UPDATED TIMELINE

ACFW Kingdom KitLit Contest

April 28 Contest Q&A with Prizes - KidLit meeting-6:00 p.m. CDT.

May 26 Pre-Contest Prizes Event - KidLit meeting-6:00 p.m. CDT. 

Jun 1 Contest Open for Entries-Zoom Event at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

Jun 30 Contest Closes. Cutoff time is 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Jun 15-Jul 31 1st round entries to be sent to judges.

July 31 Deadline to return 1st round scoresheets from judges.

Aug 15 Finalists Announced for 2nd round judging.

Aug 15-30 2nd round entries to be sent to judges.

Sept 12 Awards Celebration Night! Prizes, & Awards at 6:00 p.m. CDT. in ZOOM. 

Contact us at the KidLit Chapter Email

for the ZOOM meeting links.

2026 ENTRY FEES:

$20 For dues paying members of ACFW KidLit Chapter or ACFW National. (Please note that you may apply for membership BEFORE you enter the contest as a member. Membership is $75 to join ACFW National for the first year. The optional ACFW KidLit Online Chapter Membership is $11 annually.

$30 For everyone else. But we’d love to see you join our online KidLit chapter and ACFW American Christian Fiction Writers.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES ALLOWED:

Maximum of 5 total entries per person per year.

Maximum of 2 entries in any one category.

Manuscripts can only be entered once and in only one category.

Each entry will be paid for separately during submission.

We will only accept the first submission of a particular entry.

NON REFUNDABLE ENTRY FEES:

Contest fees are nonrefundable.

IMPORTANT:

Please make sure the name you use in PayPal matches the name you use when submitting to the contest. If they do not match, make sure to note that on your PayPal payment or send an email to the CHAPTER EMAIL, not the contest email.