The 2019 CALEB Award is now open for entries!
The contest is open to books by Australian or New Zealand Christian authors, or Christian authors living in Australia or New Zealand. Entrants must confirm they agree with the Omega Writers Statement of Belief.
Entries must be written from a Christian world view i.e. they must be consistent with the Omega Writers Statement of Belief and not contain objectionable content (e.g. profanity, sexual situations, or excessive violence.)
Cost
The entry fees are:
- AUD 40 per entry for members of Omega Writers (all members have been emailed the discount code).
- AUD 70 per entry for non-members (click here to join Omega Writers, then get the membership rate once your membership has been confirmed).
Proceeds from the CALEB Award will support the Omega Writers Conference scholarship fund.
Prizes
The winner of each category will receive a prize to the value of AUD 400 plus an engraved trophy.
There is a published and an unpublished award.
The 2019 Unpublished CALEB Award is open to adult fiction manuscripts.
The categories for the 2019 CALEB Published Award are:
- Picture Books
- Young Adult fiction
- Memoir or biography or autobiography
- Fiction (excluding romance and fiction with romantic elements—novels with a central romance plot and novels where the romance is not the central plot focus, but removing the romance would damage the story).
To find out more and to enter, visit http://www.omegawriters.org/caleb/2019-caleb-open/
Entries close on 30 April.
The CALEB Committee are still accepting volunteers to judge. If you’d like to find out more about why judging is a great idea, then check out this blog post: Introducing the CALEB Award
Or click here to volunteer as a judge.
Sounds good will be fun to see who finals and then wins.
That’s one of my favourite parts of any contest!