2025 TENTATIVE TIMELINE

• Apr 22 Contest Q&A with Prizes after regular KidLit meeting at 6 p.m. CDT.

• May 27 Pre-Contest Celebration & Prizes Event after regular KidLit meeting at 6 p.m. CDT.

• Jun 1 Contest opens with a Zoom Event at 6 p.m. CDT.

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

• July 1 Entries to be sent to judges.

• July 30 Deadline to return scoresheets from judges.

• August 15 Awards Celebration Night! Winners, prizes, & awards at 6 p.m. CDT in ZOOM. 

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 $11 yearly for the extra KidLit Membership and $75 yearly for ACFW National.)

$30 For everyone else. 

(But we’d love to see you join our online KidLit chapter and

ACFW American Christian Fiction Writers.)

Contest fees are nonrefundable.

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

Each entry will be paid for separately during submission.

Maximum of 5 total entries per person per year.

Maximum of 2 entries in any one category.

See eligibility rules on other pages.