| Peter Bunzl Cogheart | |
| Steve Cole Invisible Inc. | |
| Jo Cotterill A Library of Lemons | |
| Fleur Hitchcock Murder in Midwinter | |
| Curtis Jobling Max Helsing, Monster Hunter | |
| M. G. Leonard Beetle Boy |
| Sally Christie The Icarus Show | |
| Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink and Stars | |
| Gareth P Jones Death or Ice Cream? | |
| Tamsyn Murray Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart | |
| Alex Scarrow Remade | |
| Kim Slater A Seven Letter Word |
| Liz Flanagan Eden Summer | |
| Alan Gibbons The Trap | |
| Patrice Lawrence Orangeboy | |
| Peadar O'Guilin The Call | |
| Sarah Pinborough 13 Minutes | |
| L. A. Weatherly Broken Sky |