Volunteer to Judge the 2024 CALEB Award

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Omega Writers are looking for keen Christian readers to volunteer to judge the 2024 CALEB Award. Are you interested?

The categories for 2024 will be:
- Published Adult Fiction

- Published Young Adult Fiction
- Published Middle Grade and Early Reader
- Published Picture Books

- Published Adult and Young Adult Nonfiction (excluding Devotionals)

First-round judges need to read and judge the first 10,000 words between 1 May and 18 June 2024.

Final-round judges will read and judge the whole book (up to 120,000 words) between 1 July and 20 August 2024.

The award is open to Published Christian writers from Australia and New Zealand, and entries will open on 1 April 2024.

Picture books are provided in hard copy (3 copies for the first round, and an additional 3 copies for finalists)
Other entries are provided as PDF files (so you can read them on your computer or e-reader).

If this sounds like you, we'd love to have you on board. First-round judges can volunteer to judge between four and ten entries in any category they are not entering. Final-round judges will judge all the finalists in their category (usually three, but sometimes four books).

If you're interested, fill your details below and we'll be in touch. If you have a friend who'd be interested, please send them the link to this form.

If you have any questions, please email Kate Mackereth, CALEB Award Coordinator, at caleb @ omegawriters.com.au (note the new email address).

Email *

Record my email address with my response

Name *

I am a (check as many as relevant): *

Reader

Writer

Editor

Publisher

Librarian

Bookseller

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I am interested in judging the following category: (Check one or two boxes) *

Published Adult fiction (all genres)

Published Young Adult fiction (all genres)

Published Middle Grade and Early Reader (fiction)

Published Adult and Young Adult Nonfiction (all genres excl. Devotionals)

Published Picture Books

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For those volunteering to judge adult or young adult fiction, please state your preferred genres:

Romance/Romantic Suspense (contemporary or historical)

Speculative (fantasy, science fiction, dystopian)

Mystery / suspense / thriller

Women's fiction (contemporary or historical)

I am willing the judge the following number of entries: *

4 first-round entries

5 first-round entries

6 first-round entries

7 first-round entries

8 first-round entries

9 first-round entries

10 first-round entries

3 or 4 final-round entries

I understand the entries for all categories except Picture Books are electronic, and that I will be required to read them on a computer, tablet, or e-reader device. *

I understand

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For those volunteering to judge Picture Books, please provide your postal address (Australia only)

I understand that all entries are covered by copyright of the respective authors. I will not share or copy any of the material received, and I will delete all entries and score sheets after the judging is completed. *

I understand and agree to not share or copy files, and to delete them after judging is complete.

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I confirm I am a Christian and agree with the Omega Writers Statement of Faith at https://www.omegawriters.org/join/statement-of-belief/ *

I confirm and agree

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I understand the CALEB Award recognises and celebrates excellence among Christians who write. This may include the writing of books for the Christian market or for the general market. As such, I expect the writing I read and judge to be consistent with Christian worldviews and values, even if they do not contain overt Christian content.
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I confirm and agree

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