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Post 1750s Historical Goethe Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent 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, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 SHORT LIST to the SEMI-FINALIST POSITION and have now progressed to the 2020 FINALISTS.  

The 2020 Finalists for the Goethe Book Awards

Congratulations to these works that advanced to the Premier Finalists Level of the CIBA judging rounds:

  • Helena P. Schrader – Where Eagles Never Flew: A Battle of Britain Novel
  • Conor Bender – Jubilee
  • Linda Ulleseit – The Aloha Spirit
  • Eileen O’Finlan – Erin’s Children
  • Jon Duncan – Heart of the Few
  • Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils
  • Leslie K. Barry – Newark Minutemen
  • Richard Alan Schwartz – Wind Chimes, War and Consequence A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
  • Liza Nash Taylor – Etiquette for Runaways 
  • Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
  • Betty Bolte – Becoming Lady Washington
  • J.L.Oakley – The Quisling Factor
  • Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste-A Journey in the Twilight of the Idols
  • Nancy H. Wynen – We Did What We Could
  • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse 
  • Michelle Cameron – Beyond the Ghetto Gates
  • Kathryn Gauci – The Poseidon Network
  • Dorothea Hubble Bonneau – Once in a Blood Moon
  • Pamela Jonas – For Love of Family: A Slovak Immigrant Novel
  • Donna Scott – The London Monster
  • Jule Selbo – Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
  • Theo Czuk – Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues
  • Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita
  • Carmela Cattuti – Between the Cracks: one woman’s journey from Sicily to America
  • Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny

These titles are in the running for the First Place Winners of the 2020 Goethe  Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. 

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

     

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

     

     

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2021. The  2021 winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.