The Word Awards were established to encourage the pursuit of excellence in the art, craft, practice and ministry of writing and help to raise the profile of Canadian writers who are Christian.
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THE 2019 WORD AWARDS?
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THE 2019 WORD AWARDS *LIVE*
SHORT LIST ANNOUNCEMENT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST 2019
3PM EST ON THE CROSSROADS CASTLE APP
https://www.intothecastle.com/wordawards
AWARDS TIMELINE
| Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
THE WORD AWARDS (TWA) OPEN at 3:00pm EST Facebook Live with Michael Coren on The Word Guild Facebook Page Stay Tuned! Weekly Facebook Lives with previous winners, sponsors & TWG Leadership running throughout the awards. |
| Monday, February 4th, 2019
Friday, |
SUBMISSION DEADLINESWord Awards (English & French). Closes at midnight PST. ***Books must be shipped by Feb. 5, 2019 to the address in your confirmation email.Student Awards, In The Beginning, The {Castle Quay} Best New Manuscript Award & Closes at midnight PST. |
| Wednesday, May 1, 2019 |
SHORTLISTS will be announced Live on The Castle App from Crossroads Communications. Emailed out later that day and posted on TWG website. |
| Wednesday, May 1,2019 |
Specialty awards Judging begins for: THE WORD AWARDS GRAND PRIZE FOR ‘BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR’ AWARD, HARVEY/MACKEY AWARD & DEBRA FIEGUTH AWARD |
| June 14 | WINNERS ANNOUNCED at the Word Awards Gala. The Word Awards Gala is being held at Carmen’s Banquet Centre in Hamilton, ON during the 2019 Write Canada Conference, being held at Redeemer University College in Hamilton, ON |
JUDGING MARKS
Will be sent out for all entries to The Words Awards via email the first two weeks of July following the Announcement of winners at the annual awards gala.
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AWARDS BREAKDOWN
- PUBLISHED WORK
- ENGLISH PUBLISHED WORK (Books, Articles, Short Pieces, Scripts, Lyrics)
- FRENCH PUBLISHED WORK (Books)
- GRAND PRIZE–GRACE IRWIN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
- COWLICK STUDIOS BEST BOOK COVER AWARD
- DAVID MAINSE BEST BLOG OF THE YEAR AWARD
- TERENCE L. BINGLEY BEST SONG LYRICS OF THE YEAR
- LESLIE K. TARR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- DEBRA FIEGUTH SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD
- HARVEY/MACKEY JOURNALISTIC AWARD
- UNPUBLISHED WRITING
- CASTLE QUAY BEST NEW CANADIAN MANUSCRIPT
- FRESH INK STUDENT WRITING CONTESTS
- IN THE BEGINNING
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TWA GUIDELINES & CATEGORIES : |
Review information for entry fees and the fine print before filling out the entry form. View Entry Guidelines/Prizes/Fees/Judging Info Page> View Categories Page> |
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SUBMISSION FORMS: |
Writers may submit works published in the previous year including books, articles, poems, song lyrics, scripts and short stories depending on the Category Details.
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