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		<title>2009 Christian Writing Contest Award Winners!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>WINNERS OF THE 2009 CHRISTIAN WRITING CONTEST</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">(scroll down and click on the names and titles to read their stories in full.  Discuss them on the <a href="http://swordoftruth.us/literary-apologetics-discussions/">forum</a>)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>19 and up category</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Athanatos Christian Ministries C.S. Lewis Award (1st Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-athanatos-christian-ministrys-cs-lewis-award-for-first-place-19-and-up-michael-pape/152.html">Michael Pape for his story, </a></strong><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-athanatos-christian-ministrys-cs-lewis-award-for-first-place-19-and-up-michael-pape/152.html"><em><strong>Those Chickens, They Don&#8217;t Roost in Some Random Coop in Another State.</strong></em></a></p>
<p><strong>Author of <em><a href="http://hitlerandchristianity.com/">Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible</a></em>, Joe Keysor, is proud to sponsor the GK Chesterton Award (2nd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Which goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-joe-keysor-gk-chesterton-19-up-steve-rzasa/154.html">Steve Rzasa for his story, <em>Rescued</em>.</a><br />
</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Third Prizes- Presented in Alphabetical Order by Last Name</p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://www.apologeticsacademy.eu/">International Academy of Apologetics</a> presents the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Award (3rd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Which goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-fyodor-dostoyevsky-award-for-third-place-19-and-up-jd-greening/164.html">J.D. Greening for his story, <em>Convocation</em></a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>An Anonymous Sponsor presents the George MacDonald Award (3rd prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Which goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-george-macdonald-award-third-place-19-up-james-scott-lee/156.html">James Scott Lee for his story, <em>The Devil Child</em></a>.<br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://christianmanuscriptsubmissions.com/">ChristianManuscriptSubmission</a> presents the Leo Tolstoy Award (3rd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Which goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-athanatos-christian-ministrys-leo-tolstoy-award-for-third-place-19-and-up-joseph-raborg/162.html">Joseph A. Raborg for his story, </a></strong><strong><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-athanatos-christian-ministrys-leo-tolstoy-award-for-third-place-19-and-up-joseph-raborg/162.html"><em>The Death of St. Magnus of Orkney</em></a>.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-honorable-mention-dante-and-shakespeare-19-up/169.html"><strong>Honorable Mentions</strong></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><strong>The Dante Award: </strong> Goes to Tracy Elson for her story, <em>The Crown and the Chronicles</em><br />
<strong>The William Shakespeare Award:</strong> Goes to Luke Curtis for his story, <em>The Tormentor</em>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The John Wycliffe Award </strong></p>
<p><em>In the course of the contest as more international authors surfaced, it became evident that some writers were writing in English as their second language and deserved recognition as such.  For this reason, a new award category was created.</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://confidentchristianity.com/">Confident Christianity</a> Presents the 2009 John Wycliffe Award (ESL)<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-confident-christianity-john-wycliffe-award-esl-adel-emmanuel-19-and-up/269.html">Adel Emmanuel for his story, </a></strong><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-confident-christianity-john-wycliffe-award-esl-adel-emmanuel-19-and-up/269.html"><em><strong>The Oracle Of The Wicked Land</strong></em></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>High School Category</strong></p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://academyofapologetics.com">Athanatos Online Apologetics Academy</a> JRR Tolkien Award (1st Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-athanatos-christian-ministrys-jrr-tolkien-award-for-first-place-elizabeth-chance-high-school/171.html">Elizabeth Chance for her story, <em>Azrael</em>.</a><br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://www.confidentchristianity.com/">Confident Christianity</a> Dorothy Sayer&#8217;s Award (2nd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-confident-christianitys-dorothy-sayers-award-for-second-place-kimberly-hanson-high-school/173.html">Kimberly Hanson for her story, <em>Way Out West</em></a><br />
</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Third Prizes- Presented in Alphabetical Order by Last Name</p>
<p><strong>The John Milton Award (3rd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><strong>Goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-john-milton-award-third-morgan-nystrom-high-school/179.html">Morgan Nystrom for her story, <em>Greater Love</em>.</a></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>The William Blake Award (3rd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Goes to <a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-william-blake-award-for-third-place-nate-rankin-high-school/177.html"><strong>Nate Rankin for his story, <em>To Make A Wretch His Treasure.</em></strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://www.leatherjournal.us/">Sojourner Leatherwork</a> Flannery O&#8217;Connor Award (3rd Prize)</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Goes to </strong><strong><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-sojourner-leatherwork-flannery-oconnor-award-for-third-place-josephe-anne-rocke-high-school/175.html">Josèphe-Anne Rocke for her story, <em>Secrets of the Phoenix</em></a>.<br />
</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://christianwritingcontest.com/entry/2009-honorable-mention-graham-greene-and-charles-williams-awards-high-school/181.html">Honorable Mentions</a></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 90px;"><strong><strong>The Graham Greene Award:</strong></strong> Goes to Melanie Scarff for her story, <em>Trial, Truth, and Triumph</em>.<strong><br />
<strong>The Charles Williams Award: </strong> </strong>Goes to Jennifer van den Bogerd for her story, <em>Windows of the Weald</em>.</p>
<h5><em>To contact any of these authors for any reason you may request their contact information through the contest administrators at director@athanatosministries.org.  All of them have indicated that they are available for interview.  Anthony Horvath, the executive director of Athanatos Christian Ministries, which is the host of the contest, is also available for interviews.</em><strong><em><br />
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