Nothing is more moving than evidence of God's presence in ordinary human lives. And nothing conveys that evidence more effectively than stories. Patrick Henry College is delighted to cosponsor the Aikman Award Writer's Contest as a way of fostering this incredibly effective vehicle for truth.

It is said that the universe is made of stories, not atoms. The Bible begins and ends with story and humankind has told and retold its timeless tales of remarkable men and women of faith throughout every age of unfolding history, adding its own heroes of faith. The Aikman Award provides extraordinary encouragement to young Christian writers to use their talents in witness to lives today challenged and transformed by the love of Jesus.