2023 POLAR BEAR PLUNGE WHITNEY NOMINATIONS
The Whitney Awards recognize excellence in fiction produced by LDS authors. To be considered for a Whitney, a book must receive five nominations.
This is a cumulative list of the books we’ve nominated for a Whitney Award during the current Polar Bear Plunge, as reported by the participants. Books are listed alphabetically by title. The list is updated weekly.
**NEW: BOOKS MUST BE A NEW RELEASE BETWEEN 11/1/22 & 10/31/23.
NOMINATE HERE
Updated 2/2/23
Individual Titles Nominated = 33 • Total Nominations = 47
- Battling the Bluestocking — Arlem Hawks
- Bending the Blacksmith’s Heart — Lorin Grace
- Best Intentions, The — Sarah M. Eden (+1)
- Blaze — Liz Isaacson
- Christmas Bet, The — Meg Easton (+1)
- Cotswolds Holiday — Kasey Stockton
- Dragon Protocol — Ali Archer
- Earls Hideaway, The — Esther Hatch (+1)
- Esperance — Samantha Hastings
- Faking Christmas — Cindy Steel
- Game of Hearts, A — Joanna Barker
- Heart Worth Stealing, A — Joanna Barker (+1)
- Holly and the Ivy, The — Esther Hatch
- I’m Not Charlotte Lucas — Kasey Stockton (+2)
- It Started with a Glance — Meg Easton (+1)
- Lady’s Wager, A — Arlem Hawks, Josi S Kilpack, Sarah M. Eden (+1)
- Lord Farleigh and Miss Frost — Sally Britton
- Love in Disguise — Dana LeCheminant
- Love on Camera — Dana LeCheminant
- Love in a Contract — Britney M Mills
- Love on Display — Dana LeCheminant
- Love Rescheduled — Jennifer Peel (+1)
- Miss Newbury’s List — Megan Walker (+1)
- My Queendom For a Horse — Bridget E Baker
- Newport Christmas, A — Jess Heileman
- One Spicy Christmas Elf — Lucy McConnell (+1)
- Scrooge and the Girls Next Door — Melanie Jacobson
- Seaside Murder Before Christmas — Shannon Symonds
- Secret of the Sonnets — Samantha Hastings (+2)
- To Win Her Hand — Jen Geigle Johnson
- Waltz with Traitors, A — A.L. Sowards
- World’s Collide — Traci Hunter Abramson (+1)
- Wyoming Wild — Sarah M. Eden
*Not confirmed as LDS.