2025 First Impressions Winners

ACFW is pleased to announce the 2025 winners in the First Impressions Contest! Thank you to all who entered this contest. If you don’t see your name listed below, we encourage you to keep writing, and hope you enter again next year!

2025 First Impressions Winners

Contemporary
Alisa Hall

Historical
Lakeshia Heeringa

Historical Romance
Marilyn Brandon

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Will Eason

Romance
Jen Brown

Romantic Suspense
Breana Johnson

Short Novel
Breana Johnson

Speculative
Elizabeth Anne Myrick

Young Adult
Asheritah Ciuciu