It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, the author-editor pair announcement!

Drum roll please…

Winners

KURAJ AND THE SONS OF ANASI - Ashyle N Horton - @zeta_noelle

MG Fantasy

Editor: Hannah VanVels Ausbury

When a trickster god kidnaps their little sister, two young boys must find the trickster spider’s missing stories before their sister becomes food in his web.

MUTE - R.R. Gavris - @rachelgavris

Adult Fantasy

Editor: Elizabeth Buege

A mute faery must forge an alliance with a healer from a neutral nation to save himself and protect others from his cruel ex-master.

BALLADS CAGED IN BONE - Juliana Koen Alonso - @ConduitOfMagic

Adult Fantasy

Editor: Jeni Chappelle

Latine GIDEON x NIGHT CIRCUS Mo has kept her brujería secret from those who would use her power, but when her twin brother disappears into a casino that trades in memories, she must risk her secret--and her freedom--to save him.

THE BOUNDSTONE GIRL - Laura Magno - @LauraMBell1

YA Science Fiction/Speculative

Editor: Miranda Darrow

Sixteen-year-old Amber attempts to bend time and space to prevent her parents’ murder – but what if it means sacrificing her only friends and first love?

JUST PRETEND YOU'LL BE MY JAAN - Naina Kumar - @nkumarwrites

Adult Romance

Editor: Natasha Hanova

To survive being the “best man” at her ex-boyfriend’s wedding, an aspiring playwright enters a fake engagement with the hot, no-nonsense grump her parents want her to marry.

THE HALF-MAD HORTICULTURIST - Tamkeen Jabari - @nosrepmodnar

Adult Fantasy Comedy

Editor: Carly Hayward

When homicidal minions kidnap a princess/child bride, a young horticulturist inserts herself into an Epic QuestTM to rescue her before the minions #CancelHappilyEverAfter.

ANY WAY I CAN GET YOU - Anya Simha - @Anyasimha

Adult Romance

Editor: Bethany Hensel

An emotionally-repressed, headstrong young woman seeks her smothering, judgemental family’s approval of her boyfriend but concocts a scheme based on her favorite Bollywood movie rather than confront her trauma.

NASH HOUSE - Joanna Volavka - @joannavolavka

Adult Southern Gothic

Editor: Felice Laverne

When creeping shadows in the family farmhouse take solid form, Roberta Jo calls a local demonologist for help. It turns out he's a fake, but the family demons are all too real.

THE RIVER TOWN - H Blanchard - @arosyks

YA Speculative

Editor: Megan Manzano

Upon moving to a small town, Callan decides to help his grieving housemate Hugo solve a string of drowning mysteries, all while hiding his real connection to the water.

THE COLORS OF CHAOS - Tania K. Joly - @TKJoly

YA Fantasy

Editor: Kyra Nelson

Seventeen-year-old witch Velicia has a plan: finish her hex-cleaning internship, become a special agent and avoid atomizing anyone with her uncontainable magic. Easy. If only a zealot wasn’t making her the symbol of his revolution by turning her into a bomb.

PRETTY AS FIRE AND JUST AS DANGEROUS - Crystal Smalls-Wright - @CSmallsWright

YA Contemporary

Editor: Leah Pierre

Devil’s Up began as a game but led to arson. Fires baffle the town & truth or dare becomes truth or scare, as a group of teens get tangled in a web of lies & revenge to defeat their nemesis. Some will prevail. Some will die.

FANTASY LEAGUE - Maggie North - @MNorthAuthor

Adult Romance

Editor: Megan Records

A frustrated introvert and a closed-off extrovert try to save their marriage with a bonkers self-help manual based on romcoms and improv comedy, discovering that intimacy is less about the "for better" parts of themselves than the "for worse."

FOR HIRE - Amanda Ciancarelli - @a_ciancarelli

Adult Romance

Editor: Heidi Shoham

When Reagan realizes she's going to have to be the maid of honor at her sister and ex's wedding, she gets drunk and hires a stranger off the internet to be her boyfriend for the wedding events and just may end up with her very own happily ever after.

THE DOUBLE WALKER - Jessie Moore - @jesjul7

MG Horror

Editor: Maria Tureaud

Manifesting her own doppelganger so her ill mother has 24/7 care, Noa doesn't realize her mirror image expects Noa's life as payment...until it's too late.

BENEATH THE WAVES, DEATH SPEAKS - Em Dietrich - @EmDietrichWrite

YA Horror

Editor: Rowan Zeoli

A grumpy lesbian oracle drags her crush on a date to piano auditions and haunted cornfields, all while striking deals with a cinnamon roll demon to prevent reality's collapse and accept her past’s unforgivable mistakes.

Runners-Up

Hannah VanVels Ausbury's pick:

KALINA AND THE FERN FLOWER by Cecile Ferro - @KinBeauty

MG Fantasy

Elizabeth Buege's pick:

RAINDROPS FALLING UPWARD by Jodi Herlick - @JodiHerlick

YA Contemporary Fantasy

Jeni Chappelle's pick:

ZOMBIE IN THE BRAIN by Bianca Malcolm - @BiWitchDr_

YA Horror

Miranda Darrow's pick:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE by Tanisha Mathis - @xoxotanishaxoxo

Adult Women's Fiction

Natasha Hanova's pick:

MONSTER MADE by Lindsey Martin - @ByLindseyMartin

YA Spec Thriller

Carly Hayward's pick

THE CHOKER AND THE CINCHER by Kavga Bjelodana - @bjelodana

Adult Fantasy Romance

Bethany Hensel's pick:

THE CLOCK'S TICKING by Devyani Rana / Dev R. - @devyani_rana

YA Contemporary

Felice Laverne's pick:

ALMOST PERFECT by Lindsey Danis - @lindseydanis

Adult Contemporary Women's Fiction

Megan Manzano's pick:

THE SPACES BETWEEN by Monica Chin - @mcsquared96

YA Contemporary

Kyra Nelson's pick:

SPOOK CUTE by Dana Nuenighoff - @dananuens

YA Contemporary

Leah Pierre's pick:

MURDER IS TEMPORARY by N.C. McKay - @NC_Kay_author

Adult Mystery/Thriller

Megan Records's pick:

TEA, LYCANTHROPY, AND OTHER VIRTUES by Jessie Heninger - @HeningerJessie

Adult Romance

Heidi Shoham's pick:

SECOND CHANCE HEXES by Sonia Ayoub - @TheSoniaAyoub

Adult Romance

Maria Tureaud's pick:

MOURNING HOUSE by Dyan Fox - @dyanfoxwrites

Adult Horror

Rowan Zeoli's pick:

OF SEA SALT AND CINDERS by Ceilidh Newbury - @ceilidh_newbury

YA Fantasy