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Author: tiana-warner

  • DANTE ROSSETTI SPOTLIGHT – Young Adult Novel Book Awards, #CIBAs

    DANTE ROSSETTI SPOTLIGHT – Young Adult Novel Book Awards, #CIBAs

     

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

     

    Do you have a Y/A Fiction manuscript or recently published novel?

    Enter it today in the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards! Let us decipher the best of the best. 

    If you know anything about Chanticleer International Book Awards, you know that we never stop sharing the good news and accomplishments of our authors! Never!

    What that means is we believe in book promotion, highlighting our winners, standing on our platforms, and telling the known world all about YOUR BOOK! 

    Sound good to you? 

    Enter your Y/A Fiction Novel TODAY into the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards. 

     

    The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction are named for the British painter and poet,
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

    Chanticleer has chosen Dante Rossetti as the namesake of our young adult fiction awards, because of Rossetti’s strong connection to works of beauty and emotions as swift as the changing seasons. Both aspects embody what it means to be young. We feel that the sentiment expressed by the Pre-Raphaelite movement exemplifies what inspires many authors to pick up their proverbial pens to express their emotions and their observations of the visceral dynamics of living.

    Besides, he was a rock star. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an exclusive group in the mid-nineteenth century which garnered as much fame and attention as equatable to the Game of Thrones cast today.

    The Love Song by Sir Burne-Jones who was mentored and influenced by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

     

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

     

    You won’t regret it – Just ask the following authors who did enter, and won!

    The 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards GRAND PRIZE:

    Whispers by Yvonne Moon

    WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon

     

    2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction
    First in Category Winners

    • Climb, Run, Drown by Cheryl G. Bostrom
    • Tookan Attack by Alex Paul
    • Reality Gold by Tiffany Brooks
    • 2nd Gen by Andrea and William Vaughan
    • Change of Chaos by Jacinta Jade
    • Sneaking Out by Chuck Vance
    • Soul Sacrifice by Susan Faw   

    Here’s a little more about our Dante Rossetti … (can we claim him as our own?)

    Rossetti’s paintings, in particular, were characterized by the long and wavy hair of young women. It is this youthful beauty that has been immortalized in his work and captures the immovable spirit of adolescence which is so fraught with changing emotions. These women he painted are often quite romantic. His wife would often model for the paintings or the wives of his friends in the Brotherhood. It was rumored that Rossetti had several lovers…

    Visitors today can view Rossetti’s work at the Louvre or the Met. In addition to painting, he was also a writer. Several of his poems address emotions and feelings in all of their complexity, similar to his painted works.

    La Viuda Romana, 1874 by our fav guy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

     

     

     

     

    The 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    SLAVE to FORTUNE  by D. J. Munro

     

    2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

     

    The 2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    SEER of SOULS by Susan Faw

     

    2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    The GIRL and the CLOCKWORK CAT by Nikki McCormack

     

     

    2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    LEGACY: Biodome Chronicles Book One by Jesikah Sundin

    2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    The BOREALIS GENOME by Thomas & Nancy Wise

     

     

    2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    Want to be a winner next year? The deadline to submit your book for the Dante Rossetti Awards is June 30, 2020. Enter here!

     

    Do your works have what it takes to make it through the CIBA judging rounds?  Submit manuscripts and published works into the Chanticleer International Book Awards – Click here for more information about The CIBAs! 

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

    The last day to submit your work is June 30, 2020. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the 2019 CIBA prizes at CAC20  in September.

    The deadline for  2020 YA submissions is June 30, 2020. Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2020 will be announced on April 18, 2021.

    Any entries received after June 30, 2020, will be entered into the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Young Adult Fiction. The Grand Prize and First Place for 2021 CIBA winners will be held on April 2022.

     As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your work deserves!  Enter today!

    The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

    The winners will be announced at the 2019 CIBA  Awards Ceremony in September 2020, which will take place during the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first-place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of celebrations! 

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

  • SPOTLIGHT on DANTE ROSSETTI Awards — Young Adult Fiction

    SPOTLIGHT on DANTE ROSSETTI Awards — Young Adult Fiction

    The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction are named for the British painter and poet,
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

     

    Do you have a Y/A Fiction manuscript or recently published novel? Enter it today in the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards! Let us decipher the best of the best. 

    If you know anything about Chanticleer International Book Awards, you know that we never stop sharing the good news and accomplishments of our authors! Never!

    What that means is we believe in book promotion, highlighting our winners, standing on our platforms and telling the known world all about YOUR BOOK! 

    Sound good to you? 

    Enter your Y/A Fiction Novel TODAY into the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards. 

     

     

    Chanticleer has chosen Dante Rossetti as the namesake of our young adult fiction awards, because of Rossetti’s strong connection to works of beauty and emotions as swift as the changing seasons. Both aspects embody what it means to be young. We feel that the sentiment expressed by the Pre-Raphaelite movement exemplifies what inspires many authors to pick up their proverbial pens to express their emotions and their observations of the visceral dynamics of living.

    Besides, he was a rock star. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an exclusive group in the mid-nineteenth century which garnered as much fame and attention as equatable to the Game of Thrones cast today.

    The Love Song by Sir Burne-Jones who was mentored and influenced by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

     

     

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

     

    You won’t regret it – Just ask the following authors who did enter, and won!

    The 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards GRAND PRIZE:

    Whispers by Yvonne Moon

    WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon

     

    2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction
    First in Category Winners

    • Climb, Run, Drown by Cheryl G. Bostrom
    • Tookan Attack by Alex Paul
    • Reality Gold by Tiffany Brooks
    • 2nd Gen by Andrea and William Vaughan
    • Change of Chaos by Jacinta Jade
    • Sneaking Out by Chuck Vance
    • Soul Sacrifice by Susan Faw   

    Here’s a little more about our Dante Rossetti … (can we claim him as our own?)

    Rossetti’s paintings, in particular, were characterized by the long and wavy hair of young women. It is this youthful beauty that has been immortalized in his work and captures the immovable spirit of adolescence which is so fraught with changing emotions. These women he painted are often quite romantic. His wife would often model for the paintings or the wives of his friends in the Brotherhood. It was rumored that Rossetti had several lovers…

    Visitors today can view Rossetti’s work at the Louvre or the Met. In addition to painting, he was also a writer. Several of his poems address emotions and feelings in all of their complexity, similar to his painted works.

    La Viuda Romana, 1874 by our fav guy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

     

     

     

     

     

    The 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    SLAVE to FORTUNE  by D. J. Munro

     

    2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    SEER of SOULS by Susan Faw

     

    2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    The GIRL and the CLOCKWORK CAT by Nikki McCormack

     

     

    2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    LEGACY: Biodome Chronicles Book One by Jesikah Sundin

    2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    The 2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

    The BOREALIS GENOME by Thomas & Nancy Wise

     

     

     

    2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

     

    Want to be a winner next year? The deadline to submit your book for the Dante Rossetti Awards is June 30, 2020. Enter here!

     

    Do your works have what it takes to make it through the CIBA judging rounds?  Submit manuscripts and published works into the Chanticleer International Book Awards – Click here for more information about The CIBAs! 

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

    The last day to submit your work is June 30, 2019. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the prize at CAC20 on September 5th.

    The deadline for 2019 submissions is June 30, 2020. Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2019 will be announced on September 5th, 2020.

    Any entries received after June 30, 2019, will be entered into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Young Adult Fiction. The Grand Prize and First Place for 2020 CIBA winners will be held on April 17, 2021.

     As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your work deserves!  Enter today!

    The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

    The winners will be announced at the CIBA  Awards Ceremony on September 5th, 2020, which will take place during the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first-place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of dinner, networking, and celebrations! 

     

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

  • ICE MASSACRE: Mermaids of Eriana Kwai Book 1 by Tiana Warner – a killer twist on mermaid lore

    ICE MASSACRE: Mermaids of Eriana Kwai Book 1 by Tiana Warner – a killer twist on mermaid lore

    Action-packed battle scenes, complex, engaging characters and a “killer” twist on mermaid lore make this award-winning YA fantasy novel a captivating read.

    For generations the people of Eriana Kwai have selected their best warriors for the “honor” of embarking upon an annual assault on the murderous creatures infesting the waters that surround their tiny island. Known as “The Massacres,” this ocean-bound tactical offensive pits 20 rigorously trained young men against the burgeoning army of mermaids that lay siege to the island’s fishing grounds, leaving starvation in their wake. But these are no ordinary mermaids, rather, they’re the Homeric sirens of Greek legend, handmaidens of death and destruction, hell-bent on annihilating the human population of Eriana Kwai.

    With the men failing to return home, a new, unconventional fighting force is ready to take its place in history – a band of 20 young women. Immune to the sensuous allure of the mermaids, the women combatants have a more level battlefield.

    Among the most promising of the new warriors is Meela, an intelligent, thoughtful eighteen year-old whose skills, when harnessed properly, are unsurpassed. But Meela has a secret locked deep within her heart, an Achilles’ Heel that threatens to undermine their “Massacre” and send her entire crew to a watery grave.

    “Ice Massacre,” the first installment of author Tiana Warner’s “Mermaids of Eriana Kwai” fantasy series, introduces a rich and engaging cast of characters. From her main character, Meela, brimming with the fire and passion of her youth to Meela’s arch rival Dani, a self-professed leader with an ax to grind, the author artfully delivers characters that reflect all of the excitement as well as the internal emotional conflicts that drive a woman-child of eighteen. These are characters with whom the YA and NA reader can easily identify. Make no mistake this is not a children’s tale, but a gritty and riveting story of strong female warriors who can be relentless and cold-hearted. Expect graphic violence and brutality. Betrayal, fear, anger, coming-of-age turmoil, and rivalry are portrayed as the story unfolds. 

    The author’s use of older world weaponry and sailing ships rather than our current weapons and communications capabilities creates an odd juxtaposition of technological eras that actually works. Armed with hand-forged iron weaponry and crossbows the women warriors are akin to modern day vampire hunters, straddling two worlds, challenging the reader to step on board “The Bloodhound” and join Meela on her hunt.

    In the tradition of “The Hunger Games,” bestselling author Tiana Warner weaves a clever story of resilience and determination in the face of deadly odds. With riveting battle scenes, complex, enduring characters and “killer” twist on mermaid lore this award-winning, action-packed fantasy novel that is sure to captivate.