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The Crown Awards 2022 are now open for submissions!

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Publishers! It’s that time again. Please submit your entries for the HWA Debut Crown, NonFiction Crown and Gold Crown by the end of April. Books must have been published in English in the UK for the first time between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 and there is a £35 charge per book. All the details and the entry form are here.

Judges of the HWA Crowns Awards 2021 Announced

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We are delighted  to have such a brilliant list of writers, book sellers, reviewers, bloggers and champions of historical writing  judging the prizes this year.

You can find out a bit more about them here, but in brief our huge huge thanks to: Clare Mulley (Chair, NonFiction), Jessie Childs, Dan Jones, Jagjeet Lally & Luke Pepera, Ayo Onatade (Chair, Debut), Susan Heads & Dan Bassett, Jean Fullerton (Chair, Gold), Kate Atherton, Robin Carter, Toby Clements, Nicola Cornick, Lizzie Lane, Sara O’Keefe, Natasha Onwuemezi & Frances Owen.

Submit a title to the Crown Awards, for Debut Fiction, Fiction and NonFiction

The HWA Crowns Shortlists for 2020

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So these are the shortlists! Many thanks to our judges for their commitment, hardwork and those intense debates. Every book on the longlists was exceptional, so these really are the best of the best. Our congratulations to all the authors, agents and publishers involved.

 

HWA Debut Crown Shortlist 2020

Susan Heads, Ayo Onatade (chair), Simon Savidge

HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2020

Yasmin Khan, Keith Lowe, Timothy Phillips, Alex von Tunzelmann (chair)

HWA Gold Crown 2020

Kate Atherton, Robin Carter, LP Fergusson, Jean Fullerton, Jean Goodhind, Jason Hewitt (Chair), Frances Owen, Gill Paul.

The HWA Crown Shortlists Announcement: Wednesday 7 October 11am

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Keep an eye on Twitter for the announcement of the 2020 Shortlists for the Gold, Non-Fiction and Debut Crown Awards on Wednesday 7 October at around 11am! We can’t wait to share the news. The judging process was tough this year and fans of historical writing should have all the 36 longlisted books on their Christmas lists. You can read about them all here:

http://www.historiamag.com/hwa-crowns-longlists-2020/