The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Historical (Pre- 1750) Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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 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 first look rounds from all 2024 CHAUCER entries to the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Chaucer Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Four Points by Sheraton sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Early Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

Laura Gwendolyn Hill – The Saxon Sword the Song of Artemis Book One
Mark Kraver – The Willow
Dean Cycon – A Quest for God and Spices
Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Remain Vigilant
Ursula Werner – Magda Revealed
Julie L. Brown – No One Will Save Us: A novel
Patrice Hapke – Summer of the Bear
Jessica Russell – Hot Winter Sun
Eric C. Miller – No Sympathy For The Devil
J.C. Corry – The Storyteller’s War
Rozsa Gaston – Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court
Stefan Scheuermann & Paul Alexander – King of the Gulls
Jessica Tvordi – The Schoolmaster
Malcolm David Logan – The Wind in the Embers – A Story of the Fall of Rome
C.V. Lee – Betrayal of Trust
Roxana Arama – The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
Chuck Locklear – A Storm Coming
Logan D. Irons – Sands of Bone
Johnny Teague – The Lost Diary of Mary Magdalene
Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
Jean Gill – Among Sea Wolves
Peggy Joque Williams – Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles
M.N. Stroh – Rise of Betrayal
John D. Cressler – Merchants of Iniquity
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677
Catherine Hughes – In Silence Cries the Heart
Lisa Llamrei – Feather of Ma’at

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner

The Merchant From Sepharad

By James Hutson-Wiley

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chaucer Book Awards for Early Historical Fiction.

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Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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

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