winners

Winners from my blogiversary are 
 Together for the Holidays by Margaret Daley - Jess Collyer 
The Matchmaking Pact by Carolyn Aarsen - Michelle Evans
Face to Face - Debbie Clark
Going into Benny's Angel blog tour grand drawer is Jesse


Congrats to all winners. (If Jesse wins the grand draw I will announce it here also).


Dont forget the 3 draws still up for grabs. One book for North America, One for an Aussie and a $75 gift voucher.

2011 Caleb Prize winners

Omega Writers has the utmost pleasure in announcing the category winners of the 2011 CALEB Prize for faith-inspired writing.

Chuck Colson said, ‘Good literature has the power to change people’s thinking and change people’s lives.’

Not many months ago the Wall Street Journal stirred up controversy with their assessment of current YA literature. The articleDarkness Too Visible describes it as ‘depraved’.  Even some of the better Aussie teen literature has its harrowing edge: a high school student on the Gold Coast recently tried to asphyxiate himself, admitting he copied the hero of a classroom novel. 

We’re delighted therefore that the CALEB Award Grand Prize winner for 2011 is a book that explores hope in difficult circumstances:Paula Vince’s fine family drama, Best Forgotten.

Back-to-back winners in 2010/11 have been Kiwi author, Rosie Boom, in the Children’s Category for Where Arrows Fly and Mal Austin in the Devotional Category for the exquisitely-produced Jewels. 

Austin won overall in the non-fiction section.

Other winners in this section were Vikki Roubin for Wobbly: One Woman’s Journey Onward and Upward (Memoir) and Lynne Baker for Counselling Christian Women on How to Deal with Domestic Violence (General).

Joint poetry winners were Kathryn Hamann for A Slight Fuzzing of Perspective and Andrew Lansdown for Far From Home.

Nick Vujicic was a finalist in three categories. His biography of how to live what he calls ‘a ridiculously good life’ (even without limbs) took out Reviewer’s Choice for Life without Limits.

Claire Osborne’s delightful picture book, Birds and Fish, illustrated by Heidi Hendriks, took out a new category, Bookseller’s Choice.

In the Unpublished Manuscript category, three first places were awarded (this includes an offer of publication by Even Before Publishing) Natalie Lonsdale for Boondaburra  (children’s), Lisa Taylor for Motive Games  (YA) and Jo Wanmer for Though the bud be bruised (Adult).

The winners of Carla Capshaw's book and name a character are

The winner of The Champion is Melissa
and the winner who gets a chance to name a character in a future book is Laetitia
I will contact you both and you have a week to reply.
Thanks again to Carla for the giveaways.

winners

Carrie won the book by Susan Page Davis,

Laetitia goes into the drawer for the Set apart biblestudies

Cheryl goes into the drawer for the christmas basket

Monkey Momma goes into the drawer for the coffee cup giveaway.

Carrie went into the Kay Marshall Strom drawer but unfortunately didn't win.

Winners are.

I had to redraw Margarets Dalys book as Lilac Gramdma didn't contact me.

Congrats goes to Lady Araujo on winning Second Chance Family.

Congrats to Wanda on winning Missy Tippens, His Forever Love.

I have sent you both emails and need a reply by next Sunday.

Winners of Murder on the ol" bunnions are

Congratulations to Wyn, Carol, Cheryl shryack, Janna and Susan Page Davis.
you are the winners of a copy of this wonderful book.

Please email me your addresses by the end of the week.