The International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) is the
largest gathering in the nation of Christian authors, editors, publishers,
agents, music and film industry and retail gift sellers.
This year, under the St. Louis Arch, amazing things
happened. Steve Laube, literary agent at The Steve Laube Agency, wrote a
comprehensive blog post about his observations of the 2013 event. Here are some
of the highlights (click here for
the entire post):
Golden Scroll Awards
banquet winners (at AWSA)
- Editor of the Year went to Sandra
VanderZicht of Zondervan
- Fiction Editor of the Year went to Vicki Crumpton of Baker Publishing Group
- Nonfiction Book of the Year went
Karen Whiting and Jocelyn Green for Stories of Faith and Courage from the
Home Front (God & Country Press of
- Novel of the Year went to Jeanette Windle for Congo Dawn (Tyndale)
- AWSA of the Year was Carol Kent
- The Beyond Me Award, presented by Kathi Macias, went to Sue Badeau
- The prestigious 2013 Golden
Scroll Lifetime Achievement Award went to Carole Lewis, the bestselling author
and national director of First Place 4 Health,
Lifetime Achievement Award to agent, Lee Hough at Alive Communications. This stellar man—who has not only contributed significantly to the Christian publishing industry, but is also a superb example of how to love your wife, family and others—has two months to live due to terminal brain cancer. Well deserved, Lee Hough. Well deserved.
Exhibits galore
with the latest in books, music gifts and more.
Next year’s ICRS will be held in Atlanta ,
Georgia June 22-25, 2014 .
See you there!
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