Dear publishers,
Each year at The Gospel Coalition we review or spotlight more than 200 books, culminating with our annual book awards where we select winners in the following 12 categories:
Public Theology & Current Events: Deals with cultural trends from a distinctly Christian worldview.
Popular Theology: Translates theological concepts for the average church member.
Academic Theology: Written primarily for those engaged in formal theological or biblical study, with the intent of breaking new ground.
Ministry: Focuses on the work within the local church and how it can be done more effectively.
Evangelism & Apologetics: Written for non-Christians looking to understand Christianity or for Christians hoping to better articulate their faith.
History & Biography: Explores events or individuals who have shaped our world.
Christian Living: Provides practical tools to encourage discipleship and sanctification in various areas of life.
Children’s (Picture Books): Aimed at early readers or prereaders and combines illustration and language to communicate deep truths about the Christian faith.
First-Time Author: Fits into any of the categories but is written by an author who hasn’t previously published.
Arts & Culture: Encourages Christians to explore the arts as a means of understanding humanity and communicating truth to God’s world.
Bible Studies & Devotional Literature: Intended to be engaged incrementally as a means of encouraging discipleship.
Missions & the Global Church: Emphasizes the ongoing or historical work of God outside of North America.
Per TGC’s foundation documents, we seek books that meet the following criteria:
1. offers gospel-centered argument and application;
2. includes faithful and foundational use of Scripture, both Old Testament and New Testament;
3. fosters spiritual discernment of contemporary trials and trends; and
4. encourages efforts to unite and renew the church.
Books selected for an award will be featured at our 2024 TGC Women’s Conference in Indianapolis (June 20–22, 2024). (See the 2022 award winners.)
Publishers can submit up to two books per category; they can also nominate the same book in multiple categories, though no book will be chosen in more than one category.
We will only consider titles published between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, and only titles published in the United States. The deadline for publisher nominations is Friday, June 30.
There is a $50 entry fee for each title nominated (in each category). To help streamline this process, we’ve set up an online form that will allow each publisher to nominate books online and submit all payments at the same time. (Note that you can only submit up to 10 books in each form, though you can submit multiple forms.)
Once nominations are submitted on the form, please email a PDF of each title to BookAwards [AT] thegospelcoalition.org. (If the file size is too large, please send a link to Dropbox.) We may request physical copies of the books to facilitate the judging process.
If your book is selected as a finalist, your publicist will be informed by Friday, August 18. We will announce the winners near the end of the year.
The Gospel Coalition