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Grand Prize Winners and First Place Winners for the Chanticleer International Book Awards 2017
We are excited and honored to announce the 2017 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. The winners were recognized at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet Ceremony on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

We want to thank all of the authors who participated in the 2017 Chanticleer Book Awards. Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially, which is why the contest judges wanted to add Shortlisters as a way to recognize and validate the entries that were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

Congratulations to the Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize Book Award Winner for 2017

CIBA Overall Grand Prize Winner

Hour Glass by Michelle Rene

Hour Glass by Michelle Rene received top scores in three divisions: Laramie Book Awards, Somerset Book Awards, and Goethe Book Awards. It was also the Laramie Grand Prize Winner.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards Genre Divisions Grand Prize Winners for 2017 are:

The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for International Thrillers & Suspense Novels is awarded to:

The ARIADNE CONNECTION

by Sara Stamey

View the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards First Place Winners

View the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Shortlisters

The CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

The Future’s Dark Past by John Yarrow

View the 2017 CYGNUS Book Awards First Place Winners

View the 2017 CYGNUS Book Awards Shortlisters

The M & M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Novels Grand Prize is awarded to:

Coronado’s Trail: An Arizona Borderland’s Mystery by Carl and Jane Bock

View the 2017 M & M Book Awards First Place Winners

View the 2017 M & M Book Awards Shortlisters

The JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage

by Susan Marie Conrad

View the 2017 Journey Book Awards First Place Winners

View the 2017 Journey Book Awards Shortlisters

The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers Grand Prize is awarded to:

Brainwashed: Crime Travelers Spy School Series

by Paul Aertker

View the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards First Place Winners

View the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Shortlisters

The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

Slave to Fortune by D. J. Munro

View the Dante Rossetti Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Dante Rossetti Book Awards Shortlisters

The CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

The Traitor’s Noose: Lions and Lilies Book 4

by Catherine A. Wilson and Catherine T. Wilson

View the Chaucer Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Chaucer Book Awards Shortlisters

The GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

Paladin’s War: The Adventures of Jonathan Moore

by Peter Greene

View the GOETHE Book Awards First Place Winners

View the GOETHE Book Awards Shortlisters

The LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

Hour Glass

by Michelle Rene

View the Laramie Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Laramie Book Awards Shortlisters

The CHATELAINE Book Awards Grand Prize for Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction Grand Prize is awarded to:

MASK of DREAMS ( a manuscript at the time of submission)

by Leigh Grant

View the Chatelaine Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Chatelaine Book Awards Shortlisters

The CLUE Book Awards Grand Prize for Thriller / Suspense Novels is awarded to:

TWISTED THREADS by Kaylin McFarren

View the CLUE Book Awards First Place Winners

View the CLUE Book Awards Shortlisters

The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Grand Prize for Early Readers is awarded to:

Lessons from a Cat: The Moon and Star; Midnight and Moonlight

by Peggy Sullivan, M. Ed.

View the Little Peeps Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Little Peeps Book Awards Shortlisters

The OZMA Book Awards Grand Prize for Fantasy Novels is awarded to:

How to Set the World on Fire

by T.K. Riggins

View the OZMA Book Awards First Place Winners

View the OZMA Book Awards Shortlisters

The PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize for Supernatural Fiction is awarded to:

VanOps – The Lost Power

by Avanti Centrae

View the PARANORMAL Book Awards First Place Winners

View the PARANORMAL Book Awards Shortlisters

The Somerset Book Awards Grand Prize for Literary and Contemporary Fiction is awarded to:

The Rabbi’s Gift

by Chuck Gould

View the SOMERSET Book Awards First Place Winners

View the SOMERSET Book Awards Shortlisters

The I & I Book Awards Grand Prize for Instructional and Insightful Non-fiction is awarded to:

Standby for Broadcast

by Kari Rhyan

View the Instructional & Insightful Non-Fiction Book Awards First Place Winners

View the Instructional & Insightful Book Awards Shortlisters

The 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference will be held on April 19, 20, & 21, 2019.

Please click here for more information about entering the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards with 16 divisions.
- Two Non-Fiction Divisions
- Historical Fiction Divisions
- Early Readers, Middle-Grade, and Young Adult Divisions
- Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, & Global Thriller Divisions
- Science Fiction Division
- Fantasy Fiction Division
- Paranormal & Supernatural Division
- Western Fiction Division (includes classic and contemporary)
- Romantic Fiction
- Literary & Contemporary Divisions
Chanticleer Reviews: Discovering Today’s Best Books with Reviews and International Book Awards
May 2, 2018
The GLOBAL THRILLER Awards for Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Global Thrillers Book Awards for Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLERS Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER SHORTLISTERS!

Lake Perriguey, Copyrights Attorney at Law Works, LLC, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First in Category Winners for Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction Novels are:
- The Han Agent by Amy Rogers
- What They Don’t Know by K.V. Scruggs
- The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey
- Stormfront by James Tacy Cozad
- Seed of Control by Lawrence Verigin
- The Kafir Project by Lee Burvine
And now for the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Book Awards Winner for Thriller and Lab Lit Fictional Novels is:

The Ariadne Connection

by Sara Stamey

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards is November 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The INSTRUCTIONAL and INSIGHTFUL Awards for Non-Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Instruction and Insight Book Awards for Non-Fiction Books at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 I & I Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 I & I Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 I & I SHORTLISTERS!

Jessica Page Morrell, Writers Digest contributing author and Developmental Editor, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 I & I Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 I & I Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 I & I Book Awards First in Category Winners for Instructional & Insightful Non-Fiction Books are:

The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend by Nicole Evelina

Auténtico: The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success by Andrés Tomás Tapia and Robert Rodriguez, PhD

Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate a Passive Income Stream by Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D.

Federal Prison Handbook: The Definitive Guide To Surviving The Federal Bureau Of Prisons by Christopher Zoukis

Standby for Broadcast by Kari Rhyan

Head-On, Stories of Alopecia by Deeann Callis Graham

Keto East: A Ketogenic Lifestyle: Eating Asian by Kelly Tan Peterson

And now for the 2017 I & I Grand Prize Book Awards Winner for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction Books is:

Standby for Broadcast

by Kari Rhyan

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to 2018 I & I Book Awards is December 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The SOMERSET Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary & Literary Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 SOMERSET Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 SOMERSET Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 SOMERSET SHORTLISTERS!

Daine Sillan, co-founder of Sillan Pace Brown Publishing, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 SOMERSET Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 SOMERSET Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 SOMERSET Book Awards First in Category Winners for Contemporary and Literary Fiction Novels are:

Joel Emmanuel by J.P. Kenna

Ten Directions by Samuel Winburn

The One Apart: A Novel by Justine Avery

The Camera’s Eye by Judith Kirscht

The Rabbi’s Gift by Chuck Gould

Empty Bottle of Smoke by Conon E Parks

And now for the 2017 SOMERSET Grand Prize Book Awards Winner for Contemporary and Literary Fictional Novels is:

The Rabbi’s Gift

by Chuck Gould

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards is November 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The PARANORMAL Awards for Supernatural Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 PARANORMAL Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 PARANORMAL SHORTLISTERS!

Ann Charles, the author of the 2014 PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE Winner, An Ex to Grind in Deadwood, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards First in Category Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:

Willow’s Discovery by Joanne Jaytanie

Virtuous Souls by Pamela LePage

Rea by Lydia Staggs

A Pocketful of Lodestones, Time Traveler Professor Book 2 by Elizabeth Crowens

Dark Water by Chynna Laird

VanOps – The Lost Power by Avanti Centrae

And now for the 2017 PARANORMAL Grand Prize Book Awards Winner for Supernatural Fictional Novels is:

VanOps – The Lost Power

by Avanti Centrae

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 PARANORMAL Book Awards is October 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
By Chanticleer
April 30, 2018
The OZMA Book Awards for Best FANTASY Novels – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 OZMA Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 OZMA Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 OZMA SHORTLISTERS!

Vijay Lakshman, the author of the 2016 OZMA Winner, Mythborn Series, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 OZMA Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 OZMA Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 OZMA Book Awards First in Category Winners for Fantasy Fiction Novels are:
- Eva’s Soul by Sarah M. Morin
- Daughter of Aithne by Karin Rita Gastreich
- In Her World: The Dark-Winter War by John W. Lord
- The One Apart: A Novel by Justine Avery
- How To Set The World On Fire by T.K. Riggins
- Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler
- The Engine Woman’s Light by Laurel Anne Hill
- The Bookminder by M. K. Wiseman
And now for the 2017 OZMA Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Fantasy & Magical Fiction:

How to Set the World on Fire

by T.K. Riggins

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 OZMA Book Awards is October 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The CLUE Awards for Thriller and Suspense Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 CLUE Book Awards for Thriller, Suspense, and Investigative Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 CLUE Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 CLUE Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 CLUE SHORTLISTERS!

Lawrence Verigin, the author of the 2016 CLUE Winner, Seed of Control, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 CLUE Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 CLUE Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 CLUE Book Awards First in Category Winners for Thriller, Suspense, and Investigative Fiction Novels are:

Do Not Ask by Elaine Williams Crockett

100 Days of Terror by Larry Temple

Twisted Threads by Kaylin McFarren

The Butcher’s Bill by SMartin Roy Hill

The Criminalist: A Novel of Forensic Science Suspense by John Houde

Aged in Charcoal by Jeffrey Ridenour

And now for the 2017 CLUE Grand Prize Book Awards Winner for Thriller, Suspense, and Investigative Fictional Novels is:

Twisted Threads

by Kaylin McFarren

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 CLUE Book Awards is September 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
By Chanticleer
April 30, 2018
The LITTLE PEEPS Awards for Early Readers – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 Little Peeps Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers. Congratulations to the 2017 SHORTLISTERS!

Sara Dahmen, the author of the 2016 Little Peeps First Place Winner – The Blue Beetle, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Little Peeps Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 Little Peeps Awards for Early Readers.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers First in Category Winners are:
- Lessons from a Cat: The Moon and Star; Midnight and Moonlight by Peggy Sullivan
- A Tall Tale About a Dachshund and a Pelican: How a Friendship Came to Be by Kizzie Jones
- Rainbow Monsters by Sylva Fae
- Angel on Assignment by Wanda Carter Roush
- Wishes and Kisses by Heather Pallotta
And now for the 2017 Little Peeps Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Early Readers:

Lessons from a Cat: The Moon and Star; Midnight and Moonlight

by Peggy Sullivan, M. Ed.

This post will be updated with photos. Please do visit it again!

The submission deadline for the 2018 Little Peeps Book Awards is September 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The CHATELAINE Awards for Romantic and Women’s Fiction Novels – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance and Women’s Fiction at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 CHATELAINE Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 CHATELAINE Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 CHATELAINE SHORTLISTERS!

Janet K. Shawgo, the author of the 2014 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner Find Me Again, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 CHATELAINE Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 CHATELAINE Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 CHATELAINE Book Awards First in Category Winners for Romantic and Women’s Fiction are:
- Dear Mr. Hitchcock by Elizabeth Crowens
- Watch Over Me by Eileen Charbonneau
- The Passage Home to Meuse by Gail Noble-Sanderson
- Love’s Misadventure by Cheri Champagne
- Mask of Dreams by Leigh Grant
- Magic of the Pentacle by Diane Wylie
And now for the 2017 CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner for Romantic and Women’s Fiction:

MASK of DREAMS

by Leigh Grant

a manuscript

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 CHATELAINE Book Awards is August 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 30, 2018
The LARAMIE Awards for Western, Pioneer, and Prairie Novels – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western, Pioneer, and Prairie Fiction at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 LARAMIE Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 LARAMIE Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 LARAMIE SHORTLISTERS!

Jacquie Rogers, the author of the 2016 Laramie Grand Prize Winner Honey Beaulieu, Man Hunter, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 LARAMIE Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 LARAMIE Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 LARAMIE Book Awards First in Category Winners for Western Fiction are:

Laramie First Place Award winners
- Grasshoppers at Dusk by Kiki Watkins
- Mist-chi-mus: A Novel of Captivity by J.L. Oakley
- Sacrificial Lions by John Simons/David Simons
- The Hour Glass by Michelle Rene
- Away at War: A Civil War Story of the Family Left Behind by Nick K. Adams
- Threads of Passion by T.K. Conklin
- Desertion by Michael Aloysius O’Reilly
- Death in the Black Patch by Bruce Wilson
And now for the 2017 LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner for Western Fiction:

HOUR GLASS

by Michelle Rene

CIBA Overall Grand Prize Winner and Laramie Grand Prize Winner

The deadline to submit to the 2018 LARAMIE Book Awards is July 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 29, 2018