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The 2020 CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – the Short List for the 2020 CIBAs
The CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards ( The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.
- Sara Stamey – Pause
- Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
- Tabetha Waite – Behind a Moonlit Veil
- Lindy Miller – The Magic Ingredient
- Alexandrea Weis – The Christmas Spirit
- Mary Ting – When the Wind Chimes
- Linda Lee Graham – A Thimbleful of Honor
- Betty Codd – Abigail
- F. E. Greene – Some Place Like Home
- Gayle Woodson – After Kilimanjaro
- Rebekah N. Bryan – Jenna with the Red Pen
- Michael Aloysius O’Reilly – Romeo and Juliet Are Alive and Well in California
- R.Harrington – Veronica
- R.A.R. Clouston – Cry Savage Tears
- Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
- Tammy Mannersly – Drawn to Him
- Beverly Allie – Where the Monarchs Dance
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
- Harper McDavid – Zapata
- Carol Van Den Hende – Goodbye, Orchid: To Love Her, He Had to Leave Her
- Charlene Johnson – Homecoming, Sterling Wood Series, Book 1
- Mona Sedrak – Gravity
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse
- Holly Brandon – Life in the Chastity Zone
- Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
- Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra
- Barb Warner Deane – The Whistle Stop Canteen
- Ramcy Diek – Eagles
- Ursula Sinclair & Kassanna – Defiant in Flight
- Betsy Dudak – Wanna Bet
These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction?

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

Which of these works will advance to the Semi-Finalists positions? The excitement continues to build!

The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Chatelaine Book Awards. Winners to be announced TBD April 2022.
April 6, 2021
The 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books – the Semi-Finalists for the LITTLE PEEPS Division of the 2020 CIBAs
The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Readers that invites children to read and explore. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books we will put them to the test to discovery today’s best children’s books. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST to the SHORT LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS.

These titles are now Semi-Finalists for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey Through the Alphabet
- M. Lisa Rinaca – P Mind Your Q’s
- M. Lisa Rinaca – The Missing Punctuation Box
- Courtney Shannon Strand – Hollyhock Hill
- Masoud Malekyari – Great As A Button
- Susan Faw – Poppy Ogopogo
- Carmela Dutra – Little Katie and the STEAM Team
- D.K. Brantley – Every Mummy Has a Mommy
- Dr. Justine Green – Completely Me
- Courtney Shannon Strand – Ella’s Umbrella
- Lindy Ryan – Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray
- Dawn Marie Thompson – Sedwick the Seagull
- Mercy Hansen Mize – Samson’s Tail
- Alycyn Culbertson – Look What Happened While I Was Sleeping
- Johnny Ray Moore – ANTHILL FOR SALE
- Raven Howell – So You Want a Puppy?
- Pj McIlvaine – Little Lena and The Big Table
- Dianne Moritz – Hey Little Beachcomber
- Savannah Hendricks – The Book Who Lost Its Title
- Teal Blake – J is for Jackalope
- Melodie Tegay – Hannah’s Two Homes: life in a “blended” family; a 5 year old’s perspective
These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers?

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

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

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We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Little Peep Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2021. The 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.
April 5, 2021
The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Semi-Finalists for the GOETHE Division of the 2020 CIBAs
The 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 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST to the SHORT LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS.

The 2020 Semi-Finalists for the Goethe Book Awards
- James Hockenberry – Send The Word
- 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
- Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
- Betty Bolte – Becoming Lady Washington
- Kit Sergeant – The Spark of Resistance: Women Spies in WWII
- Jomo Merritt – Sons of a Mauffen King
- J.L.Oakley – The Quisling Factor
- Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste-A Journey in the Twilight of the Idols
- D.V Chernov – Commissar
- 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
- Nancy H. Wynen – We Did What We Could
- Pamela Jonas – Beneath a Radiant Moon
- John Hansen – Secrets of the Gros Ventre
- Donna Scott – The London Monster
- Jerena Tobiasen – The Crest, Book I of The Prophecy
- Jule Selbo – Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
- Liza Nash Taylor – Etiquette For Runaways- A Novel
- Theo Czuk – Hastings Street: Boulevard of Blues
- Sandra Perez Gluschankoff – Thorns for Raisel
- Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita
- Carmela Cattuti – Between the Cracks: one woman’s journey from Sicily to America
- Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
- Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny
- David Selcer – The Old Stories, a.k.a Da Alt Geshikhtem
- Pyram King – Destiny’s War – Part 1: Saladin’s Secret
These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions, and then all Finalists will be announced at the VCAC21 ceremonies.

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

Register today!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2020. The 2021 winners will be announced in April 2022.
April 5, 2021
The 2020 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – the Semi-Finalists for the OZMA Division of the 2020 CIBAs
The OZMA Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Fantasy Fiction. The OZMA Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out of this world fiction, they will be put to the test and the best selected as winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

The following fantasy fiction works have advanced from the Short List to the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 OZMA Book Awards:
- Susannah Dawn – Battle for the Armor of God
- Christopher Russell – Divinity’s Twilight: Rebirth
- T. Cook – Shin
- David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts: The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls
- Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two
- Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow
- MG Wilson and Phil Elmore – Ninja Girl Adventures
- J. Nell Brown – Orphan Tree and the Vanishing Skeleton Key
- Gordon Preston – Zendragon
- H.J. Ramsay – Ever Alice
- Jeny Heckman – The Warrior’s Progeny
- Sandra A. Hunter – Daughter of Earth & Fire, The Fledgling
- Jacob Andrew Emrey – Inferno Dawn
- LaVerne Thompson – Wild Child
- D.L. Jennings – Awaken the Three
- Derrick Smythe – The Other Magic
- KC Cowan & Sara Cole – Everfire
- Dr. Anay Ayarovu – STAZR The World Of Z: The Dawn Of Athir
- Alison Levy – Gatekeeper: Book One in the Daemon Collecting Series
- Glenn Searfoss – Cycles of Norse Mythology: Tales of the AEsir Gods
- T. K. Thorne – House of Rose
- Lee Hunt – Dynamicist
Good Luck to All as your works compete for the FINALIST rounds of the CIBAs!

We will announce the Finalists of the 2020 CIBA divisions April 22, 23, & 24, 2021.

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized each evening at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

Register today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please click here for more information and to enter.
April 4, 2021
The 2020 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Semi-Finalists for the Paranormal Division of the 2020 CIBAs
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. They will be put to the test and the best will be declared winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

The following paranormal fiction works have advanced to the Semi-Finalist List from the Short List of the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards:

The Semi-Finalists for the Paranormal Book Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs
- Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
- K.A. Banks – Seven Sisters Road
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die
- Lydia Staggs – Azrael
- Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars
- James Kirst – Magic Once Removed
- Meg Evans – Enthrallment
- Blaise Ramsay – Blood Law
- Kaylin McFarren – Soul Seeker
- Joy Ross Davis – The Magnificent Celestine
- Stephanie Alexander – Charleston Green
- Franklin Posner – Boston Betty
- R.B. Woodstone – Chains of Time
- Ryan Young – The Shepherd’s Burden
- David W. Thompson – ‘Possum Stew
- Carissa Andrews – Secret Legacy
- Neil Chase – Iron Dogs
- S.K. Andrews – Bay of Darkness
- Matt Tompkins – Odsburg
Good Luck to All as your works compete for the FINALIST rounds of the CIBAs!

We will announce the Finalists of the 2020 CIBA divisions April 22, 23, & 24, 2021.

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

Register today!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards.

Don’t delay! Enter Today!
April 4, 2021
The 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the Semi-Finalists for the Clue Division of the 2020 CIBAs
The CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to these authors whose works have advanced to the Semi-Finalists!
- - Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel
  - Toni Bird Jones – The Measure of Ella
  - Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils
  - Hal Malchow – 42 Million to One
  - Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
  - Dana J. Summers – Downhill Fast
  - Rafael Amadeus Hines – Bishop’s Law
  - Ken Farmer – Three Creeks
  - Elizabeth Lewes – Little Falls
  - Sheila McGraw – The Knife Thrower’s Wife
  - Martin Roy Hill – The Fourth Rising
  - Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
  - Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
  - Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
  - J.J. Clarke – Dared to Run
  - Laura Wolfe – Top Producer
  - Megan Allen – The Meat Hunter
  - Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
  - Valerie J. Brooks – Revenge in 3 Parts
  - Corey Lynn Fayman – Ballast Point Breakdown
  - Kevin G. Chapman – Lethal Voyage (Mike Stoneman Thriller)
  - Shanessa Gluhm – Enemies of Doves
  - Suanne Schafer – Hunting the Devil
  - John DeDakis – Fake
  Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 CLUE Book Awards? Stay tune
These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels.

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

Register today!
April 3, 2021
The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Semi-Finalists for the M & Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre. The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Semi-Finalists!

Congratulations to these authors for their works that advanced from the 2020 M & M Book Awards Short List!
- Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
- Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies
- Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
- Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
- Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double
- Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
- D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
- P.K. Adams – Silent Water
- Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
- Kate Vale – Unanswered Questions
- Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
- Maria Ostrowski – Yet From Those Flames No Light
- Prudence Ambergast – The Mystery at Fig Tree Hall
- Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
- Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery
- Traci Andrighetti – Galliano Gold
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
- Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kegs
- Rita M Boehm – Missing on Maple Street
- Mark Daniel Seiler – Shave Ice Paradise
- Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
- Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
- Mary Alice Kressler – Not So Silent Night
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
- Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
- Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
- Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
- Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels.
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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.

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We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.
April 3, 2021

The 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction – The Semi-Finalists for the CYGNUS Division of the 2020 CIBAs

The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.

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The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to the 2020 Cygnus Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS!

Brent Golembiewski –Flat Earth
Jonas Saul –The Immortal Gene
Mark T. Sneed – Bully Nation
Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
B.T. Keaton – Transference
Mark D. Owen – Impact
JL Morin – Loveoid
Charis Himeda – CRISPR Evolution
Bryan K. Prosek – Paradoxal
R.S. Harmon – Captain’s Covenant
Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl – Merged
Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
Alex McIntosh – Upstream Revolt
Mike Meier – JoinWith.Me
Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
Dr. Anay Ayarovu – STAZR the World Of Z: The Dawn of Athir
PA Vasey – Trinity’s Fall
Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – The Luna Missile Crisis
Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
J.T. Blossom – Lenore and the Problem With Love – When You Go to College Save the Planet
Russ Colson – The Arasmith Certainty Principle
Zach Fortier – Volk: Book one of The Overseer series
Cary Allen Stone – SEEDS: The Journey Begins
Susan Wingate – The Lesser Witness
Dennis M. Clausen – The Accountant’s Apprentice
Courtney Leigh Pahlke – Life Force Preserve
Marc Corwin – The Optical Lasso
Alan J. Steinberg – To be Enlightened

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

The next round of judging will decide which books move on to the Finalist positions for the 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction novels.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

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 CYGNUS Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

Don’t wait! Click here to enter today!

April 2, 2021

The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – the Short List

The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.

Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards SHORTLIST!

Susan Dobson – Boomerang
Sara Stamey – Pause
R Barber Anderson – Jumeau
Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights
Candi Sary – Magdalena
Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Book 1, Chorduroys and Too Many Boys™)
Lauren J. Sharkey – Inconvenient Daughter
Amy L Cleven – Look Up
Kasie Whitener – After December
T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
Patrick M. Garry – The Donor
Katherine Johnson – Grit & Granite
Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
Catherine Hamilton – Victoria’s War
Jessica O’Dwyer – Mother Mother
Lauren J. Sharkey – Inconvenient Daughter
Pierce Koslosky Jr. – A Week at Surfside Beach
John Danenbarger – Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise
Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
B. K. Stubblefield – Scars of the Past
Dan V. Jackson – Rainbow Bridge
Kathleen M. Rodgers – The Flying Cutterbucks
Abbe Rolnick – Founding Stones
Liana Gardner – Speak No Evil
Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers
Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
Alice Early – The Moon Always Rising
Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
Joanne Kukanza Easley –Sweet Jane

NOTE: Some titles have been transferred to the Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire, Allegory, Humor, and Alternative Histories (non-SciFi).

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction?

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

The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Somerset Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is November 30th, 2021. The 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.

March 31, 2021

The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List – 2020 CIBAs

The 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. The Short Listers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.

The 2020 Shortlist for the Goethe Book Awards

James Hockenberry – Send The Word
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
T. Matt Ryan – One Hell of a Shipmate
Richard Alan Schwartz – Wind Chimes, War and Consequence A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
James Padian – A Patriot’s Challenges
Betty Bolte – Becoming Lady Washington
Kit Sergeant – The Spark of Resistance: Women Spies in WWII
J.P. Kenna – The Anarchist Girl’s Confession
Jomo Merritt – Sons of a Mauffen King
J.L.Oakley – The Quisling Factor
Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste-A Journey in the Twilight of the Idols
D.V Chernov – Commissar
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
Nancy H. Wynen – We Did What We Could
Pamela Jonas – Beneath a Radiant Moon
John Hansen – Secrets of the Gros Ventre
Eileen Harrison Sanchez – Freedom Lessons – A Novel
Elizabeth St. Michel – Lord of the Wilderness
Donna Scott – The London Monster
Jerena Tobiasen – The Crest, Book I of The Prophecy
James Ross – Hunting Teddy Roosevelt
Jule Selbo – Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
Gregory Erich Phillips – Guilty as Angels
Vicky Oliver – Love and Suffrage in Manhattan
Roger Newman – Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War and Recompense
Theo Czuk – Hastings Street: Boulevard Of Blues
Sandra Perez Gluschankoff – Thorns for Raisel
Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita
Carmela Cattuti – Between the Cracks: one woman’s journey from Sicily to America
Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny
David Selcer – The Old Stories, a.k.a Da Alt Geshikhtem
Pyram King – Destiny’s War – Part 1: Saladin’s Secret
Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
Cris Harding – Red Wing

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction.

The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.

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

The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 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, 2020. The 2021 winners will be announced in April 2022.

March 30, 2021

Author: chanti

The CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards ( The #CIBAs).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction?

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

The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Readers that invites children to read and explore. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST to the SHORT LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS.

These titles are now Semi-Finalists for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers?

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

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The 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).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST to the SHORT LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS.

The 2020 Semi-Finalists for the Goethe Book Awards

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

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions, and then all Finalists will be announced at the VCAC21 ceremonies.

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

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The OZMA Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Fantasy Fiction. The OZMA Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized each evening at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 CLUE Book Awards? Stay tune

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre. The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Semi-Finalists!

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels.

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

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Congratulations to the 2020 Cygnus Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS!

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.

Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards SHORTLIST!

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction.

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction?

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

The 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).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.

The 2020 Shortlist for the Goethe Book Awards

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists 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.