Annual Writing Contest – As we speak’s Christian Residing
2025 Writing Contest
Deadline: Entries should be obtained by August 15, 2025
It isn’t at all times simple to obey God, particularly once we can’t see the aim or end result of what He’s telling us to do. In 1200-1500 phrases, inform us your story (or another person’s) about trusting God and selecting obedience. Had been you hesitant to obey at first? Why? What about God’s character allowed you to belief and obey Him? What did obeying God require of you? What was the end result? How did selecting to obey impression your stroll with God and/or your relationship with others?
Please embrace a brief writer’s biography and 2-3 private photographs (if related) that complement your story.
1st Prize: $300 and we publish your article
2nd Prize: $200 and we publish your article
3rd Prize: $100 and we publish your article
Submissions should be obtained by August 15, 2025.
Winners will likely be introduced within the January 2026 situation.
E-mail submissions to editor@todayschristianliving with Contest Submission within the topic line.
Or ship by mail to: As we speak’s Christian Residing, ATTN: Editor, P.O. Field 5000, Iola, WI 54945
*All submissions should be beforehand unpublished and your individual work. By coming into, you’re granting us permission to publish your story in case you win. Profitable submissions turn out to be the property of As we speak’s Christian Residing and could also be edited. Because of the quantity of submissions we obtain, solely winners will likely be notified.
Ideas for Submitting a Profitable Entry
- To write down a compelling, award-winning article for the annual writing contest, research tales from previous problems with As we speak’s Christian Residing. As we speak’s Christian Residing is an inspirational journal, so we concentrate on articles exhibiting how Jesus has remodeled an individual’s life. These tales illustrate how their lives glorify God relatively than emphasizing info, preaching, or educating. (We typically reserve our educating and informational articles for our employees columnists.)
- Earlier than writing a narrative about another person, be sure to have their permission. Then permit them to learn the story and approve it earlier than you submit the story. Even in case you really feel you’re being complimentary, they could not need their story in print.
- Fairly than attempting to cowl too many particulars about an individual’s life, concentrate on only one or two foremost occasions and develop these in additional depth. Readers are extra in a position to relate to a narrative when targeted on a selected scenario relatively than giving a laundry listing of common details about an individual or a ministry. Assist the reader visualize the story by vivid particulars. You too can embrace dialogue to assist interact readers within the story.
- Together with your contest submission, embrace three to 5 high quality, high-resolution shade photographs as an example the article, a high quality, high-resolution shade picture (headshot) of the writer, and a short writer bio of 35 to 50 phrases.
- Images should be copyright-free, shade digital photos which are high-resolution (at the very least 5” x 7” at 300 dpi). For those who ship a 72 dpi picture that’s 3″ x 3″ on display, it will likely be lower than one inch when it’s transformed to 300 dpi for print. So, it’s necessary that the picture is massive sufficient to transform. Images don’t must be taken by an expert, as most digital cameras are able to taking top quality photographs, however ensure the digicam is ready to the very best decision setting. Excessive decision print high quality photographs are typically 2 to three MB or bigger. Nevertheless, to make sure photographs are in a position to be emailed, maintain every picture lower than 8 MB. The usual digital digicam format JPEG is the very best format to submit. Remember the fact that good composition, lighting, and focus are important to good pictures.
- Rights and Necessities: Don’t submit articles that you’ve got written for different publications. All articles and photographs should be unique to As we speak’s Christian Residing, and the content material should be unique. All accomplished articles are topic to enhancing for area, fashion, and content material. Further rights and necessities are outlined in an Creator’s Contract, offered to writers upon article acceptance. Contracts should be signed and returned.
- Tales and photographs could also be despatched through e-mail to: [email protected] Embrace Contest Submission within the topic line.
Or ship by mail to: As we speak’s Christian Residing, ATTN: Editor, PO Field 5000, Iola, WI 54945.
