1. Peggy Green – Coming Out, Coming to Faith, Coming to the Table: Stories We Told Across Enemy Lines
2. Michelle Hughes – Tears of Crimson
3. Caroline Gebbie – Greenwood: A Vampire Series (The Darker Side of Deb Book 1)
4. Matthew Heines – Killing Time in Saudi Arabia: An American Experience
5. Dominic Buffery – The Odyssey of Daniel Bonner: 1 (The Odysseys)