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Don Bemis is a New Mexican by birth, geographer by training, engineer by trade, and writer by choice. He played clarinet in the New Mexico State University Band and married Lois, another Aggie clarinetist, before they graduated. Lois is from the mountains of northern New Mexico and never really warmed up to the desert, so they compromised and moved to South Haven, Michigan, in 1979. They have five adult children and a growing supply of grandchildren.
Bemis finally got time and incentive to write when his employer downsized. Now he is engineering again, but the writing bug bit him hard.
“I like to tell stories. Some are true; some aren’t. The true ones come when I want people to feel a story they’ve heard a thousand times, like small-town Mary away from home virtually every time we meet her, or terrified disciples soaked with spray on a wild night while Jesus naps in the boat.”
ACFW's recognition for unpublished Christian fiction
The 2011 winners of the Genesis Contest were announced on September 24th in St. Louis. See the complete list of winners by clicking on the "More Info" link below.
ACFW's honors for the best Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year
A complete list of winners may be found on the Carol Awards page by clicking the "More Info" link below.
The 2011 Conference was held in St. Louis, Sep. 22-25 and was a tremendous success. Look for more information about the 2012 conference to take place in Dallas coming soon.