The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction entries to the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Chaucer Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane – Olympia: The Birth of the Games
- B.L. Smith – The Last Golden Light
- Alana White – Medici Man: The Hearts of All on Fire
- Griffin Brady – The Heart of a Hussar
- Leah Angstman – Out Front the Following Sea
- James Conroyd Martin – Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora (The Theodora Duology Book 2)
- David Martyn – The Epistle a Story of the Early Church
- Vivienne Brereton – The House of the Red Duke. Book One: A Phoenix Rising
- PJ Devlin – The Chamber
- Virginia Crow – The Year We Lived
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
- Seven Jane – The Isle of Gold
- Janet Wertman – The Boy King
- Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things
- Edward Rickford – The Bend of the River: Book Two in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
- Sherry V. Ostroff – Mannahatta, The Sequel
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
- Tim Schooley – The Wool Translator
- Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
- Gail Meath – Countess Jacqueline
- Ron Destro – The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne
- Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
- Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
- Toni Kief – Saints, Strangers and Rosehip Tea
- Kelly Nichols and Alyn Rockwood – Beyond the Dragonhead
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Click here to see the 2020 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.
We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.
Please click here for more information.
For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction
- The Goethe Awards for Post-1750s Late Historical Fiction
- The Hemingway Awards for 20th Century Wartime Fiction
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
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The CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
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