary
Meddling with Mistletoe by Liz Johnson (Revell)
Long Historical
Love’s Promise by Penny Zeller (Maplebrook Publishing)
Short Historical
Let Nothing You Dismay by Jennifer Hunt (Blue Springs Books)
Novella
Sleigh Bells and Stalkers by Robin Patchen (JDO Publishing)
Romantic Suspense
The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch (Love Inspired Trade)
Women’s Fiction
Where the Lion Roars by Claire Lagerwall (Self-Published)
Sweet Romance
Forever Free by Hope Toler Dougherty (Scrivenings Press)
Speculative
Memoria by J. J. Fischer (Enclave Publishing)

The FHLRCA is open to all writers, members of FHLCW as well as non-members. Books entered in the FHLRCA must be written from a Christian worldview.
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