Awards and Recognition

 Awards & Recognition

AnaRose and Medusa’s Curse

Independent Press Award 2026
Distinguished Favorite Novella

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Finalist — Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards
2025 SEA Shorts Awards for Novellas

AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Independent Press Award 2025
Winner in the category of Novella

Semi-Finalist — Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards
Shorts Award for Novellas 2024

AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest

2024 NYC Big Book Award Winner
Category: Novella

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

First Place — Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards
Shorts Award for Novellas 2023

Forgiving Nero

Independent Press Award 2023
Distinguished Favorite Historical Fiction

Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards
2022 Chaucer Finalist for Early Historical Fiction

2021 Book of the Year Gold Medal
Historical Fiction Ancient World
The Coffee Pot Book Club

Silver Medal Winner — Historical Fiction
Reviewer’s Choice Awards
2021–2022 Reader Views

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Crusader’s Path

2020 Book of the Year
Historical Romance Honorable Mention
The Coffee Pot Book Club

The Briton and the Dane: Concordia

2019 Book of the Year
Historical Fiction Honorable Mention
The Coffee Pot Book Club

Scribbler Tales Vol. 1–5

Finalist — 2024 American Legacy Book Awards
Anthologies: Fiction

Scribbler Tales Presents: Escape from Berlin

Winner — 2024 American Legacy Book Awards
Anthologies: Fiction

Additional Honors

Reader's House Editor’s Choice Award
Literary Excellence
Awarded to Mary Ann Bernal
April 7, 2025