The Conference on Christianity & Literature

Awards and Contests

The Conference On Christianity and Literature recognizes literary achievement in the form of  awards given annually  for lifetime achievement, best book in the field, and the Lionel Basney Award for best article published in Christianity and Literature. CCL also sponsors an annual student writing contest of essays, poems, and stories that address matters of Christian thought, experience, and practice. Select the link below for more information on each category.

Student Writing Contest

Book Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Lionel Basney Award

Travel Grants

CCL will award grants to help cover travel expenses to scholars and writers and who are members of the Conference on Christianity and Literature and need financial support to help cover travel needed to support research and writing. More details and applications on the Scholar Travel Grant Page.

CCL is also offering graduate-student members travel grants of up to $500 to meet travel expenses and registration fees for regional CCL meetings and the annual meeting of CCL at the MLA convention. More details are on the Graduate Student Grant page.

 

 

 

 

Questions to Tammy Ditmore (tammy.ditmore@pepperdine.edu)

In the Latest Issue of Christianity & Literature:


Night Reading

Franz Wright

Lights coming on
   in windows;
windows lit all
   night long
suddenly dark --

He seems to sleep,
   head nested
in crossed arms
on the desk,
   as he listens

to the first raindrops
striking the window,
the faint roar
   of aircraft just

vanishing with
   moonlit trail
past the horizon,
the underlined phrase.

      Summer 2009