Chanticleer Book Reviews

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  • The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

    The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionThe Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs).

     

    Chanticleer Book Reviews 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. 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.

    These Semi-Finalists will compete for the coveted limited positions of the First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the Dante Rossetti GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the limited First Place positions of the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction.

    All Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Banquet & Ceremony.

    Good luck to all in these next final rounds of judging to see which titles will move forward.

    CONGRATULATIONS to SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards:

    • Mara Gan – Joined
    • Dan Morales – The Scouts of St. Michael Operation Archangel
    • Robert Wright Jr – Unwanted
    • Alexander Edlund – Keelic and the Pathfinders
    • KB Shaw – From the Shadows
    • Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
    • Carmela A. Martino – Playing by Heart
    • Gina Detwiler  – Forlorn
    • Cheryl G. Bostrom – Climb, Run, Drown
    • Alex Paul – Tookan Attack
    • Lynn Yvonne Moon – Whispers
    • Tiffany Brooks – Reality Gold
    • Andrea and William Vaughan – 2nd Gen
    • Molly Lazer – Owl Eyes: A Fairy Tale
    • Jacinta Jade – Change of Chaos
    • Chuck Vance – Sneaking Out
    • Andrea Murray – Something New
    • Susan Faw – Soul Sacrifice
    • Sarah Mendivel – Sam’s Theory
    • Christy Nicholas – The Enchanted Swans   
    • Jennifer Alsever – Ember Burning: Trinity Forest Book 1

    All Short Listers and SemiFinalists will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    Good Luck to each of you as your works competes for the 2018 Dante Rossetti  Book Awards First Place category positions and the Dante Rossetti 2018 Grand Prize.  

    To view the 2017 Rossetti Book Awards winners, please click here.

    The Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner and the seven First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • OZMA Book Awards (CIBAs) for Fantasy Fiction – the 2018 Long List

    OZMA Book Awards (CIBAs) for Fantasy Fiction – the 2018 Long List

    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).

     

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now in competition for the 2018 OZMA SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.

    The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 OZMA Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony. 

    The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the OZMA GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2018 OZMA Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction.

    The following works have made it to the 2018  OZMA Book Awards Long List:

    • Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
    • J.V. Rutz – The Illusion Killer
    • Megan Wong – Island Whispers
    • Allan Batchelder – Steel, Blood & Fire
    • Ea Bishop – RAGNAROK: Demon Seed
    • Daryl Ellerbe – The Amazons
    • Kristin Secorsky – Dragon Chosen: The Dragon Riders of Eryieth
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Kathleen Neeley – Master None
    • David M. Jarboe – Realm Portals “The Celtic Otherworld”
    • M.K Williams – The Phoenix Chronicles: Alone in the Light
    • Jennifer Allis Provost – Gallowglass
    • T.K. Riggins – Money Jane
    • Susan Faw – Heart Of Shadra
    • Glen Shipherd – Infinity – Rulers
    • Franklin Posner – Suburban Vampire Ragnarok
    • Kim Gjorsoe – Rogue’s Law
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained
    • Anthony Nordvik-Nash – Hedda Stein-Sun’s UnRemembered Islands
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained
    • Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Speaker
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
    • Lindsay Schopfer – Into the North: A Keltin Moore Adventure
    • M. K. Wiseman – The Kithseeker
    • Miriam Cumming – Namesakes
    • Penny Pearson – A Girl’s Guide to Time Travel
    • Chris Dews – Antler Jinny and the Raven
    • Philip Carlisle – Surviving Eros: Heart of Phire
    • D.M. Cain – A Chronicle of Chaos

    To view the 2017 OZMA Book Awards winners, please click here.

    The OZMA Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting entries into the 2019 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction. For more information, please click here.

  • The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 GOETHE BOOK AWARDS for Post 1750s Historical Fiction

    The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 GOETHE BOOK AWARDS for Post 1750s Historical Fiction

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Late Historical Fiction set after the 1750s. The Goethe Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBA).

     

     

     

    Chanticleer Book Reviews 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. (Looking for Chaucer Pre-1750 Book Awards or Laramie Western/Pioneer/Civil War Book Awards, just click on the links.)

    These Semi-Finalists will compete for the coveted five positions of the First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the Goethe GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the limited First Place positions of the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards novel competition for post-1750s Post Historical Novels.

    All Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Banquet & Ceremony.

    Good luck to all in these next final rounds of judging to see which titles will move forward.

    CONGRATULATIONS to:

    • Carol M. Cram – The Muse of Fire
    • J.L. Oakley – Mist-chi-mas: A Novel of Captivity
    • J. R. Collins – Living Where the Rabbits Dance
    • Jocelyn Cullity – Amah & the Silk-Winged Pigeons
    • Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight
    • Richard Alan –  A Female Doctor in the Civil War 
    • Josanna Thompson – A Maiden’s Honor
    • Rosalind Spitzer – Anna’s Home
    • Jeffrey K. Walker – None of Us the Same
    • Ronald E. Yates – The Lost Years of Billy Battles (Book 3, Finding Billy Battles Trilogy)
    • Kit Sergeant – 355: The Women of Washington’s Spy Ring
    • R. S. Rowland – Portrait of a Bitter Spy
    • Ruth Hull Chatlien – Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale
    • John Hansen – Unfortunate Words
    • Patricia Suprenant – Behind the Scarlet Letter
    • Michelle Cox – A Promise Given 
    • Tom Edwards – Jane Sinclair
    • K. M. Sandrick – The Pear Tree

    All Short Listers and SemiFinalists will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

    Good Luck to each of you as your works competes for the 2018 GOETHE  Book Awards First Place positions and the Goethe 2018 Grand Prize.  

    To view the 2017 Goethe Book Awards winners, please click here.

    The Goethe Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • CYBER SALE November 26 ending at Midnight, Saturday, December 1st, 2018 – Six Days only! 

    CYBER SALE November 26 ending at Midnight, Saturday, December 1st, 2018 – Six Days only! 

    We at Chanticleer Reviews are grateful for YOU, our Dear Writers and Readers! 

    Starting on CYBER MONDAY, November 26 ending at Midnight, Saturday, December 1st,  2018 – Six days only! 

    We are offering a $100 discount on ANY 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference package for 6 days only! 

    This is a LIMITED OFFER and will end at Midnight, Saturday, December 1st, 2018. Firm. 

    • This outstanding offer will not be repeated!
    • Seating is Limited for CAC19 and for the Master Class Modules.
    • Don’t delay. Register TODAY and take advantage of this limited offer for a limited time.

     

    J.D. Barker – Master of Suspense, Scott Steindorff  A-List America Film producer, ChrisMottes, Audiobooks & Podcaster expert, Jessica Morrell – Top Tier Editor, and others to present! Click here to read more about CAC19 presenters. 

     

     The FULL All-Inclusive CAC19 Conference Package with Discount Code is $425! WOW!   until December 1st, 2018.

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    • 3 full days of sessions
    • 3 luncheons with keynote presentations
    • KaffeeKlatches
    • 3-month trial from Hindenburg Systems (audiobooks or podcast system) $$
    • CIBA Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday Evening
    • 2 cocktail parties (cash bar, appetizers provided) on Friday and Saturday evenings
    • Coffee and Tea
    • Book Fair participation on Saturday & Sunday
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
      • Each workshop attendee will receive a 6-month license from Hindenburg Systems $$$
    • Log-lines and Pitching Sessions on Sunday
    • Networking Opportunities  and Fun Raffles
    • Plus $25 discount on Master Class Modules – $50 discount for both!

    CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER and USE the Thanksgiving Discount Code:  BESTCAC19DEALEVER

    Without Thanksgiving CYBER Discount Code $525 — with Discount Code $425 until December 1st, 2018. 

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    3 Day CAC19 Pass without Banquet and Ceremony with the $100 Discount Code is $325 until December 1st, 2018. 

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    • 3 full days of sessions
    • 3 luncheons with keynote presentations
    • KaffeeKlatches
    • 3-month trial from Hindenburg Systems (audiobooks or podcast system) $$
    • Coffee and Tea
    • Friday Cocktail Party
    • Book Fair participation on Saturday & Sunday
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
      • Each workshop attendee will receive a 6-month license from Hindenburg Systems $$$
    • Log-lines and Pitching Sessions on Sunday
    • Networking Opportunities  and Fun Raffles
    • Plus $25 discount on a Master Class Module – $50 discount for both!

    CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER and USE the Thanksgiving Discount Code:  BESTCAC19DEALEVER

    Without Thanksgiving CYBER Discount Code $425 — with Discount Code $325 until December 1st, 2018. 

    Saturday and Sunday 2-Day Pass – including Awards Banquet and Ceremony and Book Room with the $100 Discount Code is $295.00 until December 1st, 2018. 

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    • 2 full days of sessions
    • 2 luncheons with keynote presentations
    • KaffeeKlatches
    • 3-month trial from Hindenburg Systems (audiobooks or podcast system) $$
    • CIBA Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday Evening
    • 1 cocktail parties (cash bar, appetizers provided) on  Saturday
    • Coffee and Tea
    • Book Fair participation on Saturday & Sunday
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
      • Each workshop attendee will receive a 6-month license from Hindenburg Systems $$$
    • Log-lines and Pitching Sessions on Sunday
    • Networking Opportunities  and Fun Raffles
    • Plus $25 discount on Master Class Modules -$50 discount for both!

    CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER and USE the Thanksgiving Discount Code:  BESTCAC19DEALEVER

    Without Thanksgiving CYBER Discount Code $395 — with Discount Code $295 until December 1st, 2018.  

    Saturday and Sunday Pass & Book Room – NO Banquet and Awards Ceremony  with the $100 Discount Code is $250.00 until December 1st, 2018. 

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    • 2 full days of sessions
    • 2 luncheons with keynote presentations
    • KaffeeKlatches
    • 3-month trial from Hindenburg Systems (audiobooks or podcast system) $$
    • Coffee and Tea
    • Book Fair participation on Saturday & Sunday
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
      • Each workshop attendee will receive a 6-month license from Hindenburg Systems $$$
    • Log-lines and Pitching Sessions on Sunday
    • Networking Opportunities  and Fun Raffles
    • Plus $25 discount on Master Class Modules -$50 discount for both!

    CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER and USE the Thanksgiving Discount Code:  BESTCAC19DEALEVER

    Without Thanksgiving CYBER Discount Code $350 — with Discount Code:  $250 until December 1, 2018.

     

    CAC19 SATURDAY Only Pass – including Awards Banquet and Ceremony with the $100 Discount Code is $195 until December 1st, 2018. 

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    • Saturday Sessions
    • 1 luncheon with the keynote presentation
    • KaffeeKlatches
    • 3-month trial from Hindenburg Systems (audiobooks or podcast system) $$
    • CIBA Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday Evening
    • 1 cocktail party (cash bar, appetizers provided) on  Saturday
    • Coffee and Tea
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
      • Each workshop attendee will receive a 6-month license from Hindenburg Systems $$$
    • Networking Opportunities  and Fun Raffles
    • Plus $25 discount on Master Class Modules held on Thursday -$50 discount for both!
      • Note: Book Fair participation is not included in the Saturday Only Pass
      • Note: Log-lines and Pitching Sessions are not included.

    CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER and USE the Thanksgiving Discount Code:  BESTCAC19DEALEVER

    Without Thanksgiving CYBER Discount Code $295 — with Discount Code $195 until December 1st, 2018. 

    This outstanding CYBER DISCOUNT OFFER will not be repeated! And is limited.

    Seating is limited for CAC19 and for the Master Class Modules.  When we are out we are out.

    Don’t delay. Register TODAY and take advantage of this limited offer for a limited time.

    Offer ends Saturday, December 1st at Midnight.

    Read what past CAC attendees say about the Chanticleer Authors Conference below.

    I wanted to say thank you for creating such a fabulous event. This was by far the most productive conference I have ever attended! Each workshop was packed with valuable information to help every author on their path to publication, no matter what their genre or where they are in their writing career. I look forward to attending next year! 

    All the best,  Kim Davis A Game of Deceit

    This conference and award dinner is the best I’ve ever attended. The conference showcased well-known authors and editors, and in each session, I learned something new that will help my writing. And the Awards Dinner! I can’t say enough about it. It was fantastic. Like attending the Oscars. Everything – all weekend – was so well done and thought out and ran so smoothly, you’d think Chanticleer had an army of 100 working for them. All of this against a beautiful water view setting in Bellingham, Washington. By far, the most fun I’ve ever had at a conference, and considering all the sessions, lunches, and dinners, etc., a great value.

    Thank you! Elaine Williams Crockett

    Thank you so much for all your work setting up the Chanticleer organization. Winning a Grand prize means more to me than I can express. I feel like a lottery winner. It’s a life-changing award that I expect will propel my new career.

    Again, thank you! Avanti Centrae

    I continue to be thrilled at the support and recognition from Chanticleer Reviews. I made two very good friends at the conference, and I learned valuable information, nitty-gritty stuff, that’s available nowhere else. What a class act! 

    PJ Devlin

    Many thanks for providing this wonderful opportunity to enable one’s book to reach higher in the eyes of the reading public. 

    Cheers and best, Prue Batten

    You continue to do a massive job so well. Congratulations on the growing success and reputation of the awards. And please extend my appreciation to your team. 

    Warm wishes, Elisabeth Storrs, HNS Australiasia

    Many thanks for the amazing conference, the wonderful sessions and guest speakers and the fabulous awards night. We had such fun, learnt a great deal and made some special friendships. 

    Catherine Wilsons (A & T) – Australia 

    Chanticleer is Awesome! 

    Kari Rhyan 

    I really want to thank you again for the incredible event last month. The Chanticleer community is very welcoming, and I’m happy to be a part of it! 

    TK RIGGINS

    My 10 second elevator pitch for why submit in a Chanticleer contest is quoting from Cool Hand Luke where he says, “Only Bastards and Cream rise to the top.” If you submit to Chanticleer you at least can find out whether your book has the potential of becoming cream. Your contest is open and inclusive, an admirable goal for writers and society as a whole. … And once again, thank you so so much for putting on this conference. I am telling my writer friends to submit and to plan on attending CAC2019.

     Alex Paul

    Thank you so much for this amazing honor! It was truly a surreal and amazing moment to win. Still can barely believe it! Definitely one I’ll never forget! I’m so grateful to you and everyone that makes Chanticleer possible. I’ve never met a more dedicated, supportive group of book lovers. I will happily come to the conference next year to present and participate. Can’t wait.

    Michelle Rene, HOUR GLASS

    and there are more testimonials for CAC!

     

  • Audiobooks & Podcast Technology Expert Chris Mottes to present Workshops at CAC19

    Audiobooks & Podcast Technology Expert Chris Mottes to present Workshops at CAC19

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference has always been about the business side of being an author—fiction or non-fiction.

    And this includes keeping authors up-to-date with the latest trends in the publishing industry.

    And one of the most exciting trends since e-books is the growth in audiobooks and podcasts.

    These two broadcasting channels can be utilized separately or interconnected for maximum effect to increase book sales.

    This is what Forbes Magazine has to say about Audiobooks and Podcasts:

    “Audiobooks are up 29.5% in net revenue over 2016 according to the Association of American Publishers and up 22.7% in unit sales over 2016 by the Audio Publishers Association’s estimate.” 

    “Audio, in general, is doing well, as podcast revenues clocked in a $314 million, still small but up 86 percent from the year before, and massive companies like Apple are promoting their voice assistant tech integrations.” 

    Publishers Weekly says this:

    “Audiobook Revenue Jumped 22.7% in 2018. Audiobooks continued their meteoric rise in 2017, a new report issued by the Audio Publishers Association found, with another year of double-digit growth for both audiobook sales and title output.”

    And this double-digit growth in audiobooks and podcasts is why we are excited that Chris Mottes, CEO of Hindenburg Systems, will present in-depth two-hour workshops and introductory sessions on how to create audiobooks and podcasts along with how they go hand-in-hand with each other.

    Chris Mottes has produced uncountable radio & TV productions, primarily documentaries,  including the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Swedish Radio. Before joining Hindenburg Systems in 2010 as CEO, he has successfully founded several media companies along with independent production companies based out of London and  Stockholm. Hindenburg Systems is based out of Denmark but has a global reach. Click here to read about the organizations that use the Hindenburg Systems.

    Creating Audiobooks and Podcasts have never been simpler.

    Chris will teach these two-hour workshops at CAC19 on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27th, 2019. 

    Chris Mottes teaching his workshop at Harvard University.
    • Audiobook Creation Workshop– each attendee will receive a 6-month license to Audiobook Creator (HABC) upon completion of Chris’ workshop. Seats are limited. Please reserve your spot today. 
    • Journalist Pro Workshop– each attendee will receive a 6-month license to Journalist Pro for Podcastersupon completion of Chris’ workshop. Seats are limited. Please reserve your spot today. 

    These workshops are included in the CAC19 registration package and do not require an extra fee. You can reserve your seat after registration when we contact you with more information.

    Chris will also present sessions and participate on panels that will focus on audiobooks and podcasts.

    He will also hold a KaffeeKlatsch session on Friday and  Saturday for an informal question and answer session.

    Additionally,  attendees will have access to the online tutorial sessions and system updates post-conference.

     

    CIBA Grand Prize Ribbons!

    CIBA Prize Packages

    Hindenburg Systems is graciously sponsoring the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards by presenting Prize Packages to the First Place Award Winners, the Grand Prize Genre Division Winners, and the Overall 2018 Grand Prize Winner. Please click here for more information.

  • Creating Audiobooks and Podcasts have never been simpler – Find out how here!

    Creating Audiobooks and Podcasts have never been simpler – Find out how here!

    Creating Audiobooks has never been simpler than with the Hindenburg Audiobook Creator.

    • Creating audiobooks in DAISY 2.02 and NLS DTB.
    • Also, export standard Audio Book and EPUB 3 formats.
    • Record from your home. Create. Record. Edit and Export your Audio Books.

     

    Podcasting has never been easier than with the Hindenburg Journalist PRO – a multitrack audio editor designed for audio producers who are on the go.

    • You can record, edit, and share your story from anywhere. This cross-platform (window or Apple and exchange sessions from one platform to the other!)  audio editor requires no external hardware or state-of-the-art computer. 

    Hindenburg Systems is giving all those who register for the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference a FREE 3-month trial of either product.

    Hindenburg Systems is a Danish software company specializing in intuitive, portable audio production solutions for storytellers.

    BUT WAIT — there’s more! Keep reading and scrolling down this page for how to get your free 6 – month subscriptions of these two ground-breaking products. 

    Chris Mottes, CEO Hindenburg Systems

     

    Chris Mottes has produced uncountable radio & TV productions, primarily documentaries,  including the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Swedish Radio. Before joining Hindenburg Systems in 2010 as CEO, he has successfully founded several media companies along with independent production companies.

    Chris Mottes will present and teach two-hour workshops on both of these products exclusively at CAC19!  

    • Audiobook Creation Workshop – each attendee will receive a 6-month license to Audiobook Creator (HABC) upon completion of Chris’ workshop. 
    • Journalist Pro Workshop – each attendee will receive a 6-month license to Journalist Pro for Podcasters upon completion of Chris’ workshop.

    Creating Audiobooks and Podcasts have never been simpler.

    • Hindenburg Systems’ mission is to tear down the technical divide between storytellers and their audience by providing intuitive products to the storytelling community.
    • They provide innovative technological features that allow audio raconteurs to focus on telling great stories, while our software ensures broadcast quality results.
    • Hindenburg products are developed in close collaboration with professional and amateur users to ensure that our tools provide real solutions – today and in the digital future.
    Hindenburg’s innovative technological features that allow audio raconteurs to focus on telling a great story, while their software ensures portable broadcast quality results.

    Who uses the Hindenburg Systems for Audiobooks and Broadcasts?

    To name a few:

    Radio Broadcasters
    • Danish Broadcasting Corporation – Denmark ’s oldest and largest electronic media enterprise
    • Nordjuske Holding – Media & Communications Group – founded 1767
    • 24syv – daily and weekly culture, science, and debate programs
    • Radio Canada – CBC
    • WNYC – 93.9 FM and AM 820 New York’s flagship public radio stations (NPR, BBC, PRI, APM, & local programming)
    • KCBX – Central Coast Calif.
    • KSFR – Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • and many more…
    Universities
    • Duke University
    • Stanford University
    • Berkeley-University of California
    • Penn State
    • Santa Fe University
    • U MASS Boston
    • The University of Wollongong – Australia
    • University of Copenhagen
    • Danish School of Journalism
    • Roskilde University – Denmark
    • Syddansk University – Denmark
    • University of Iceland
    • Ilismaturasarfic University – Greenland
    • Umea University – Sweden
    • London School of Economics
    • EMB – Univerisity Berlin
    • IFP The French Press Institute (Journalism)
    • Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris
    Plus many more organizations including sponsoring  these media initiatives:
    • Children’s Radio Foundation – more than 50 radio projects across five African countries
    • Radio Camp NYC for middle-grade and high school students.
    • Indigenous Media Foundation – Nepal
    • Gambia Press Union – Gambia, West Africa

    Why did Chris and company choose the name Hindenburg for their ground-breaking software?

    This is the one question that they are almost always asked. And here is their answer:

    In 1937, Chicago reporter Herbert Morrison witnessed The Hindenburg Disaster. The German passenger airship, the LZ 129 Hindenburg, caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station located in Manchester, New Jersey. Covering the tragic accident, Mr. Morrison created radio history as he gave the world’s first eyewitness news report and made audio history and became the prototype for news broadcasting.

    His professional response and accurate descriptions combined with very emotional response to this unexpected disaster have made the recordings a seminal moment in audio history.

    The Hindenburg Disaster was a tragedy, but it marked the birth of mobile reporting and expanded the possibilities for global communication.

    “At Hindenburg, we are dedicated to supporting the production of great radio stories, and this is why we pay homage to the Hindenburg Disaster.”   Chris Mottes, CEO

    We at Chanticleer Reviews are honored to have Hindenburg Systems sponsor the Chanticleer International Book Awards and the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    Don’t delay. Register for CAC 19 Today! 

     

  • GLOBAL THRILLERS Sharing NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT! – Writing Competition, Thrillers/Suspense, Int’l Mystery & Crime

    GLOBAL THRILLERS Sharing NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT! – Writing Competition, Thrillers/Suspense, Int’l Mystery & Crime

    Scene:  President James Marshall (played by Harrison Ford) “Get off my plane!” —  Air Force One (the 1997 film).

    Now just imagine…

    The President’s motorcade is stopped by a mob dressed in black wearing Guy Fox masks. The leader jumps onto the limousine’s hood and exposes an explosive-loaded torso with a pressure release in his hand. He starts counting down from five. From out of nowhere, Spiderman swoops down, shoots a web around the assailant’s fist and takes him out. But now, the rest of the Guy Foxes reveal their explosive-ready torsos…

    ~~~

     

    An international human trafficking consortium is meeting in Belguim and you get wind of it. It’s your job to capture as many individuals as possible,  but you can’t kill them because any one of them may know the whereabouts of a group of children taken from a school bus in Maine. Your six-year-old daughter was on that bus…

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    Welcome to the Global Thrillers Awards, a category of literature where life as we know it hangs in the balance – and when bad things happen, the fallout is global. 

    We’re talking James Bond-worthy.

     

    We’re talking it’s time to call in the X-Men and X-Women.

     

    We’re talking about Global Thrillers!

     

    This is the category for Science Fiction that is set – or really could be set in our understanding of how things work. This is called “Lab Lit” in the industry. Even Star Wars and Star Trek are good examples because Global Thrillers covers Science Fiction and BIG Storytelling, EPIC Storytelling.

    Here are what we are looking for: 

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    stories that rock us right out of our seats, where the suspense is so strong we cannot put the book down. Something that will have us saying these lines to our poor hungry families,  “Dinner? Are you crazy? The world is about to end in the next chapter!”

     

    Thrill us. Chill us. Make us believers in your masterpiece or published novel. We read every single submission that is sent in and we relish in the good stuff.

     

     

    International Bestselling Thriller author J.D. Barker (aka Master of Suspense) to present at CAC19. 

    Our Global Thriller Book Awards categories are:

    So, does your thriller have what it takes?

    Find out by entering the GLOBAL THRILLER AWARDS because time is running out!

     

    The deadline for submissions the  GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards  is

    November 30, 2018.

     

     

    We are honored to recognize the  Global Thrillers Book Awards Hall of Fame Grand Prize winners!

    The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey took home the 2017 Grand Prize for the GLOBAL THRILLERs Book Awards.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey

    As radical climate swings, drought, famine, flood, and pestilence take on Biblical proportion, deep inside the earth’s core, a violent shift of its geomagnetic poles – a shift paired with cataclysmic seismic activity commences. With planetary life headed for extinction, mankind reaches out to its “gods,” both secular and non-secular, for salvation. At the same time whisperings on the NeuroLink claim that there is a savior among them—Saint Ariadne.

    Global Thriller Winners Lawrence Verigin & Sara Stamey

     

    Because the GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is a new division in the CIBAs, we also recognize the following kicking novels that won their category in the 2017 Global Thrillers Awards: 

    • The Han Agent by Amy Rogers
    • What They Don’t Know by K.V. Scruggs
    • Stormfront by James Tacy Cozad
    • Seed of Control by Lawrence Verigin
    • The Kafir Project by Lee Burvine

     

    Here are some winners that came before: 

    From the 2016 CLUE Awards:

     

    From the 2015 CLUE Awards:

    • Blended Genre: Timothy S. Johnston – The Tanner Sequence: The Furnace, The Freezer, The Void
    • Espionage/Spy: Michele Daniel – The Red Circle

    We also had Cybertech Thrillers and Political Thrillers such as John Trudel’s Raven’s Resurrection and the Raven’s Series.

    Now you know why we had to add the GLOBAL THRILLERS division to the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). 

    The Global Thriller Awards ~ Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction Novel Writing Contest ~2018
    The search for 2018’s best Thriller & Suspense Fiction Books

    Deadline November 30, 2018

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for 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.

    Examples from www.LabLit.com:

    • Enigma by Robert Harris; A brilliant mathematician struggles to crack German codes in the second world war. Historical Fiction
    • The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch; A budding marine biologist has an unforgettable summer.
    • Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis; A scientist/medic leans the hard way that pure research is nobler – and cures plague in the process.

    GLOBAL Thriller examples:

    • Best examples of these are James Bond books, X-Men, Tom Clancy novels, and Star Wars/Star Trek where humankind is at stake or the planet is doomed.

    (For light-hearted, cozy, or classic Mystery and Suspense entries see our Mystery & Mayhem Awards and for Thriller/Suspense/Hardboiled-Detective series, please see the CLUE Awards)

    Don’t delay! Enter today!

    Tick Tock…

     

  • Story Prep: Atmosphere, Overall Tone and Mood by Jessica Morrell – Writing Toolbox – Words

    Story Prep: Atmosphere, Overall Tone and Mood by Jessica Morrell – Writing Toolbox – Words

    Plan for an overall tone and mood from the get-go. — Jessica Morrell, editor

    Writing Toolbox Series

    I’m not suggesting you skip plotting or structure, I’m suggesting you plan for an overall tone and mood from the get-go. I’ve rarely given this advice for a first draft before, but then I started reading Dean Koontz’ Jane Hawk series. And I’ve been giving a lot of thought to why the novels are bestsellers, what works and what doesn’t quite work.

    In this thriller series, Jane Hawk, a rogue FBI agent, takes on government agencies including the FBI and a cabal of villains with a deadly conspiracy. The stories are dark, brutal, and scary.  As you read along, you feel prickly and practically queasy because evil is everywhere.  And the more you read, the more you realize how the author is also inserting real-life horrors into the mix. Because we’re living them in contemporary America.

    Why use atmosphere in your first draft?

    • Because it will affect your mood and approach to your story.
    • It will make you focus on creating unease–a necessary ingredient not always considered in early drafts.
    • Unease contributes to writing a page-turner.
    • Atmosphere underlines themes–even if you don’t have your themes nailed down yet.

    Editor’s Note: Although Jessica is using a thriller as an example, her insightful writing advice may be applied to other genres as well.

    While Jane Hawk spends a lot of time driving across the country searching for answers, a lot of the series is set in California. Now California isn’t exactly Transylvania in the dead of winter, right?  But Koontz is a writer’s writer, and he makes most settings spooksville and dangerous. If Jane reaches a haven or safety, it’s always a look-over-your-shoulder situation and she needs to move on, not rest. And she never ever relaxes. Too much is on the line, including the safety of her beloved 5-year-old Travis.

    The story is set in the near future and the country is sliding into chaos and lawlessness. It opens with a deadly terrorist attack in Pennsylvania as the backdrop and citizens countrywide are uneasy and fearful. Here’s a typical setting description as she’s driving.

    Editor’s Note:  Scott Steindorff, the A-List film producer who presents at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, states that “near-future” is the film industry’s favorite time period. To watch our On WORD Talks with Storytellers 3 minute video with Scott click here. 

     

    When the wipers swept the blearing stain from the windshield, she saw the nearby Pacific, storm-lashed and misted, rolling toward the shoreless like water and more like a sea of gray smoke pouring off the fires of a nuclear holocaust. The Silent Corner

    Throughout the series, the weather is used in scene after scene, often as bookends. Jane is off the grid so uses public libraries to find information.   From  The Silent Corner before she visits a library: 

    Still, the storm had not broken. The sky over San Diego loomed heavy with midday dark, as if all the water weight and potential thunder stored over distant Alpine had in the last few hours slid unspent toward the city, to add pressure to the coastal deluge that was coming. Sometimes both weather and history broke far too slowly for those who were impatient for what came next.

    In the park adjacent to the library, following a winding path, she saw ahead a fountain surrounded by a reflecting pool, and she walked to it and sat on one of the benches facing the water that flowered up in numerous thin streams, petaling the air with silver droplets.

    This place sounds lovely, doesn’t it? And don’t you wish you’d come up with petaling the air with silver droplets? In case you’re imagining the park as a place or peace or safety, forget about it. Because in fiction it really works to stage danger in benign or lovely settings.

    Let’s check out the same park later when Jane is about to be attacked and run for her life.

    On the flanking streets to the north and south, traffic passed: grumble of engines, swish of tires, hiss of air brakes, rattle of a loosely-fitted manhole cover, the traffic noise seemed curiously muffled, as if the park were encased with insulated dual-pane glass.

    The air remained under pressure, the sky full of iron-dark mountains that would soon collapse in a deluge, the city expectant, the windows of buildings shimmering with light that normally would be faded by the sun at this hour, drivers switching on headlights, the vehicles gliding through the faux dusk like submersibles following undersea lanes.

    Jane had taken only a few steps from the fountain when she detected a buzz like swarming wasps. At first, it seemed to come from above her, and then from behind, but when she turned in a circle and faced again the grove of palms toward which she had been moving, she saw the source hovering twenty feet away: drones.

    Did you notice how the most important word is placed at the end of the paragraph?

    Emulate this. Notice the choice of language: hiss, deluge, collapse, faux dusk, loomed, thunder, grumble, rattle. These words stir the reader’s emotions.

    Remember:

    • Atmosphere underlines themes.
    • Determine the atmosphere of your story: the color, the tone, the mood.
    • Word usage will affect your mood as to how you approach your story.
    • Word usage will affect the mood of your story.

    Stay tuned:  Don’t be afraid of potent backstory (more to come).

    Keep writing. Keep dreaming. Have heart.

     

    Jessica Page Morrell
    Jessica Page Morrell

    Jessica Page Morrell is a top-tier developmental editor and a contributor to Writer’s Digest magazine, and she teaches Master Writing Craft Classes at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that is held annually along with teaching at Chanticleer writing workshops.

    Jessica has confirmed that she will teach  Master Writing Classes and advanced writing craft sessions at CAC19.

    Jessica understands both sides of the editorial desk. She is known for explaining the hows and whys of what makes for excellent writing and for sharing very clear examples that examines the technical aspects of writing that emphases layering and subtext. Her books on writing craft are considered “a must have” for any serious writer’s toolkit. For links for her writing craft books, please click on here.

    Chanticleer Reviews and OnWord Talks will interview Jessica for more of her writing tips and advice. Stay tuned! ~ Chanticleer (who hails from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales).

     

     

     

  • NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT on SOMERSET Awards – Literary Works, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Novels

    NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT on SOMERSET Awards – Literary Works, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Novels

    The Somerset Book Awards are named for the prolific writer W. Somerset Maugham

    A quote from the Irish Times 

    Permeated with cynicism from a blighted childhood onwards, Maugham had few illusions about himself or his work. In his 1938 memoir, The Summing Up, he acknowledged: “I am a made writer. I do not write as I want to; I write as I can . . . I have had small power of imagination . . . no lyrical quality . . . little gift of metaphor I had an acute power of observation, and it seemed to me that I could see a great many things that other people missed.” W. Somerset Maugham

    Have you seen the films inspired by his books?

    Some of Kiffer’s collection of Somerset Maugham’s books
    With Bette Davis 1934

    Of Human Bondage

    with Kim Novak 1964

    Of Human Bondage

    A young medical student finds himself attracted to a beautiful but ambitious unfeeling waitress who ultimately may destroy them both. 

    The Razor’s Edge

    with Bill Murray 1984

    The Razor’s Edge 

    An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

    He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor’s edge.

    The Moon and Sixpence debuting Lawrence Olivier  1959  Written 1919 at the end of WWI

    “The Moon and Sixpence is not, of course, a life of Paul Gauguin in the form of fiction. It is founded on what I had heard about him, but I used only the main facts of his story and for the rest trusted to such gifts of invention as I was fortunate enough to possess.” W. Somerset Maugham

    Maugham describes the idea for the book arising during a year that he spent living in Paris in 1904: “…I met men who had known him and worked with him at Pont-Aven. I heard much about him. It occurred to me that there was in what I was told the subject of a novel.” The idea remained in his mind for ten years, until a visit to Tahiti in 1914, where Maugham was able to meet people who had known Gauguin, inspired him to start writing.

    The film adaptions of W. Somerset Maugham’s works are too lengthy to list here. However, you can find them on the IMBD and on Wikipedia.

    Writing advice from Somerset Maugham

    Every writer hits now and then upon a thought that seems to him so happy, a repartee that amuses him so much, that to cut it is worse than having a tooth out. It is then that it is well to have engraved on his heart the maxim:  If you can cut, cut.

    William Somerset Maugham, better known as W. Somerset Maugham was a British author who wrote plays and short stories and novels. He was a dashing and daring man who did not wish to follow the other men in his family to practice law. Imagine, an individual in the Victorian Era… He was born January 25, 1874, in Paris (at the British Embassy) and died on December 16th, 1965, Nice, France. 

    During the First World War, our Somerset proved his valor by serving with the Red Cross in the ambulance corps (remember his earlier medical training) and was recruited by the British Secret Intelligence Service right before the October Revolution in 1917.

    Somerset dove into medicine and was fairly good at it until he wrote his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897) and all bets were off. The book flew off the shelves and people were reportedly wrestling in the streets for copies to gift their loved ones as gifts. (*Creative license at work – however, you don’t know that this did not happen…) He was known to say, “I took to it (writing) as a duck takes to water.”

    At the age of sixty-six, he had to flee with only a suitcase from the encroaching Nazis as they advanced across Europe. He escaped to England and then on to South Carolina, in the U.S. where he continued to work on the screenplay for Razor’s Edge. He moved to Hollywood and then eventually back to France.

    Did we mention that W. Somerset Maugham was repudiated to be the highest paid author of the 1930s?

    Is it any wonder why we chose Somerset to represent our Literary & Contemporary Fiction Awards?

    Oak Ridge High School Cheer Leaders 1946

     

    Somerset, Somerset,

    He’s our man!

    If you didn’t know him

    Now you can! 

     

    Somerset Cheer by Sharon Anderson

    Welcome to the Somerset Awards where we comb through entries dealing with contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism, women and family themes. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    You might notice that the connection between the works below is that they are commentaries on society. Time frames may differ, but the human condition is central to the story.

    Here is a listing of the Somerset Book Awards Hall of Fame Grand Prize winners!

    The Rabbi’s Gift by Chuck Gould

    Somerset Grand Prize Winner

    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 UglyThe 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.

     

    Alexandrite by RIck LenzThe Alexandrite by Rick Lenz

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

     

     

     

    The Manipulator by Steve LundinThe 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 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.

     

     

     

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    Hawkins Lane Cover

     

    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.

     

     

     

    LOOKING TO 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, 2018. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the prize at CAC19 on April 27th.

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

    The SOMERSET Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

    The winners will be announced at the CIBA  Awards Ceremony on April 27, 2019,  that will take place during the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of dinner, networking, and celebrations! 

    First Place category winners and Grand Prize winners will each receive an  awards package. Whose works will be chosen? The excitement builds for the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards competitions.

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    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

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    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

     

     

     

  • Semi-Finalists for the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 CIBAs

    Semi-Finalists for the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter BooksThe Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Middle-Grade Readers Children’s books division. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

     

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from Long Listers (Slush Pile Survivors) to the SHORTLIST and have now moved on to the SEMI-FINALISTS list of the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards.

    All Semi-Finalists in attendance of the Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA ceremony will receive special name-tag ribbons to wear during the conference and will be recognized.

    The limited  First Place Category Positions for the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards will be selected from the  Semi-Finalists and will be announced at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference CIBA Ceremony and Banquet on Saturday, April 27th, 2019.

    Deadline for 2018 Gertrude Warner  Book Awards submissions was May 31, 2018. We are now accepting entries into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Awards.

    We 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. Our judges will put them to the test and select the best Middle-Grade Books among them.

    Chanticleer Book Reviews discovers today’s best books!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists!

    • Aric Cushing – Vampire Boy
    • Alexander Edlund – Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth
    • M. P. Follin – Dakota Joy and the Traveling Stones
    • Joanna Cook – The Life of Bonnie Dickens
    • Victoria Adler – Emma and Mia
    • Cheryl Carpinello – Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend
    • K. B. Shaw – From the Shadows
    • Jules Luther – The Portals of Peril 
    • Diane Rios – Bridge of the Gods
    • Kay M. Bates – The Adventures of Rug Bug: The Revolution
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Tallulah’s Flying Adventure

    Thank you to all who entered their works into the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards. It is always tough to decide which titles move forward and which ones must fall away. Thank you, again, for participating.

    Good Luck to each Semi-Finalist as your work competes in the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards. 

    2017 Gertrude Warner Award Winners Bek Castro, Paul Aertker, and Murray Richter

    Grand Prize and First Place Ribbons!   You know want one! 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book  Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information and to enter.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.