Category Winners and Short-Listed Finalists for the 2024 HFC Book of the Year Contest
Updated: Jan 2, 2025
Below are the category and category winners for the 2024 HFC Book of the Year contest.
All award badges will be sent via email over the next few days. If you see your name and have not received your award badge, please email us at thehistoricalfictioncompany@gmail.com
*Please note: if the title link is not working, it means that the review post is scheduled to go live in the next few weeks or there is no review for this title. All links below will be live by the middle of January.
HUGO GENERAL
Against the Machine: Luddites Brian Van Norman HUGO GOLD
Riddle of the Gods Eric Schumacher SILVER
The Girl from Provence Helen Fripp BRONZE
Between the Clouds and the River Dave Mason HONORABLE MENTION
Brighter Than Her Fears Lisa Ard HONORABLE MENTION
BRONTE UK
A Matter of Time Judith Arnopp BRONTE GOLD
The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery Lois Cahall SILVER
Truth Endures: Anne Boleyn's Memoirs Sandra Vasoli BRONZE
Novice Threads Nancy Jardine HONORABLE MENTION
Rebel Mine Lyn Horner HONORABLE MENTION
HAWTHORNE US
Bloodroot Daniel V. Meier Jr. HAWTHORNE GOLD
Daughters of Green Mountain Gap Teri M. Brown SILVER
'Tho I Be Mute Heather Miller BRONZE
Scorched Earth Donna E. Lane HONORABLE MENTION
MONTGOMERY CANADA
The Betrayal Path Brian Van Norman MONTGOMERY GOLD
The Banished Alex Maclean SILVER
FORSTER MID EAST
The Harmless Necessary Cat Sepehr Haddad FORSTER GOLD
TOLSTOY EUROPE
The Heron Legacy Leona Francombe TOLSTOY GOLD
Out of Darkness David A. Jacinto SILVER
Oddny Einarsdottir Lilypearl Colman BRONZE
Her Side of the Story Dominique Wright HONORABLE MENTION
Miss Del Rio Barbara Mujica HONORABLE MENTION
BLIXEN AFRICA
Moments in Time O'Shan Waters BLIXEN GOLD
Lalji's Nairobi Nitin Nanji SILVER
STEINBECK LITERARY
A Remembrance of Death Andrew Tweeddale STEINBECK GOLD
Uriel through Eleanor Brian Prousky SILVER
Tangles Kay Smith-Blum BRONZE
The Serpent and the Rose Catherine Butterfield HONORABLE MENTION
Down the Steep A. D. Nauman HONORABLE MENTION
WELLS TIME TRAVEL/DUAL TIMELINE
A Tryst in Paris Anne Armistead WELLS GOLD
Devin's Dreams D. C. Wilkinson SILVER
The Oystercatcher of Southwark Erica Colahan BRONZE
VERNE FANTASY
Oaths of Blood Logan D. Irons VERNE GOLD
Heart of Fire Adam A. Haviaras SILVER
The Barnacle's Son Len Boswell BRONZE
Annwyn's Blood Michael Eging /
Steve Arnold HONORABLE MENTION
CHRISTIE MYSTERY
Requiem for a Lotus Craig H. Bowlsby CHRISTIE GOLD
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light Joyce Yarrow SILVER
Murder on West Main I. M. Forster BRONZE
Poetic Justice Fiona Forsyth HONORABLE MENTION
Sleight of Hand Elizabeth R. Anderson HONORABLE MENTION
AUSTEN ROMANCE
To Steal a Duke Maeve Greyson AUSTEN GOLD
Love & Betrayal in the City of Light Rachel R. Heil SILVER
The Prince's Darling Tonya Ulynn Brown BRONZE
A Cruel Suspicion Julie Bell HONORABLE MENTION
HEMINGWAY WAR
Tatae's Promise Sherry Maysonave /
Moises J. Goldman HEMINGWAY GOLD
Sinner's Cross Miles Watson SILVER
Eye Contact Over Truk Stephanie Woodman BRONZE
Cold War Helena P. Schrader HONORABLE MENTION
Dread Tribunal of Last Resort Brian Kaufman HONORABLE MENTION
WOOLF BIOGRAPHY fiction or nonfiction
The Queen of the Platform Susan Higginbotham WOOLF GOLD
West of Santilliane Brooke Allen SILVER
Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria's Court Rosza Gaston BRONZE
A Most Unsettled Man Lily Style HONORABLE MENTION
FLAUBERT ANCIENT WORLD
Babylon Michelle Cameron FLAUBERT GOLD
The Last Magdalene Donna D. Conrad SILVER
The Wolf Queen Marie McCurdy BRONZE
Venator A.M. SWINK HONORABLE MENTION
SALINGER ALTERNATE
Codex T. R. Burgess SALINGER GOLD
BARRIE YA
Bandy Craig Hipkins BARRIE GOLD
Coal Dust and Dreams M. J. Evans SILVER
A Tissue of Lies Mike Nemeth BRONZE
Dragons in the Clouds David Blair HONORABLE MENTION
SHELLEY GOTHIC
A Poisoner's Tale Cathryn Kemp SHELLEY GOLD
The Curse of Maiden Scars Nicolette Croft SILVER
POE NOVELLA/SHORT STORY
War Tears John Swanson POE GOLD
Gold Short-listed Winners in the running for the Grand Prize below. The Grand Prize winner and runner-up to be announced at 12:00 am EST, New Year's Eve, January 1, 2025!!
SHORT LISTED FINALISTS
A Poisoner's Tale Cathryn Kemp SHELLEY
War Tears John Swanson POE
Bandy Craig Hipkins BARRIE
Codex T. R. Burgess SALINGER
Babylon Michelle Cameron FLAUBERT
The Queen of the Platform Susan Higginbotham WOOLF
Tatae's Promise Sherry Maysonave &
Moises J. Goldman HEMINGWAY
To Steal a Duke Maeve Greyson AUSTEN
Oaths of Blood Logan D. Irons VERNE
A Tryst in Paris Annie Armstead WELLS
A Remembrance of Death Andrew Tweeddale STEINBECK
Moments in Time O'Shan Waters BLIXEN
A Harmless Necessary Cat Sepehr Haddad FORSTER
The Heron Legacy Leona Francombe TOLSTOY
The Betrayal Path Brian van Norman MONTGOMERY
Bloodroot Daniel V. Meier Jr. HAWTHORNE
A Matter of Time Judith Arnopp BRONTE
Against the Machines: Luddites Brian van Norman HUGO
The 2025 contest is now open for entries, plus our editorial review request is open all year long. You can get your historical novel editorially reviewed and/or enter the HFC Book of the Year contest (now with a prize of $2000) by visiting www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/book-awards/award-submission
Es fascinante ver a tantos autores talentosos reconocidos en el concurso HFC Book of the Year 2024. La diversidad de categorías y premios realmente refleja la riqueza de la ficción histórica. Especialmente me llamó la atención el premio HUGO otorgado a "Against the Machine: Luddites" de Brian Van Norman. Como lector ávido de ficción histórica, siempre busco nuevas recomendaciones y este artículo me ha inspirado a explorar más sobre estos títulos. Por cierto, si alguien está interesado en obtener más información sobre libros y juegos relacionados, puede visitar Gamble With Your Friends Wiki.
Mình có lần lướt đọc mấy trao đổi trên mạng شيخ روحاني thì thấy nhắc nên cũng tò mò mở ra xem thử cho biết. Mình không tìm hiểu sâu جلب الحبيب chỉ xem qua trong thời gian ngắn để quan sát bố cục جلب الحبيب cách sắp xếp شيخ روحاني các mục và trình bày nội شيخ روحاني dung tổng thể. Cảm giác là các phần được trình bày khá gọn, các Huren Berlin mục rõ ràng nên đọc lướt cũng không bị rối với mình như Hurentest Berlin vậy là đủ để nắm tin cơ bản rồi. جلب الحبيب
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