““I’m thrilled that The Golden Dice has been declared a First Place Category winner in the 2014 Chaucer Awards. As an Australian author, it’s great to know that novels submitted from ‘Downunder’ can gain a place in these terrific writing contests.” ~ Elisabeth Storrs
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Elisabeth Storrs, author of “The Golden Dice” a Tale of Ancient Rome
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Summer Shorts & Novellas 2015 Official Finalists Listing
The Finalist results for the 2015 Spring/Summer Short Stories and Novellas are in!
We are pleased to announce the following authors whose works have made it to the Finalist round and will go on to compete for First Place Summer Shorts Award.Prize Package for the First Place Summer Shorts Award Winner: A Chanticleer Review Package or a $ 100 purse for Overall First Place for Spring/Summer Reads. The award winner will be recognized at the CBR Awards Banquet 2015.
Congratulations are in order to the following authors and their works:
- Robert Cone for Redcoats!
- Jianna Higgins for Destiny’s Alliance
- Jianna Higgins for Just Waiting
- L.S. Kilroy for Roma
- Charles Kowalski for Let This Cup Pass From Me
- Elaine MacPherson for One Twenty-Nine
- Alix Nichols for Falling for Emma
- Alix Nichols for You’re the One
- YA/New Adult: Natasha Tsakos for Colours
- Annie Wood for Just a Theory: a Quantum Love Adventure
We are now accepting entries into the Winter Shorts 2016 writing competition. Please click here for more information or to enter.
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Christian Kachel, author of the military historical “By the Sword: Spoils of Olympus”
Thank you so much for all the hard work that clearly went into the review of my military historical novel. Thank you again for all the great work you do for Indie authors—we need all the help we can get! -
Can a Gorilla Identify the Criminal? Read the 1st in the NEEMA Mystery Series by Pamela Beason for 99cents – Left Coast Crime Special
Neema is a “signing gorilla” that is part of an animal communication research project (think KoKo). She is the only witness to a crime. Lives are at stake and the clock is ticking. Read Chanticleer’s review here. In honor of Crimelandia Left Coast Crime Scene in Portland, Oregon, Pamela Beason is putting her Chanticleer Grand Prize winner THE ONLY WITNESS on sale for 99cents. -
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2014 for Young Adult Novels – Official Finalist List
The Dante Rossetti Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult, New Adult, and Tween Novels. The Rossetti Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Competitions.More than $25,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2014 writing competition winners!
The Dante Rossetti Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY nine sub-genres are: Contemporary, Fantasy/Steampunk/SciFi, Romance, Historical, Inspirational, Dystopian/Edgy/Urban, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Lighthearted/Humorous, New Adult, and Tween.
The Official Listing of Finalists of the Dante Rossetti Awards 2014 Young Adult Novel Competition:
- Song Magick by Elizabeth Hamill
- An Outcast State by Scott Smith
- The Labyrinth Wall by Emilyann Girdner
- Student Bodyguard for Hire by Callie James
- The Black Shadow by Ben Hutchins
- Skin Deep by Kate Pawson Studer
- Just Going by Jianna Higgins
- Crazy Like Mom by Joanna Bowman Woods
- Scargirl by Eliza Mann
- Fruit of Misfortune; Creatura Book 2 by Nely Cab
- A Slow Climb Up the Mountain by Susan Cornfield Dugan
- Project Aquarius by Colleen Jordan
- The ARK Brothers by James B. Hoke
- Odette Speex – Time Traitors by Padgett Lively
- Unearthed by Karen Seymour
- Kerry’s Shattered Heart by Samantha Giles
- Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
- The Curse of the Crystal Kuatzin by Jan H. Landsberg
- The Obsidian Dagger by Brad A. LaMar
- The Sage Wind Blows Cold by Clint Hollingsworth
- In the Rock by Mark Facciani
- Orbit by Leigh Hellman
- Ambrosia Chronicles, the Discovery by K. C. Simos
- Chrissie’s Run by S. A. Mahan
- Mark of the Remaker by Ian Yamagata
- Elainraigh: The Vow by S. A. Hunter
- The Star Catcher by Stephanie Keyes
- Kharishma by Jenny L. R. Nay
- Riding with Crazy Horse by PJ Martin
- Strega by Karen Monahan Fernandes
- Ruth 66 by Elizabeth Barlo
- The Sage of the Heroine by Bobbie Groth
- The Diamond of Talakmoon by S. E. Burt
- In the Blink of an Eye by Linda L. Creel
- Solomon’s Lake by Jenny Clark
- Scriptors by Shannon Crolly
- The Curse of the Thrax by Mark Murphy
- Discovering Daniel by Nadine Christian
- The Dragon Within by Cindy Lyle
- The Escape of Princess Madeline by Kirstin Pulioff
- The Flying Burgowski by Gretchen K. Wing
- Twist by Roni Teson
- Once Upon a Road Trip by Angela N. Blount
- Scattered Links by M. Weidenbenner
- Sydney West by Rebecca McKinsey
- Legacy, the Biodome Chronicles by Jesikah Sundin
- Project Aquarius by Colleen Jordan
- Orbit by Leigh Hellman
- Mischief and Mayhem by Monte French
- Solomon’s Lake by Jenny Clark
- Dreams of a Red Horizon by Chris Pawlukiewicz
Finalists will continue on to compete for a first place category win in their sub-genre, and then for the overall grand prize of the 2014 Dante Rossetti Awards. First place category winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.
We are now accepting submissions into the Dante Rossetti Awards 2015 for YA Novels. Deadline is April 30, 2015.
More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Nine genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.
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Clyde Curley, author of the Detective Toussaint Mystery Series
“…wonderful review of Raggedy Man. I am honored–and also impressed by your reviewer’s close reading of the story. She clearly has read the book carefully, which only makes the review more meaningful. I am also grateful for the exposure to the book among such a wide audience and for the posting of the its title and your review to so many media sites. Thanks so much!” -
March Events and Updates from Chanticleer Reviews
The Chanticleer Read Reviews Page is Receiving More Traffic than Ever!
We are happy to report that Chanticleer Reviews’ new web site design is a great boon to those who have reviews posted with us.
The new format on the Read Reviews page is gaining new visitors by leaps and bounds with its easy scrolling format. Visitors are lingering on the Chanticleer Read Reviews page longer and clicking through to read the entire review that has been selected.
How can we tell this? By watching Chanticleer’s Google Analytics screen. It’s more fun than TV! We can see exactly which reviews are being clicked on and read. Then we watch to see if the visitor continues on to the book’s Amazon page or, even more exciting, to visit the author’s web site. Watching visitors from all over the world click on reviews is thoroughly addictive. And totally awesome for the Chanticleer Community of Authors and Readers!
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The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Awards 2015 deadline for submissions is March 31st; click here to enter!
If you write mysteries, you will want to enter this prestigious contest. Here is a link to last year’s M&M award winners.
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March Events Where You Can Find Chanticleer Reviews
CrimeLandia Left Coast Crime Scene 2015 in Portland, OregonMarch 12 – 15, 2015
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Social Media: What Every Author Needs to Know Panel Discussion on Thursday, March 12th at 1 p.m. Kiffer Brown will participate along with Stacey Cochran, Victoria Goff, and Chantelle Aimée Osman. Sue Trowbridge will moderate.
March 13, 2015
Join award winning authors Pamela Beason, Jeanne Matthews, Donnell Ann Bell, Wendy Delaney, Liz Osborne, and Tracy Weber along with Kiffer Brown of Chanticleer Reviews for this Friday night Mixer at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Desserts are on Us. Cash Bar provided by DoubleTree Hotel.
You do not have to be registered for the Crimelandia 2015 conference to attend this sure-to-be-fun mixer. Make your reservation here. It’s free! Readers and Authors are welcome. We will have door prizes and drawings!
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BSENSE SUMMIT in Charleston, S.C. March 22 – 24, 2015: We will set-up the Chanticleer booth on Saturday afternoon, March 21st.
Chanticleer Reviews & Writing Competitions will exhibit at the PubSense Summit. Please stop by our booth and say “Hey!”
Rochelle Parry, Chanticleer’s Webmaven and Creative Director will be available at Chanticleer’s booth along with best-selling Pacific Northwest mystery author, Pamela Beason. Kiffer Brown, founder of Chanticleer Reviews will also be available and is participating in several panel discussions. We’d love to meet you!
PubSense Summit Panels
Sunday, March 22nd at 3:30 p.m.
Increasing Exposure, Part 2 panel discussion with Kiffer Brown, C. Hope Clark, Claire McKinney, and Shari Stauch, Moderator.
Monday, March 23rd at 1:30 p.m.
Five Star Reviews: Top Reviewers Share Their Insights with Kiffer Brown of Chanticleer Reviews, Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Lacks of Saint Martins Press, Patricia Moosbrugger of Blue Ink Reviews, Kristina Radke of Net Galley, and Shari Stauch, moderator.
Monday, March 22nd at 3 p.m.
Get Seen, Get Noticed, Tools for Heightened Visibility and Stellar Sales with Nancy L. Bauman, Kiffer Brown, Laura Clark, Mary Beth Grossman, and Nicole Rescinti.
Tuesday, March 23rd at 7 – 9:30 p.m.
PubSense Signature Dish & Dialog Dinner: Dine with Your Fave Faculty
Your chance to have dinner with a Pubsense faculty member of your choice. Following dinner PubSense will have a few surprises, including giveaways and a special performance.
Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala 2015
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, September 27, 28, & 29th
Save the Date for the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala Banquet, September 27, 28, and 29th at the Hotel Bellwether on beautiful Bellingham Bay, Washington State. Early Bird Registration now available!
Chanticleer Reviews New Website
If you haven’t been by to take a look at Chanticleer’s new web site format, please do! We are continuously updating it and making it easier to navigate.
Be sure to check out the marketing and promotion posts along with the Chanticleer Community News for Books Clubs and Readers.
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New YA RACE WITH DANGER from Award Winning Pamela Beason
Introducing an excellent new Young Adult Trilogy – Run for Your Life by Pamela Beason, a Chanticleer Grand Prize Winner. “Tanzania Grey is running for her life and never have the stakes been higher. Readers’ hearts will be racing as the story twists and turns and the suspense rapidly intensifies in Race with Danger.” Download it now at the introductory special of $2.99 at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble Nook Store for $2.99. -
The Mystery & Mayhem Awards 2014 – Official Finalists List
The M&M Awards 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 Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Competitions.
More than $25,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2014 writing competition winners!
The M&M 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 FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Awards Packages.
The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made in through the first three rounds of the M&M 2014 Novel Competitions are:
Danger Comes Home by Judy Alter
No Place Like Rome by Julie Moffett
Mrs. Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger
Civil Blood by Linda Triegel
Grand Theft Death by Ann Philipp
Sex, Lies, and Snickerdoodles by Wendy Delaney
The Deep End by Julie Mulhern
Peete and Repeat by Karen Musser Nortman
The Only Clue by Pamela Beason
Sati and the Rider by Winslow Eliot
Behind the Walls by Elaine L.Orr
Find Me Again by Janet K. Shawgo
Murder on the Bermuda Queen by Cheryl Peyton
The Ghost of Laurie Floyd by Courtney Mroch
Tax Cut by Michele Lynn Seigfried
Kauai Temptations by Terry Ambrose
The Wham Curse by Virgil Alexander
Contempt of Court by Ken Malovos
Her Father’s Daughter by Kate Vale
Who Killed Tom Jones by Gale Martin
Sydney West by R. McKinsey
Parchman Redeemer by Michael H. Thompson
Ladd Springs by Dianne Venetta
The Green Remains by Marni Graff
Killed Milk by Stephen Kaminski
Dead Silent by Amy Beth Arkawy
Summerville by JoHannah Reardon
The M&M Finalists will compete for the M&M First In Category Positions, which consists of Four Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the M&M GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the $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 $250 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 $325 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital 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
- Award winning books may be eligible to be included in the Chanticleer Collections (which sell and promote the winning titles) in North America through Promontory Distribution. The Chanticleer Collection is represented toIndependent Book Stores and major bookseller chains such as Barnes & Noble and Books A Million through an exclusive agreement with Promontory Distribution for our vetted Chanticleer Collection. Participating in the Chanticleer Collections is not required.
- The Chanticleer Collection is our way of helping new Indie authors find North American distribution for their titles, but is in no way mandatory. Self-published and Indie published authors in our pilot program have found the CC to be extremely beneficial in increasing sales and readership.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. We promise to reply.
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to all of the M&M Finalists as they compete for the coveted First In CATEGORY positions for the 2014 M&Ms.
First In Category announcements will be made in March 2014. Results will be announced in social media as they come in.
The M&M Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the September 29th Chanticleer Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference.
We are now accepting submissions into the 2015 M&M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is March 30th, 2015. Please click here for more information.
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Win this STONE SOUP Necklace from Janet K. Shawgo, award winning author
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Look For Me Readers Prize Lovers of Romance Fiction here is a CBR Reader’s Special just FOR YOU!
To have a chance at winning this Key Charm Necklace exclusively made for the Look For Me series, all you have to do is visit author Janet K. Shawgo’s Look For Me Facebook page and LIKE it!
If you happen to be the person to click LIKE at the lucky number of times, you will win this handmade pendant from Stone Soup. It is valued at $20. Janet will mail it to you. There are no shipping or handling charges, unless it is mailed outside of North America.
The Lucky Number of LIKES has already been determined. All you have to do is leave a comment on Janet’s LOOK FOR ME Facebook page telling her what YOUR LIKE number is or FB message her with the LIKE number. It’s that easy!
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