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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).

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 Short List to the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards Finalists 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 24 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. 

These titles are in the FINALISTS 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 Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
  • 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
  • James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
  • Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
  • Gail Meath – Countess Jacqueline
  • Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
  • Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
  • Kelly Nichols and Alyn Rockwood – Beyond the Dragonhead

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

 

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHAUCER Awards is N.L. Holmes for Bird in a Snare

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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:

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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