Magazine
Leading Hearts Magazine
A multiple Evangelical Press Association award-winning women’s magazine. Members can contribute articles and advertise.
Programs
Conferences, courses, publications — and a community of Christian women encouraging, equipping, and empowering one another.
Annual gathering
August 6–8, 2027 · Fort Wayne, Indiana
Come together with your AWSA sisters for three unforgettable days of fellowship, worship, professional training, industry connections, and celebration, culminating in our Golden Scroll Awards.
Conference details coming soon!
Courses + cohorts
Workshops on craft, marketing, and ministry business. Each course is taught by AWSA members.
Opening soon
Be an AWSA Coach
Dawn Scott Damon
Become an AWSA Certified Coach through our multi-week training program led by Dawn Scott Damon. Participants learn the AWSA coaching framework, work through real-life coaching situations, develop practical coaching skills, and graduate with a network of fellow AWSA coaches who can become long-term colleagues and referral partners.
Opening soon
P.O.W.E.R. Speaker Certification
Linda Evans Shepherd and Karen Porter
Strengthen your message, your delivery, and your ability to connect with an audience through AWSA’s P.O.W.E.R. Speaker Certification. P.O.W.E.R. stands for: Powerful Presentations · Outstanding Messages · Winning Hearts for Christ · Exciting Stories · Radiant Audience Transformation This training is designed to help Christian speakers develop more powerful presentations while becoming confident, engaging communicators who can move an audience from simply listening to responding.
Enrolling
Protégé Program
AWSA Faculty
The AWSA Protégé Program is designed for emerging Christian writers and speakers who are growing toward professional membership. Protégés receive encouragement, training, mentoring opportunities, peer connection, and practical guidance to help them take the next steps in their writing and speaking journey.
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Inner Circle
AWSA Faculty
Continue growing without leaving home through AWSA Inner Circle. These online gatherings bring AWSA members together with experienced authors, speakers, editors, marketers, and ministry leaders for practical professional training. Topics may include writing craft, publishing, speaking, marketing, platform building, ministry, and the changing world of Christian communication. Members also have opportunities to ask questions and learn directly from our guest teachers. Must be an AWSA member to join.
Enrolling
Superstar Sisters
AWSA Faculty
Monthly AWSA program for ongoing support, accountability, and connection. Distinct from the conference-week Superstar Day. Watch this page for the next cohort opening.
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Mastermind Groups
AWSA Faculty
AWSA Mastermind Groups bring experienced members together in small groups for deeper strategy, accountability, prayer, encouragement, and professional collaboration. These groups provide a trusted place to discuss goals, challenges, opportunities, and next steps with other women who understand the writing, speaking, publishing, and ministry world.
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AI Basics for Marketing for Christian Writers
Linda Evans Shepherd and Rebecca White
Discover how to use today’s AI tools with confidence while keeping your voice, your creativity, and your calling at the heart of your work. AI Basics for Christian Writers takes the mystery out of artificial intelligence and shows writers practical ways AI can become a helpful tool for brainstorming, research, marketing, social media, email, and other everyday writing and publishing tasks. You’ll also explore important questions Christian writers are asking about ethics, copyright, prompts, responsible AI use, and protecting the authenticity of your work—so you can make informed choices about when AI helps and when it doesn’t. Whether you’re brand-new to AI or simply wondering how it fits into your writing life, this course will help you approach these new tools with greater understanding and confidence—without handing over the work God has called you to do.
Publications
AWSA produces a magazine and a daily devotional, both written by members.
Magazine
Leading Hearts Magazine
A multiple Evangelical Press Association award-winning women’s magazine. Members can contribute articles and advertise.
Devotional
Arise Daily Devotional
A daily devotional emailed to subscribers, written by AWSA members.
Member-only
Mailing list
AWSA Connect
The members-only mailing list where authors and speakers share opportunities, publisher news, prayer requests, and craft questions in real time.
Outreach
AWSA's outreach programs invite the wider community of Christian women authors and speakers.
Outreach event
Arise Esther Evenings
Recurring evening gatherings hosted in partnership with AWSA. Open to the public.