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the christy awards honoring and promoting excellence in christian fiction home awards the christy award amplify award hall of fame finalists winners submissions events hotel gala art of writing beyond the book finalist reveal webinar register book a room gallery updates about register the christy award comes to nashville november 6 2026 join us in music city for a vibrant can t miss gathering of the christian fiction community register grow your craft the art of writing seminar november 6th 12 00 5 00 pm spend the afternoon investing in your writing journey at this focused high impact event for writers storytellers and publishing professionals more celebrate the story the christy award gala november 6th 7 00 pm return in the evening for a memorable gala celebration where excellence in christian fiction takes center stage more special morning gathering of authors readers 10 am beyond the book get to know the finalist authors meet and hear the hearts of the 2026 finalist authors in this intimate time of connection between authors and their readers sign up on the registration form gather with authors publishers agents and the writing community to celebrate the power of faith in story chris fabry michelle shocklee laura wheeler amanda cox nicole deese amanda dykes susie finkbeiner j j fischer jasmine rhonda mcknight jamie ogle amanda wright jaime jo wright the christy award celebrates excellence in christian fiction and honors 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 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 stan jantz ecpa president and ceo 2016 2021 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 daisy hutton vice president and publisher hachette nashville 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 karen watson associate publisher fiction at tyndale house publishers 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 eugene peterson pastor scholar author poet remarks from 2003 christy award gala 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 seminar 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 amy green senior fiction publicist bethany house publishers we thank the following organizations for their promotional support we thank the following companies for their support of the industry and this program media sponsor distribution sponsor print sponsor the christy award is a program of the evangelical christian publishers association ecpa learn more contact view past programs 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 conduct policy the christy award and the christy awards are used under license from marshall lesourd llc copyright 2026 the christy award all rights reserved