Awards for Faith Today work from 2024

Join us in congratulating writers whose work has been judged excellent.

Awards for work done by the Faith Today team last year are always a source of encouragement. Such awards come from contests we enter each year, which involve independent judges giving us advice and kudos about our work so that we keep serving our readers better.

Several contests have yet to announce winners, but we just got our first set from this year’s Evangelical Press Association awards. They include a first-place award, a third and a three fifth places. Awards were announced in Branson, Missouri on May 5-6.

• 1st place, infographic: designer Janice Van Eck for “Highlights from the State of the Great Commission report.” The judge says, "An excellent presentation of significant amounts of data in a helpful way."
• 3rd place, poem: Luke Sawczak for "They said nothing to anyone." The judge says, "Nice use of momentum in this poem. The intersection of biblical and present-day experience is intriguing and appropriately challenging."
• 5th place, standing column: David Guretzki for Cross Connections. The judge says, "This writer knows how to pull readers in and draw them into biblical truth that's relevant to their lives. Both columns are well-constructed, carefully paced, and contain deep but reader-friendly insights. Well done."
• 5th place, table of contents: designer Janice Van Eck. The judge says, "Overall. it's a nicely functional TOC. The readers can decipher where to turn, and return to it without confusion."
• 5th place, department: editor Bill Fledderus for Books+Culture. The judge says, "The reviews are well-written and make a case for the timeliness of the work, and author interview adds an nice entry point to the page and a compelling add to the experience."

Other contests we've entered include the Canadian Christian Communicators Association Awards and The Word Awards. We'll update this blog post if we get any news from them.