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A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottomThe 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 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 2023 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction entries to the 2023 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Chaucer Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners 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 April 21, 2024, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

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

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

  • Cryssa Bazos – Rebel’s Knot
  • Craig H. Bowlsby – The Cyrano Solution
  • Derek Wachter – Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach
  • Gail Avery Halverson – A Sea of Glass
  • Carrie Sword – Gospel of the Reindeer
  • Gina Buonaguro – The Virgins of Venice
  • Griffin Brady – The Hussar’s Duty
  • James Hutson-Wiley – The Merchant from Sepharad
  • Regan Walker – The Strongest Heart
  • Juliette Godot – From the Drop of Heaven
  • Stefan Scheuermann – Kyra
  • Kelly Evans – Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 – 1488.
  • Yvonne Korshak – Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
  • Robert S Phillips – Elodia’s Knife
  • C.V. Lee – Token of Betrayal
  • Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Map Colorist: A Novel
  • Cindy Burkart Maynard – Esperanza’s Way
  • Rozsa Gaston – Margaret of Austria
  • Mary Pat Ferron Canes with JR Foley – Dark Queen of Donegal
  • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the Shadows
  • James T. Hogg – Girl with a Knife: Assault
  • Margaret Porter – The Myrtle Wand
  • Anthony R. Licata – Caesar Obsessed: Passion, Conquest, and Tragedy in Gaul
  • Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book Two
  • Adrienne Dillard – Keeper of the Queen’s Jewels: a novel of Jane Seymour
  • Richard W. Wise – The Dawning: 31,000 BC
  • Brigitte Goldstein – Princess of the Blood-A Tapestry of Love and War in 16th-Century France
  • Adam Alexander Haviaras – Sincerity is a Goddess: A Dramatic and Romantic Comedy of Ancient Rome
  • K.M. Butler – House Aretoli
  • David Tory – Exploration: The Stanfield Chronicles
  • A. L. Kucherenko – Knight’s Pawn

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

 

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

Mack Little, author of

Daughter of Hades

 

Click here to see all the 2022 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

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

Please click here to submit to the 2024 Chaucer Awards

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

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

 

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