Judges

Chad R. Allen

Chad R. Allen is a writer, speaker, editor, and writing coach. A 25-year publishing professional, he has worked with such bestselling authors as Michael Hyatt, Ernie Johnson Jr., Caroline Leaf, Mark Batterson, and Phyllis Tickle.

He is the creator of BookCamp, a training center and community for writers, as well as Book Proposal Academy, an online course. His passion is helping writers get their books into the world, and he blogs at www.chadrallen.com.

Author of Do Your Art and The Belt, the Balloon, the Flowers: A Christmas Story, Chad has been published in such online places as LifeHacker, JaneFriedman.com, and The Good Men Project.

Chad holds a B.A. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an M.A. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame.