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  • SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

    The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gail Noble-Sanderson on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 SOMERSET Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the SOMERSET BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to all!

    • Sara Stamey – Pause
    • Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights 
    • Candi Sary – Magdalena
    • Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
    • T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
    • Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
    • Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
    • Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
    • Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
    • Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 SOMERSET Awards is:

    Gregory Erich Phillips for

    A Season in Lights

    Cover for A Season in Lights by Gregory Erich Phillips

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Somerset Winner Badge for A Season in LIghts by Gregory Erich Phillips

    The 2021 SOMERSET Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2021 SOMERSET Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

  • MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor & Satire Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor & Satire Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    Satirical & Allegorical Fiction Book Awards | Chanticleer Book Reviews

    The MARK TWAIN Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Humor and Satire Fiction. The Mark Twain Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards is the first year that this division is offered as a book awards competition division in the CIBAs. Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs. (For contemporary and literary fiction see our Somerset Book Awards.)

    The 2020 MARK TWAIN Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the MARK TWAIN Grand Prize Winner were announced by Sarah Stamey on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 MARK TWAIN Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the MARK TWAIN BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the MARK TWAIN Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to all!

    Congratulations to the 2020 1st Place Winners in the MARK TWAIN Book Awards! 

    • Charlie Suisman – Arnold Falls 
    • Lenore Rowntree – Cluck
    • Wayne Edmiston – UNfatally Dead: to thaw or not to thaw?
    • Haris Orkin – You Only Live Once
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Alex J. Tremari – Dragoncast
    • Matt Tompkins – Odsburg
    • J.P. Kenna – Toward A Terrible Freedom

       

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Mark Twain Awards is:
      Charlie Suisman for
      Arnold Falls

      Cover of Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

      Blue and gold Grand Prize Winner in Mark Twain Awards for Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

       

      This is the first awarding for a Grand Prize in the MARK TWAIN Division

      The 2021 MARK TWAIN Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2021 MARK TWAIN Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

    • CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

      CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

      book award for Romance Novels The Chatelaine AwardsThe CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine  Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). 

      These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

      The 2020 CHATELAINE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Seán Dwyer on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

      It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 CHATELAINE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the CHATELAINE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to all!

      • Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
      • Lindy Miller – The Magic Ingredient
      • Alexandrea Weis – The Christmas Spirit
      • Mary Ting – When the Wind Chimes  
      • Linda Lee Graham – A Thimbleful of Honor
      • Gayle Woodson – After Kilimanjaro
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
      • Carol Van Den Hende – Goodbye, Orchid        
      • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse    
      • Barb Warner Deane – The Whistle Stop Canteen
      • T.K. Conklin – Promise of Spring

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHATELAINE Awards is:

      Mary Ting for

      When the Wind Chimes

      Cover of When the Wind Chimes by Mary Ting

      Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Chatelaine Badge for When the Wind Chimes by Mary Ting

      The 2021 CHATELAINE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2022 CHATELAINE Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

      • LARAMIE Book Awards for Western & Pioneer Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

        LARAMIE Book Awards for Western & Pioneer Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

        Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

        The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Western, Pioneer, & Civil War Historical Fiction and First Nation Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring, the wild west, pioneering, Civil War, North American History, and First Nation Novels. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

        The 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Janet Oakley on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

        It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 LARAMIE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

        This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the LARAMIE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner.

        Congratulations to all!

        • Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Trouble the Water, a Novel  
        • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen 
        • James Kahn – Matamoros 
        • Daniel Greene – Northern Wolf
        • David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts? The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls 
        • Gerry Robinson – The Cheyenne Story   
        • J.B. Richard – Jesse   
        • Mike Shellenbergar – Quail Creek Ranch 
        • Mike Shellenbergar – Refuge 
        • J. Palma – The Chaffee Sisters   
        • Fred Dickey – Days of Hope, Miles of Misery – Love and Loss on the Oregon Trail

           

            The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is:

            Rebecca Dwight Bruff for

            Trouble the Water, a Novel

            Cover of Trouble The Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

            Blue and Gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for the 2020 Laramie Awards awarded to Rebecca Dwight Bruff's Trouble the Water, a Novel

            The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

            Submissions for the 2022 LARAMIE Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

            Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

          • HEMINGWAY BOOK AWARDS for 20th Century Wartime Fiction – a division of the 2020 CIBAs

            HEMINGWAY BOOK AWARDS for 20th Century Wartime Fiction – a division of the 2020 CIBAs

            Ernest Hemingway looking off to the right

            The  Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging talent in 20th Century Wartime Historical Fiction. The Hemingway Book Awards is a NEW division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). 

             

            Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs in this new and important division.

            New Division at the CIBAs: The Hemingway Book Awards

            Ernest Hemingway 1923 passport photo
            Public Domain: Wikimedia

            The Hemingway Book Awards competition is our nod to one of our favorite 20th Century American novelists, journalists, and short story authors, Ernest Hemingway. Born on July 21, 1899, Hemingway was one of many who experienced the massive global shift from regional wars to large-scale, world wars. The events he lived through made him the man we know today. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, Hemingway’s influence reaches virtually all genres of literature. (Find out more about the man here.)

            The 2020 HEMINGWAY Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the HEMINGWAY Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gregory Erich Phillips, Overall Grand Prize Winner in the 2014 CIBAs for his manuscript, Love of Finished Years, which is now a top-selling historical fiction novel that deals with World War I.

             

            Congratulations to all!

            • Helena P. Schrader – Where Eagles Never Flew: A Battle of Britain Novel
            • J.L.Oakley  The Quisling Factor
            • Conor Bender – Jubilee
            • Leslie K. Barry – Newark Minutemen
            • Catherine A. Hamilton –Victoria’s War
            • Kathryn Gauci – The Poseidon Network
            • Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste-A Journey in the Twilight of the Idols
            • Jon Duncan – Heart of the Few
            • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse 

             

            The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 HEMINGWAY Awards is:

            J. L. Oakley

            The QUISLING FACTOR

            Cover of The Quisling Factor by JL Oakley

            Blue and Gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for the 2020 Hemingway Awards for JL Oakley's The Quisling Factor

            The 2021 HEMINGWAY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

            The HEMINGWAY Book Awards is  open to take submissions for 2021! Click here to enter the Hemingway Book Awards

            Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

          • GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Novels – a division of the 2020 CIBA Awards

            GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Novels – a division of the 2020 CIBA Awards

            Post 1750s Historical Goethe Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

             

            The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

            Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian,18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

            We have received a large number of Historical Fiction in the last years to the point that we need a new division! See Hemingway Awards for our new division!

            The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GOETHE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gregory Erich Phillips on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

            NOTE: We received so many wonderful historical novels that we decided that another division was needed—the Hemingway Book Awards for 20-century Wartime Novels—to recognized these important works. If you entered the Goethe Book Awards with a wartime novel (WWI, WWII, Vietnam Conflict, etc), please check the Hemingway Book Awards post.

            It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 GOETHE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

            This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the GOETHE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GOETHE Grand Prize Winner.

            Congratulations to all!

            Congratulations to the 2020 1st Place Winners in the GOETHE Book Awards! 

            • Linda Ulleseit – The Aloha Spirit     
            • Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny       
            • Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita      
            • Donna Scott – The London Monster   
            • Michelle Cameron – Beyond the Ghetto Gates    
            • Pamela Jonas – Beneath a Radiant Moon   
            • Dorothea Hubble Bonneau – Once in a Blood Moon  
            • Jule Selbo – Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi

                 

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Goethe Awards is:

                Linda Ulleseit for

                The Aloha Spirit

                Cover of The Aloha Spirit by Linda Ulleseit

                 

                The 2021 GOETHE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Submissions for the 2021 GOETHE Book Awards are open. Enter here!

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

              • CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                The Chaucer Awards for Historical NovelsThe CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

                 

                 

                The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

                Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s.

                These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gregory Erich Phillips on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 CHAUCER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the CHAUCER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                • Ancient Historical Fiction: B.L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
                • Bronze Age – Pre-Historic: N.L. Holmes – Bird in a Snare 
                • Dark Ages/Medieval: Helena P. Schrader – The Emperor Strikes Back
                • World History:  Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
                • Legend Based Historical Fiction:  Thoren Syndergaard – Ripley of Valor
                • Classical Roman/Greek:  Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
                • Elizabethan/Tudor: Janet Wertman – The Path to Somerset
                • Norse/Celtic Historical Fiction:  Regan Walker – Summer Warrior

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHAUCER Awards is:

                N.L. Holmes for

                Bird in a Snare

                Cover of Bird in a Snare by N.L. Holmes

                Gold and blue Grand Prize badge for the 2020 Chaucer Awards won by N.L. Holmes' Bird in a Snare

                The 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Submissions for the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

              • DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

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

                Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

                Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                (For Middle-Grade Fiction see our Gertrude Warner Awards, and for Early Readers and Picture Books, pleases visit our Little Peeps Awards page.)

                The 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the DANTE ROSSETTI BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                • Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two
                • Sara Hosey – Iphigenia Murphy     
                • Felicia Farber – Ice Queen      
                • Susanne Dunlap – The Paris Affair    
                • Dallas Woodburn – The Best Week That Never Happened
                • Chynna Laird – Just Shut Up and Drive     
                • L.L. Eadie – Yearning for the Unattainable    
                • Jodi Lea Stewart – Blackberry Road      
                • Strider S. R. Klusman – Within Reach      
                • Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Book 1, Chorduroys and Too Many Boys™)    

                 

                  The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:

                  Dallas Woodburn for

                  The Best Week That Never Happened

                  Cover of The Best Week That Never Happened by Dallas Woodburn

                  Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Winner Badge for the Dante Rossetti Awards for The best week that never happened by Dallas Woodburn

                  The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                  Submissions for the 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

                  Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

                  • GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                    GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

                    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

                    Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

                    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                    (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

                    The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

                    Congratulations to all!

                    • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow   
                    • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
                    • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails    
                    • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
                    • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
                    • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
                    • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
                    • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon

                    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

                    Kelly Oliver for

                    Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

                    Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

                    Blue and Gold badge for the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner in Middle Grade Fiction, Kelly Oliver for Kassy O'Roarke, Cub Reporter

                    The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                    Submissions for the 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

                    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

                  • LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                    LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                    Early Readers and Picture for Little Peeps Book Awards

                    The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Readers that invites children to read and explore. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

                    Chanticleer International Book Awards Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

                    The 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner.

                    Congratulations to all!

                    • Educational Book: Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer: Journey Through the Alphabet 
                    • Division Grand Prize Winner: Masoud Malekyari – Great As A Button 
                    • Picture Book: D.K. Brantley – Every Mummy Has a Mommy              
                    • Self-Esteem: Dr. Justine Green – Completely Me
                    • Exploring: Courtney Shannon Strand – Ella’s Umbrella
                    • Holidays/Traditions: Lindy Ryan – Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray
                    • Story Book: Johnny Ray Moore – ANTHILL FOR SALE 
                    • Early Reader: Raven Howell – So You Want a Puppy?
                    • Experiences: PJ McIlvaine – Little Lena and The Big Table

                     

                    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

                    Masoud Malekyari for

                    Great As A Button

                    Cover for Great as a Button by Masoud Malekyari

                    Blue and Gold Grand Prize Badge for Little Peeps for Great as a Button by Masoud Malekyari

                    The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                    Submissions for the 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

                    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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