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The Christy Award® Comes to Nashville

November 6, 2026

Join us in Music City for a vibrant, can’t-miss gathering of the Christian fiction community.

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Grow Your Craft
The Art of Writing Conference

November 6th, 12:00-5:00 pm

Spend the afternoon investing in your writing journey at this focused, high-impact event for writers, storytellers, and publishing professionals.

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Celebrate the Story
The Christy Award Gala

November 6th, 7:00 pm

Return in the evening for a memorable Gala celebration, where excellence in Christian fiction takes center stage.

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ADD-ON | BEYOND THE BOOK: GET TO KNOW THE AUTHORS RECEPTION | 10 am
Network with the authors at this morning event! Sign up on the registration form.

Gather with authors, publishers, agents, and the writing community to celebrate the Power of Faith in Story

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Chris Fabry

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Michelle Shocklee

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Amanda Cox

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Nicole Deese

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Amanda Dykes

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J.J. Fischer (Jasmine)

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Rhonda McKnight

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Laura Wheeler

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Amanda Wright

The Christy Award celebrates excellence in Christian fiction, and honors the value and impact of the novel of faith in contemporary culture. Since that time, the Christys have been a focal point for the writers and publishers in our community, symbolizing the best aspirations and accomplishments of writers who write from a perspective of faith and who create stories with matters of belief at their core.

  • “The need for quality fiction books written from a faith perspective has never been greater. We appreciate the support and involvement of the publishing community, as well as the authors who write these wonderful books."

    stan jantz - ecpa president and ceo (2016–2021)
  • “Writers of faith and those who support them should take heart that we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity for authentic connectedness with readers. We must continue to labor to create and support the kind of storytelling that our readers want and need; stories that explore what binds us together as human beings and that explore our relationship to our Creator.”

    daisy hutton, Vice President and Publisher, Hachette Nashville
  • “I believe that fiction has the potential to be one of the greatest tools for beginning spiritual discussion in the marketplace. The path holds many challenges and opportunities but I believe that we are working with some of the most talented writers in the industry. I’ve said for years that what we ask authors to do in writing fiction for this market is much more challenging than what general market fiction writing requires. In that, I take great encouragement.”

    Karen Watson, Associate Publisher, Fiction at Tyndale House Publishers
  • “In the Christian life, everything, and I mean literally everything, must be relationally personal. The truth stated impersonally is a lie. Depersonalized language falsifies the Christian life. And stories are our primary verbal way to keep language local and personal, which are the only conditions in which we can follow Jesus—local and personal...So thank you, writers, readers, and publishers, for taking on this work, this holy work of writing stories that ground us in the world of God’s grace.”

    Eugene Peterson, pastor, scholar, author, poet (Remarks from 2003 Christy Award gala)
  • “There are issues that everyone on the world of Christian fiction cares about, but for the most part, aspiring writers, established authors, editors, marketers, agents, and other professionals discuss these issues in their own small groups. What I love about the Art of Writing conference is that it enables all of us to gather together in person and have conversations about big picture issues in the industry. We can learn so much from others’ unique perspectives.”

    Amy Green, Senior Fiction Publicist, Bethany House Publishers

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