The 2026 Gibson Prize for Christian Fiction Shortlist

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 Cursed	Heather Griffin
Risen	Olivia Grover
Boat Wrecked Harbor	Isabelle Keeler
Memoir of the Sea	Madison Keen
The Dragon Stone: Grief	Laura Melnick
A Fire Rekindled	Caprice Moore
The Journal of Iriana the Cranky Healer	Megan Parmerter
Project DeadGrove 3	C.C. Urie