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The CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction – the Long List for the 2020 CIBAs
The CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 CHAUCER Shortlist. 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 are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 Chaucer Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
- Patrick E. Craig – The Mennonite Queen
- Regan Walker – Summer Warrior
- N.L. Holmes – Bird in a Snare
- Leah Angstman – Out Front the Following Sea
- Bob Atkinson/Thoren Syndergaard – Ripley of Valor
- Seven Jane – The Isle of Gold
- Edward Rickford – The Bend of the River: Book Two in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
- Helena P. Schrader – The Emperor Strikes Back
- B.L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
- Catherine Meyrick – The Bridled Tongue
- Dave & Steve Curliss – To Give Thanks – Our Pilgrim Ancestors
- Dick Rosano – Islands of Fire: The Sicily Chronicles, Part I
- Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
- Sherry V. Ostroff – Caledonia
- Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
- Tony Dietz – Eve 1057
- Marilyn Pemberton – Song of the Nightingale: a Tale of Two Castrati
- K.M. Butler – The Welsh Dragon
- Robert Wright – The Stone Gardner’s Fire, Second Book of the Before They Awaken Trilogy
- Jim Fuxa – At War with Mars
- Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters
- Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
- Marc Graham – Son of the Sea, Daughter of the Sun
- Indra Zuno – Freedom Dues
- Samary K. Birkline – MacGregor Strong
- Janet Wertman – The Path to Somerset
Good Luck to All in the Next Rounds!

Congratulations to James Conroyd Martin whose work Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Chaucer Book Awards and the overall BEST BOOK Grand Prize for 2019.

Here is the link to the 2019 Chaucer Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremonies will be held April 21 – 25, 2021, for the 2020 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
December 15, 2020
The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – the Long List for the 2020 CIBAs
The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them. Looking for Young Adult Fiction? Check out our Dante Rossetti contest! Looking for Early Readers? Check out our Little Peeps Contest!

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2020 Gertrude Warner entries to the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 Gertrude Warner for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions Finalists. 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 are in the running for the Semi-Finalists Level of the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
- M.J. Evans – Mr. Figgletoes’ Toy Emporium
- Lis Anna-Langston – Gobbledy
- Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
- Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
- Jason Burrell – Ricky and the Abnormals
- Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
- Pastel Gwendolyn Schway – Empire of Embers
- Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker
- Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
- Gregory Saur – Best Shot Forward
- Molly Valentin – Francie is Afoot!
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Witchfinder
- Ian C Douglas – The Particle Beast
- Carolina Ugaz-Moran – Aline and the Blue Bottle
- Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
- Jay Spenser –The Phantom Airplane Mystery
- Tricia L McDonald – The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue
- Catherine M. O’Connor – Throwing the World
- Alison Rice – Chasing Snow
- Frank Saraco – Life in the Grand Pause
- Suzanne Lowe – The Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket
- Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
- Julie Lavender – Mrs. Amazing and The Seed
- Andres Faza – Hishi-mochi in the Sky
- Kling – CLI- The Colt
Good luck to all as your works compete in the next rounds.

Congratulations to Alex Paul whose work The Valley of Death – Arken Freeth Series took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards

Here is the link to the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremonies will be held April 21 – 25, 2021, for the 2020 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
December 15, 2020
The LARAMIE Awards for Western Fiction – the Long List for the 2020 CIBAs
The LARAMIE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana / Western, Pioneer, Civil War, Frontier, and First Nations Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring cowboys, & cowgirls the Wild West, pioneering, Civil War, Native American stories, and early North American History, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 Laramie Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. 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 are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

2020 Laramie Book Awards Long Listers
- Fred Dickey – Days of Hope, Miles of Misery
- David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts? The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls
- Clay Houston Shivers – The Marauders of Pitchfork Pass
- DL Fowler – The Turn
- JR Collins – Legend of Swell Branch
- John W. Bebout – The Cause of Darkness- A Story of the Civil War
- Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
- James Kahn – Matamoros
- Gerry Robinson – The Cheyenne Story
- J. Palma – The Chaffee Sisters
- Susan Higginbotham – The First Lady and the Rebel
- Barbara Salvatore – Magghie
- Michael D. Abbott – Wyoming Wind
- J.C. Graves – Death is a Sharpshooter
- J.B. Richard – Jesse
- Terry D. Heflin – Scarlet Hem
- Mike Shellenbergar – Quail Creek Ranch
- Mike Shellenbergar – Four-Flusher
- Mike Shellenbergar – Refuge
- T.K. Conklin – Promise of Spring
- Elizabeth St. Michel – Surrender to Honor
- Gail Meath – Fire Blossom
- Van Temple – Whisperwood: A Confederate Soldier’s Struggle
- Michael T. Tusa Jr. – And Trouble Followed
- Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Trouble the Water, a Novel
- John Hansen – Elk Meadows
- Roger Newman – Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War and Recompense
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Hunted
- T.J. Johnston – Lockett’s Crucible
- Daniel Greene – Northern Wolf
- W. Hock Hochheim – Rio Grande Black Magic
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction?

Congratulations to Eileen Charbonneau whose work Seven Aprils took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Laramie Book Awards.

Here is the link to the 2019 Laramie Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremonies will be held April 21 – 25, 2021, for the 2020 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Laramie Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
December 14, 2020
STONE CIRCLE by Kate Murdoch – Medieval Italian Fantasy, Coming of Age Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy

Since his father’s death, seventeen-year-old Antonius Sardi has become the man of the house, keeping up the spirits and providing for his mother, younger sister, and younger brother. When he takes a job in the household of Conte Leonardo Valperga, he works hard to prove useful in hopes of raising his status above that of a lowly servant. Occasionally, Antonius glimpses Savinus di Benevento, a seer of great renown in the medieval town of Pesaro, and a member of the Conte’s household as well. When Savinus advertises for a new apprentice, Antonius knows this is the opportunity for which he has been waiting, a chance to show his abilities to a man who can appreciate rather than fear them.

Antonius can read minds, and as soon as Savinus, also skilled in mind-reading and prophecy, learns of this, he immediately agrees to take on Antonius. However, Antonius isn’t the only young man who wants the position. Nichola, the son of Savinus’s very wealthy and powerful patron, believes himself fit for the job. Savinus has no choice but to take on Nichola, who proves himself treacherous and shallow. Moreover, Nichola is annoyed that Antonius is given the role of the primary apprentice while he is relegated to mundane tasks. To make matters worse, Guilia, Savinus’s daughter, seems interested in Antonius. Nichola takes his jealousy to unbelievable lengths, which ultimately threatens Savinus, Antonius, and Giulia’s lives.

Antonius’s desire to defy the expectations of his class is the most important theme within the novel. He often thinks of his father, a fisherman, who came home exhausted nightly many times after the rest of the family had fallen asleep. On the days he could, he insisted on teaching his children how to read and write even though in their current social status, such skills would be unnecessary. Antonius knows that he has no other option than to fight for the assistant apprenticeship if for no other reason than the memory of his father’s hard work. Less than his best would be a betrayal of his values.

Kate Murdoch weaves a compelling tale of Medieval Italian life in her coming of age historical fantasy. Here’s a novel that will hook readers from the very first page.

Stone Circle won a well-deserved First in Category in the 2018 Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction novels.

December 3, 2020
The 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Long List – The CIBAs
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. Looking for middle grade contests? Check out our Gertrude Warner Awards.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2020 Dante Rossetti entries to the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 Dante Rossetti Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the next level of achievement in the CIBAs. Semi-Finalists and Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 21 – 25, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.
- Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two
- John Middleton – Dillion and The Skeleton Hall
- Strider S. R. Klusman – Within Reach
- Zoe Hauser – Jaguar Spirit
- Sue C Dugan – Suppressed
- Victory Witherkeigh – The Girl
- Richard Groseclose – Henry Castlewaite and The Portrait of Doom
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago
- B. L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
- Liana Gardner – Speak No Evil
- D.C. Carlisle – Surviving Eros: The Girl Under the Stars
- Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
- Sara Hosey – Iphigenia Murphy
- Susanne Dunlap – The Paris Affair
- Strider Klusman – My Ransom
- Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers
- Felicia Farber – Ice Queen
- PJ Devlin – The Chamber — A Wissahickon Monsters Story
- Dallas Woodburn – The Best Week That Never Happened
- Seven Jane – The Isle of Gold
- Kelly Vincent – Finding Frances
- David Pearson – Upon a Peak in Darien
- Professor W. W. Marplot – Dwarf Story
- Chynna Laird – Just Shut Up and Drive
- L.L. Eadie – Yearning for the Unattainable
- Jodi Lea Stewart – Blackberry Road
- Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
- Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars
- Tory Gates – Searching for Roy Buchanan
- R.B. Shifman – Everyone Leaves This Place
- Cris Harding – Red Wing
- Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl – Merged
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

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

Congratulations to Jan Von Schleh whose work But Not Forever took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards

“When Sonnet McKay, her siblings, and cousins discover a deserted Victorian mansion in the middle of the woods outside a ghost town near Seattle, they get much more than they bargained for.“ – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremonies will be held April 21 – 25, 2021, for the 2020 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
November 30, 2020
The 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – the Long List – The CIBAs
The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem”, amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British 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)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2020 M&M entries to the 2020 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 M&M Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the next level of achievement in the CIBAs. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 21 – 25, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
- Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
- Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies
- Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
- Sigrid Vansandt – Murder On The Caledonian Queen
- Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
- Karen Steur – Miner Pines
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
- Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double
- Christine A Brady – Don’t leave, Miss Riley
- Sharon Clark – The Murder Cat
- Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
- D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
- CB Wilson – Cavaliered to Death
- P.K. Adams – Silent Water
- Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
- Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – A Murder of Crowes
- 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
- Pat Camalliere –The Mystery at Mount Forest Island
- Mary Seifert – Titanic Tea
- Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery
- J.L. Anderson – Secrets of Willow Lane
- F. Della Notte – Catwalk Dead
- Kim Davis – Sprinkles of Suspicion
- Shelby Chase – Devil’s Kiss
- Debbie De Louise – Love on the Rocks
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel
- 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
- Nellie H. Steele – The Secret of Dunhaven Castle
- Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
- Elizabeth Tschurr – Wrongs Hushed Up
- 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
- Nancy Blaha – Finding James
- Nancy Good – Killer Calories, A Melanie Deming Manhattan Mystery
- Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
- Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
- Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston
- Jane Ritzenthaler – Green Ice
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Congratulations to Vee Kumari whose work Dharma, a Rekha Rao Mystery took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 M&M Book Awards

“A murder mystery set against an intriguing backdrop of Indian mysticism and archaeology make this a very good pick.” – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2019 M&M Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during VCAC21 April 21 – 25, 2021 for the 2020 CIBA winners.

We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards will feature international bestselling cozy mystery and crime author CATHY ACE author of the Cait Morgan mystery series.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
November 30, 2020
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November 25, 2020
The 2020 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Long List – The CIBAs
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2020 JOURNEY entries to the 2020 Journey Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 Journey Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
- Terry A. Repak – What You Learn By Living Elsewhere
- Marilea C. Rabasa – Stepping Stones: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Transformation
- Ashley Conner and Cierra Camper – Memoirs of Michael: The Hurricane Project
- Christine Ristaino – All the Silent Spaces
- Linda Bledsoe – Rhea and Jeremiah Zeus: An Appalachian Family’s Story of Drugs and Abuse
- Leslie Bains – Let’s Take A Hike: 7 Family-Friendly Trails of Nantucket
- Susan E Casey – Rock On: Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Sibling Grief
- Patricia Eagle – Being Mean–A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival
- Annerose D. Watts – Blue Plate Journey
- Susan E. Greisen – In Search of Pink Flamingos: A Woman’s Quest for Forgiveness & Unconditional Love
- Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One, Savoring the Olde Ways Series
- Janice Morgan – Suspended Sentence
- Esta G. Bernstein – Changing Horses
- Mendek Rubin & Myra Goodman – Quest for Eternal Sunshine
- Katherine Snow Smith – Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker, Missteps and Lessons Learned
- Marianne Ingheim – Out of Love: Finding Your Way Back to Self-Compassion
- Cerridwen Fallingstar – Broth from the Cauldron; A Wisdom Journey through Everyday Magic
- Sharon Dukett – No Rules
- Judy Gaman – Love, Life, and Lucille
- Laila Tarraf – Strong Like Water: Lessons Learned from Leading with Love
- Keturah Kendrick – No Thanks: Black, Female, And Living in the Martyr-Free Zone
- Patricia Martin Holt – EMPOWER A REFUGEE, Peace of Thread and the Background Humanity Movement
- David Crow – The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story
- Evelyn Kohl LaTorre – Between Inca Walls
- Cindy Rasicot – Finding Venerable Mother: A Daughter’s Spiritual Quest to Thailand
- Christine Nicolette-Gonzalez – My Mother’s Curse: A Journey Beyond Childhood Trauma
- Nan Sanders Pokerwinski – Mango Rash: Coming of Age in the Land of Frangipani and Fanta
- Scott Hunter – And the Monkey Lets Go: Memoirs Through Illusion and Doubt
- Mary Charity Kruger Stein – Fatherless, Fearless, Female: A Memoir
- Ilene English – Hippie Chick
- Barbara Clarke – The Red Kitchen
- Bill Pullen – It Started at The Savoy
- Deborah Tobola – Hummingbird in Underworld: Teaching in a Men’s Prison
- Amy Byer Shainman – Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew
- Tamra McAnally Bolton – A Blessed Life: One World War II Seabee’s Story
- Suzanne Kamata – Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair
- T.D. Arkenberg – Trials & Truffles: Expats in Brussels
- Steve Mariotti – Goodbye Homeboy
- Steve Rochinski – A Man of His Time: Secrets from a Halfway World
- Barbara Clarke – The Red Kitchen
- Tiffani Goff – Loving Tiara
- Frank Ball – Ball of Yarns
- Kathleen Pooler – Just the Way He Walked: A Mother’s Story of Healing and Hope
- Julie Tate Libby – The Good Way, a Himalayan Journey
- Isaac Alexis M.D. – The Seductive Pink Crystal
- Michael M. Van Ness – General In Command: The Life of Major General John B. Anderson, World War II
- Lilly A Gwilliam – Generations of Motherhood: A Changing Story
- Renee Hodges – Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community
- Ted Neill – Two Years of Wonder
- Jennifer B. Monahan – Where To? How I Shed My Baggage and Learned to Live Free
- Karen Keilt – The Parrot’s Perch
- Brant Vickers – Chucky’s in Tucson
- Deborah Burns – Saturday’s Child
- Betty Theiler – Beyond Borders
- Stefanie Naumann – How Languages Saved Me: A Polish Story of Survival
- Jules Hannaford – Fool Me Twice
- Lydia Ola Taiwo – A Broken Childhood: How To Overcome Abuse: A Recovery Guide
- Miguel A. Aguilo – Pencils in the Hand of God: Two Heavenly Adoption Stories
Who will be awarded the 2020 Journey Book Awards Grand Prize? Stay tuned!

Congratulations to John Hoyte whose work Persistence of Light took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 JOURNEY Book Awards

John Hoyte author of The Persistence of Light, 2019 Journey Grand Prize Winner

“When Gandalf said to Frodo, ‘All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” (J.R.R. Tolkien), surely John Hoyte was listening. Starting early and without choice, he and his siblings are interned in a Japanese prison camp, afterwards, he follows along Hannibal’s elephant trail over the French Alps. .” – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2019 Journey Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremonies will be held April 21 – 25, 2021, for the 2020 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2021 Journey Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
November 19, 2020
SOMERSET Book Awards Hall of Fame – CIBAs, Literary Book Awards
The 2019 Grand Prize Winner of Somerset Awards is

Donna LeClair for The PROPRIETOR of the THEATRE of LIFE

A MANUSCRIPT

This is no ordinary book and the word “extraordinary” can’t begin to do it justice. It’s a gift for anyone fortunate enough to read it and libraries around the globe should add it to their collections. It should be available to everyone. Emma is a highly sympathetic character, an everywoman, in need of answers. The reader learns as much as she does about individual and universal struggles on earth, the lessons to be gleaned from suffering, and the value of sharing our stories. ~ Carrie M., Chanticleer Editorial Team

The 2019 Somerset First in Category Winners are:
- Carl Roberts for The Trial of Connor Padget
- Judith Kirscht for End of the Race
- Patrick Finegan for Cooperative Lives
- Santiago Xaman for After Olympus
- Claire Fullerton for Little Tea
- Maggie St. Claire for Martha
- Jamie Zerndt for Jerkwater
- R. Barber Anderson for The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
Here is a listing of the Somerset Book Awards Hall of Fame Grand Prize winners!

Hard Cider by a novel by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon

Stay at home mom turns entrepreneur, but without her husband’s support, and continunually needing to manage her three adult sons, Abbie Rose Stone’s dream of producing her own craft hard apple cider faces a world of adversity in Barbara A. Stark-Nemon’s Hard Cider.

The Rabbi’s Gift by Chuck Gould

Babylonian astrology and Jewish mysticism combine with Roman history to create a timeless story of passion and fate in Chuck Gould’s The Rabbi’s Gift. Babylonian astrology and Jewish mysticism combine with Roman history to create a timeless story of passion and fate in Chuck Gould’s The Rabbi’s Gift.

The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar

Words thrown as hard as boulders are easy to catch – if you’ve had practice. Just ask our hero, Muzhduk the Ugli the Fourth…In the great tradition of existentialism, Boldizar brings us a book that is hard to classify. It has aspects of the existential with a fair amount of satirical wordplay and a bit of theater of the absurd thrown in.

The Alexandrite by Rick Lenz

Marilyn Monroe, time travel, second chances – all steeped in mid-Century Hollywood history, culture, and magic.

The Manipulator by Steve Lundin

With a fast-paced storyline and a rich cast of characters, this award-winning winning novel offers a uniquely hilarious, but scary, perspective on the how the businesses of public relations and marketing can take technology to its precipice to take advantage of a media addicted public.

Individually Wrapped by Jeremy Bullian

Individually Wrapped tells us the bizarre tale of Sam Gregory’s descent over the condensed course of a couple of days. Set in a 21st-century futuristic city, technology has permeated every aspect of the city dwellers’ lives… Self-delusion is an interesting state of mind because everyone can see it except yourself, as it propels you ever deeper into oblivion, where not even technology can save you.

We would be amiss by not featuring and recognizing Judith Kirscht, our very own Pacific Northwest Somerset inspired author. Judith specializes in family sagas and societal issues.

Judith Kirscht – Somerset Hall of Fame Author

Judith was born and educated in Chicago during the Great Depression and then WWII. She taught school during the upheavals of the Vietnam protests and the Civil Rights movement. Later in life, she found herself in California, divorced and with two daughters. Judith taught creative writing at universities of very different cultures: University of Michigan and U of California, Santa Monica. Her novels continuously are awarded CIBA First Place Category ribbons for the Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

The Camera’s Eye by Judith Kirscht

In a world where too many rocks are thrown at those who represent anything other than the norm in middle-class white America, two friends decide to take matters into their own hands and stand up to the hatred with which they are targeted in order to save their home and ultimately their lives.

Hawkins Lane by Judith Kirscht

Hawkins Lane is excellent and, ultimately, a redemptive story about the heart-wrenching tragedies a family can survive, and about the healing powers of nature and friendship. The characters and the story will linger long after the last page is read and you will be captivated from the first page.

The Inheritors by Judith Kirscht

“The Inheritors” by Judith Kirscht is a novel of one woman grappling to find her cultural and personal identity. Tolerance of others and the need for communication is required from each of us is an overriding theme in this latest work of Kirscht that explores the complexities of human nature and family bonds.

Home Fires by Judith Kirscht

“Home Fires” is an intelligently written, fast-paced family drama that unfolds into a suspenseful page-turner. Although this novel masterfully renders the emotional hardships and tragedies that are sometimes part of dysfunctional relationships, it is not a depressing read.

Nowhere Else to Go by Judith Kirscht

“Nowhere Else to Go” is a tightly woven and insistently engaging novel about racial prejudice and the blackboard jungle of the 1960s.

HOW DO YOU HAVE YOUR BOOKS RECOGNIZED? Submit them to the Chanticleer International Book Awards – Click here for more information about The CIBAs!

The last day to submit your work is November 30, 2020. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the prize at CAC21 in April.

As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your literary novel deserves! Enter today!

The winners will be announced at the CIBA Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2021, that will take place during the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and Finalists will be recognized. The first place winners will be recognized and receive their custom ribbon, and then we will see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of networking and celebration!

CIBA Ribbons!

First Place category winners and Grand Prize winners will each receive an awards package. Whose works will be chosen? The excitement builds for the 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards competitions and now for the Mark Twain Book Awards.

Our Chanticleer Review Writing Contests feature more than $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes each year!

~$1000 Overall Grand Prize Winner
~$30,000views, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners

ENTER NOW!

Don’t delay! Enter today!
November 18, 2020
The 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction – the Long List – 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. 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2020 CYGNUS entries to the 2020 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2020 Cygnus Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2020 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Brent Golembiewski – Flat Earth
- Jonas Saul – The Immortal Gene
- Tiffany Meuret – A Flood of Posies
- R. Welsh – The Great Filter
- Mark T. Sneed – Bully Nation
- Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
- B.T. Keaton – Transference
- Mark D. Owen – Impact
- JL Morin – Loveoid
- A.P. Gessner – Morlock
- Charis Himeda – CRISPR Evolution
- Kononstantinos Grosomanidis – a Journey, a Message, a Tale
- Bryan K. Prosek – Paradoxal
- R.S. Harmon – Captain’s Covenant
- Liam King – Grit
- Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl – Merged
- Anastasia Fox – Trout Fishing in the Cretaceous
- T Alex Ratcliffe – Battle Games
- Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
- Alex McIntosh – Upstream Revolt
- Samuel Finn – A Voice From The Moon
- Mike Meier – JoinWith.Me
- Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
- C. Hofsetz – Enemy of the Gods
- Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
- Ronald Dunham – Tower of Brahma
- 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
- William X. Adams – Alien Body
- KeJo Black – A Kingdom in Shards
- Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
- C.M. Aquavella – Transformation: The Circusity
- J.T. Blossom – Lenore and the Problem With Love – When You Go to College Save the Planet
- Alexander Usher – Experience Extracted
- Russ Colson – The Arasmith Certainty Principle
- Zach Fortier – Volk: Book one of The Overseer series
- Scott Woodward – Those Inbetween
- 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
- Michelle Tanmizi – Late Dawn
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 CYGNUS Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021.

Please click here for more information.
November 17, 2020