We are deeply honored and excited to continue to announce the 2020 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) with our second of three official postings.
Click here to visit the First Posting out of Three Official Announcements for the 2020 CIBA Winners.
Click here to visit the Third Posting out of Three Official Announcements for the 2020 CIBA Winners.
The winners were recognized at a special CIBAs ceremony held on June 5th, 2021 in-person and by ZOOM webinars based at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.
The CIBA announcements were made LIVE with Chanticleerians participating and interacting from around the globe and North America.
We cheered on the CIBA Premier Finalists with our bubbly of choice from wherever we were Zooming!
We want to thank all of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 24 CIBA Divisions. Without your labors of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist. THANK YOU!
We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2020—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division. The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.
This post will recognize the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards.
We are honored to present the
2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards
Grand Prize Winners
The 2020 CIBA Winners!
The LARAMIE Book Awards for
American, Western, Pioneer, Civil War, and First Nation Novels
The Grand Prize Winner is
TROUBLE THE WATER, A NOVEL by Rebecca Dwight Bruff
- 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 CHAUCER Book Awards for
Pre-1750s Historical Fiction
Grand Prize Winner is
BIRD IN A SNARE by N.L. Holmes
- B.L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
- Helena P. Schrader – The Emperor Strikes Back
- Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
- Thoren Syndergaard – Ripley of Valor
- Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
- Janet Wertman – The Path to Somerset
- Regan Walker – Summer Warrior
The GOETHE Book Awards for
Post-1750’s Historical Fiction
Grand Prize Winner is
THE ALOHA SPIRIT by Linda Ulleseit
- Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny
- Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita
- Donna Scott – The London Monster
- Michelle Cameron – Beyond the Ghetto Gates
- P. L. 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 HEMINGWAY Book Awards for
20th Century Wartime Fiction
Grand Prize Winner is
THE QUISLING FACTOR by J.L. Oakley
- Helena P. Schrader – Where Eagles Never Flew: A Battle of Britain Novel
- Conor Bender – Jubilee
- Leslie K. Barry – Newark Minutemen
- Kathryn Gauci –The Poseidon Network
- Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste
- Catherine A. Hamilton – Victoria’s War
- Jon Duncan – Heart of the Few
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse
The CHATELAINE Book Awards for
Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction
Grand Prize Winner is
WHEN THE WIND CHIMES by Mary Ting
- Linda Stewart Henley –Estelle: A Novel
- Lindy Miller –The Magic Ingredient
- Alexandrea Weis – The Christmas Spirit
- 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 MARK TWAIN Book Awards
for Humor and Satire
Grand Prize Winner is
ARNOLD FALLS by Charlie Suisman
- 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 SOMERSET Book Awards
for Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction
Grand Prize Winner is
A SEASON IN LIGHTS by Gregory Erich Phillips
- Sara Stamey –Pause
- 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
Congratulations to ALL!
We will email each winner with more information about their prize packages and more information.
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Please standby for our next post ( that will honor:
- Journey Book Award Winners
- Hearten Book Award Winners
- Harvey Chute Book Award Winners
- Mind and Spirit Book Award Winners
- Nellie Bly Book Award Winners
- Instructional and Insight Book Award Winners
- Short Story Book Award Winners
- Book Series Book Award Winners
And the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE for the 2020 CIBAs!
Stay Tuned for Part 3 that will announce the Overall Grand Prize Winner!
We are now accepting entries into the 2021 and 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards.
Click here for more information and submission deadlines: https://www.chantireviews.com/contests/
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please email us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com We will try our best to respond within 3 business days.
Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 2020 CIBA Winners! – The Chanticleer Team
