General Fiction

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2019

book cover
By: Wilborn, Paul
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
St. Petersburg Press
Hometown: St. Petersburg

2018

book cover
By: Cooper, Ron
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Goliad Press
book cover
By: Lojewski, Kimberly
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Burrow Press
book cover
By: Massey, Gale
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Crooked Lane Books

2017

book cover
By: White, Randy Wayne
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
G.P. Putnam Sons
book cover
By: Sims, Elizabeth
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Spruce Park Press
book cover
By: Smith, Laura Lee
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Grove Press

2016

book cover
By: Sukrungruang, Ira
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Burlesque Press
book cover
By: Rose, S.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Bedazzled Ink
book cover
By: Potts, Sharon
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Churlish Press

2015

book cover
By: Clark, Katherine
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
University of South Carolina Press
book cover
By: Chandler, Gracie L.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Life Everlasting
book cover
By: Goolsby, Jesse
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Houghton

2014

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

2013

book cover
By: Locklin, Steven P.
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Grey Gecko
book cover
By: Smith, Laura Lee
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Grove/Atlantic
book cover
By: White Randy Wayne
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Putnam

2012

book cover
By: Evans, Mary Anna
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Poisoned Pen
book cover
By: Owens, Janis
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Scribner
book cover
By: Lehane, Dennis
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins

2011

book cover
By: Umbarger, Caren
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Create-Space
book cover
By: Stuckey-French, Elizabeth
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Doubleday
book cover
By: Barrett, Lynne
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Carnegie Mellon University Press

2010

book cover
By: Ryals, Mary Jane
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Kitsune
book cover
By: Shine, T.M.
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Crown
book cover
By: Engel, Patricia
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Black Cat/Grove Atlantic
book cover
By: Mustian, Mark
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam

2009

book cover
By: Lister, Michael
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
F&W Media
book cover
By: Kelby, N.M.
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Borealis Books
book cover
By: Burroway, Janet
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
book cover
By: Menendez, Ana
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins
book cover
By: Ansay, A. Manette
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
HarperCollins

2008

book cover
By: Dean, Debra
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Harper Perennial
book cover
By: Kiernan, Kristy
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Berkley
book cover
By: D'Souza, Tony
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
book cover
By: Dufresne, John
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
W. W. Norton Company

2007

book cover
By: Shomer, Enid
 Gold
Category: General Fiction
Random House
book cover
By: Hall, James W.
Silver
Category: General Fiction
St. Martin's Minotaur
book cover
By: Kumar, Uthaya
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Bouncing Ball Books
book cover
By: Abu-Jaber, Diana
Bronze
Category: General Fiction
Norton
book cover
By: Nash, Leonard
Silver
Category: General Fiction
Kitsune