2011 ACFW Awards Gala - Winners List

This year, ACFW celebrated it's 10th annual national conference, and the awards banquet was just as spectacular as always. A star-studded evening, complete with corresponding graphics and music from the A/V folks running the show when a winner walked the stage.

And to recap, here is a list of all winners:


Mentor of the Year: Bonnie Calhoun
Agent of the Year: Rachelle Gardner
Editor of the Year: Andrea Doering
Lifetime Achievement Award: Tracie Peterson (also the keynote speaker at the conference)

Genesis Contest Winners:

Contemporary Fiction: Katy Pistole for Jubilee
Contemporary Romance: Mary Curry for War of Hearts
Historical Fiction: Johnnie Alexander Donley for Where Treasure Hides
Historical Romance: Sarah Ladd for Heiress of Winterwood
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller: Dianna T. Benson for Illusion of Safety
Romantic Suspense: Renee Ann Smith for The Children's Corner
Speculative Fiction: Matt Jones for Shield
Women's Fiction: Camille Eide for My Father's House
Young Adult: Nicole Quigley for Like Moonlight at Low Tide

Carol Awards:

Novella: A Trusting Heart by Carrie Turansky (Barbour - Rebecca Germany, Editor)
Short Contemporary: A Father for Zach By Irene Hannon (Love Inspired - Melissa Endlich, Editor)
Short Contemporary Suspense: Night Prey by Sharon Dunn (Love Inspired Suspense - Emily Rodmell, Editor)
Short Historical: Her Healing Ways by Lyn Cote (Love Inspired Historical - Tina James, Editor)
Young Adult: Anything But Normal by Melody Carlson (Revell - Lonnie Hull DuPont, Editor)
Long Contemporary: Never say Never by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House - Dave Long, Editor)
Long Contemporary Romance: Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson - Natalie Hanemann, Editor)
Mystery: The Camera Never Lies by Elizabeth Goddard (Barbour - Rebecca Germany, Editor)
Romantic Suspense: The Silent Order by Melanie Dobson (Summerside Press - Rachel Meisel/Susan Downs/Ellen Tarver, Editors)
Speculative Fiction: Predator by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan - Sue Brower/Dave Lambert, Editors)
Long Historical: Sons of Thunder by Susan May Warren (Summerside Press - Susan Downs, Editor)
Long Historical Romance: Love Finds You in Homestead, Iowa Melanie Dobson (Summerside Press - Rachel Meisel/Connie Troyer, Editors
Speculative: König’s Fire by Marc Schooley (Marcher Lord Press - Jeff Gerke/C.L. Dyck, Editor
Women's Fiction: Beaded Hope by Cathy Liggett (Tyndale Publishers - Jan Stob/Lorie Popp, Editors)
Debut Author: Crossing Oceans  by Gina Holmes (Tyndale Publishers - Kathryn Olson, Editor)

Congratulations to all winners. It was an amazing event.

2011 Editor & Agent of the Year Finalists!

They have just been announced! The 2011 Agent and Editor of the Year nominations have been reviewed, and the list has been narrowed down to 3 deserving individuals in each group.

A substantial amount of congratulations goes out to these noteworthy finalists:

EDITOR OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Andrea Doering – Revell Books

Sarah Long – Bethany House

Charlene Patterson – Bethany House

AGENT OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Rachelle Gardner – WordServe Literary

Joyce Hart – Hartline Literary

Mary Sue Seymour – Seymour Agency

Congratulations, ladies! The winners in each category will be announced at the ACFW Award Gala on September 24^th, 2011, in St. Louis, Missouri. Until then, you will all have to sit on pins and needles! :)

2010 ACFW Awards -- Winners Listing

For anyone who wasn't able to attend the awards ceremony last night in Indianapolis at the 9th Annual ACFW Conference, and for anyone who loves learning more about Christian fiction, here are the winners for all of the awards given out at the ceremony:

EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Sue Brower, Zondervan

AGENT OF THE YEAR
Sandra Bishop, MacGregor Literary

MENTOR OF THE YEAR
Susan May Warren

MEMBER SERVICE AWARD
Fay Lamb

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (first ever from ACFW)
Carol Johnson, editor who acquired Janette Oke and for whom the new Carol Award is named

GENESIS CONTEST (for unpublished writers)

CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Runner-up, Chris Kraft
Winner, Lynette P. Horner

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Runner-up, Sarah Forgrave
Winner, Janice LaQuiere

HISTORICAL FICTION
Runner-up, Lori Benton
Winner, Brenda Jackson

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Runner-up, Ruth Trippy
Winner, Pam Hillman

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Runner-up, Barbara Early
Winner, Rich Bullock

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Runner-up, Terri Weldon
Winner, Valerie Goree

SPECULATIVE FICTION
Runner-up, Suzanne Krein
Winner, Andra Marquardt

WOMEN'S FICTION
Runner-up, Lisa Buffaloe
Winner, Jennifer Fromke

YOUNG ADULT
Runner-up, Kasey Heinly
Winner, Stefanie Morris

CAROL AWARDS (for published authors)

CONTEMPORARY NOVELLA
Susan May Warren for The Great Christmas Bowl

HISTORICAL NOVELLA
Janet Tronstad for Christmas Bells for Dry Creek

SHORT CONTEMPORARY
Mae Nunn for A Texas Ranger's Family

SHORT CONTEMPORARY SUSPENSE
Jill Elizabeth Nelson for Evidence of Murder

SHORT HISTORICAL
Dan Walsh for The Unfinished Gift

YOUNG ADULT
Jenny B. Jones for I'm So Sure

LONG CONTEMPORARY
Christina Berry for The Familiar Stranger

LONG CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Jenny B. Jones for Just Between You and Me

MYSTERY
A.K. Arenz for The Case of the Mystified M.D.

SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Terri Blackstock for Intervention

LONG HISTORICAL
Allison Pittman for Stealing Home

LONG HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Mary Connealy for Cowboy Christmas

SPECULATIVE FICTION
Kirk Outerbridge for Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press, publisher!!)

WOMEN'S FICTION
Rene Gutteridge & Cheryl McKay for Never the Bride

DEBUT AUTHOR
Dan Walsh for The Unfinished Gift

Congratulations to all for your well-earned and well-deserved wins.