Important Dates for 2023
- July 10 – Contest Opens
- August 9 – Submissions Close (5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time)
- September 26th – Finalists Announced
- November 4 – Winners announced live, 9:30 am during the ACFW Virginia Royal Writers Conference
Fees
Entry fee is payable by PayPal and is non-refundable.
Entry fees are used by the ACFW Virginia chapter to finance the Royal Writers Conference, as well as raise funds for local chapter events.
You may choose to join ACFW VA, if you are a Virginia resident and member of ACFW National, at the time of entrance in order to receive the member entry fee rate. Members of the ACFW Mid-Atlantic zone (Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or Washington D.C.) may also join the ACFW Virginia chapter.
- ACFW Virginia Chapter Members: $20
- Non-members: $25
Multiple entries require separate entry fees.
If an entrant must withdraw from the contest for any reason, they forfeit their entry fee.
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 PETER 2:9 (NIV)