Our short story competition, run in partnership with the Dorothy Dunnett Society is now closed! Many thanks for all your submissions. The judges are looking forward to reading them all and being transported into the past. The longlist of selected stories will be announced on 14 September. The deadline for entries was 1 July, but you can check the terms and conditions here.
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Watch the announcement of the HWA 2021 Crown Awards!
The announcement of the winners of the HWA Crown Awards 2021 will take place as a Youtube Premiere at 11am on 24 November. You can watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL5z40X0FCU
Full details will follow on www.historiamag.com
Many congratulations to all the shortlisted writers:
The Virtual Crown Awards 2020
Obviously we are very sorry we could not announce the winners of the Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction Crowns in person this year, but you can still join us to see which of these amazing books have emerged victorious on youtube.
202 Crown Longlists Announced
The 36 books chosen for the HWA Crowns Longlists have been announced!
Read all the details here: http://www.historiamag.com/hwa-crowns-longlists-2020/
Congratulations to all the fabulous writers and publishers and huge, huge thanks to all our judges.
Crown Longlists
The longlists for the Crown Awards will be announced on 12th September.
Catch up on the latest on our Awards page.
HWA CROWN AWARDS 2019
We are delighted to share the shortlists and winners of the 2019 Crowns, with thanks to all our judges, and our sponsor Sharpe Books.





