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. Christian book award listings a resource for publishers. Christy award for historical romance and book of the year 2019. Ecpa christian book award for new author and nonfiction 2015 want to read saving. The christian book award program recognizes the highest quality in christian books. The shortlist of nominees is presented in january and the award winners are announced at the annual bologna childrens book fair, in march or april. The evangelical christian publishers association has spoken here are the winners of the 2018 christian book awards. The award recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of childrens literature specialists. You can also view all of our awardwinning books by year.
The selection criteria include the aesthetic and literary. The christy award is a program of the evangelical christian publishers association ecpa and is the foremost award honoring and promoting excellence in christian fiction since 1999. The first translation award ran from 19681983 and was for fiction only, the translated author could be living or dead eg. It features study notes written by fieldtrained biblical archaeologists and scholars, color maps, photographs, and drawings all designed to bring life to the ancient text of scripture. It is named for catherine marshalls novel, christy, which has sold over 10 million copies since its publication in 1967. Winners are announced at the ecpa awards celebration each year in. List of winners of the national book award wikipedia. This award is sponsored by christian small publishers association. Presented annually to the finest in christian publishing since 1978, the christian book award program honors the best of the year in 12 categories. Five finalists are chosen in each category unless there is a tie.
The night saw the whos who in christian publishing come together to celebrate the best in christian reads. The art of writing conference is designed to bring christian creatives and publishing curators. The christian book award program recognizes the highest quality in christian books and bibles and is among the oldest and most prestigious awards program. Previously called the christian small publisher book of the year award, this award is designed to both promote small publishers and independently published authors in the christian marketplace as well as to bring recognition to outstanding books. The announcements were made at the ecpa awards celebration held on may 1st at the newly opened museum of the bible in washington dc. The announcements were made at the ecpa awards celebration held on april 30th in chicago at the ecpa leadership summit. All winners by category christian book awards, christian book. The evangelical christian publishers association has spoken here are the winners of the 2019 christian book awards.