Well, last Saturday night the 8th annual Christy Awards were announced. I was too cheap to pay $120 for John and I to attend, but I cheer for the winners all the same.
And if you’re not aware of the Christy Awards, these are how they work:
Every year publishers are invited to submit novels written from a Christian worldview and copyrighted in the year preceding the awards. Each novel is entered in one of several genre categories and/or the first novel category. Each category of novels is then read and evaluated against a ten-point criteria by a panel of seven judges composed of librarians, reviewers, academicians, literary critics, and other qualified readers.
Here are the winners:
Contemporary Stand Alone — Levi’s Will by W. Dale Cramer
Contemporary Series — The Road to Home by Vanessa Del Fabbro
Historical — Whence Came a Prince by Liz Higgs
Romance — A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist
Suspense/Mystery — River Rising by Athol Dickson
Visionary — Shadow Over Kiriath by Karen Hancock
First Novel — This Heavy Silence by Nicole Mazzarella
To read more, go to:
http://www.christyawards.com/
Congrats to all the winners!
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