ACFW Kingdom KidLit Contest

2024 AWARDS:

Published Picture Books & Board Books

• 1st - Wendy Lanier for The Dog That Gave My Brother Words

• 2nd - Michelle Medlock Adams & Eva Marie Everson - Our God is Bigger Than That!

• 3rd - (tie) - Jonna Le Van - He Meant You to Be You

• 3rd (tie) - Michelle Lazurek & Crystal Bowman - Who God Wants Me to Be

Unpublished Picture Books & Board Books

• 1st - Gretchen Huesmann - A Time for Everything

• 2nd - Julie Lavender - Good Morning, Muddy Puddle

• 3rd - (Tie) - Elizabeth Daghfal - Fun with Fingers

• 3rd - (Tie) - Julie Agen - Why Did You Make Me, Me?

Unpublished Readers & Chapter Books

• 1st - Karen Troncale - Mighty Mutt and The Howl in the Night

• 2nd - Cindee Appling - The Tipping Point

• 3rd - Kathleen Ruckman - The Carousel Trail

Published Middle Grade & Chapter Book Fiction

• 1st - Becca Wierwille - Road Trip Rescue

• 2nd - Susan Maas - Abbie's Woods: Defending the Nest

Unpublished Middle Grade Fiction

• 1st - Annette Marie Griffin - Liberty Loser for the Win

• 2nd - Melinda Poling - Helium Pancakes

• 3rd - Lori Scott - Breeze

Published Young Adult Fiction

• 1st - JPC Allen - A Shadow on the Snow

• 2nd - Marie Sontag - Undercover Scouts

• 3rd - Heather Kreke - Path of Totality 

Unpublished Young Adult Fiction

• 1st - Megan Parmerter - 53

• 2nd - (Tie) -  Charles Trevino - Only Losers Surrender

• 2nd - (Tie) -  Annette Marie Griffin - Sterling Weaver's Negative Space