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  • CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – 2019 CIBAs

    CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – 2019 CIBAs

    Pre 1750 Historical Fiction AwardCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s historical fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

     

     

    The Search for the Best New Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating 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, and 1600s. We love them all.

    The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    Michelle Cox, author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard Mystery Series, the 2016 M & M Grand Prize Winner, announced the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards.

    This is the Official 2019 LIST of the CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to All! 

    • Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
    • Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
    • June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
    • James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
    • James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
    • Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
    • Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
    • A.L. Cleven – 26.2

    The CHAUCER Book Awards

    2019 Grand Prize Winner is 

    Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora

    by James Conroyd Martin 

     

    This is the digital badge for the 2018 CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner – The Serpent and the Eagle by Edward Rickford

    How to Enter the Chaucer Book Awards?

    We are accepting submissions into the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards until June30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards are closed. 

    The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in mid-October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

    If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

  • LARAMIE Book Awards for Western and Americana Fiction – 2019 CIBAs

    LARAMIE Book Awards for Western and Americana Fiction – 2019 CIBAs

    Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction AwardCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the LARAMIE Book Awards for Western, Civil War, Pioneer, First Nation Novels and Americana Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

    The Search for the Best New Western and Americana Books!

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring, the Wild West, Pioneers, Civil War, Americana, and First Nation Novels. We love them all.

    The 2019 Laramie Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    Jacquie Rogers, author of Honey Beaulieu, Many Hunter series   2016 Laramie  Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 Laramie  Book Award Winners.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to All! 

    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued  
    • Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures    
    • David Fitz-Gerald– Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey     
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils  
    • Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy  
    • John Hansen – Hard Times
    • J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place   

    The Laramie Book Awards

    2019 Grand Prize Winner is

     Seven Aprils  by Eileen Charbonneau 

    This is the digital badge for the 2018 Laramie Grand Prize Winner – Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien.

    Laramie Book Awards

    How to Enter the Laramie Book Awards?

    We are accepting submissions into the 2021 LARAMIE  Book Awards until July 31, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 Laramie Book Awards are closed. 

    The 2020 Laramie Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

    If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

    • MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So Cozy Mysteries – 2019 CIBAs

      MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So Cozy Mysteries – 2019 CIBAs

      Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the M & M  Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries,  a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

      The CIBAs Search for the Best M&Ms!

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating 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 love them all.

      The 2019 M & M  Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the M & M Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Wendy Delaney, author of The Working Stiffs Mysteries Previous M & M   Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 M & M Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Winner.

       

      Congratulations to All! 

      • Susan Lynn Solomon  for Writing is Murder
      • Kari Bovee for Girl with a Gun
      • Susan Z. Ritz for A Dream to Die For
      • MJ O’Neill for The Corpse Wore Stilettos
      • Henry G. Brinton for City of Peace
      • Vee Kumari for Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery
      • M. J. Simms-Maddox for Mystery in Harare
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre for The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife 
      • Michelle Cox for A Veil Removed

      The Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards 

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is

      Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery

      by Vee Kumari

      This is the digital badge for the 2018 M&M Grand Prize Winner – A Promise Given by Michelle Cox

       

      How to Enter the Mystery and Mayhem  Book Awards?

      We are accepting submissions into the 2021 M & M   Book Awards until April 30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 M& MY Book Awards is closed. 

      The 2020 M&M Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

    • GLOBAL Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – 2019 CIBAs

      GLOBAL Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – 2019 CIBAs

      Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

      The CIBAs Search for the Best Suspense High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit  Novels

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring Suspense, Thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point. We love them all.

      The 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER  Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Sara Stamey, author of The Ariadne Connection –  2017 GLOBAL THRILLER  Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to:

      • Randall Krzak for Carnage in Singapore
      • Courtney Leigh Pahlke for Life Force Preserve
      • Jett Ward for Execute Order
      • Nicole Mabry for Past This Point
      • Avanti Centrae for VanOps: The Solstice Shadows
      • Joanne Jaytanie for Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1

      The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards 

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is 

      SOLSTICE SHADOWS – A VanOps Thriller

      by Avanti Centrae

       

      This is the badge for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner – The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

       

      How to Enter the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards?

      We are accepting submissions into the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER  Book Awards until October  31, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards. 

      The 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

    • CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Mysteries – 2019 CIBA Winners

      CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Mysteries – 2019 CIBA Winners

      Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CLUE Book Awards for Suspense, Thriller, and Mystery Novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

      The CIBAs Search for the Best Suspense Thrillers Novels

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring Suspense, Thrilling Adventure, Detective Work, Private Eye, Police Procedural, and Crime Solving. We enjoy reading them all.

      The 2019 CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE  Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      J.L. Oakley, author of Tree SoldierPrevious Overall  Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 CLUE Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the CLUE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CLUE Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to:

      • John W Feist – Blind Trust
      • Nancy Adair – RABYA     
      • Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies 
      • V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
      • Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1 
      • Marian Exall – A Splintered Step 
      • J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel   

               

      The CLUE Book Awards

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is 

      Salvaging Truth by  Joanne Jaytanie

       

       

      This is the badge for the 2018 CLUE Grand Prize Winner – California Son by Timothy Burgess

                                             

      How to Enter the CLUE Book Awards?

      We are accepting submissions into the 2020 CLUE  Book Awards until September 30, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 CLUE Book Awards. 

      The 2020 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

    • LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books – 2019 CIBA Winners

      LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books – 2019 CIBA Winners

      Early Readers and Picture booksCongratulations to the First Place  Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

      The CIBAs Search for the Best Early Readers and Picture Books

      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 love them all.

      The 2019 LITTLE PEEPS  Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Little Peeps   Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Denise Ditto, author of Bettina’s Best First Day – The Tooth Collector Fairies and 2018 Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 LITTLE PEEPS Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to ALL!

      • Sylva Fae and Katie Weaver Elfabet    
      • Lauren Mosback My Sister’s Super Skills  
      • Norma Lewis – Totem Pole   
      • Kizzie Jones – A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes: How MORE Dogs Came to Be   
      • Justine Avery – What Wonders Do You See… When You Dream?
      • Trevor Young & Eleanor Long – Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie   
      • Kasey J. Claytor – Pinky and The Magical Secret He Kept Inside   
      • Carolyn Watkins – The Knock
      • Robert Wright Jr – Mummy in the Museum

      The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is 

      Trevor Young & Eleanor Long – 

      Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie   

      The LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Badge is customized for the 2019 Award Winner.

       

      This is the badge for the 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the 2018  LITTLE PEEPS  —Home From Decay Valley – The Tooth Collector Series by Denise Ditto

      We are accepting submissions into the 2020 LITTLE PEEPS  Book Awards until September 30, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards. 

      The 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

    • GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2019 CIBA Winners

      GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2019 CIBA Winners

      Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Booksand the Grand Prize Winner of the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the CIBAs.

      The CIBAs Search for the Best Middle-Grade Books

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating 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 love them all.

      The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER  Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER  Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Peter Greene, author of The Jonathan Moore Adventures  (and  previous GOETHE CIBA Grand Prize Winner), announced the Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to ALL!

      • Amber L. Wyss – A Flash of Fire   
      • M.J. Evans – PINTO!   
      • Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate    
      • Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale   
      • Laura M. Kemp – Burnt Feathers   
      • C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown    
      • Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
      • Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories

      The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is 

      The Valley of Death – Arken Freeth Series by Alex Paul

      This is the badge for the 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Gertrude Warner – Portals of Peril by Jules Luther

       

      We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner  Book Awards until June 30, 2021.

      The 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

       

    • DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for YOUNG ADULT FICTION – 2019 CIBA Winners

      DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for YOUNG ADULT FICTION – 2019 CIBA Winners

      Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the CIBAs

      The CIBAs Search for the Best Young Adult Fiction 

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, and Literary. We love them all.


      The 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI  BOOK Awards First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI  Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Pamela Beason, author of The ONLY WITNESS,  (a previous Overall CIBA Grand Prize Winner), announced the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the DANTE ROSSETTI BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to All! 

      • Michelle Rene Manufactured Witches  
      • Nancy Thorne Victorian Town   
      • Susan Brown Twelve 
      • Sandra L Rostirolla Cecilia    
      • David Patneaude Fast Backward   
      • John Middleton  Dillion & The Curse of Arminius   
      • Jan Von SchlehBut Not Forever  

      The Dante Rossetti Book Awards

      2019 Grand Prize Winner is: 

      But Not  Forever  by Jan Von Schleh 

         

      This is the badge for the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI —

      Whispers by Lynn Yvonne Moon

      We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Dante Rossetti  Book Awards until June 30, 2021.

      The 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

       

    • PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – 2019 CIBA Winners

      PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – 2019 CIBA Winners

      Paranormal Fiction AwardsCongratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the PARANORMAL Book Awards for SUPERNATURAL Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs

      The Search for the Best Supernatural Fiction

      Chanticleer International Book Awards celebrates the best books featuring magic, the supernatural , weird otherworldly stories, super humans , magical beings & supernatural entities, vampires & werewolves, angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We love them all.

      The 2019 PARANORMAL  BOOK Awards First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Chris Leibig, author of ALMOST MORTAL, (a Paranormal Grand Prize Winner), announced the PARANORMAL Award Winners.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to all!

      • Ryan J. Lyons – Drums and Dragons
      • Linda Watkins – The Tao of the Viper
      • Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
      • Susan Lynn Solomon – Abigail’s Window   
      • Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
      • Jack Cullen – Runes of Steel
      • Joy Ross Davis – The Witch of Blacklion
      • D. J. Adamson – At The Edge of No Return

      The Paranormal Book Awards 2019 Grand Prize Winner is:

      Abigail’s Window by Susan Lynn Solomon

      This is the badge for the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards, The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove by Joy Ross Davis

      We are accepting submissions into the 2020 PARANORMAL Book Awards until October 31, 2020.

      The 2020 Paranormal  Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.

    • CYGNUS FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNERS 2019 CIBA Awards –

      CYGNUS FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNERS 2019 CIBA Awards –

      Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

      Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize winner of the CYGNUS Book Awards for all forms of Science Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs

      Chanticleer International Book Book Awards celebrates 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 sci-fi, soft sci-fi, apocalyptic, cyberpunk, time travel, genetic modification, aliens, super-humans, Interplanetary travel, dystopian, and settlers on the Galactic Frontier.

      The 2019 CYGNUS BOOK Awards First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner  were announced on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast on the VCAC20 ZOOM webinar.

      Elana Mugdan, the OZMA Grand Prize Winner for Fantasy Fiction for her novel, Dragon Speaker,  announced the 2019 CYGNUS Award Winners. 

      It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2019 CYGNUS Awards, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner. Congratulations to all!

       

      Alternate History / Time Travel: Tim Cole – Insynnium   

      Apocalyptic/Dystopian: J. I. Rogers – The Korpes Agenda

      Hard Science Fiction:  Jacques St-Malo – Cognition

      Space Opera:    Shami Stovall – Star Marque Rising   

      Soft Sci-Fi/Young Adult – Rey Clark – Titan Code Series: Dawn of Genesis

      Speculative Fiction:   Paul Werner – Mustang Bettie 

      Science Fiction:  Robert M. Kerns – It Ain’t Over…

      Honorable Mentions:

      • Andrew Lucas McIlroy – Earthling
      • William X. Adams – Intelligent Things 
      • Sandra J. Jackson – Playing in the Rain

      The  Grand Prize Winner for the Chanticleer International Book Awards, 2019 CYGNUS Division is

      Tim Cole

      Insynnium 

       

      The CYGNUS Grand Prize Badge is customized for the 2019 Award Winner.

      We will pop it up here soon.

      This is the badge for the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 CYGNUS Book Awards was J.I Rogers for the KORPES File.

      The 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.  Submissions into the 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards is closed.

      However, we are now accepting entries into the 2021 Cygnus Book Awards.

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      MEANWHILE:  VCAC continues through Sunday, September 20th with Master Writing Classes with Jessica Morrell and Donald Maass. 

      LEARN FROM THE BEST!

      There are few ZOOM seats left if you are interested in registering for these stellar writing craft masters!