The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The other three Historical Fiction Genres are the Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction, the Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Goethe Late Historical Fiction entries to the 2023 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Goethe Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the Goethe 2023 CIBAs.

• Pat Wahler – The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O’Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll
• J. Stanion – My Place Among Them: A Novel
• Sandra Wagner-Wright – Ambition, Arrogance & Pride: Families & Rivals in 18th Century Salem
• Janis Robinson Daly – The Unlocked Path, A Novel
• Lindsey S. Fera – Muskets and Masquerades
• Jerena Tobiasen – Tsarina’s Crown
• Colleen Coyne – The Unintended Heiress
• Mitzi Zilka – Water Fire Steam
• Jeff Schnader – The Serpent Papers
• Miriam Polli – Birds Of Passage
• Eleanor Tatum – The Countess of Change
• Patrick Greenwood – Sunrise in Saigon
• Jodi Lea Stewart – The Gold Rose
• Chris Black – Chameleon
• Lisa Voelker – The Spoon
• Nichole Louise – Raven Rock
• Susanne Dunlap – The Courtesan’s Daughter
• Robert Brighton – The Unsealing
• Gary Born – The File
• Robert W Smith – A Long Way from Clare
• Carrie Hayes – Naked Truth or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit
• David Calloway – If Someday Comes
• Michael Miller – High Bridge – Matilda and Grover Battle Learned Ignorance
• Susanne Dunlap – The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard
• Nina Romano – Dark Eyes
• Susanne Dunlap – The Adored One
• Alexandru Czimbor – The Soul Machines
• Wendy Long Stanley – The Treason of Betsy Ross
• Linda Ulleseit – The River Remembers
• Ed Davis – Last Professional
• Loretta Miles Tollefson – There Will Be Consequences
• Don Jacobson – The Sailor’s Rest
• Dean Cycon – Finding Home (Hungary, 1945)
• Leslie K Simmons – Red Clay, Running Waters
• William Maz – Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
• Linda Rosen – The Emerald Necklace
• Jason Ollander-Krane – Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey
• S.P. Grogan – Crimson Scimitar–Attack on America
• Venetia Hobson Lewis – Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre
• T. M. Brown – The Last Laird of Sapelo
• Nicole Evelina – Catherine’s Mercy
• Jeanette Watts – My Dearest Miss Fairfax
• J.L Oakley – The Brisling Code
• Radu Guiasu – The Faraway Mountains
• Johnny Teague – The Lost Diary of George Washington
• Joan Koster – Censored Angel: Anthony Comstock’s Nemesis

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

Click here to see the 2022 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GOETHE Awards is:

Eleonora and Joseph:

Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment

by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

• The Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction 
• The Chaucer Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction 
• The Hemingway Awards for 20th Century Wartime Fiction 

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to participate in and attend in North America.

Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!