Today I'm giving Kirk another day off, the play catch-up with his own engineering work.
Truthfully it couldn't have come at a better time. Right now I'm in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference.
As most of you know, I'm the Co to Director to Alton Gansky. He's the HMOC (head man on campus) this week. Tonight's award banquet is the culmination of a week of connecting with others in the industry and concentrating on going deeper into the craft of writing.
At BRMCWC we have three contests:
The Contest for Unpublished Writers: This is for writers who are unpublished in their specific category. The categories range from devotions to blog posts, flash fiction to Bible studies. There's literally something for everyone here.
The Director's Choice: This is for BRMCWC attendees who have a published book. This year Al will be giving awards to his pick of best fiction and non-fiction books.
The Selah: This is an industry-wide contest for any author who has published a book in the previous year. There is NO restriction on the publisher—we accept self, indie and traditionally published submissions.
Tonight, thanks to the generosity of Crossbookswww.crossbooks.com/blueridge and LifeWay/Ridgecrest the awards will be streamed live over the Internet. All you need to do is visit:
As most of you know, I'm the Co to Director to Alton Gansky. He's the HMOC (head man on campus) this week. Tonight's award banquet is the culmination of a week of connecting with others in the industry and concentrating on going deeper into the craft of writing.
At BRMCWC we have three contests:
The Director's Choice: This is for BRMCWC attendees who have a published book. This year Al will be giving awards to his pick of best fiction and non-fiction books.
The Selah: This is an industry-wide contest for any author who has published a book in the previous year. There is NO restriction on the publisher—we accept self, indie and traditionally published submissions.
Tonight, thanks to the generosity of Crossbookswww.crossbooks.com/blueridge and LifeWay/Ridgecrest the awards will be streamed live over the Internet. All you need to do is visit:
You can also follow along on Twitter by following the hashtag: #BRMCWC
(Not sure how to do this? Just do a search on Twitter for #BRMCWC and all the tweets will magically appear)
You can also visit our Facebook page for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference and follow as the winners are announced there as well.
Our contest director, Eva Marie Everson, has been hard at work compiling the results and tonight we'll find out the winners. But in the meantime, enjoy a sneak peak at the finalists for the Selah:
Children
Crystal Bowman
“My Grandma &
Me”
Tyndale
Publishers
Debi Toporoff
“Who Parked the
Ark?”
Tate Publishers
Jan Price Ward
“Smokey and the
Great Escape”
Tate Publishers
Inspiration
& Gift
Debora M. Coty
“More Beauty,
Less Beast”
Barbour
Publishing
Dianne Neal
Matthews
“Designed for
Devotion”
Baker Books
Cindy Sproles
“New Sheets; 30
Days to Refine You Into the Woman You Can Be”
Lighthouse of the
Carolinas
Christian Life
(Double First
Place)
Allison Bottke
“Setting
Boundaries with Food”
Harvest House
Anita Higman
“Where God Finds
You”
Standard Publishing
Kim Ketola
“Cradle My
Heart—Finding God’s Love After Abortion”
Kregel
Publications
Linda Evans
Shepherd
“When You Need a
Miracle”
Revell
Bible Studies
Cheri Cowell
“Parables And
Word Pictures”
AMG Publishers
Pastor Jayamon
Jacob
“The Depth of
Faith”
Westbow Press
YA Fiction
Eddie Jones
“Dead Man’s Hand”
Zonderkidz
Deanna Klingel
“Cracks in the
Ice”
Write Integrity
Press
Lorilyn
Roberts
“Seventh
Demension”
Create Space
Novella
Marianne Evans
“Finding Home”
Pelican/White
Rose
Anita Higman
“A Merry Little
Christmas”
Summerside Press
Fiction—First
Novel
Dani Pettrey
“Submerged”
Bethany House
C. Kevin
Thompson
“The Serpeant’s
Grasp”
Oak Tara
Carole Towriss
“In The Shadow of
Sinai”
DeWard Publishing
Fiction—Contemporary
Ann Tatlock
“Traveler’s Rest”
Bethany House
Publishers
Dan Walsh
“The Reunion”
Revell
Susan Mae
Warren
“You Don’t Know
Me”
Tyndale
Publishers
Fiction—Historical
Stephen Bly
“Stuart Brannen’s
Final Shot”
Greenbriar Book
Company
Dan Walsh
“The Discovery”
Revell
Susan May
Warren
“Baroness”
Summerside Press
Fiction—Romance
Lena Nelson
Dooley
“Mary’s Blessing”
Realms
Rachel Hauck
“The Wedding
Dress”
Thomas Nelson
Jillian Kent
“Chameleon”
Realms
Fiction—Suspense
Lynette Eason
“When a Heart
Stops”
Revell
Ronie Kendig
“Firethorn”
Barbour
Publishing
Lorena
McCourtney
“Dying to Read”
Revell
Don't miss the fun tonight!
And don't forget to join the conversation!
Blessings,
Edie
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