Why do we love Fantasy now more than ever? With the promise of bringing new horizons, a grand new adventure, magical worlds, and perhaps even a treasure… with a flick of our finger and that which was not suddenly appears… with magical creatures and fantastical places waiting to be explored – what’s not to love?
Chanticleer International Book Awards 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 discover the best among them and award them an OZMA Book Award!
The last day to submit your work is coming up faster than you may think – October 31, 2020, is just around the corner. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the prize at CAC21 on April 18th, 2021.
As our deadline draws near, don’t slip into an alternate reality and forget to enter your fantasy novel! We accept completed manuscripts and recently published works.
Enter today!
The OZMA Book Awards Hall of Fame:
The OZMA BOOK AWARDS Grand Prize Winner for 2019 is:
Manufactured Witches by Michelle Rene
Michelle Rene participated in our 10 question Author Interview series and this is a bit of what she has to say about writing… “It is a powerful and equalizing force in the world. As long as you can string sentences together, you have a voice. Your story can be told. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. Your wallet and waistline have no bearing. You don’t even have to be formally educated. Everyone’s story is possible, and stories change the world.”
The First In Category Winners for 2019 are:
- Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Blood
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Noah Lemelson – The Sightless City
- KC Cowan & Sara Cole – The Hunt for Winter
- Susannah Dawn – Search for the Armor of God
- Dan Zangari & Robert Zangari – A Prince’s Errand
- Tim Westover – The Winter Sisters: A Novel
The 2018 OZMA Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Fantasy Fiction Novels:
Dragon Speaker by Elana A. Mugdan
Elana took home the OZMA Grand Prize Ribbon
Elana Mugdan, our Grand Prize winner, earned her title for Dragon Speaker, a story about a
young girl who is charged with rescuing a dragon and, ultimately, saves her world in this wide-reaching fantasy conception of love, war, danger, and magic. Massive amounts of magic!
- Virtuous Souls by Pamela LePage
- RAGNAROK: Demon Seed by Ea Bishop
- Money Jane by T.K. Riggins
- Heart Of Shadra by Susan Faw
- Into the North: A Keltin Moore Adventure by Lindsay Schopfer
- Antler Jinny and the Raven by Chris Dews
- Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants by Paul E. Vaughn
The 2017 OZMA Grand Prize Winner is T.K. Riggins for How to Set the World on Fire ,
a coming-of-age School of Magic novel that readers will find hard to put down.
T.K. Riggins has this to say about writing, “I started writing because of a dare. My friend was searching for something new to read, but instead of recommending a book, I decided to write something for her. It was a ten-page short story that was based on a farming event from my past, and I turned it into a tale of fantasy. It was a fun experience, and my friend was so impressed that she wanted to read more, so I just kept going.” Find out more in his 10 Question Author Interview, here.
2017 First Place Winners include:
- Eva’s Soul by Sarah M. Morin
- Daughter of Aithne by Karin Rita Gastreich
- In Her World: The Dark-Winter War by John W. Lord
- The One Apart: A Novel by Justine Avery
- Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler
- The Engine Woman’s Light by Laurel Anne Hill
- The Bookminder by M. K. Wiseman
2016 OZMA Grand Prize Winner:
Mythborn II Bane of the Warforged by Vijay Lakshman
Where myths and legends are brought to life!
2016 First Place Winners:
- Almost Mortal by Christopher Leibig
- Song Magick by Elisabeth Hamill
- Amaskan’s Blood by Raven Oak
- Camelot’s Queen by Nicole Evelina
- The Emperor of Babylon by Murray Lee Eiland, Jr.
- Darksea by Gary J. Hurtubise
Our 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards feature more than $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes each year!
- The 2020 Ozma Grand Prize Winner is named Chanticleer Reviews Best Fantasy Fiction Book of the Year and goes on to compete for the Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize Best Book of the Year
- The Overall Grand Prize Winner is named Chanticleer Reviews Best Book of the Year and awarded the $1000 prize
- All winners receive a Chanticleer Prize Package which includes a digital badge, a ribbon, and a whole assortment of goodies detailed below (winners outside the US pay a shipping & handling fee)
That’s more than $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes! The Fine Print.
~$1000 for one lucky Overall Grand Prize Winner
~$30,000+ in reviews, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners
Currently accepting entries. Deadline: Oct. 31st, 2020.
In Amaska, residents serve Anur, the God of Justice. Amaskans, men and women, train with a rigor akin to the Spartans to be in peak physical strength and to be ever alert for the presence of danger. Yes, the Amaskans kill, but only to right a wrong as directed by the “Order.” They take no delight in carnage, but they will not stand idly by when someone is suffering an injustice. Knives are their weapon of choice. When not in combat, they identify themselves proudly with tattoos of circles on their jaws.