Congratulations to the 2026 fiction winners of the Gibson Prize! Caprice Moore won first place with the first page of her novel-in-progress, A Fire Rekindled. Redeemed villain is Caprice’s top favorite trope, and much of her writing reflects that. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, which she uses both to torture and heal characters. Caprice released her Grinch-inspired debut novel as a newsletter freebie! A Fire Rekindled will actually be book 2 in an interconnecte

We are so pleased to announce the winners of the first-ever Gibson Prize for Christian Fiction!

Title Author Chains of Darkness Jeannette Altwegg Beneath the Hawthorn Tree Carly Carlson Gems of My Father Allison Cook Project: Dark Blight Allison Cook A Broken Light in Bangkok Kimerbly Cornelius Seed in the Desert Kimberly Cornelius The Calligraphy Guild Adam Dempke A Broken Embrace Matthew Elliott In the Shadow He Casts Cindy Escobar Moonrise Hannah Gaudette Guarding Her Heart Shannon Grace Songs Worth Forgetting Heather Griffin The Society of the Most Unfortunately Cur