1. Mercedes Guy – What It Took To Realize/ Voodoo (Daughters of the Ocean Book 1)
2. Dan Groat – A Punctual Paymaster
3. Dana Goodman – In the Cleft: Joy Comes in the Mourning
4. Juniko Moody – The Button Chronicles
5. Kim Cormack – Sweet Sleep (The Children of Ankh Book 1)