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Christian fiction authors, publishers, agents, and the writing community</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row space-bottom-medium"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/AmandaBarratt.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Amanda Barratt</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/SaraBrunsvold.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Sara Brunsvold</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/amanda-cox.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Amanda Cox</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/Danielle Egan-Miller.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Danielle Egan-Miller</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row space-bottom-medium"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/fabry.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Chris Fabry</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/KellyFlanagan.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Kelly Flanagan</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/LauraFrantz.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Laura Frantz</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/AndreaGarcia.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Andrea Garcia</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row space-bottom-medium"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/ElizabethGoddard.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Elizabeth Goddard</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/MalcomeGuite2.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Malcolm Guite</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/SharonHinck.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Sharon Hinck</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/KristiAnnHunter.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Kristi Ann Hunter</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row space-bottom-medium"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/AnnaRoseJohson.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Anna Rose Johnson</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/Jamie-Lapeyroler.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Jamie Lapeyrolerie</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/SteveLaube.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Steve Laube</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/LindaMacKilllop.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Linda MacKillop</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row space-bottom-medium"> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/KatiePowner.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Katie Powner</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/cynthia-ruchti.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Cynthia Ruchti</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/KarenWatson.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Karen Watson</h3> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="author-details no-pad-top"> <img alt="Author" src="img/SarahWatterson.png"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom">Sara Watterson</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <header class="product-action" style="padding: 70px 0;"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 text-center"> <h3 class="text-white lead">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.</h3> </div> </div> </div> </header> <section class="bg-secondary-1"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2"> <div class="testimonials-slider text-center"> <ul class="slides"> <li> <p class="text-white lead">“The need for quality fiction books written from a faith perspective has never been greater. We appreciate the support and involvement of the publishing community, as well as the authors who write these wonderful books."</p> <span class="author text-white">stan jantz - ecpa president and ceo (2016–2021)</span> </li> <li> <p class="text-white lead">“Writers of faith and those who support them should take heart that we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity for authentic connectedness with readers. We must continue to labor to create and support the kind of storytelling that our readers want and need; stories that explore what binds us together as human beings and that explore our relationship to our Creator.”</p> <span class="author text-white">daisy hutton, Vice President and Publisher, Hachette Nashville</span> </li> <li> <p class="text-white lead">“I believe that fiction has the potential to be one of the greatest tools for beginning spiritual discussion in the marketplace. The path holds many challenges and opportunities but I believe that we are working with some of the most talented writers in the industry. I’ve said for years that what we ask authors to do in writing fiction for this market is much more challenging than what general market fiction writing requires. In that, I take great encouragement.”</p> <span class="author text-white">Karen Watson, Associate Publisher, Fiction at Tyndale House Publishers</span> </li> <li> <p class="text-white lead">“In the Christian life, everything, and I mean literally everything, must be relationally personal. The truth stated impersonally is a lie. Depersonalized language falsifies the Christian life. And stories are our primary verbal way to keep language local and personal, which are the only conditions in which we can follow Jesus—local and personal...So thank you, writers, readers, and publishers, for taking on this work, this holy work of writing stories that ground us in the world of God’s grace.”</p> <span class="author text-white">Eugene Peterson, pastor, scholar, author, poet (Remarks from 2003 Christy Award gala)</span> </li> <li> <p class="text-white lead">“There are issues that everyone on the world of Christian fiction cares about, but for the most part, aspiring writers, established authors, editors, marketers, agents, and other professionals discuss these issues in their own small groups. What I love about the Art of Writing conference is that it enables all of us to gather together in person and have conversations about big picture issues in the industry. We can learn so much from others’ unique perspectives.”</p> <span class="author text-white">Amy Green, Senior Fiction Publicist, Bethany House Publishers</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="bg-primary"><br> </div> <section> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 text-center"> <p class="lead">We thank the following publishers for their sponsoring support of The Christy Award® program:</p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <h2 style="margin: 50px 0 30px 0; text-align: center;">DIAMOND LEVEL</h2> <div class="col-sm-4 text-center"> <a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Client Logo" style="max-width: 240px; margin-bottom: 30px;" src="img/BethayHouse-Revell.png"></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.enclavepublishing.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Client Logo" style="max-height: 120px; margin-bottom: 30px;" src="img/Enclave.png"></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 text-center"> <a href="https://www.tyndale.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Client Logo" style="max-width: 180px; 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