HWA Crown Awards 2021
Submissions for the Crown Awards 2021 are now open! We are asking publishers to submit their best historical writing of the year for our three Crown Awards – The Debut Crown, The Gold Crown and The Non-Fiction Crown. All writing of excellence in any sub-genre is welcomed. All the details and how to enter here.
Any questions? Do please email Imogen Robertson.
The HWA / Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2021
We are delighted to announce the 2021 Short story competition is now open! For all the details and how to enter please follow this link.
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.