The Best Christian Writing Contests of 2023

Writing competitions curated by Reedsy

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The Christy Award

The Christy Award

The Christy Award® was established in 1999 to acknowledge the value and impact of the novel of faith in contemporary culture. Since that time, the Christys have been a focal point for the writers and publishers in our community, symbolizing the best aspirations and accomplishments of writers who write from a perspective of faith and who create stories with matters of belief at their core.

Top prize

Award

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $175

Deadline: March 31, 2023 (Expired)


Genres

Christian, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Romance, Young Adult

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Christian Book Awards

Evangelical Christian Publishers Association

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. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Award® program honors the "best of the year" in 12 categories.

Top prize

Award

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $299

Deadline: October 31, 2022 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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Christian Writers' Awards

Xulon Press

The Christian Author Awards recognizes preeminent new Christian authors who are independently published. Xulon Press, host and sponsor of the Christian Author Awards, is excited to once again extend the opportunity to Christian authors to have their work recognized and given due credit. The Christian Author Awards exists to honor exceptional books written by Christian authors like you that are published independently by nontraditional publishers.

Top prize

Xulon Press Elite Publishing Package valued at $8,780

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: FREE

Deadline: September 21, 2021 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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BRMCWC Foundation Awards

Blue Ridge Mountains Conference

The mission of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is to inspire writers to connect with God, other writers, and industry professionals as they embrace their calling with excellence. The entrant must be registered for the entire conference in order to compete.

Top prize

Award

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $45

Deadline: April 01, 2022 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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Director's Choice Awards

Blue Ridge Mountains Conference

The Directors’ Choice Awards are given to published writers who are a past or current conferee (past faculty members who are not also past conferees are not eligible).

Top prize

Award

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $45

Deadline: March 01, 2022 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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The Selah Awards

Blue Ridge Mountains Conference

The Selah Awards are open to all published authors whose books were published between December 16, 2020 and December 15, 2021 with either traditional or nontraditional publishers.

Top prize

Award

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $45

Deadline: January 15, 2022 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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Go for Gold

Christian Writers' Association

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of ACW we are launching the Go for Gold Writing Competition with superlative prizes, including a free residential place at Worth Our Weight in Gold weekend and a year’s free membership of ACW.

Top prize

Free residential place at Worth Our Weight in Gold weekend

Additional prizes

A year’s free membership of ACW

Entry requirements

💰 Fee: $13

Deadline: January 31, 2022 (Expired)


Genres

Christian

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