End Game Press celebrates winner and finalist for ECPA’s 2023 Christian Book Awards®

End Game Press celebrates winner and finalist for ECPA’s 2023 Christian Book Awards® ECPA honored two End Game Press titles in their prestigious Christian Book Award® celebration past week in Nashville. “Our God is Bigger That That!” by award-winning authors, Michelle Medlock Adams and Eva Marie Everson, tied as one of the winners in the Children’s Book category. Read More…

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Christian Book Award® winners to be announced tomorrow evening

Christian Book Award® winners to be announced tomorrow evening ECPA will host its annual Awards Celebration tomorrow night during its Leadership Summit for industry leaders in Christian publishing.  The Christian Book Award winners will be announced among 72 finalists in 12 categories plus the Christian Book of the Year®.  The event will also honor two authors with significant impact and imprint on Christian publishing:  Philip Yancey will receive the industry’s Pinnacle Award and Luci Shaw will receive the Kenneth N…

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ACFW announces 2022 Christian fiction and industry awards

ACFW announces 2022 Christian fiction and industry awards The American Christian Fiction Writers in person conference at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch, St. Louis included their 2022 Awards Gala with a number of significant industry awards. Prolific author and devoted mentor and teacher Gayle Roper was honored with ACFW’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More…

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“Immerse: The Reading Bible” named 2022 Christian Book Award winner in Bibles category

“Immerse: The Reading Bible” named 2022 Christian Book Award winner in Bibles category CAROL STREAM, Ill.—May 6, 2022—Tyndale House Publishers is pleased to announce that Immerse: The Reading Bible has been named the Christian Book Award winner in the Bibles category. The Christian Book Award honors excellence in Bibles and Christian books. Immerse: The Reading Bible delivers Scripture to the reader as it was originally written—without chapter or verse numbers, subheadings, or textual notes that can distract readers from the text. Created with the look and…

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Christian Book Award® winners announced tomorrow night

Christian Book Award® winners announced tomorrow night The Christian Book Award (@CBAwards) winners in 12 categories, plus the Christian Book of the Year®, will be named tomorrow night at the ECPA Awards Celebration, among Christian publishing leaders gathered for the ECPA Leadership Summit.  The event will celebrate the 65 finalists and feature a keynote from Latasha Morrison, whose book “Be The Bridge” (WaterBrook), was named the 2021 Christian Book of the Year.  Other industry honors include the presentation of the…

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Six Tyndale House books named finalists for 2022 Christian Book Awards

Six Tyndale House books named finalists for 2022 Christian Book Awards CAROL STREAM, Ill.—April 8, 2022—Tyndale House Publishers is pleased to announce that six THP  titles and authors have been named finalists for 2022 Christian Book Awards. The Christian Book Award honors excellence in Bibles and Christian books. According to their website, “The Christian Book Award® program recognizes the highest quality in Christian books and Bibles and is among the oldest and most prestigious awards program in the religious publishing industry….

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ECPA to announce the finalists for the Christian Book Awards this week

ECPA to announce the finalists for the Christian Book Awards this week Finalists in 12 categories for the 2022 Christian Book Award® program will be announced later this week.  Winners will be presented on May 3rd at the ECPA Awards Celebration in Philadelphia featuring Latasha Morrison, author of the 2021 Christian Book of the Year®, “Be the Bridge.” More…

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It’s time to present the best book and Bible cover designs in Christian publishing

It’s time to present the best book and Bible cover designs in Christian publishing The industry is invited to attend a live webcast announcing the winners of the 2021 Top Shelf Book Cover Awards on Friday, November 12th at 2:30pm CST. The webcast will feature comments about the winners from the judges and presentation by Justin Ahrens of Rule29, and ECPA president Jeff Crosby. Free registration  |  View program details If you are attending PubU Online, you already have access to this webcast as…

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ECPA Names Finalists for The Christy Award

ECPA NAMES FINALISTS FOR THE CHRISTY AWARD® Twenty-eight Christian fiction titles just announced as top contenders for the year’s best novels Winners to be revealed at The Christy Award Gala webcast on October 28th featuring ‘The Chosen’ director and creator DALLAS JENKINS ART OF WRITING WEBINAR SERIES kicks off tonight with panel of acquisition editors discussing “How to Be a Publishing Team’s Dream Author” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 30, 2021, Tempe, AZ – Today, the ECPA announced 28 finalists in…

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Last Call: 2022 Christian Book Award® program submissions ends Thursday

Last Call: 2022 Christian Book Award® program submissions ends Thursday The submission period for the 2022 Christian Book Award program is open through Thursday, September 30, for books published between October 2020 and October 2021.  Titles can be nominated in 12 categories.  For more information, and to access the submission form, visit ChristianBookAwards.com.

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Call for Submissions: 2022 Christian Book Award® program

Call for Submissions: 2022 Christian Book Award® program The submission period for the 2022 Christian Book Award program is now open through September 30, for books published between October 2020 and October 2021.  Titles can be nominated in 12 categories.  For more information, and to access the submission form, visit ChristianBookAwards.com/.  

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Virtual Gala reveals 2021 ACFW Christian Fiction and Industry Awards

Virtual Gala reveals 2021 ACFW Christian Fiction and Industry Awards Palm Bay, FL: The American Christian Fiction Writers virtual conference included a virtual gala, during which their 2021 honors were awarded. Among them were the winners of the 2021 Carol Awards, honoring Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year. Congratulations to these Carol Award winning authors and their publishing houses and editors. Contemporary The Promised Land by Elizabeth Musser; Bethany House (Baker) Publishing; Editor: L. B. Norton Historical Things We…

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Christian Book Award® submissions underway until September 30 at reduced pricing

Christian Book Award® submissions underway until September 30 at reduced pricing ECPA has announced a price decrease for entries into 2021 Christian Book Award® program in light of financial adjustments publishers are making in response to the impact of Covid-19.  The nomination period for 12 categories are September 1-30 for books published between October 2019 and October 2020. More…

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Christian Book Award® finalists enjoy broad retail support

Christian Book Award® finalists enjoy broad retail support In spite of a challenging season for booksellers due to the global pandemic, ECPA reports that a record number of industry retailers reacted quickly in promoting the 65 finalists of the Christian Book Award® program. In addition, Christianity Todayis providing digital and print ads to the program, including eblasts highlighting the finalists and the winners.  ECPA, on behalf of the finalist publishers and authors, are grateful to the following retailers for their support…

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Christian Book Awards® winners webcast airs tomorrow

Christian Book Awards® winners webcast airs tomorrow The winners of the Christian Book Awards will be announced by webcast tomorrow, May 5 at 1 pm central time.  From a pool of 65 finalists, winners will be announced in 12 categories along with the 2020 Christian Book of the Year®.  The webcast will feature Pinnacle Award recipient and bestselling author of The Power of a Praying® series, STORMIE OMARTIAN, who will deliver a special prayer for our industry in this time of crisis.  The webcast…

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