AWARDS LIST

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✦ 2023-2026 · Literary honours

A celebrated body of work

Carolyn Summer Quinn has received numerous awards and recognitions across historical fiction, mystery, and general fiction.

2023-2026

A continuing record of achievement

🏆 01

2023

BREW Fiction Excellence Award

Historical Mystery of the Year for Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit.

✦ 02

2024

  • Store with a Heart’s Difference Maker Award
    Winner for Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit.
  • Books for Humanity Global
    Book of the Week for Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit.
  • Maxy Awards
    Finalist for Cloudy with a Chance of Answers.
  • American Fiction Awards
    Winner, Cozy Mystery Category, for There’s No Cure for Impossible.
  • Chanticleer Goethe Historical Book Awards
    Shortlisted for Until the Stars Align.
  • Outstanding Creator Awards
    #10 Best Author of 2024 and #18 Top Fiction Books of 2024.

🌟 03

2025

  • BREW Readers’ Choice Award
    Finalist for Until the Stars Align.
  • Spotlyts Story Awardee
    Winner for Child of Secrets from Afar.
  • Author Shout Reader Ready Recommended Read Awards
    Winner for Until the Stars Align.
  • Outstanding Creator Awards
    Named one of the Top Ten Best Authors of 2025.

📚 04

2026

Literary Global Independent Author Awards

Finalist, Mystery Category, for The Red in the Wrong Profession.

Additional recognition ✧

Multi-year awards by book

In addition to dated honors, several titles have earned standalone accolades from established independent book award programs.

Literary Titan Book Awards

  • Gold Award: Until the Stars Align
  • Silver Award: Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit, Cans of Cola Just Don’t Cry, and Backstabbed on Broadway

Firebird International Book Awards

  • Winner, WWII Historical Fiction: Until the Stars Align
  • Winner, Mystery: The Red in the Wrong Profession
  • Winner, Mystery: Backstabbed on Broadway

Outstanding Creator / Clash of Champions

  • 8 awards for The Red in the Wrong Profession
  • 10 awards for Cans of Cola Just Don’t Cry
  • 7 awards for There’s No Cure for Impossible
  • 5 awards for To Bloom Like a Tulip

Festival & regional recognitions

  • New England Book Festival: Honorable Mention for The Mystery from Way Back When
  • Hollywood Book Festival: Honorable Mention for The Hollywood Backlash Moon
  • New York Festival of Books: Honorable Mention for The Hollywood Backlash Moon

Additional honours

  • Royal Dragonfly Book Awards: Honorable Mention for Backstabbed on Broadway
  • Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards: Top Pick for Backstabbed on Broadway