2025 Maggie Award - Prepublished Winners & Finalists

2025 Winners and Finalists of the Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie Award Unpublished Division:

NOTE:Finalists only listed. Winners TBD.

Contemporary Romance

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"Heartspan" - Steph Alta

"Madam Butterfly" - Naomi Hart

"Where In The World Is Lola Xzavier" - Staci Hayes*

"A Bid On Love" - Rosie J. Potter

"Christmas At Holiday House" - Ann Thurber

Historical Romance

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"Amblewilde" - Addie Bealer

"Cherished Desire" - Shannon Frances James

"My Disobedient Duchess" - Eli Loften*

"Rome's Redemption" - Leigh Rogers*

"Flower In The Field (Italy)" - Loretta Weisberg

Paranormal Romance

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"Guardians: Book Two Of The Giants Series" - Patricia Cook*

"Singed" - Patricia Cook*

"Khatan's Rose" - Annette Marie Griffin

"Until The Last Tomorrow" - Lydia Gullicksen

"Priestess" - Kelly Larivee*

Romantic Suspense

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"The Other Son" - Terri Bolyard

"Shadow Of Doubt" - Mindy Kinnaman

"On Forest Mountain" - Kelly Larivee*

"The Hitman's Daughter" - Deena LeVon*

"First Note Of Danger" - Leah Miles

Women's Fiction With Central Romance

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"Lost And Found" - Jo Anne Banker

"This Child Is Mine" - Jo Anne Banker

"Fossil Beach" - William Bartle

"Not Ready To Make Nice" - Kelly Beck

"The Last Seven Days Of Harper Balen" - Alice Lyon

Young Adult/New Adult

* Winner:

• Finalists:

"Shattered" - Kate Dunning

"Crazy Lucky" - Laura Higdon*

"From There To Here" - Laura Higdon*