Best Illustrative Book Cover
• Wind and Truth — Michael Whelan
• Blood of Her Father — Sam Kennedy
• Mountain of Fire — Kurt Miller

See the complete list of nominations at awards.dragoncon.org/2025-ballot/

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
• Friends Indeed — David Weber and Jane Lindskold

Best Alternate History Novel
• 1635: The Weaver’s Code — Eric Flint and Jody Lynn Nye
• 1919: The Romanov Rising — Tom Kratman, Kacey Ezell, and Justin Watson
• To Turn the Tide — S.M. Stirling

Best Science Fiction Novel
• Nether Station — Kevin J. Anderson

Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
• Shadow of the Smoking Mountain — Howard Andrew Jones
• Heart of the Mountain — Larry Correia