WESTMONT, IL— InterVarsity Press is pleased to congratulate its creative director, David Fassett, for his work on four designs chosen for 2022 Top Shelf Book Cover Awards by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The Top Shelf Book Cover Awards program is managed by ECPA to recognize design excellence in the Christian publishing industry.
“David Fassett’s designs are one of the best parts of getting to work at IVP,” said Justin Paul Lawrence, divisional vice president of marketing and sales at IVP. “His consistent eye and continued excellence are amazing. Plus he’s a joy to work with and is a positive presence on my team. Very well deserved!”
Fassett joined InterVarsity Press (IVP) as a marketing designer in 2009. He was promoted to senior graphic designer in 2014, to art director in May 2017, and now serves as IVP’s creative director.
Fassett’s four award-winning cover designs in the nonfiction category include:
- A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel by William Edgar
- Enjoying the Old Testament: A Creative Guide to Encountering Scripture by Eric A. Seibert
- The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism by Paul D. Miller
- When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence by Taylor S. Schumann
ECPA announced the winners of this year’s awards on Wednesday, November 16, at Lipscomb University in Nashville during the opening session of ECPA PubU. Winning book covers are featured at TopShelfAward.org.
For a complete archived list of IVP’s Top Shelf Award–winning book covers visit ivpress.com/award-winners.
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November 18, 2022, WHEATON, Ill.—Crossway is excited to announce that eleven books have been named winners of the 2022 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Top Shelf Book Cover Awards. This year, the ECPA awarded winners in four categories: non-fiction, fiction, children’s, and Bibles.
Bloomington, Minn. (November 18, 2022)—Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce that the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association (ECPA) has selected Toni Shiloh as the winner of the inaugural Christy Amplify Award for Christian Fiction for her 2022 novel, In Search of a Prince. The award presentation took place on November 17 during the annual Christy Award Gala at ECPA’s PubU Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
“I am absolutely floored and humbled to win the Amplify Award,” said Bethany House author Toni Shiloh. “When I dreamed and wrote In Search of a Prince, it was with the hope that it would give representation to the many women who dreamed of being a princess and never saw one that looked like them—and for them to ultimately realize we are beloved daughters of the King of Kings.”
Ada, Mich. (November 18, 2022)—On Thursday, November 17, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced the 2022 Christy Award winners at a gala held at Lipscomb University’s George Shinn Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Approximately 150 publishers, authors, and fiction fans gathered to celebrate this momentous occasion.
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