The HWA is delighted to announce the Crown Awards longlists for 2025, celebrating the best in historical writing, fiction and non-fiction, published during 2024–2025. There are three awards categories: HWA Gold Crown, HWA Non-fiction Crown, and HWA Debut Crown, and 12 books in each category. The books longlisted for the HWA Crown Awards for 2025 […]
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The winners! The HWA Crown Awards 2024
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 HWA Crown Awards, celebrating the best in recent historical writing, fiction and non-fiction! The winners of the Gold Crown for fiction, the Non-fiction Crown and the Debut Crown were revealed on Wednesday, 20 November at an awards party at St Ethelburga’s Centre in Bishopsgate. We’d like […]
The 2024 HWA Crown Awards shortlists
We’re delighted to announce the HWA Crown Awards shortlists for 2024, celebrating the best in historical writing, fiction and non-fiction. There are three awards categories: HWA Gold Crown, HWA Non-fiction Crown, and HWA Debut Crown. Six books are chosen in each category. Here they are, with what our judges say about them: The books shortlisted […]
The 2024 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition shortlist and winner
Here are the shortlisted and winning stories in the 2024 Historical Writers’ Association (HWA) Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition. The 2024 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition shortlist Three short stories are shortlisted for this year’s competition: Mother’s Fury by Laura Karim Our judges called this story “a taught slice of violence and revenge at […]
The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2024 longlist
We’re delighted to announce the longlist for the 2024 Historical Writers’ Association (HWA) Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition: 25 impressive pieces of historical short fiction which go through to the next round of judging. Congratulations to all the longlisted authors! The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2024 longlist: Friends by Erika Banerji Forgotten by […]
The 2024 HWA Crown Awards longlists
We’re delighted to announce the HWA Crown Awards longlists for 2024, celebrating the best in historical writing, fiction and non-fiction, published during 2023–2024. There are three awards categories: HWA Gold Crown, HWA Non-fiction Crown, and HWA Debut Crown. Here are the 36 longlisted books and what our judges say about them. The books longlisted for […]
Hecate’s Daughter by Jo Tiddy (the 2023 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story winner)
Jo Tiddy’s story, Hecate’s Daughter, won the 2023 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition. “A clever story, written deftly and colourfully, showing the cruelty and ignorance (and small kindnesses) of the period,” the judges said. “[We] adored this original and subversive take on a well-worn tale, told in such a vivid and powerful voice that […]
The winners! The HWA Crown Awards 2023
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 HWA Crown Awards, celebrating the best in recent historical writing, fiction and non-fiction! The winners of the Gold Crown for fiction, the Non-fiction Crown and the Debut Crown were revealed on Wednesday, 22 November at an awards party at Crypt on the Green in Clerkenwell. We’d […]