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ACFW Kingdom KidLit Contest
ACFW Kingdom KidLit Contest
ELIGIBILITY
The ACFW KidLit Online Chapter sponsors the Kingdom KidLit Contest for unpublished and published Christian fiction writers and authors for each category below with the specific rules listed below.
CO-AUTHORS - IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Both authors need to give consent at the time of submission.
(If one or both co-authors are not a member of ACFW,
please pay the nonmember entry fee.)
NO AI USE:
No entries with the assistance of a text-generating AI such as ChatGPT, or others, and no image generated work. We value and reward human creativity and ingenuity.
Published Authors:
Published Authors:
PUBLISHED AUTHORS:
PUBLISHED AUTHORS:
If you are published, either traditional, self, or hybrid, you are a published author.
If you are published, either traditional, self, or hybrid, you are a published author.
If you have NOT been published in a specific category,
even if you are a published author,
you may enter an unpublished manuscript,
only if you have not yet been published in that category.
You will receive 3 separate judge’s score sheets for each published entry.
Published Books:
Your work must have a copyright date of 2023 or 2024.
Do not enter work published in 2025.
Please save your 2025 published work for next year’s contest.
(If you won first place for your category in the previous 2 years,
you are not eligible to enter that work again.)
Unpublished Authors:
Unpublished Authors:
UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS:
Please enter your unpublished work-in-progress in one of the four unpublished categories.
You will receive 3 separate judge’s score sheets with notes.
Unpublished Manuscripts:
Unpublished manuscripts are eligible if they have not won 1st place
in a prior ACFW KidLit Contest and you have not been published in that same category.
(Do not enter your work if it is under a signed contract before July 31, 2025.
Your manuscript is ineligible to receive an award for the unpublished category. If your manuscript won 1st place in the previous 2 years, it is not eligible.
2025 CATEGORIES:
PPB: PUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS
UPB: UNPUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS
PRCB: PUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS
URCB: UNPUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS
PMG: PUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE
UMG: UNPUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE
PYA: PUBLISHED YOUNG
UYA: UNPUBLISHED YOUNG ADULT
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