Healing & Hope Fiction Award

The Healing & Hope Fiction Award honors fictional works that courageously explore pain, brokenness, and hardship while ultimately guiding readers toward restoration, resilience, and renewed hope. This category celebrates stories that do not minimize suffering, but instead acknowledge the depth of human struggle and illuminate the possibility of healing, growth, and redemption.

This award is designed for novels that speak directly to the heart—stories that reflect real emotional journeys and offer readers comfort, understanding, and encouragement through authentic storytelling. These books often become companions for readers navigating grief, trauma, loss, mental health challenges, life transitions, and personal restoration.

Eligible works may include contemporary fiction, historical fiction, faith-based fiction, or other narrative forms, as long as the central theme aligns with healing and hope.

Books in this category may explore themes such as:

• Grief, loss, and recovery

• Trauma, abuse, and survival

• Mental and emotional healing

• Forgiveness and reconciliation

• Faith journeys and spiritual renewal

• Resilience in the face of adversity

• Second chances and redemption

• Identity, belonging, and self-worth

Judges will consider:

• Depth and authenticity of emotional journey

• Sensitivity and respect in handling difficult topics

• Strength of character development

• Clear movement from struggle toward hope

• Overall impact on the reader’s heart and spirit

• Alignment with the mission of The Prestigious International Hope Book Awards

The Healing & Hope Fiction Award exists to recognize authors whose stories reach beyond entertainment and become a source of comfort and courage for readers. These are the books that whisper, “You are not alone,” and gently remind the world that healing is possible, even after the deepest pain.