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ACABA Award Badges and How to Obtain Them

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Why ACABA Uses Badges

ACABA badges are designed to encourage, recognise, and celebrate the authorship journey in Africa. While awards honour outstanding books, badges help us celebrate the many faithful steps an author takes along the way: submitting consistently, engaging readers, serving fellow authors, participating in conversations, promoting Christian literature, and growing within the ACABA ecosystem. These badges remind authors that impact is not built in one day; it is nurtured through commitment, visibility, service, excellence, and community.

ACABA Badges

Recognising, Celebrating & Promoting Quality in Christian Authorship in Africa

CLC Kenya Authors Collaboration Badge

The CLC Kenya Authors Collaboration Badge recognises authors whose books have been published through CLC Kenya. It celebrates the partnership between the author and CLC Kenya in bringing Christian literature to readers in Africa and beyond.How to obtain it: An author qualifies when their book has been published, produced, or formally released through CLC Kenya.

Pauline Pen Badge

The Pauline Pen Badge recognises an author who has submitted a second book to ACABA in a different award year. It celebrates consistency, growth, and continued commitment to stewarding the gift of writing beyond one publication.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by submitting another eligible book to ACABA in a different year from their first submission.

Readers’ Engagement Badge

The Readers’ Engagement Badge celebrates the beautiful connection between an author and their readers. It recognises authors whose books have stirred meaningful responses, conversations, reflections, and testimonials from their reading community.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by receiving at least 100 reviews, comments, or reader engagements from their network, submitted on the author’s ACABA webpage.

Engaged Author Badge

The Engaged Author Badge recognises authors who actively participate in the ACABA ecosystem. These are authors who promote their own work while also supporting, sharing, and celebrating the work of one or more fellow authors.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by consistently engaging with ACABA activities and promoting their book as well as the work of another ACABA author.

Panelist Badge

The Panelist Badge honours authors who contribute their voice, experience, and insight during ACABA online webinars. It celebrates authors who engage with fellow writers, readers, and the wider community on topics relevant to their books and message.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by participating as a panelist in an ACABA online webinar and actively engaging in the discussion.

Servant Leadership Award Badge

The Servant Leadership Award Badge recognises authors who have served within ACABA committees to help plan and deliver annual events. It celebrates authors who use their time, skills, and influence to benefit fellow authors and readers across Africa and beyond.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by serving in an ACABA committee or planning team and contributing meaningfully to the success of ACABA events or initiatives.

Year’s Awardee Badge

The Year’s Awardee Badge recognises authors whose books have been honoured in ACABA’s core award categories or overall award categories. It celebrates literary excellence, message, impact, creativity, and contribution to Christian literature in Africa.How to obtain it: An author qualifies when their book is recognised in one of the 10 core ACABA categories or in the overall awards, including Book of the Year, Cover of the Year, or Program of the Year.

Translation of the Year Badge

The Translation of the Year Badge celebrates books that have crossed language barriers through translation. It recognises authors and publishing partners who are helping African Christian messages reach new readers in languages beyond English.How to obtain it: A book qualifies when it has been translated into another language other than English and submitted or recognised within the ACABA ecosystem.

Read With Me Selection Badge

The Read With Me Selection Badge recognises books that have been selected for the Mama Africa Book Box continental reading club. These books are made available to families, children, teenagers, and readers across Africa to borrow, read, or buy.How to obtain it: A book qualifies when it is accepted into the Read With Me programme under Mama Africa Book Box and made available for borrowing or purchase through the reading club.

Outstanding BookFest Display Badge

The Outstanding BookFest Display Badge honours authors who present their books with excellence, creativity, order, and beauty during ACABA BookFests. It recognises authors whose stands attract readers, communicate clearly, and represent their message well.How to obtain it: An author qualifies when their stand is selected as the best display at an annual ACABA BookFest.

Influencers, Initiators & Ambassadors Badge

The Influencers, Initiators & Ambassadors Badge celebrates authors whose efforts have promoted the work of CLC Kenya, ACABA, and Mama Africa Book Box. It recognises authors who have gone beyond personal promotion to directly impact other authors, readers, and communities across the continent.How to obtain it: An author qualifies by actively championing CLC Kenya, ACABA, or MABB initiatives and demonstrating measurable influence, mobilisation, or impact among authors and readers.

YouVersion Bible Plan Badge

The YouVersion Bible Plan Badge recognises an author whose book message has been developed into a devotional reading plan on the YouVersion Bible App. It celebrates authors who are extending the reach of their message beyond the printed book and helping readers engage with biblical truth in a structured, accessible, and devotional format.How to obtain it: An author qualifies when a Bible reading plan based on their book, message, teaching, or devotional content is successfully developed and published on the YouVersion Bible App through the ACABA/CLC Kenya ecosystem.

Benefits of Receiving an ACABA Badge

Receiving an ACABA badge is both a recognition and an invitation to deeper engagement. Badge recipients may receive a gift bag during the annual ACABA BookFests as a token of appreciation and encouragement.

The badge also demonstrates an author’s commitment to ACABA, to fellow authors, and to the wider vision of growing Christian literature in Africa and beyond. It shows that the author is not only writing a book, but also participating in a larger movement of impact, readership, collaboration, and continental visibility.

As authors invest their time, voice, books, and influence into the ACABA ecosystem, ACABA also commits to investing meaningful effort in them. This includes visibility, recognition, opportunities for engagement, and continued support as they grow in their authorship journey.

Overall Awards

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The Ken & Bessie Adams Legacy Award for Content of the Year 
14Nov
CLC Kenya Legacy Awards

The Ken & Bessie Adams Legacy Award for Content of the Year 

The George Verwer Legacy Award for Program of the Year 
14Nov
CLC Kenya Legacy Awards

The George Verwer Legacy Award for Program of the Year 

The Kenneth N. Taylor Legacy Award for Book Cover of the Year
14Nov
CLC Kenya Legacy Awards

The Kenneth N. Taylor Legacy Award for Book Cover of the Year

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