Chanticleer Book Reviews

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The CHAUCER Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – 2017 Official List of Winners
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750 Historical Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Chaucer Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 CHAUCER Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 CHAUCER SHORTLISTERS!

Janet Oakley, the author of the 2016 GOETHE Grand Prize Winner, The JØSSING AFFAIR, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chaucer Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 CHAUCER Book Awards.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 CHAUCER Book Awards First in Category Winners for pre-1750s Historical Fiction Novels are:
- The Serpent and the Eagle by Edward Rickford
- Slave to Fortune by DJ Munro
- The Traitor’s Noose by Catherine A Wilson and Catherine T Wilson
- Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Crystal King
- Call to Juno: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Elisabeth Storrs
- The Chatelaine of Montaillou by Susan E Kaberry
- Guillaume: Book Two of The Triptych Chronicle by Prue Batten
And now for the 2017 CHAUCER Grand Prize Book Award Winner for pre-1750 Historical Fiction Novels:

The Traitor’s Noose: Lions and Lilies Book 4

by Catherine A. Wilson and Catherine T. Wilson

This post will be updated with photos from the awards ceremony. Please do visit it again!

The deadline to submit to the 2018 Chaucer Book Awards is June 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 28, 2018
The DANTE ROSSETTI International Book Awards Winners for Young Adult Fiction – 2017 Official List
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 Dante Rossetti Shortlisters. An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 Dante Rossetti SHORTLISTERS!

Alexander Ferguson, Producer for Dawn’s Light Productions, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Novels.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

Announcing the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Novels First in Category Winners:
- Nature’s Confession by JL Morin
- Slave to Fortune by DJ Munro
- Cryptic Spaces: Dark Edge Rising by Deen Ferrell
- Track Two on Repeat by Rebekah N. Bryan
- Becoming Jonika by PJ Devlin
- Soul Sanctuary by Susan Faw
And now for the 2017 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Young Adult Novels:

Slave to Fortune by DJ Munro

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The deadline for submissions for the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA fiction is May 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 28, 2018
The GERTRUDE WARNER International Book Awards for Middle Grade Readers – 2017 Official Winners’ List
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 Gertrude Warner Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers. Congratulations to the 2017 Gertrude Warner SHORTLISTERS!

Susan Faw, the author of the 2016 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner, Seer of Souls, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Books.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners are:
- The Supernatural Pet Sitter by Diane Moat
- Bryce Bumps His Head by Robert D. Calkins
- Brainwashed: The Crime Travelers Series by Paul Aertker
- The Queen and Knights of Nor by Rebekah Stelzer/R.L.Stelzer
- Lucky Rocks by Murray Richter
- Flowerantha by Bek Castro
- The Strange Case of Mr. Beets by A Pharmacist on a Yak (Anand Vora)
And now for the 2017 Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Middle-Grade Fiction:

Brainwashed: Crime Travelers Spy School Series

by Paul Aertker

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The submission deadline for the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards is May 31, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 27, 2018
The M & M International Book Awards for Mystery Novels – 2017 Official List
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 M&M Book Awards for Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 M&M Book Awards for Mystery Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 M&M Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Congratulations to the 2017 M&M SHORTLISTERS!

Pamela Beason, the author of the 2012 M&M Grand Prize Winner, The Only Witness: A Neema Mystery, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 M&M Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 M&M Book Awards for Mystery Novels.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 M&M Book Awards for Mystery Novels First in Category Winners
- A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox
- Cut by Amy S. Peele
- Suppose by D. J. Adamson
- Coronado’s Trail: An Arizona Borderlands Mystery by Carl and Jane Bock
- Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery by M. Louisa Locke
- Fairfield’s Auction by Betty Jean Craige
- Unsightly Bulges, A Trailer Park Princess Cozy Mystery by Kim Hunt Harris
And now for the 2017 M&M Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Mystery Novels:

Coronado’s Trail: An Arizona Borderlands Mystery

by Carl and Jane Bock

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The deadline to submit to the 2018 M&M Book Awards is April 30, 2018.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 27, 2018
The 2017 JOURNEY International Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction – The Official List
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction Books at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 Journey Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

Christine Smith, the author of the 2014 JOURNEY Grand Prize Winner, More Faster, Backwards: Rebuilding David B, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Journey Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non- Fiction First in Category Winners
- Broken Places by Rachel Thompson
- Getting to Heaven by Going Through Hell by Dr. Scot Hodkiewicz
- Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage by Susan M. Conrad
- Immunity by Donna LeClair
- Refraction by Bruce Rettig
- Fishing With Hyenas by Theresa Mathews
And now for the 2017 JOURNEY Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Narrative Non-Fiction:

Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage

by Susan Marie Conrad

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The submissions deadline for the 2018 Journey Awards is April 30, 2018 midnight PST.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 26, 2018
The CYGNUS International Book Awards for Science Fiction – The Official List
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2017 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction Novels at the fifth annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the sixth annual Chanticleer Book Awards Ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2017 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC18 photographer, we will post them here and on the complete announcement that will list all the genres and the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please check back!

Click here for the link to the 2017 Cygnus Shortlisters! An email will go out within three weeks to all Shortlisters with links to digital badges and how to order Shortlister stickers.

James Wells, the author of the 2015 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner, The Great Symmetry, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2017 CYGNUS Book Awards at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2017 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction.

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more by May 21st, 2018 (four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it.

2017 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction First in Category Winners
- First Command by Michael Simon
- The Last Detective by Brian Cohn
- Oort Rising by Magnus Victor
- The Future’s Dark Past by John Yarrow
- Breaching The Parallel by MW Anderson
- Strain of Resistance by Michelle Bryan
Honorable Mentions:
- Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein (a short story collection)
- The Power of Three: The Novel of a Whale, a Woman, and an Alien Child by Cathy Parker
And now for the 2017 CYGNUS Grand Prize Book Award Winner for Science Fiction:

The Future’s Dark Past

by John Yarrow

This post will be updated with photos. Please do visit it again!

The last date for submissions for the 2018 Cygnus Book Awards is April 30, 2018 Midnight (PST),

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, for the 2018 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
April 25, 2018
Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction Book Awards 2017 Shortlist
We are excited to announce the Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction Book Awards 2017 Shortlisters. The I&I’s Books Awards focus on guides, how-to, self-help, and instructional non-narrative non-fiction works. The I&I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards and Writing Competitions.

Congratulations to the Official 2017 Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction Book Awards Shortlisters!
- Nicole Evelina – The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend
- Mark Devro – Forever in Bloom
- Andrés T. Tapia – The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity
- Robert Rodriquez, Ph.D. & Andrés T. Tapia – Auténtico: The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success
- Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. – Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate a Passive Income Stream
- Christopher Zoukis – Federal Prison Handbook: The Definitive Guide To Surviving The Federal Bureau Of Prisons
- P.J. Frick – Pizza With Jesus (No Black Olives)
- Fiza Pathan – CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them
- Kelly Tan Peterson – Keto East: Cooking Asian Cuisine Ketogenically
- Deeann Callis Graham – Head-On, Stories of Alopecia
- Barbara McNally – Wounded Warrior, Wounded Wife
Good luck to all the I&I Book Awards Short List as they compete for the First Place Category Positions. First Place Category Positions will be announced on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 at the annual Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony.

More than $30,000 dollars in cash and prizes are awarded to Chanticleer International Blue Ribbon Awards Winners annually.

We are now accepting entries into the 2018 I&I Book Awards for Non-Fiction. The deadline is December, 31st, 2018. Please click here for more information:
March 1, 2018
SOMERSET Book Awards 2017 Shortlist for Literary and Contemporary Fiction
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners at the Chanticleer Authors Conference April 21st, 2018!

This is the Official Semi-Finalists List of the Authors and Titles of Works that have been SHORT-LISTED for the Somerset 2017 Book Awards. These titles will now compete for the First In Category positions.
- Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley & Wayne J. Keeley – Going All In
- Julie Carrick Dalton – Four Degrees
- Lou Dischler – Too Pretty for a Hit Man
- John Herman – The Counting of Coup
- J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
- Gregory Erich Phillips – The Exile
- Gayle Hanratty – Gray Hampton
- Toni Wilbarger – Words Will Never Hurt Me
- Lou Dischler – The Benzene Carnival
- Blaine Beveridge – A Bit of Candy in Hard Times
- Samuel Winburn – Ten Directions
- Justine Avery – The One Apart: A Novel
- Judith Kirscht – The Camera’s Eye
- Kaylin McFarren – Twisted Threads
- David B. Seaburn – Parrot Talk
- C.L. Ogilvie – Skipping Out on Henry
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Chuck Gould – The Rabbi’s Gift
- James Gregory Kingston – The City Island Messenger
- Malcolm Ivey – On the Shoulders of Giants
- Michelle Rene – Hour Glass
- Yorker Keith – The Other La Boheme
- J.L. Skirvin – Rollins of Stone House
- Jessica Dainty – The Shape of the Atmosphere
- Richard Barager – The Atheist and the Parrotfish
- J. Argo – The Blackest Crow
- Carol June Stover – Kenmore Square/ A Novel
- Sarah Houssayni – Fireworks
- Beth Wareham and Jason Davis – Hair Club Burning
- Conon E Parks – Empty Bottle of Smoke
- Kathleen M. Rodgers – Seven Wings to Glory
Good Luck to all of the 2017 SOMERSET Short-Listers as they compete for the First Place Category positions.

First In Category announcements will be made at the Awards Ceremony. The SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction. Please click here for more information.
February 21, 2018
PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS Shortlist for 2017
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Magic, supernatural, superhumans, magical beings, vampires and werewolves, and etc. The PARANORMAL Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Congratulations to these authors for their works moving up from the 2017 Paranormal slush pile to the Short List. These novels will now compete for the First Place Category positions!

Each of the titles below has earned the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST bragging rights!

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners!

The PARANORMAL Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are Adventure/Mystery/Thriller, Paranormal Romance, Magical Beings & Creatures, Strange and Unexplained, & Supernatural powers.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the PARANORMAL 2017 SHORT LIST.

This is the Official 2017 Shortlist for the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards:
- Joanne Jaytanie – Willow’s Discovery
- Alex E. Carey – Water’s Reflection
- Judith Docken – Ghosted: A Novel of Life, Love and Moving On
- Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones, Time Traveler Professor Book 2
- Emma Rose Millar – Delirium
- Joy Ross Davis – Countenance
- Susan Buffum – Out
- Lydia Staggs – Rea
- Jerry Gundersheimer – Face of the Bell Witch: Book One of The Medium Series
- Tom & Nancy Wise – Life on Base: Spirit of Quantico
- DJ Erfert – Window of Time
- Ann Charles – Make No Bones About It
- Chynna Laird – Dark Water
- Heather Starsong – Never Again
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps – The Lost Power
- Laura Wolfe – Barn Shadows (Dark Horse, Book Two)
- J.R.R.R. (Jim) Hardison – Demon Freaks
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you!

The PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2018 PARANORMAL Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2018. Please click here for more information.
February 17, 2018
CLUE Book Awards 2017 SHORT LIST for Thriller Fiction
The CLUE Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Thrillers, Suspense, & Investigative Fiction. The CLUE Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

Congratulations to these authors for their works moving up from the 2017 CLUE slush pile to the Short List. These novels will now compete for the First Place Category positions!

Each of the titles below has earned the CLUE BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST bragging rights!

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners!

The CLUE Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are Detective/Crime, Suspense/Thriller, Private Eye/Noir, Legal/Medical/Police Procedural, Investigative, Spy/Espionage, and Political Thrillers.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the CLUE 2017 SHORT LIST.

This is the Official 2017 Shortlist for the 2017 CLUE Book Awards:
- Triveen Nair – Land of Seekers
- Jeffrey A. Lockwood – Poisoned Justice
- Carl and Jane Bock – Death Award
- Hubert Crouch – The Weight
- Martin Roy Hill – The Butcher’s Bill
- Kara Lumbley – As the Ribbons Fall
- Jeffrey Ridenour – Aged in Charcoal
- Kaylin McFarren – Twisted Threads
- John Houde – The Criminalist: A Novel of Forensic Science Suspense
- Patrick Clark – The Monroe Decision
- Clint Hollingsworth – Death in the High Lonesome
- Elaine Williams Crockett – Do Not Ask
- Deborah Rich – Under the Radar
- Lisa Malice – Lost & Found
- Robert D. Calkins – Digger
- Barb Warner Deane – Killing Her Softly
- Lou Dischler – Beneath the Frozen Waves of Steel
- Larry Temple – 100 Days of Terror
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Zach Fortier – Cachibache
- Dana Ridenour – Beyond The Cabin
- K. A. Davis – A Game of Deceit
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps – The Lost Power
- John L. DeBoer – When the Reaper Comes
- Bruce Graham – Member From Devon
- Murray Lee Eiland Jr – A New Family (The Bart Northcote Series Book 3)
The CLUE SHORTLISTERS will compete for the CLUE First-In-Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the CLUE BOOK AWARDS GRAND PRIZE competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.

Lonna Enox awarded Clue Grand Prize for BLOOD RELATIONS

All ShortListers will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you!

The CLUE Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2018 CLUE Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2018. Please click here for more information.
February 9, 2018