Photo - Matt Browning 2016 NZ Basil Sellers winner
The Press Service International young writer program in conjunction with Christian Today annual awards for the young writers will be held on Saturday in Christchurch at the Salvation Army Centre in Colombo Street.
These awards are determined by five sets of panellists who mark the articles over the first 6 months of the year then collated by statisticians who identify the various winners.
The awards were established in 2013 with Mr Basil Sellers AM providing the financial presentations.
Photo - Danielle Stott 2014 Australian Basil Sellers winner
Previous Basil Sellers winners
Australia
2013 - Alison Barkley
2014 - Danielle Stott
2015 - Belinda Croft
2016 - Tim Everton
2017 - Cheryl McGrath
New Zealand
2013 - Daniel Jang
2014 - Casey Murray
2015 - Sophia Sinclair and Jeremy Suisted
2016 - Matt Browning and Kara Greening
2017 - Emma McGeorge
Internationals
2015 - Genevieve Wilson and Paul Lewis
2016 - Andrew Sinclair
2017 - Sharma Taylor
Sport
2013 - Annemarie de Villiers
2014 - Brad Mills, Wes Tronson, Annemarie de Villiers
2015 - Tim Newman
2016 - David Goodwin
2017 - Jeremy Dover, David Goodwin, Wes Tronson, Josh Hinds
Photo - Casey Murray 2014 NZ Basil Sellers Award winner
2018 Panellists
Australian
Vicki Nunn
Gavin Lawrie
Aira Chilcott
Kandima Awendila
Laura Veloso
New Zealand
Brian Carrell
Liz Hay
Sophia Sinclair
Wayne Graham
Sarah Richards
Internationals
Vic Matthews
Daniel Stott
Danielle Stott
Nathanael Yates
Euan McDonald
Sport
Peter Nelson
Simon Farrer
Tim Wilson
John Skinner
Josh Robbie
Over 31s
Tim McDonald
Peter Rope
Taliosa Pariss-Proby
David Luschwitz
Who will be the 2018 winners
There’s a question - this is my guess, an Australian, a Kiwi, an international, a sport writer and an Over 31 writer. Dad jokes are my thing!
Photo - Tim Everton 2016 Australia Basil Sellers winner
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children. Dr Tronson writes a daily article for Christian Today Australia (since 2008) and in November 2016 established Christian Today New Zealand.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children