About CEC

Christian Editor Connection, a division of Christian Editors Association, was founded in 2007 as a “matchmaking service” to connect Christian authors and publishers with established, professional editorial freelancers who meet their specific needs.

To become a CEC freelancer . . .

Established editorial freelancers with at least two years of paid editorial experience fill out an online application and take brief tests to show their proficiency in whichever editorial services they would like to offer. Nine tests are available (two for nonfiction developmental editing [general and treatise], two for fiction developmental editing [general and speculative], two for copyediting [nonfiction and fiction], two for proofreading [nonfiction and fiction], and one for children’s book editing). These tests are approximately five pages each and are designed to test the editors’ skills and determine their levels of experience. Editors who pass at least one test are eligible to join CEC and receive leads for whichever services they successfully tested in.

The Edit for CEC application is available here.

To be matched with CEC editors . . . 

Authors and publishers fill out an online form describing their project and desired services. CEC uses this information to match them with the best-suited CEC freelancers. Our screening process ensures that all CEC freelancers are established, experienced professionals as well as Christians who understand the ins and outs of writing from a biblical worldview and publishing from a Christian perspective, whether or not the writing itself is specifically faith based. (Read our Statement of Faith.) To request a match, click the appropriate request form below.

What does it cost?

For authors and publishers: There is no cost to request a CEC match, and clients do not pay a referral fee.

For CEC freelancers: There is a $20 grading fee for each CEC test taken. CEC annual dues are $50, and a 15 percent referral fee applies to any income from a CEC-matched client for the first year of working with the client.

If you have questions about Christian Editor Connection, please contact us.

Christy Distler, Director
Megan Ryan, Assistant Director
Joleen Graumann, Intake Coordinator

Christian Editor Connection is a division of Christian Editors Association. Other CEA divisions are The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, PENCON, and The PEN Institute. CEA also sponsors the Editors’ Choice Award.

CEA’s mission is to equip and empower Christian editors.