Submissions for the Crown Awards 2023 are now closed. To those who have submitted books – Thank you! Your invoices and details for judging copies will be with you by Wednesday 24 May. Visit the award page to read the terms and conditions.
Celebrating the best historical writing, fiction and non-fiction, published in the UK and its ability to engage, illuminate, entertain and inform legions of readers.
We are once again delighted to welcome submissions of works of historical fiction and non-fiction from UK publishers for the Crown Awards. We will be awarding three crowns: for Debut, Non-Fiction and Gold. The Gold Crown is for novels by writers who have previously published.
Each submission costs £35.
The 2023 Crown Awards (Debut, Non-Fiction and Gold) are for full length books published for the first time in English in the UK between the 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023. For fiction, the bulk of the narrative of the work submitted must take place at least thirty-five years prior to publication. For non-fiction, the key events must have taken place, or the subject have been primarily active, at least thirty-five years prior to publication.
Our judges are writers, historians, booksellers and enthusiasts and we support all our longlisted and shortlisted books with extensive social media and features on Historia. An author does not need to be a member of the Historical Writers Association for their book to be entered.
You can use the form below to enter. We’ll send you an invoice for your entries after they have been checked for eligibility, then towards the end of the submission period you’ll be asked to send copies to our judging panels.
Crown Awards Timeline
Nominations close: 30 April 2023
Longlists announced: 20 September 2023
Shortlists announced: 18 October 2023
Awards ceremony: 22 November 2023
We will hold the 2023 Crown Award ceremony in Central London
You can read about the fabulous books which won and were shortlisted for the 2022 Crowns in Historia, our online magazine here.
There are still sponsorship opportunities available for these awards. To discuss sponsorship of any or all of the Crown awards, please email Imogen Robertson.
Entering the Awards
Submissions are now closed.
Full terms and conditions are available here.
Please remember the book you are submitting must have been published between 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 to be eligible.