The Coffee Pot Book Club
* Book of the Year Awards 2026 *
We are now open to submissions to our
Book of the Year Awards 2026
The Coffee Pot Book Club Book Of The Year Awards are an international contest exclusively for books and audiobooks in the following genre / sub-genres:
- Historical Fiction
- Historical Romance
- Historical Mystery
- Historical Fantasy
- Historical Non-Fiction
Please scroll down to find our categories, into which you may enter your book.
Deadline
The deadline for submissions (incl. blog tour start dates) to The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards 2026 is:
October 31st, 2026
* Category Awards *
The categories you can enter your book into are as follows:
- Ancient World
- Early Medieval (500s-900s)
- High Medieval (1000s-1200s)
- Late Medieval (1300s-1400s)
- Renaissance
- The Tudors & The Stuarts
- Enlightenment (1600s-1800s)
- American Historical Fiction
- Westward Expansion (North America)
- 20th Century Historical Fiction
- Historical Romance
- Historical & Family Saga
- Historical Literary Fiction
- Historical Women’s Fiction
- Historical Biographical Fiction
- Historical Mystery, Crime & Thriller
- Time Travel / Time-Slip / Dual-Timeline Fiction
- Alternative Historical Fiction / Historical Fantasy
- Historical Anthologies & Collections
- Historical Non-Fiction
- Historical Audiobooks
In our Category Awards, your book will only be judged against other submissions in the same category.
You may enter your book in multiple categories. Charges apply for each category. See details below.
The prizes of the Category Awards apply to each category – there will be a Gold, Silver, Bronze medal winner for each category. Some categories may also have an Honourable Mention medal.
The prizes of the Category Awards are as follows:
* Gold Medal Winners *
Digital award badge in PNG file for use on book cover / promotional artwork
1 Premier Book Spotlight Guest Post worth £20
1 week Recommended Reading advertising on The Coffee Pot Book Club sidebars worth £10
* Silver Medal Winners *
Digital award badge in PNG file for use on book cover / promotional artwork
1 Premier Book Spotlight Guest Post worth £20
* Bronze Medal Winners *
Digital award badge in PNG file for use on book cover / promotional artwork
1 week Recommended Reading advertising on The Coffee Pot Book Club sidebars worth £10
* Honourable Mention *
Digital award badge in PNG file for use on book cover / promotional artwork
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*Prizes must be redeemed by November 2027
*No cash alternative
Cost:
Entry of one title into one category: £40
Entry into any additional categories: £15 (per category, per title)
Payment via PayPal
How to enter?
To enter, please send us an email: click HERE!
We will need the following information:
Book Title
Author Name
Publication Date
Publisher (if applicable)
Number of Pages
Award Category (or categories) you would like to enter
* Book of the Year Award *
If you have entered your book into the Category Awards, you are automatically entered into the overall Book of the Year Award. There will only be ONE winner of the Book of the Year Award.
All titles that have received a Gold Medal in the categories will be judged alongside each other for this award.
The winner of the Book of the Year Award receives the following:
• Digital award badge in PNG file for use on book cover / promotional artwork
• Americano Blog Tour, worth £249
• 1 Premier Book Spotlight Guest post worth £20
• 12 months advertising on The Coffee Pot Book Club sidebars worth £110
*No Cash Alternative
*Previous Book of the Year Award Winners & Runners Up*
Book of the Year Category Winners & Runners-Up 2025
Winner – Book of the Year 2024
Book of the Year Category Winners & Runners-Up 2024
Winner – Book of the Year 2023
Book of the Year Category Winners & Runners-Up 2023
Book of the Year Awards Archive 2017 – 2022
Rules
• Your book must be published in English.
• Your book must be edited before submission – we will not judge unedited manuscripts.
• Review copies should be in PDF and EPUB formats. We do not accept paperback review copies.
• This contest is open to all published works – it does not matter how your book was published, whether through a publisher, small press, or independently. Nor does it matter when it was published. It DOES, however, have to be published or available on pre-order online.
• You will not receive a written review of your book.
• If you win an award, we will send you the date of when your prize promotion will go out.
• The Book of the Year Award 2026 winner’s blog tour must run by October 2027.
*Terms and Conditions apply.
The judges are Coffee Pot Book Club-affiliated book reviewers, authors, and professional bloggers. The judges will NOT provide a written review for any entered book, nor will they provide any structural or content review feedback.
• You cannot enter a book into a category that does not apply. If we receive a book entered into a category that does not fit, it will be disqualified from the category. No refund will be given.
• Review copies must be available at the point when you enter the awards, in ePub, PDF or audiobook formats.
• There is no cash alternative to any of the prizes.
• Once payment is remitted, no cash refunds will be made.
We wish all entrants best of luck!
