Below are the category and category winners for the 2023 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. All links below will be live by the middle of January.
Ancient World
Gold The Stone Cutter Brock Meier
Silver Kampaku David Klason
Bronze Canaad D A Wood
Honorable Mention Feather of Ma'at Lisa Llamrei
Great Britain
Gold A Song of Sixpence Judith Arnopp
Silver The Light in the Labyrinth Wendy Dunn
Bronze A Time for War J R Tomlin
Honorable Mention The Alewives Elizabeth R. Anderson
American and/or Western
Gold Rescuing Crockett David Z. Pike
Silver The River Remembers Linda Ulleseit
Bronze The Butcher's Apprentice Wendy A. Warren
Honorable Mention 1851 Carlo Perez Allen
Europe, etc.
Gold Perestroika Joao Cerquira
Silver The Road to Canossa Lara Byrne
Bronze A Dangerous Woman Josie Wilson
Honorable Mention Find Me in the Stars Jules Larimore
Honorable Mention Who She Left Behind Victoria A Waterman
Romance
Gold Harriet Alice McVeigh
Silver In Silence Cries the Heart Catherine Hughes
Bronze The Truth About Myths Giovanna Siniscalchi
Honorable Mention Noble Satyr Lucinda Brant
Literary
Gold King of Nod Scott Fad
Silver The Devil's Glove Lucretia Grindle
Bronze Madame Pommery Rebecca Rosenberg
Honorable Mention Raven Rock Nichole Louise
Mystery
Gold The Orchid Hour Nancy Bilyeau
Silver The Eleventh Commandment Mary F Burns
Bronze Saint Bloodbath Frederick Reynolds
Honorable Mention The Meadow Murders Helen Hollick
General
Gold The Merchant of Sepharad James Hutson-Wiley
Silver The Last of What I Am Abigail Cutter
Bronze On the Wings of a Red-Tailed Hawk Gail Combs Oglesby
Honorable Mention The Last Laird of Sapelo T. M. Brown
Honorable Mention Oscar's Tale Chris Bishop
Fantasy
Gold Barnum's Angel Len Boswell
Silver Shadow Runner K. J. Fieler
Bronze Witness to the Revolution Kierstan Marcil
Honorable Mention Angenga John Broughton
Biography
Gold Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again Roni Rosenthal
Silver The Boy King's Tale Michael January
Bronze The Middle Generation M. B. Zucker
Honorable Mention The Rose of Washington Square Pat Wahler
Time Travel/Dual Timeline
Gold The Mender Jennifer Marchman
Silver The London Forgery Heidi Eljarbo
Bronze Through the Veneer of Time Vera Bell
Honorable Mention What Remains Erryn Lee
Wartime Fiction
Gold Cold Peace Helena P. Schrader
Silver Moral Fibre Helena P. Schrader
Bronze Lottie Beauchamp's War Paula Napier
Honorable Mention She Was an American Combat Nurse Jeane Slone
Young Adult
Gold Cinnamon Girl Trish MacEnulty
Silver Fighting in King George's War Marlene F. Stiles
Bronze Self-liberation of Parson Sykes David J. Mason
Honorable Mention Under the Paw Paw Tree Cheryl King
Novella
Gold Pompeii Fire Sharon E. Cathcart
Silver The Time of the Valkyrie Marlene F. Stiles
Bronze A Cat at Dachau Elyse Hoffman
Honorable Mention Christmas Parties, Snow, and.... Heidi Eljarbo
Short Story/Short Stories Anthology
Gold Life and Death in Ephesus Finlay McQuade
Silver Pride and Perjury Alice McVeigh
Bronze Somerswood Lily Style
Honorable Mention Unlocked Paper Lantern Writers
Audiobook
Narrator / Author
Gold The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne Sir Derek Jacobi / Ron Destro
Silver Highland Raven Lesley Parkin / Melanie Karsak
Bronze Ernestine Meliora Dockery /Kate Reynolds
Non-Fiction
Gold America's Forgotten Suffragists Nicole Evelina
Silver Idaho Madams Milana Marsenich
Gold Short-listed Winners in the running for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize winner to be announced at 12:00 am EST, New Year's Eve, January 1, 2024!!
Nicole Evelina America's Forgotten Suffragists
Finlay McQuade Life and Death in Ephesus
Sharon E. Cathcart Pompeii Fire
Trish MacEnulty Cinnamon Girl
Helena P. Schrader Cold Peace
Jennifer Marchman The Mender
Roni Rosenthal Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again
Len Boswell Barnum's Angel
Jame Hutson-Wiley The Merchant of Sepharad
Nancy Bilyeau The Orchid Hour
Scott Fad King of Nod
Alice McVeigh Harriet
Ron Destro / Sir Derek Jacobi The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne
Joao Cerquira Perestroika
David Z. Pike Rescuing Crockett
Judith Arnopp A Song of Sixpence
Brock Meier The Stone Cutter
The 2024 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