Wanted:
Young Readers and Writers
The
New Christian Books Online Magazine is recruiting readers and writers
for its 2012 Summer Writing Contest. Readers will be junior judges and writers
will submit short stories that teach the lesson of Jonah: There is a price to
pay when you disobey.
The
first place winner will receive $100 and a $50 Walmart gift card, plus free
books from Christian authors Acacia Beumer, Laura Davis, Lorilyn Roberts and
Cheryl Rogers.
Entries will be accepted from June 1 though July 15 at contest.newchristianbooks@earthlink.net . All stories must be wail tales, or short stories between 1,000 and 3,000 words that teach the importance of obedience to God.
Wail
tales are, in essence, exaggerated tales of woe involving a youth who has made
bad choices and lands in a whale of trouble, just like Jonah in the Bible. In
the end, the youth must call upon God and be restored through his grace.
The
contest is being held in conjunction with the John 3:16 Marketing Network, a
group of Christian writers who have bonded to promote the gospel through their
writing.
Rogers
authored Just Like Jonah Wail Tales, a storybook collection featuring
modern Jonahs who make mistakes but turn to God and receive his mercy.
Judges
include:
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Acacia Beumer, who was awarded the Dove Foundation’s “Family-Approved” Seal for
ages 12 plus for her book Launch Out Into the Deep! Beumer also is a recipient of the prestigious
Mom’s Choice Award Gold Medal for the Most Outstanding Religion and
Spirituality Book.
Here
is a list of prizes:
First
place: $100, $50 Walmart gift card, a paperback and audiobook CD
of Acacia Beumer’s Launch
Out Into the Deep, a copy of Laura Davis’ novel
Come to
Me and the accompanying Bible Study Guide Learning from
the Master: Living the Surrendered Life, a copy of
Lorilyn Robert's upcoming young adult novel Seventh
Dimension slated for release later this year, an autographed
paperback copy of Fast
Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook, a devotions
book by Cheryl Rogers; an e-copy of Just
Like Jonah Wail Tales by Cheryl Rogers; and an e-copy of
John 3:16 Marketing Networks’ sampler book Taste
and See.
Second
prize: $75, $25 Walmart gift card, a paperback and audiobook CD
of Acacia Beumer’s Launch
Out Into the Deep, a copy of Laura Davis’ novel
Come to
Me, a copy of Lorilyn Robert’s upcoming young adult novel
Seventh Dimension slated for release later this
year, an autographed copy of Fast
Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook, a devotions
book by Cheryl Rogers; an e-copy of Just
Like Jonah Wail Tales by Cheryl Rogers; and an e-copy of
John 3:16 Marketing Networks’ sampler book Taste
and See.
Third
prize: $25, a paperback and audiobook CD of Acacia Beumer’s
Launch
Out Into the Deep, a copy of Laura Davis’ Bible Study
Guide Learning from
the Master: Living the Surrendered Life, a copy of
Lorilyn Robert’s upcoming young adult novel Seventh
Dimension slated for release later this year, an autographed
copy of Fast
Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook by Cheryl
Rogers; an e-copy of Just
Like Jonah Wail Tales by Cheryl Rogers; an 18" x
12" Scripture poster quoting John 3:16; and an e-copy of John 3:16
Marketing Networks’ sampler book Taste
and See.
Honorable
Mention Awards will be given if the judges choose to recognize
one or more excellent wail tales not chosen for the other awards. These award
winners will receive e-copies of Just
Like Jonah Wail Tales, the John 3:16 Marketing Network
sampler book Taste
and See, and Finding
God: Biblical Answers to Questions about our Maker by
Cheryl Rogers.
All
of the award winners will have their wail tales published in
either the New Christian Books Online Magazine, an ebook,
or both.
