HNS 2024 First Chapters Competition Round 2 Runners-Up

The runners-up in each category were as follows:

Historical Fiction Ancient to 16^th century

Silver – Carol M. Cram (Canada), Julianne Douglas (US)

Bronze – Douglas Bruton (UK)

Honourable Mention – Sara Dahmen (US)

Historical Fiction 17^th century to 19^th century

Silver – Alison Pearson (UK)

Bronze – Cecily Van Cleave (US)

Honourable Mention – Missy Birch (Australia)

Historical Fiction 20^th century

Silver – Lilianne Milgrom (US)

Bronze – Cynthia Anderson (Switzerland)

Honourable Mention – Mara Dougall (UK)

Historical Romance

Silver – Cathie Hartigan (UK)

Bronze – Susan A. McCullough (UK)

Honourable Mention – Glenda Kirkby (Australia)

Historical Crime

Silver – Alana White (US)

Bronze – Clare Langley-Hawthorne (US), Julie Dorsey (US)

Honourable Mention – Joe Whitehead (UK)

Biographical Historical Fiction

Silver – Karen Ott Mayer (US)

Bronze – Sandra L. Young (US)

Honourable Mention – Trish MacEnulty (US)

Historical Adventure

Silver – Anne M. Kennedy (UK)

Bronze – Kirk Rafferty (US), Andrew Devereux (UK)

Honourable Mention – Katie Nelson Stone (US)

Historical Fantasy, Timeslip, Alternate History

Silver – Karla Cruise (US)

Bronze – Lucy Pick (Canada)

Honourable Mention – Kristen Loesch (Switzerland), Stefano Bottaio (UK)

Children’s & Young Adult Historical Fiction

Silver – Barbara Ristine (US)

Bronze – Genetta Adair (US)

Honourable Mention – Tracy Barrett (US), Kristen McDermott (US), Mayra Calvani (Belgium)

Many thanks to the Second Round Judges for their work and mega thanks to Rebekah Simmers, the super hardworking Competition Coordinator.