HWA Crown Awards 2021

You can read all about the amazing books longlisted for the 2021 Crown Awards on Historia

The shortlist will be announced on 5 October 2021 and the winners on 24 November

T&Cs and timings of announcements are available here.

The HWA / Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2021

The competition is now closed – thank you for all the entries!

The Longlist can be found here http://www.historiamag.com/hwa-dd-2021-longlist/

The Shortlist and winners will be announced on 1 October 2021

You can read about the winning stories from 2020 on Historia

2020 Crown Awards

We awarded three Crown Awards for exceptional historical writing at 6pm GMT on 25 November 2020.

Read all about them on Historia

The Crowns are open to any book first published in English in the UK between 1 April 2019 and 31st March 2020. The Debut Crown is for the best book by a debut novelist; The Gold Crown is for the best historical novel of the year; and the Non-Fiction Crown is for the best work of historical non-fiction. Submissions for the 2021 Crowns are now open.

Any questions? Do please email Imogen Robertson.