General Fiction

This category includes literary fiction and short story collections and has a word count requirement of at least 40,000 words.

2023

Pocketful of Poseys
Pockeful of Poseys Book Cover
By: Thomas Reed
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
The Beast and the Silent Blue
Book Cover of The Beast and the Silent Blue
By: David O'Connor
Silver
Category: General Fiction
The Vaster Wilds
Book Cover of The Vaster Wilds
By: Lauren Groff
 Gold
Category: General Fiction

2022

How We Disappear
How we disappear cover
By: Tara Lynn Masih
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Spillway
Spillway book cover
By: Kim Bradley
Silver
Category: General Fiction
All Day is a Long Time
All Day is a Long Time cover
By: David Sanchez
 Gold
Category: General Fiction

2021

The Rock Eaters
Book cover for Rock Eaters
By: Brenda Peynado
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Milk Blood Heat
Boo cover of Milk Blood Heat
By: Dantiel W. Moniz
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Infinite Country
Book cover of Infinite Country
By: Patricia Engel
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Matrix
Matrix
By: Lauren Groff
 Gold
Category: General Fiction

2019

Cigar City: Tales From a 1980's Creative Ghetto
book cover
By: Wilborn, Paul
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
St. Petersburg Press
Hometown: St. Petersburg

2018

All My Sins Remembered
book cover
By: Cooper, Ron
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Goliad Press
Worm Fiddling Nocturne in the Key of a Broken Heart: Stories
book cover
By: Lojewski, Kimberly
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Burrow Press
The Girl From Blind River
book cover
By: Massey, Gale
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Crooked Lane Books

2017

Mangrove Lightning
book cover
By: White, Randy Wayne
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
G.P. Putnam Sons
Crimes in a Second Language
book cover
By: Sims, Elizabeth
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Spruce Park Press
The Ice House
book cover
By: Smith, Laura Lee
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Grove Press

2016

The Melting Season
book cover
By: Sukrungruang, Ira
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Burlesque Press
Sparrow in the Wind
book cover
By: Rose, S.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Bedazzled Ink
The Other Traitor
book cover
By: Potts, Sharon
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Churlish Press

2015

The Headmaster’s Darlings
book cover
By: Clark, Katherine
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
University of South Carolina Press
Free to Be
book cover
By: Chandler, Gracie L.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Life Everlasting
I'd Walk With My Friends If I Could Find Them
book cover
By: Goolsby, Jesse
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Houghton

2014

The Sheltering
book cover
By: Powell, Mark
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
University of South Carolina Press
The Heaven of Animals
book cover
By: Poissant, David James
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Simon & Schuster
The Invention of Wings
book cover
By: Kidd, Sue Monk
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Viking Penguin

2013

Beneath Hallowed Ground
book cover
By: Locklin, Steven P.
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Grey Gecko
Heart of Palm
book cover
By: Smith, Laura Lee
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Grove/Atlantic
Deceived
book cover
By: White Randy Wayne
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Putnam

2012

Plunder
book cover
By: Evans, Mary Anna
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Poisoned Pen
American Ghost
book cover
By: Owens, Janis
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Scribner
Live by Night: The American Dream Has a Price
book cover
By: Lehane, Dennis
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins

2011

Coming To: A Midwestern Tale
book cover
By: Umbarger, Caren
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Create-Space
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady
book cover
By: Stuckey-French, Elizabeth
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Doubleday
Magpies
book cover
By: Barrett, Lynne
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Carnegie Mellon University Press

2010

Cookie and Me
book cover
By: Ryals, Mary Jane
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Kitsune
Nothing Happens Until it Happens to You
book cover
By: Shine, T.M.
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Crown
Vida
book cover
By: Engel, Patricia
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Black Cat/Grove Atlantic
The Gendarme
book cover
By: Mustian, Mark
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam

2009

Double Exposure
book cover
By: Lister, Michael
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
F&W Media
A Travel Guide For Reckless Hearts
book cover
By: Kelby, N.M.
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Borealis Books
Bridge of Sand
book cover
By: Burroway, Janet
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Last War
book cover
By: Menendez, Ana
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins
Good things I Wish you
book cover
By: Ansay, A. Manette
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins

2008

Confessions of a Falling Woman: And Other Stories
book cover
By: Dean, Debra
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Harper Perennial
Matters of Faith
book cover
By: Kiernan, Kristy
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Berkley
The Konkans
book cover
By: D'Souza, Tony
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Requiem, Mass.
book cover
By: Dufresne, John
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
W. W. Norton Company

2007

Tourist Season
book cover
By: Shomer, Enid
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Random House
Magic City A Family's Dark Secret. A City's Hidden Past.
book cover
By: Hall, James W.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
St. Martin's Minotaur
Ticket to the Moon
book cover
By: Kumar, Uthaya
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Bouncing Ball Books
Origin
book cover
By: Abu-Jaber, Diana
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Norton
You Can't Get There from Here
book cover
By: Nash, Leonard
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Kitsune