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CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750 HISTORICAL FICTION 2016 FINALISTS
The CHAUCER Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners at the Chanticleer Authors Conference April 1, 2017!

Because we received an unprecedented amount of entries for the 2015 Chaucer Awards we divided the writing competition into two separate awards for 2016: The Chaucer Awards for pre-1750’s historical fiction and the Goethe Awards for post-1750 historical fiction. We have moved entries that are post 1750 to the 2016 Goethe Awards tracking and judging rounds.

This is the Official Finalists List of the Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the Finalists of the Chaucer 2016 Novel Writing Contest.

NOTE: This list is COMPLETE as of January 27, 2017.

The Chaucer Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Pre-Historical Fiction, Ancient Historical Fiction, World/International History (non-western culture historical fiction), Americas-Historical Fiction Pre-1750s, Dark Ages/Medieval, Renaissance, and Elizabethan/Tudor 1600’s.

The following titles will compete for the Short List and then compete for the First Place Category Positions and Awards Packages.
- Hana Samek Norton – The Serpent’s Crown: A Novel of Medieval Cyprus
- Kate Braithwaite – Charlatan
- Carol M. Cram – The Towers of Tuscany #2
- Gerald W. McFarland – The Last of Our Kind, Third in the Buenaventura Series
- Sandra Vasoli – Truth Endures: Je Anne Boleyn Book Two #2
- Jean Gill – Plaint for Provence
- Laura Kitchell – Lady of the Bridge #2
- Edward Parr – Kingdoms Fall
- N.M. Bell – No Absolution
- Lorraine Buck – The Last Rosary
- Gina M. Bright – 1381: The Forgotten Revolt
- Leonide Martin – The Visionary Mayan Queen: Yohl Ik’nal of Palenque
- H.J. Reynolds – A Treachery of Spies
- Michal Strutin – Judging Noa: a Biblical Woman’s Journey
- Austin Hernon-Robert – The Wayward Prince, Book Two
- Lilian Gafni – The New World: Flower from Castile
- Catherine T Wilson and Catherine A Wilson – The Gilded Crown
- Laura Kitchell – Lady of the Imperial City
- Bruce Gardner – Hope of Ages Past
- Helena P. Schrader – Envoy of Jerusalem: – Balian d’Ibelin and the Third Crusade
- Mike Hartner – I, James
- Prue Batten – Tobias
- Charlene Newcomb – For King and Country
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Boundary Stone
- Sandra Vasoli – Struck With the Dart of Love: Je Ane Boleyn Book One
- James Conroyd Martin – The Boy Who Wanted Wings
The Chaucer Finalists will compete for the Chaucer Awards First In Category Positions, which consists of Four Judging Rounds. First Place Category Book Award winners will automatically be entered into the Chaucer GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize of $200. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.
- All First In Category Book Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
- First In Category winners will compete for the Chaucer Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the Chaucer Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
- TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
- A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
- Adhesive book stickers
- Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
- Promotion in print and on-line media
- Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
- Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to all of the Chaucer Finalists as they compete for Semi-Finalists positions.

First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in.

The Chaucer Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Chaucer Awards and the Goethe Awards writing competitions for Historical Fiction. Please click here for more information or to enter the contests.
October 10, 2016
October Spotlight: Two Spooktacular Contests in Time for All Hallows Eve

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October is upon us bringing tricks, treats, and fanciful delights in the form of submissions to the brand new OZMA Awards for Fantasy Fiction and the long running Paranormal Awards for Supernatural Fiction. We can’t wait to see what kind of submissions we get this year. Get your manuscripts ready! The deadline is October 31.

OZMA – Something new for fantasy

Our Cygnus Awards have been home to both Science Fiction and Fantasy since the Chanticleer International Writing Competitions began, but the cup is overflowing and a new cauldron (it’s October after all) was needed to hold the fantasy entries. The OZMA Awards were the perfect answer. A lot of thought went into creating this new home for our fantasy entries, choosing the name OZMA as a nod to L. Frank Baum’s Princess Ozma from the Oz series and then a painting of Joan of Arc by Dante Rossetti (a Chanticleer favorite!) as the image to represent the awards. L. Frank Baum, a feminist in his time, created in Ozma a great ruler, both protector and pacifist, who eliminated poverty and need in her realm. And Joan of Arc, as we all know overcame impossible odds to become a warrior and a leader in a time when such roles were reserved for men. We wanted do our bit to encourage and foster a place for strong female characters in fantasy fiction.

Paranormal – A haunting history

The Paranormal Awards are an old soul with a lot of spirit and winners going back to our beginning.

The Paranormal Awards History of Winners:

2015

The Aurora Affair by Carolyn Haley won the Paranormal Award category for “Supernatural Powers” and then went on to take home the 2015 Paranormal Grand Prize.
“Supermodel-turned-artist Madeline LaRue has been suppressing her psychic gifts all her life. Now she’s stranded in a remote musicians’ enclave, called in by her twin sister to explain away some spooky goings-on that are more than merely spooky. Devout skeptic or not, Madeline has walked into a cosmic storm where, along with her sister, an ex-lover, and a charismatic New Age musician, she is targeted by forces she has always denied, and that only her artist’s eye can discern.“

Carolyn Haley is a writer, editor, and reviewer living in rural Vermont. Through her business, DocuMania, she writes a mix of magazine articles and catalogue copy, along with her own books. She also helps other authors with diverse projects through editing, proofreading, production, and education. When not working, Carolyn enjoys several outdoor pursuits—gardening, paddling, walking, riding, birdwatching—along with autosports and spectating the arts. Her enduring passion, however, is books.

2014

An Ex to Grind by Ann Charles won the Paranormal Award category for “Blended Genre” and then went on to take home the 2014 Paranormal Grand Prize.
“The Deadwood Mysteries offer a welcomed new twist for cozy mystery lovers! Fresh writing, lovable quirky characters, a good dose of randiness, peculiar situations…and clever surprises at every twist and turn. An Ex to Grind keeps the laughs coming or the suspense building. Get ready for another hilarious and spooky suspenseful read from Ann Charles.“

Ann Charles is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes award-winning mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance, and whatever else sounds fun.She is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and her Kindle in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cat.

2013

The Watcher by Lisa Voisin won the Paranormal Award category for “Angels & Demons” and then went on to take home the 2013 Paranormal Grand Prize.
“Voisin transports us visually into Mia’s world with rich details, from places as mundane as a wall locker in a school corridor, to a thrilling winged flight high above the city. We ache with Mia for Michael’s touch when he is near, and feel Michael’s pain for resisting…The Watcher will keep you guessing, and feeling, and leave you with great hope.“

A Canadian-born author, Lisa Voisin spent her childhood daydreaming and making up stories, but it was her love of reading and writing in her teens that drew her to Young Adult fiction. As someone who believes in giving back, she leads the Young Writer’s Club sponsored by the Lynn Valley Literary Society every month. In her spare time, she teaches meditation. So when she’s not writing, you’ll find her meditating or hiking in the mountains to counter the side effects of drinking too much coffee. She lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her fiancé and their two cats.

2012

Sacred Fires by Catherine Greenfeder, winner of the 2012 Romantic Paranormal Award.
“Casey is a journalist who is trying to prove her reporting chops when she joins up with Miguel, a U.S. Customs agent whose mission is to solve the mystery of missing ancient artifacts and recent bizarre cult murders. Their leads take them to Mexico City and the lush, sultry tropics of Acapulco…Sacred Fires is a well written and crafted romantic paranormal novel with elements of intrigue and suspense along with a story set in a lush locale with mystic Aztec undercurrents. Greenfeder has succeeded in writing a fast-paced romantic suspense novel that is refreshingly different.“

Born and raised in New York City, the American West and the pioneer days has been a fascination for Catherine Greenfeder since her fifth grade teacher created a “pioneer day” complete with square dancing and venison stew.A fan of romance fiction since high school, Catherine decided to write her first romance novel after careers in public relations and retail advertising. Trips to Oklahoma to visit family sparked Catherine’s interest in the plight of Native Americans and those early settlers in the frontier states. Wildflowers is the product of years of research and writing. Catherine is a language arts teacher and a romance novelist in New Jersey.

All you have to do is to enter your manuscript or published novel in either of these terrific contests!

The October 31th deadline for submissions is going to be here before you know it. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn distinction for your novel. Enter our contests today!

All category winners have the opportunity to attend our spring Award Gala ceremony that takes place during the 2017 Chanticleer Authors Conference where they will be whisked up on stage to receive their ribbon in a magical evening including dinner, networking opportunities, and celebrations–not to mention free reviews, and the chance to win the grand prizes and cash![/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container][fusion_builder_container background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20px” padding_bottom=”20px” padding_left=”0px” padding_right=”0px” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”transparent” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]What are the OZMA and Paranormal Awards?[/fusion_title][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”3_5″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Our OZMA Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Fantasy books of 2016!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out of this world fiction, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them in the OZMA Awards for Fantasy Fiction International Writing Competition.

Our Paranormal Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Supernatural Fiction books of 2016!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other worldly stories, super humans, magical beings and supernatural entities, vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, Fairy, Magical systems and elements, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_5″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”1px” border_color=”#606060″ border_style=”solid” padding=”10px” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

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

~$1,000 Overall Grand Prize Winner
~$2,800 in Genre Grand Prizes
~$28,980 in reviews, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners

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October 6, 2016
Chanticleer Collections Hits the Road for Fall Trade Shows

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We are excited to show off the books and distribute sell sheets to all the interested booksellers and librarians to order for their bookshelves. We have also printed a catalogue to show off all of our books and made it available online as well.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_2″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

Chanticleer Collections Fall 2016

Check out the books Chanticleer will be displaying on our trade show tables this fall at PNBA, NCIBA, and MPIBA. The catalog includes ISBNs, covers, and other information that book sellers need to order these books for their shelves.

Books displayed in this magazine and on our trade show tables are first place or higher winners in our International Writing Competitions and/or have received a 4 or 5 star review from Chanticleer Reviews.

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View our online catalog Chanticleer Collections

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It can be difficult to get tables at trade shows, especially for individual Indie authors, and it is expensive to register for and travel to show shows. Chanticleer Reviews Collection helps today’s best books to become discovered by librarians and book sellers at a fraction of the cost along with the prestige of being associated with a vetted collection of Indie books.

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September 29, 2016
September Spotlight: Fall leaves shed to make way for new beginnings, and a new contest from Chanticleer!

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September winds blow away leaves to make way for the new, but at Chanticleer the new and the old walk hand in hand, as we call for submissions to the brand new Little Peeps Awards for Early Readers and the long running Clue Awards for Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries.

Young Adult has been one of our most popular competitions since Chanticleer began. The number of entries was getting larger and larger, and we were stretching the limits of “YA” more and more. Finally, it became clear we needed to divide the contest. We decided to make 2 contests: the Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Books, which we introduced earlier this year, and the Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Books.

So bring us your chapter books, story books, picture books, activity books, and educational books for children. We are excited to see all of your entries!

The Clue Awards have, on the other hand, have had a long history of winners.

The Clue Awards for Thriller/Suspense Fiction, History of Winners:

2015

Blood Relations by Lonna Enox won the Clue Award category for “Mystery” and then went on to take home the 2015 Clue Grand Prize.
“Not many books leave me with the urge to immediately re-read them, but Blood Relations most certainly did. The subtlety of the details and clues written throughout the mystery surfaced only after I finished reading. It is an amazing talent for an author to leave you wanting to re-read her novel. And this well-written and entertaining book made me do so.”

Lonna Enox is a former high school and college English instructor. She grew up on a ranch in New Mexico, where she learned to love critters, reading, and “wide open” spaces. She is a wife, mom, and grandmother, as well as the proud owner of 4 rescue pets–3 cats and a dog. Aside from an early stint as a newspaper reporter, she also spent 10 years as a freelance magazine writer. She is happiest exploring a wildlife refuge, cuddling little ones and critters, or snuggled up reading a good mystery.

2014

The Red Ribbon by Rachel B. Ledge won the Clue Award category for “Historical Thriller” and then went on to take home the 2014 Clue Grand Prize.
“The Red Ribbon proves a satisfying romp for fans of historical fiction, with its glittering ballrooms, bloody frays, mysterious subplots, mistaken identities, and voices from the grave.”

Award winning author Rachel Ledge grew up in Idaho, Texas, Utah and California attending 14 schools by the time she graduated high school. She never could quite settle down in one place and now lives in Singapore and Sydney, Australia, with her husband. She can be found sitting up late at night reading anything with a compelling story line.

2013

The Raggedy Man by Clyde Curley won the Clue Award category for “Classic Detective” and then went on to take home the 2013 Clue Grand Prize.
“Mr. Curley has written an engrossing debut novel that immerses the reader in the lives of the characters and the city they inhabit. His story world is one that you don’t want to leave behind. His characters are fully-realized, living and breathing human beings struggling to make their way through days complicated by the best and worst of the human condition, and his writing is exquisite in its detail.”

Clyde Curley earned a B.A. and a California Teaching Credential at San Francisco State College (followed later by an M.A.T. from Portland State University) and went on to a 31-year career teaching high school in Oregon. He chaired the English Department at Milwaukee High School and taught Special Ed. Language Arts to ninth-graders and Honors Survey of English Literature to twelfth-graders. An avid folk musician, he resides with his wife, Susan, in Bellingham, Washington.

2012

Saving Hope by Liese Sherwood -Fabre won the first CLUE Award for Mystery/Thrillers.

“Sherwood-Fabre creates a cliffhanging thriller not only with literary skill and authenticity regarding life, crime, and medicine in Russia (Sherwood-Fabre lived there as an adult), but also with great emotion and story telling ability. Deception, underworld crime, the FSB (formerly the KGB), a mother’s love, and a ticking clock to save the world from a deadly virus makes for a great page-turner.”

In Moscow in 1998, Liese Sherwood-Fabre came across a New Yorker article about Iran recruiting unemployed bio-weapon scientists. That story, along with her own experiences and observations during her five years in Russia inspired her novel Saving Hope—now available through Musa Publishing. Dr. Sherwood-Fabre had joined her husband four years earlier in Moscow after he moved there to assist in the privatization of Soviet businesses and industries. “Those were heady days,”Dr. Sherwood-Fabre recalls. “The country experienced a huge influx of foreign assistance and interest from Western companies in expanding into that region.”

The Little Peeps Awards have yet to make history, but we are excited to see what authors and illustrators will submit.

Your book could earn a place in our hall of fame for 2016 Best Books.

All you have to do is to enter your manuscript or published novel in either of these terrific contests!

The September 30th deadline for submissions, for both writing contests, is going to be here before you know it. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn distinction for your novel. Enter our contests today!

All category winners have the opportunity to attend our spring Award Gala ceremony that takes place during the 2017 Chanticleer Authors Conference where they will be whisked up on stage to receive their ribbon in a magical evening including dinner, networking opportunities, and celebrations–not to mention free reviews, and the chance to win the grand prizes and cash![/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container][fusion_builder_container backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” paddingleft=”0px” paddingright=”0px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”transparent” class=”” id=””]What are the Little Peeps and Clue Awards?[/fusion_title][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”3_5″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Our Little Peeps Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Children’s books of 2016!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience of Early Readers. Story books, Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books we will put them to the test and choose the best Children’s Books among them.

Our CLUE Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Thriller/Suspense Fiction books of 2016!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime solving, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For light-hearted Mystery and Suspense entries see ourMystery & Mayhem Awards)[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_5″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”1px” border_color=”#606060″ border_style=”solid” padding=”10px” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

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

~$1000 Overall Grand Prize Winner
~$2800 in Genre Grand Prizes
~$28,980 in reviews, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners

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September 23, 2016
The 2016 FINALISTS for the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – Official Listing
The Dante Rossetti Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

The Dante Rossetti Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Contemporary Young Adult, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal, Dystopian/Edgy/Urban, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Historical Young Adult, YA Adventure.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

This is the COMPLETE OFFICIAL Finalists List as of Jan. 26, 2017 for the Dante Rossetti 2016 Novel Writing Contest for Young Adult Fiction.
- Jennifer Lynn Catz – The Darkest Legacy: Hints of Betrayal
- Edward Corcoran – The Earth, the Sky, and the Heaven Above
- Bryan Ney – Calamity Jane: How the West Began
- Eric Kephas – The Purity Council
- Jodie Esch – Little White Lies
- Kimberly Bernard – Lost Prophecy:Awakening
- Alex E. Carey for Earth’s Embrace
- T.S. Pettibone for Hatred Day
- D. J. Adamson for Outre
- Tory Gates for A Moment in the Sun
- Wende Dikec for Tiger Lily
- Harold Coyle – The Other Side of the Wire
- Susan Faw for Seer of Souls
- E.Z. Graves for Love Zombies of San Diego
- Ben Sharpton for Camp Fear: 13 Days of Fear
- K.C. Finn for Legion Lost
- Alan Sproles and Lizanne Southgate for The Train from Outer Space
- T. M. Murray for Teramar
- Richard Mann for Wasted in Waldport
- Philip Carlisle for Time’s Will: Eyes of Phire
- T.C. Miller for BlackStar Bomber
- Mike Hartner for I, James
- Lisa Y. Potocar for Train to Glory
- Jesikah Sundin for ELEMENTS (The Biodome Chronicles #2)
- K.J. McPike for XODUS
- Christopher Mannino for School of Deaths
- Alex Paul for SeaJourney
- Anne Sweazy-Kulju for Grog Wars
- Sheena Snow for Sparked (The Metal Bones Series Book 1)
- Linda Covella for Yakimali’s Gift
- Nancy Pennick for 29
- Jeffrey Stagg for A Campfire Nightmare
- Alex E. Carey for Water’s Reflection
- Norma Hinkens for Immurement
- Edward Mountain for Cerulean Skies
This is the Official List of Finalists for the 2016 Dante Rossetti Awards
The Dante Rossetti Finalists will compete for the Dante Rossetti First In Category Positions, which consists of Four Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Dante Rossetti GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize of $200. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.
- All First In Category Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
- First In Category winners will compete for the Dante Rossetti Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
- TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
- A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
- Adhesive book stickers
- Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
- Promotion in print and on-line media
- Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
- Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to all of the Dante Rossetti Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category positions.

First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in.

The 2016 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Dante Rossetti Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2017. Please click here for more information or to enter the contest.
September 19, 2016
The GERTRUDE WARNER 2016 Book Awards for Middle Grade Chapter Books – Official Finalist List
The GERTRUDE WARNER Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle Grade Chapter Books. The GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

The Gertrude Warner Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Contemporary Middle Grade, Science Fiction and/or Fantasy, Mysteries, Historical, and Adventure.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the Warner 2016 Finalists.

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the Short-list of the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Chapter Book 2016 Writing Contest are:

Life on Base: Quantico Cave by Tom and Nancy Wise

Zephyr Daniels and the Field Trip of Screams by Kimberly Robello

Test of Time by Robert McCauley

Zoe and the Cat from Mars by Robert Karr

Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan

The Train from Outerspace by Alan Sproles and Lizanne Southgate

Billy Bediver in the Quest for the Dragon Queen   by Alan Sproles

Ice-Bear Island by Lizzi Wolf

The Shadow of the Unicorn II: The Deception by Suzanne de Montigny

The Shrinking Stone by Sue Ann Culp

I, Mary by Mike Hartner

The Mystery of Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis

The Ranatanland Tales  by Lloyd Chiasson, Jr.

EYTHYR by Mary Follin

Amelia Moss and the Secret Islands Agency by Kimberly Clair

Saddle Up  by Donna Patton and Emily Chase Smith

After the Horizon  by Ben Conlon

Life on the Farm by Heather Gardam

Year of the Rahku Rabbit – Training the Mage by D.A. Cave

Log of the Worst Pirate in the Known World by Nick Korolev

Brooklyn Bat Boy: A Story of the 1947 Season that Changed Baseball Forever by Geoff Griffin

The Treasure of Malaga Cove by John Gilgren

Almost Impossible by Beth Bacon

The Gertrude Warner 2016 Finalists will compete for the Gertrude Warner First In Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Chapter Books GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize purse of $200. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.
All First In Category Book Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

First In Category winners will compete for the Gertrude Warner Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
- Fifteen genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
- A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
- Adhesive book stickers
- Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
- Promotion in print and on-line media
- Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
- Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Good Luck to all of the 2016 Gertrude Warner Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category positions.
First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in. The 2016 First In Category Winners will be recognized at the 2017 Chanticleer Annual Awards Gala and Banquet.

The Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Gertrude Warner Awards writing competition. The deadline for 2016 submissions was May 31st, 2016. We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Gertrude Warner Children’s Chapter Book writing competition. Please click here for more information.
September 10, 2016
Paul Paris, author of the upcoming FLIGHT RISK

Thanks for the manuscript overview–I found it very helpful. I’m in the process of rewriting and appreciate the editor’s comments and suggestions.

—Paul Paris, author of the upcoming FLIGHT RISK

September 8, 2016
The BROTHERHOOD of MERLIN: Book One by Rory D. Nelson – an intriguing twist to Arthurian legend

The book centers around a sort of feudal fantasy world, where guns mix with magic-ish swords, and King Herod and other dastardly villains of history plot against Merlin and his brotherhood, who seek to defend the righteous and the innocent. A couple of innocent girls are taken captive by a coalition of villains early on, and we meet a roving cast of heroes who seek to bring down these evildoers.

Nelson has a real gift for action scenes. His action sequences are quick and brutal and carefully plotted out; as the characters run from arrows or crouch to prepare a shot or disarm (often literally) a roomful of weapon carrying warriors, you will feel your breath pound in your chest. It helps that Nelson has painted a brutal world, full of quasi-feudal warriors in service to various degrees of corrupt royalty, a world that only gets more corrupt and darker as the work goes on.

However, the work loses momentum in the dialogue and the character development elements. Nelson uses a pseudo-Elizabethan constructed kind of slang, but it never stops feeling formal and slips into the constructions and the humor of actual slang. I think most readers will have issues connecting with the characters because of the way they talk. I’d have liked to see the slang toned down to a few different phrases. I was especially disappointed because some of the phrases seemed familiar, so I Googled “Ai cully” and a few other phrases and found out they are common slang from Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower.”

Female characters were also a bit thin, with the most important one being a prisoner throughout the majority of the book, although, there was one wicked villainess. The male characters were developed as warriors, but I never quite felt like they were well-rounded, strong characters outside of the battlefield—most of the book focuses on their skills in battle and keeps returning to these gory action scenes.

While this was a fun read for action–it’s obvious that Rory Nelson has potential as a talented writer as shown by his carefully crafted battle scenes, which are known to be difficult to write– I would like to see him bring this unique story concept to its full potential by developing his characters and make them more multi-dimensional along with original dialog to give them voice. Again, “The Brotherhood of Merlin” is an intriguing twist of Arthurian legend fantasy with science fiction elements with a lot of battle action.

August 28, 2016
WRITING as an OLYMPIC SPORT by Sharon E. Anderson– award-winning author

Back when I didn’t know any better, I thought that if an author had talent, she would never, ever have to revise her work. Her words would flow onto the page, pristine and poignant, ready to be read by her adoring fans.

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Bebe Daniels giving it all in the name of creative endeavor.

I imagined she wore a cream-colored silk robe – although it could have been pink, yellow or light blue because my successful author was gleaned from a 1920’s black and white movie – cigarette attached to one of those long holder-thingies, she would slink across her high-rise Manhattan apartment and wait for her man-friend to pour her a glass of champagne and fix her up a plate of caviar on little toast rounds whilst reading her reviews in The New York Times. Anything less would be, well, amateur.

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Of course the reviews are absolutely glowing — as am I.

Like everything else in life, I’ve learned a few things: I don’t live on the East coast, caviar from the grocery shelf doesn’t taste the same as the kind in the can served at expensive restaurants, nothing comes easy–even if you’re talented, and that smoking is bad for you.

As an author, I may be able to write quickly, but revisions are where the story comes to life – like an athlete practicing a sport. She may not run a stellar hurdle race the first time out of the gate. She may, in fact, fall over the first hurdle and every subsequent hurdle thereafter as she endeavors to complete the race. It isn’t easy. Hurdles are hard and to someone like me, dangerous. But every day she’s back at the track working on her timing, her form, the craft of her sport.

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Authors have their own hurdles to jump.

It’s the same thing authors do. We work hard at our craft and sometimes it feels as if we have fallen. The important thing is to get up and continue learning, producing, developing our craft. Our prize isn’t an Olympic Gold medal, though. Our prize is a great book with awesome reviews (and maybe an award or two).
Many thanks to Sharon E. Anderson to allow Chanticleer to publish her timely blog-post that reminds all of us authors the importance of being persistent and to continually push ourselves to hone and develop our writing craft.

Sharon is the award-winning author of several short stories, screen plays, and books. She says,

“Most of my work has to do with the darker side of life. I’m somehow drawn to the anti-hero, the villain, the underdog. But I’m not your typical horror writer, either. In nearly all of my stories you will find hope, redemption, and humor, because if you can’t laugh, you’re already in hell.”

Sharon is also the president of the Skagit Valley Writers League, human servant to Tig the Cat, mother and wife, and a great all-around gal!

The Curse of the Seven Seventies

Cassandra Blake is having a very bad day. Her fiancé dumps her for a silicone debutante and convinces her to store his boxes of precious research. If that wasn’t bad enough, she’s just moved into a cottage stocked only with tinned sardines packed in oil, canned peaches, and 30- year-old Scotch.

Heartbroken, hungry, and a little bit drunk, Cassandra soon realizes that just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, sometimes they can get very strange…like finding a skeleton in the basement of her newly inherited cottage.

But when that skeleton suddenly becomes a hot, romantic, and business savvy vampire named Varo…well, things can get a little better. That is…until his infamous older brother shows up, and their centuries old sibling rivalry threatens her chance at true love.

Can their love survive her conniving ex-fiancé, Varo’s vengeful brother, and the Curse of the Seven 70s?

Edgy, modern, and one humorous vampire tale — an entertaining and fun read. Chanticleer Reviews [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

August 28, 2016
The M&Ms, Chanticleer’s Mystery & Mayhem Novel Contest & Book Awards Official Finalist List for 2016
The Mystery & Mayhem Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy Mysteries and Classic Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

The M&M Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Amateur Sleuth, Romance, Animals, Cooking/Knitting/Hobbies, Blended Genre, Medical/Lab, Travel, Humorous, Historical, Classic British, Y/A, and Senior Sleuth.

The following titles will compete for the SHORT LIST rounds. The works that make it on the SHORT LIST will then compete for FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the M&M 2016 Finalists.

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works of the M&M 2016 Novel Writing Contest are:

A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox

Secret Life of Anna Blanc by Jennifer Kincheloe

The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy’s Cousin by Regina Jeffries

Murder by the Spoonful by Vicki Vass

The Magic of Murder by Susan Lynn Solomon

Banished Threads b Kaylin McFarren

Member from Devon by Bruce Graham

Skyrizer # 7 by Phillip Buchanon

The Scarlet Wench by M. K. Graff

Major Crimes by Michele Lynn Seigfried

Death Runs on Time by A. B. Michaels

A Scone to Die For (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries)  by H. Y. Hanna

Killer Transaction by Catherine Bruns

Twelve for Twelve by Dawn Rasmussen

Secrets Revealed by Kate Vale

Bells on Her Toes by Diana J. Febry

Secrets, Lies, and Champagne Highs  by Jeanette Hubbard

Under English Heaven  by Alice K. Boatwright

The Body Next Door by Gay Yellen

Death Unscripted by M.K. Graff

The Erotica Book Club for Nice Ladies by Connie Spittler

Hot Scheming Mess by Lucy Carol

Engaged in Danger: A Jamie Quinn Mystery by Barbara Venkataraman

Sherlock Holmes and the Dance of the Tiger by Suzette Hollingsworth

Deadly Dye and a Soy Chai by Traci Andrighetti

Smart, but Dead by Nancy G. West

Deathbed of Roses by Alannah Foley

Homes and Watkins   by R. J. Lewis

The M&M Finalists will compete to be on the SHORT LIST and those works will then compete for the M&M First In Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the M&M GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize purse of $200. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.
All First In Category Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

First In Category winners will compete for the M&M Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the M&M Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
- TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
- A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
- Adhesive book stickers
- Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
- Promotion in print and on-line media
- Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
- Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to all of the M&M Finalists as they compete.

Short List announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in. The 2016 First In Category Winners will be recognized at the 2017 Chanticleer Annual Awards Gala and Banquet.

The M&M Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 M&M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is March 31st, 2017. Please click here for more information.
August 18, 2016