Milestones Celebration Dinner honors novelists at 2018 ACFW conference

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Milestones Celebration Dinner honors novelists at 2018 ACFW conference Nashville, TN:  For the first time, the opening dinner of the 2018 ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) conference at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville was designated the Milestones Celebration Dinner and included honors for novelists who have reached significant milestones in their writing careers. Ribbons were awarded to fifty-two conference attendees who have reached bestseller status on PW, USA Today, NYT, CBA, or ECPA; top 100 overall on Amazon; or sold…

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ACFW announces Carol Award finalists and Lifetime Achievement recipient, Liz Curtis Higgs

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ACFW announces Carol Award finalists and Lifetime Achievement recipient, Liz Curtis Higgs June 30, 2018, Palm Bay, FL — In a live video event, host Rachel Hauck, an executive board member of American Christian Fiction Writers, announced the 2018 finalists for ACFW’s 2018 Carol Awards, a premier Christian fiction recognition for books published in the previous calendar year. The Carol Award winners will be presented their honors during the gala awards dinner on September 22, 2018, in Nashville as part…

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Francine Rivers Named Lifetime Achievement Recipient and Carol Finalists Announced

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FRANCINE RIVERS NAMED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT and CAROL FINALISTS ANNOUNCED ORLANDO, FL:  At a press conference at the International Christian Retail Show in Orlando, Florida, American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) announced the finalists for the 2015 Carol Awards in eleven categories of Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year. ACFW CEO Colleen Coble also announced the 2015 recipient of the ACFW Lifetime Achievement Award—trail-blazing author, life-changing storyteller Francine Rivers. Of Rivers, Coble said, “I’ve loved and admired Francine Rivers’ writing…

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Marketing Tips – Webinar for ECPA Christian Book Award Finalists

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Just last month at the request of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, I presented ECPA members with practical, low cost or no cost marketing tips on how Christian Book Award® finalists could promote their authors & books, along with a Marketing Q&A, and Marketing Tips sheets customized for each category. The presentation featured tips from PR, Social Media, and Retail Marketing, and how to tie them together. They come from my experience starting in 1990 at a Berean store, through my full…

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