Castle Gate Press’s book Children of the Forgotten by Charles Franklin, published last year, has finaled in the Selah Award for speculative fiction. These prestigious awards are given out for a variety of genres by the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference each year. Last year, our title Cruel Messenger by Timothy Ayers won the […]
Releasing this week: Children of the Forgotten by Charles Franklin
We’re so excited about our new book, Children of the Forgotten by Charles Franklin. We’re sure you’ll like it (provided you can handle reading some violent scenes). Here’s the scoop: Sickness within the city. Deranged killers in the surrounding hills. Is this the end of mankind … or a new beginning? Christian young adult fiction. […]
Our latest venture: ebooks from Keeping Press
We’ve had a number of authors approach us about republishing their books, after the original publisher gave them the rights back. So we created Keeping Press, an imprint of Castle Gate Press, to publish quality ebooks written by Christians in any genre. Our first Keeping Press ebooks are available now! Check them out here.
Castle Gate Press wins a Selah Award!
We are so proud. Our book Cruel Messenger by Timothy W. Ayers just won a major award, the Selah Award for speculative fiction from the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers’ Conference. The same book is also up as finalist for the Realm Award, recognizing the most excellent speculative fiction books written by Christian authors, and for the Excellence […]
Our approach to editing your book
Castle Gate Press is unusual in several ways. One of them is in our team editing approach. The contests where we’ve been entering our books often ask who the editor of the book is, leaving space for the name of one editor. This is apparently the common way for the big publishers to do it, with […]
Our book Cruel Messenger finals again!
Judges are loving this book! So far, it’s a finalist in the Realm Award, the Excellence in Editing Award, and now: the Selah Award from the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference! We’re excited about this news and hope you are too. Author Timothy W. Ayers has managed to pen a truly winsome suspense story. […]
We’ve got a finalist in another contest!
Our book Cruel Messenger by Timothy W. Ayers is getting another nod from contest judges. The Christian Editor Connection is announcing finalists for its Excellence in Editing Award. Final results will be announced at the end of June. Cruel Messenger is already a finalist for the Realm Award this year, choosing the best speculative fiction written by […]
Misconceptions is an Award Finalist!
Our book Misconceptions by Colleen Scott is a finalist for the readers’ choice Grace Award for 2016, we’ve just learned. We are so thrilled! Colleen’s book is indeed a great read, full of suspense and romance. She’s a gifted writer, and we’re so glad more people are finding out about her. Grace Award winners will […]
Terrific news from Castle Gate Press–an award finalist!
A book of ours, Cruel Messenger by Timothy W. Ayers, is a finalist for the Realm Award. We are so thrilled to hear this. The Realm Award comes from the Realm Makers Conference, a writers’ conference for Christians writing speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, time travel, or in this case a cop who gets clues from his […]
Our latest book goes on sale today!
A rogue cop. Clues from a mysterious source. Can he unravel the truth in time? Christian faith shattered from the recent loss of those he loved most, police detective Jude Cameron must now find the murderer of his mentor. But the evidence seems too obvious, too easy. With the help of messages his Alzheimer’s-stricken mother insists come […]