Entries are now closed and judging has been completed.
The awards will be announced at our Annual Meeting in September.
ACE Awards 2025
The Association for Church Editors is launching its next Awards to celebrate and
recognise the work of church magazine editors and their editorial teams.
Who will be eligible to take part?
- The 2025 Awards are for any church magazine that uses just black and white printing. Coloured paper is allowed, but NOT any coloured printing.
- The Awards are open to all Church Magazines produced by Christian denominations that believe in the Holy Trinity. (i.e. not secular/community magazines).
- The magazine must be produced at least 4 times a year.
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, as seen above, 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.
My magazine uses some colour printing – can’t I enter?
Not this year unfortunately, but we will be judging colour magazines again next year.
How to submit your entries:
- Download and complete a copy of the entry form below (Word and PDF versions available)
- Send two copies each of two different issues of your magazine produced during the last twelve months.
- Please send your four magazines plus the entry form to:
Rev’d Biddy Wigley,
5 Whitegates,
Mayals,
Swansea.
SA3 5HW
If you used tracked postage, please use as the recipient’s email address.
The closing date for entries is Saturday 31st May 2025 (extended from 8th April 2025).
The review process will be based on printed magazines and not electronic/online versions.
Please note:
The prize-giving will take place at our annual meeting on Saturday 20th September at St. Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. Further details of the Annual Meeting will be added to the website nearer the time, but make sure you get the date in your diaries, as you could be a winner!’
Entry form
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