Christian Writing Contest

The Confident Christianity 2009
John Wycliffe Award
for an author writing in English as a second language
Goes to
Adel Emmanuel
Cairo, Egypt
(Category:  19 and up)
Bio: I am a fresh graduate pharmacist. I graduated from Ahin Shams University in Cairo. I was greatly encouraged by my friends to write some stories and participate in some writing competitions and contests; they [...]

Tags: Adam and Eve, Cain, English as second language, ESL, forgiveness, substitutionary atonement
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2009 Honorable Mentions

Category: 19 and up

The Dante Award

goes to

Tracy Elson

for her story titled, The Crown and the Chronicles

The Shakespeare Award

goes to

Luke Curtis

For his story titled, The Tormentor

Tags: Chronicles, Crown, Dante, Shakespeare, Tormentor
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The 2009 Athanatos Online Apologetics Academy

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Award

Third Place

(Category: 19 and up)

J.D. Greening

Tags: Baptist author, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, pagan gods
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The Leo Tolstoy Award

Third Place

(Category: 19 and up)

Goes to: Joseph A. Raborg

Bio: Joseph Anthony Raborg was born in New York City. Shortly thereafter, his family relocated to Hazlet New Jersey, and the author was fortunate in having two more siblings: a younger brother, Thomas, entered the world in 1988 and a younger sister in 1996.

Tags: Leo Tolstoy, Orkneyinga Saga, St. Magnus of Orkney
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The 2009 Anonymously Sponsored

George Macdonald Award
Goes to:
James Scott Lee
Sparta, WI
Third Place
(category:  19 and up)
Bio: I was home schooled all the way until college, studying by learning on my own whatever I could learn in textbooks and literature. I attended Hillsdale College from which I recently graduated with a BS in Chemistry. I am [...]

Tags: George Macdonald, holiness, Satan
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GK Chesterton Award

to

Steve Rzasa

Buffalo, WY

Second Place

(category: 19 and up)

Bio: Steve Rzasa was born and raised in South Jersey, and fell in love with books – especially science fiction novels and historical volumes – at an early age. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University’s College of Communications in 2000, and then spent seven years as a reporter and assistant editor at weekly newspapers in Maine. Steve moved to Wyoming in 2007 to become the editor of a weekly newspaper there, and now works at the local library. He and his wife Carrie have two boys and live in Buffalo, Wyoming. His favorite authors include Jeffrey A. Carver, C.J. Cherryh, David Drake, Robert Heinlein, and David Weber. Website: www.steverzasa.com

Tags: GK Chesterton, Islam, science fiction, Steve Rzasa
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Athanatos Christian Ministries is proud to present

the 2009 C.S. Lewis Award

(Category: 19 and up)

Tags: C.S. Lewis Award, cats, forgiveness, Texas, Wisconsin author
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The Athanatos Christian Ministries C.S. Lewis Award (1st Prize)

Goes to Michael Pape for his story, Those Chickens, They Don’t Roost in Some Random Coop in Another State.

Author of Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible, Joe Keysor, is proud to sponsor the GK Chesterton Award (2nd Prize)

Which goes to Steve Rzasa for his story, Rescued.

Third Prizes- Presented in Alphabetical Order by Last Name

The International Academy of Apologetics presents the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Award (3rd Prize)

Which goes to J.D. Greening for his story, Convocation.

An Anonymous Sponsor presents the George MacDonald Award (3rd prize)

Tags: awards, Charles Williams, CS Lewis, Dante, Dorothy Sayers, Dostoyevsky, Flannery O'Conner, GK Chesterton, Graham Greene, John Milton, JRR Tolkien, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, William Blake, writing contest
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