2016 Top Shelf Book Cover Award Winners Announced

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced this year's winners of the Top Shelf Book Cover Award during the opening session of  PUBu—ECPA’s annual conference for Christian publishing professionals—on Thursday, October 13.

The awards, which recognize outstanding book design in Christian publishing, were chosen by a panel of judges including Barbara de Wilde, creative director for Cooking and Beta digital product group at The New York Times, Anne Twomey, v-p., creative director at Grand Central Publishing and Warner Books, and Bruce Gore, former art director at Howard Books. 

This year's awards went to 16 books and two Bibles in total. Crossway led the way with six wins. The complete list of winning book titles are listed with their authors and publishers below:

A Very Different Christmas by Rico Tice and Nate Morgan Locke (The Good Book Company)
 
Street God by Dimas Salaberrios (Tyndale House Publishers)
 
Unashamed: Healing Our Brokenness and Finding Freedom from Shame by Heather Davis Nelson (Crossway)
 
The Radical Pursuit of Rest: Embracing the Productivity Trap by John Koessler (InterVarsity Press)

Pressing Pause: 100 Quiet Moments for Moms to Meet with Jesus by Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk (Zondervan)

Celebrating The Saints by William Weedon (Concordia Publishing House)
 
None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Jen Wilkin (Crossway)
 
Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering by Makoto Fujimura (InterVarsity Press)

When Trouble Comes by Phil Ryken (Crossway)
 
Limpia Tu Mente  (in English: “Sexual Detox”) by Tim Challies (B&H Publishing Group)
 
KJV Credal Bible (B&H Publishing Group)
 
The Story of Everything: How You, Your Pets, and the Swiss Alps Fit into God’s Plan for the World by Jared C. Wilson (Crossway)
 
Worth Dying For: A Navy Seal’s Call to a Nation by Rorke Denver (Howard Books)

Create vs. Copy: Embrace Change, Ignite Creativity, Break Through With Imagination by Ken Wytsma (Moody Publishers)
 
Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ by Andrew David Naselli and J. D. Crowley (Crossway)
 
J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life by Leland Ryken (Crossway)
 
Brazen: The Courage to Find the You That’s Been Hiding by Leeana Tankersley (Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
 
Holman Rainbow Study Bible (NIV), Pierced Cross (B&H Publishing Group)