In keeping with ACFW's desire to help unpublished authors hone
their talent and grow as writers, the Noble Theme Contest for
unpublished authors was established in January of 2002. The name
comes from Psalm 45:1
The 2005 ACFW Noble Theme Contest was open to anyone unpublished
in novella- or novel-length fiction (word count of more than 20,000
words) within the last five years.
2005 was the final year for the ACFW Noble Theme Contest. It has
been replaced by the
GENESIS Contest. Rules and Guidelines for this new and exciting
contest, can be found
here.
NOBLE THEME TEMPLATE 3 (BOTY 7)
Noble Theme Scholarship Recipient for Best Overall Entry, sponsored by Janet Kobobel Grant
Margaret Moseley Undo the Dark
NOBLE THEME TEMPLATE (BOTY 4)
Contemporary Romance
1. Covenant Seal Cheryl Wyatt
2. Honor Bound Tamara Cooper
3. The Shepherd Ruth Logan Herne
General Fiction
1. The First Gift Ruth Logan Herne
2. When the Heart Cries Cindy Woodsmall
3. The Little Church that Wouldn't Die Paula Moldenhauer
General Historical
1. Windows in the Dark Sara Probasco
2. Distant Thunder Christina Miller
3. Solemn Vows Jill Johnson
Historical Romance
1. Love on a Dime Carolyn Slaughter
2. Precious Possessions Audra L. Harders
3. A Chasing on the Wind Julie Lessman
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
1. Furious Dragons Camy Tang
2. Home Runs Rebecca L. Deel
3. Assault of Evil Robin Miller
Romantic Suspense
1. Undo the Dark Margaret Mosely
2. Voice of Bells Suzan Robertson
3. Broken Katie Cushman
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Allegory
1. Star's Daughter Lynette Sowell
2. Riders of the Dream Kristine E. Pratt
3. Liberty's Son Ronie Kendig
Thank you to all who entered the Noble Theme 2005!
Special thanks to Greg Davis, our Noble Theme Coordinator, all
of our first, second and third round judges, our Category Coordinators,
the committee and to Kaye Dacus, our VP, who helped tremendously
in this effort!
Congratulations to the finalists and to *all* who entered for sending your work out there to be critiqued. You are all to be commended.
