Historia is giving away all six books shortlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award to two lucky winners!
Our judges said: “These six books represent everything marvellous in historical fiction. Between them they cover a cast sweep of human history; from Sarmatia in the second century AD to rural 1980s Ireland. All of them share a remarkable ability to move, to inform and to grip their readers from the first page to last.”
(And the 2023 HWA Crown Awards are open for entry until the end of this month — 30 April, 2023. Details are at the bottom of this page and full information is on the HWA website.)
The two winners of our HWA Gold Crown Award shortlist giveaway will each receive:
Small Things Like These by Clare Keegan
A Winter War by Tim Leach
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
The Great Passion by James Runcie
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The giveaway is open until 11.59pm on Wednesday, 12 April, 2023.
Follow the instructions below to enter. You’ve got up to four chances to win and can enter using any or all of these options:
1. Sign up to the Historia mailing list. We promise not to send you spam and will never sell our mailing list. If you’re already a subscriber, just confirm you’re on the mailing list.
2. Follow us on Twitter
3. Tweet about this giveaway.
4. Visit and comment on Historia’s Facebook page. Tell us why you’d love to win this prize.
Please read the instructions carefully. And remember, if you’re a winner, you’ll need to answer our email within 48 hours (it’s all in the T&Cs, boring but useful reading). Good luck!
Read more about the books shortlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award.
And see which of the six books won the award.
Get the inside story from some of the HWA Crowns shortlisted authors! We’ve interviewed AJ West, Rosie Andrews and Natasha Pulley about their books, their writing and their tips for new novelists.
The 2023 HWA Crown Awards
Authors and publishers of historical fiction and non-fiction, entries are now open for the 2023 HWA Crown Awards.
The HWA Crown Awards celebrate the best in historical writing. There are three categories: Gold (best fiction), Debut and Non-fiction.
This year’s awards are open to full-length books published for the first time in English in the UK between 1 April, 2022, and 31 March, 2023. For fiction, the bulk of the story must be set at least 35 years before publication, while for non-fiction, the key events must have occurred least 35 years beforehand.
Further information and entry form on the HWA Awards page.
Entries close on 30 April, 2023.
