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Toronto, Ont.
Canadian Christian writers win awards


Eleven Christian writers from across Canada won awards for works they published in 1998. The God Uses Ink contest, held each year by Faith Today magazine, announced the winners at this year’s writers conference in Guelph, Ont.

The winners were:

Hugh Cook, Home in Alfalfa (Mosaic), and Michael O’Brien, Eclipse of the Sun (Ignatius), tied for novel (contemporary setting). Sigmund Brouwer, The Weeping Chamber (Word) for novel (historical setting). Craig M. Gay, The Way of the Modern World (Eerdmans) for non-fiction book (theological/ cultural). Honourable mention: Stan Grenz, Welcoming But Not Affirming (Westminster). Jeff Imbach, The River Within (NavPress) for non-fiction book (Christian living). Honourable mention: Jean Vanier, Becoming Human (Anansi). Michael Higgins, Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton (Stoddart) for non-fiction book (historical/biographical). Honourable mention: John F. Keith, The First Few Wars Are the Worst: His Grace Has No Measure (Canadian Baptist Ministries). Ruth McKeague, “Emily’s Secret” (Essence) for short story. Honourable mention: Elizabeth Penny, “On the way to Grandma’s” (Companion). Fred De Vries, “Nicaragua Notebook”, Canadian Challenge (Campus Crusade for Christ) for personal essay. Honourable mention: John Krueger, “Creation Speaks” (Christian Courier). Sue Careless, “Hope Lost, Hope Regained” for third-person article (Faith Today). Honourable mentions: Lois Neely, “Harold Appleyard’s Mission of Remembrance” (Reader’s Digest); and John Bowen, “Eating Your Way to Salvation” (Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism). John Terpstra, “Atonement” and “To God, as a Small Pest” for poetry from The Devil’s Punch Bowl (The St. Thomas Poetry Series). Honourable mentions: Susan McCaslin, “Walking Over My Father’s Grave” and “The Temple of God is Holy” from Veil/Unveil (The St. Thomas Poetry Series). Audrey Dorsch has won the Leslie K. Tarr Award for 1999. This career achievement award is given annually to a writer who has been significant in communicating Christian truth and developing a high standard of writing among writers who are Christian. Dorsch, a freelance writer and editor in Toronto, publishes Exchange, a newsletter for Christian writers; coordinates Tyndale College’s communications program; and was formerly editor of Faith Today and director of the GUI program (1987-95). The award is named after Les Tarr (d. 1995), who was given the first award in 1988. Tarr wrote for the Toronto Star and was one of the first editors of Faith Today. Other recipients of this award include John Redekop, Maxine Hancock, Margaret Clarkson, Harold Jantz, Phyllis Mitchell, John White, Harold Fuller, Hugh Cook and Jim Taylor.

The God Uses Ink awards program encourages Canadian Christian writers in print communications. The awards were started in 1992. This year’s sponsors include Mennonite Brethren Herald, Exchange Publishing, BC Christian News, Stoddart Publishing, Storehouse Books, Woodlake/ Northstone Publishing, Redeemer College and Interim Publishing.  – Faith Today

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