Illumination Book Awards and the Selah Book Awards honors multiple End Game Press titles with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals
MEMPHIS, TN, May 2025— End Game Press, a traditional publishing house releasing family-friendly books in the general trade and Christian markets, is celebrating multiple prestigious wins in the book industry. Leveraging all resources to make the greatest positive impact possible, End Game Press holds a high standard for the books it publishes in both quality and design, so it’s rewarding when industry contests such as the Illumination Book Awards and the Selah Book Awards reward those efforts.
The Illumination Awards annually recognize the best Christian books in 22 different categories. These winners come from well-known publishers as well as independent publishers with a passion for the Word. Their works challenge, comfort, enlighten, and engage, truly offering illumination to readers.
This year’s Keepsake/Gift/Specialty Category was a complete sweep by a trio of beautiful books:
- Eat Like a Heroine (End Game Press, August 2024) by Lorilee Craker and Jenny Williams with Gold,
- The Compassion Storybook Bible (End Game Press, November 2024) by Crystal Bowman and Sue Schlesman with Silver, and
- I Love You, Dad! (End Game Press, June, 2024) by Blythe Daniel, William Daniel and Helen McIntosh with Bronze.
Other Gold medal recipients include Discipling World Changers (End Game Press, February 2024) by Melissa MacDonald, Ministry/Mission, and Love Connects Us All by Michelle Medlock Adams, Enduring Light, Christian Children’s Book.
Silver and Bronze winners include A Gingerbread House (End Game Press, October 2024) by Julie Lavender, Holiday, The Dance of Easter (Wren and Bear Books, an imprint of End Game Press, March 2024) by Sally Cressman, Holiday, Baseball Family (End Game Press, April, 2024) by Billie Jauss, Family/Parenting, A Tale of Two Seasons (Fusion/ACU Press, October 2024) by Paul Westphal, Biography/Memoir, and A Fifth of the Story (End Game Press, February 2024) by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Mystery/Thriller.
“I am grateful to have our books and authors honored in this way” shared Founder and Owner of End Game Press, Victoria Duerstock. “We are incredibly honored to be chosen for these awards from among many worthy entries and finalists.”
Additionally the winners for this year’s Selah Book Awards were named at an in-person awards event on May 29, 2025. The Selah Awards is an industry-wide award contest for published Christian authors within 32 categories, published within the last calendar year. The awards were designed to support the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference scholarship fund.
End Game Press is thrilled to have seven titles among those named winners out of ten previously announced finalists for the Selah Awards. They include Gold medalists Her Battle Strength (Fusion Hybrid Publishing, an imprint of End Game Press, August, 2024) by Deanne Reid, Christian Living, and Eat Like a Heroine (End Game Press, August 2024) by Lorilee Craker and Jenny Williams, Inspiration & Gift.
Silver medalists include The Dance of Easter (Wren and Bear Books, an imprint of End Game Press, March 2024) by Sally Cressman, Children’s Picture Books and The Compassion Storybook Bible (End Game Press, November 2024) by Crystal Bowman and Sue Schlesman, Children’s Literature. Bronze medalists include Heart-Shaped Hope (Fusion Hybrid Publishing an imprint of End Game Press, May 2024), I Love You, Dad! (End Game Press, June, 2024) By Blythe Daniel, William Daniel and Helen McIntosh, and The Desert Between Us (End Game Press, April 2024) by James C. Magruder, General Fiction.
About End Game Press
Launched by multi-award-winning author Victoria Duerstock in 2021, End Game Press is a traditional publishing house where ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things. End Game Press puts authors first, educating them on the entirety of the publishing process and providing them with the needed training to be successful. With a goal to create beauty and cultivate community, End Game Press publishes fiction, nonfiction, and children’s titles into both general and Christian markets. Learn more at www.endgamepress.com online.
Media Contact: Emma Duerstock, PR@endgamepress.com
