WRITING CONTESTS
BEGINNER • INTERMEDIATE • PROFESSIONAL
Congratulations to the 2024 Carol Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2024 Genesis Contest Winners
Congratulations to the Mentor, Editor, and Agent of the Year winners, and more!
The Genesis Contest
The Genesis Contest is the ACFW contest for unpublished Christian fiction writers. Genesis has a number of categories/genres to enter, the opportunity for unbiased feedback on writers' work by published authors and experienced judges, and the chance for the category finalists to have their work read by Christian publishing house editors and literary agents. ACFW has been pleased to see many previous category winners and finalists move further in their writing careers to become published authors.
The 2024 Genesis Contest is now closed. Congratulations to the 2024 winners! The 2025 contest opens January 2, 2025.
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The Carol Awards
The Carol Awards are ACFW's recognition for the best Christian fiction published by traditional publishing houses or independently published in the previous calendar year. Congratulations to the 2024 winners! The 2025 awards open January 2, 2025.
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First Impressions Contest
FIRST IMPRESSIONS gives unpublished writers the opportunity to have the first five pages of their Christian fiction manuscript evaluated by an industry professional.
The 2024 First Impressions contest is now open. Click the "Full Details" button above for more information and contest guidelines.
