Nominate a Book for the 2019 Christianity Today Book Awards

Instructions for publishers.

Each year, Christianity Today honors outstanding books of special interest to the Christian community. In the January/February 2019 issue, CT will feature the best books published between November 1, 2017 and October 31, 2018, divided into categories according to subject and genre. We will also announce the winner of our "Beautiful Orthodoxy" Book of the Year. Here are the awards categories:

Apologetics/Evangelism
Biblical Studies
Children & Youth
Christian Living/Discipleship
The Church/Pastoral Leadership
Culture and the Arts
Fiction
History/Biography
Missions/The Global Church
Politics and Public Life
Spiritual Formation
Theology/Ethics
CT Women*
CT’s “Beautiful Orthodoxy” Book of the Year**

*Learn more about CT Women at Christianitytoday.com/women/.

**Beautiful Orthodoxy is the core philosophy guiding CT’s ministry. It describes a mission, across all our publications, to proclaim the truth, beauty, and goodness of the gospel in a gracious, non-antagonistic tone. Learn more about the cause of Beautiful Orthodoxy from CT editor Mark Galli, in this essay and this interview. The winner of CT's Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year will be featured prominently in the January/February 2019 issue.

CT Women and Beautiful Orthodoxy are special add-on categories. Books nominated in these categories must have first been nominated in one of the other main categories. (They will be eligible to win more than once.) The add-on fee is $15 for either Her.meneutics or Beautiful Orthodoxy, or $30 for both.

What and How to Submit:

We are looking for scholarly and popular-level works, and everything in between. A diverse panel of scholars, pastors, and other informed readers will evaluate the books. Publishers wishing …