ACE Awards 2024

Entries for the 2024 awards are now closed and submitted magazines are being reviewed by the panel.

Winners will be announced at our September Annual Meeting.

The Association for Church Editors is launching its next Awards to celebrate and recognise the work of church magazine editors and their editorial teams.

Image of John King Trophy, awarded to the best magazine in the ACE awards
The John King Trophy

Who will be eligible to take part?

  • The 2024 Awards are for any size paper magazine with colour printing.
  • Magazines with just colour printing on the covers (with black and white printing inside) are acceptable.
  • The Awards are open to all Church Magazines produced by Christian denominations that believe in the Holy Trinity. (i.e. not secular/community magazines).

NOTE: We have awards for black and white printed magazines, including those with coloured paper covers, on alternate years, so if you’re not eligible this year, please check back next year, or even better join ACE to be kept up to date and get some great ideas for improving your magazine.

Types of Awards

  • The Gold, Silver and Bronze Award winners will receive an inscribed trophy to keep, together with a Certificate of Excellence.
  • The Gold Award winner will receive the John King Trophy, to be held for one year.
  • The winning entry in each of the following categories will receive a Certificate of Excellence:
    • Clarity of the Christian message
    • Cover design
    • Overall layout & structure
    • Headlines
    • Use of graphics
    • Intended readership appeal
  • Entries not selected for one of the main Awards but considered to be of a sufficiently high standard will receive a Certificate of Achievement.

 How to submit your entries:

  • Please send two copies each of two different issues of your magazine produced during the last twelve months.
  • The closing date for entries is Tuesday 2nd April 2024.
  • The review process will be based on printed magazines and not electronic/online versions.
  • Please send your four magazines plus the entry form to:

Sally Churchus, 103 Gravel Rd., Bromley, Kent BR2 8PW.

Competition Launch 2024 – PDF version

Entry Form 2024 – Word format

Entry Form 2024 – PDF format

To download the entry form and awards detail documents, either just click them or right-click and select “Save link as”, or similar for your browser, then chose a location to save the files.

It is preferred that the Word version of the entry form is used with typed information, but handwritten is acceptable.

Any further questions?

Please email us at:

We’ll aim to reply within 24-48 hours, but please note that as ACE is volunteer run, replies may take a little longer.

Please note:

The Awards will be presented at our Annual Meeting on Saturday 28th September at Westminster Central Hall. Check the Annual Meeting page for further details.