Award Recipients

Agent of the Year

2023 – Steve Laube (The Steve Laube Agency)
2022 – Cynthia Ruchti (Books and Such Literary Agency)
2021 – Terrie Wolf (AKA Literary Management)
2020 – Cynthia Ruchti (Books and Such Literary Agency)
2019 – Linda Glaz
2018 – Jim Hart
2017 – Tamela Hancock Murray
2016 – Jessica Kirkland
2015 – Mary Sue Seymour
2014 – Chip MacGregor
2013 – Natasha Kern
2012 – Nicole Resciniti
2011 – Rachelle Gardner
2010 – Sandra Bishop
2009 – Steve Laube
2007 – Wendy Lawton


Editor of the Year

2023 – Becky Monds – HarperCollins Christian Publishing
2022 – Stephanie Broene – Tyndale House Publishers
2021 – Jessica Sharpe – Bethany House Publishers
2020 – Jocelyn Bailey – HarperCollins Christian Publishing
2019 – Raela Schoenherr Bethany House Publishers
2018 – Andrea Doering – Revell – A Division of Baker Publishing Group
2017 – Sarah Rische – Tyndale House Publishers
2016 – Stephanie Broene – Tyndale House Publishers
2015 – Sandie Bricker – Bling! Romance
2014 – Vicki Crumpton – Revell – A Division of Baker Publishing Group
2013 – Julie Gwinn
2012 – Julee Schwarzburg
2011 – Andrea Doering – Revell Books
2010 – Sue Brower – Zondervan
2009 – Ami McConnell – Thomas Nelson Publishers
2008/2007 – Krista Stroever – Steeple Hill


Mentor of the Year

2023- Tari Faris
2022 – DiAnn Mills
2021 – Betsy St. Amant Haddox
2020 – Chautona Havig
2019 – Luana Ehrlich
2018 – Tina Radcliffe
2017 – Lynette Eason
2016 – James Rubart
2015 – Joy Avery Melville
2014 – Julie Klassen
2013 – Rachel Hauck
2012 – Allison Pittman
2011 – Bonnie Calhoun
2010 – Susan May Warren
2009 – Donita K. Paul
2008 – Janice Thompson
2007 – Linda Kozar
2006 – Lena Nelson Dooley
2005 – Colleen Coble


Lifetime Achievement Award

2023 – James Scott Bell
2022 – Gayle Roper
2019 – Angela Hunt
2018 – Liz Curtis Higgs
2017 – Jerry B. Jenkins
2016 – Janette Oke
2015 – Francine Rivers
2014 – Robin Lee Hatcher
2013 – Frank Peretti
2012 – Allen Arnold
2011 – Tracie Peterson
2010 – Carol Johnson (former editor Bethany House Publishers)


The Martha Rogers Member Service Award

2023 – Brandilyn Collins
2022 – Hallee Bridgeman
2019 – Emilie Hendryx Haney
2018 – DiAnn Mills
2017 – Gail Gaymer Martin
2016 – Rick Barry
2015 – Michael Ehret
2013 – Allison Wilson
2012 – Jeanne Marie Leach
2011 – Janna Ryan
2010 – Fay Lamb
2009 – John B. Olson
2008 – Sharon Lavy
2007 – Cynthia Ruchti


Volunteer of the Year Award

2023 – Rachel Hauck
2022 – Becky Yauger
2019 – Heather Tipton
2018 – Dineen Miller
2017 – Cheryl Wyatt
2016 – Kathleen Y’Barbo Turner
2015 – Lacy Williams
2014 – Martha Rogers
2013 – Ane Mulligan


ACFW Previous Contest Winners

For a complete list of Genesis Contest winners, click here.

For a complete list of Carol Award winners, click here.