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December 3.5%.
The Evangelical Christian Publishers
Association is pleased to announce the Christian Book Award Winners
for 2009, honoring the year’s finest in Christian publishing. Since 1978
the Christian Book Awards (formerly the Gold Medallion Awards) have
awarded excellence in six categories: Bibles, Bible Reference & Study,
Children & Youth, Inspiration & Gift, Christian Life, and Fiction.
Five finalists are selected in each category following a stringent
judging process by judging panels specially selected for each category.
Each title is evaluated and scored based on category-specific criteria
such as content, literary quality, design and impact. The top scoring
book in each category is named the Christian Book Award winner.
The Christian Book of the Year is chosen among the finalists
based on its overall impact on the consumer as measured by sales.
The Christian Book Award winners and Christian Book of the
Year were announced at the Christian Book Expo in Dallas, Texas on
March 19.
2009
Christian Book Award Winners
Bible Reference &
Study
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry &
Writings
Tremper Longman III, Peter Enns, Eds.
InterVarsity Press, 9780830817832
The 2009
Christian Book of the Year and
Winner in the Bible Category
ESV Study Bible
Crossway Books & Bibles, 9781433502415
Children & Youth
For Young Men Only
Jeff Feldhahn and Eric Rice with Shaunti Feldhahn
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, 9781601420206
Christian Life
Spectacular Sins
John Piper
Crossway Books & Bibles, 9781433502750
Fiction
The Shape of Mercy
Susan Meissner
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, 9781400074563