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MYSTERY & MAYHEM 2017 Book Awards SHORT LISTERS
The Mystery & Mayhem Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy Mysteries, Not-so-Cozy, and Classic Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

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

Each of the titles below have earned the M&M AWARDS SHORT LIST 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 M&M Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Amateur Sleuth, Romance, Animals, Cooking/Knitting/Hobbies, Blended Genre, Medical/Lab, Travel, Humorous, Historical, Classic British, and Y/A.

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

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

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the highly competitive Short-List (aka The Semi-Finalists) of the M&M 2017 Book Awards are:

This is the Official 2017 Short List for the Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards – Dec. 7, 2017.
- Carl and Jane Bock – Coronado’s Trail: An Arizona Borderlands Mystery
- David Selcer – The Dream Catcher Murders
- Sherrie Todd-Beshore – The Count Of Baldpate
- Cherie O’Boyle – Missing Mom
- Anna Castle – Moriarty Meets His Match
- Jennifer Mueller – Never Turn Your Back on a Wolf
- Cindy Sample – Dying for a Donut
- Nancy G. West – River City Dead
- Kim Hunt Harris – Unsightly Bulges, A Trailer Park Princess Cozy Mystery
- Valerie Tate – Frog Legs
- Betty Jean Craige – Fairfield’s Auction
- Libi Astaire – The Moon Taker
- Lucinda Brant – Deadly Peril: A Georgian Historical Mystery
- J.L. Newton – Oink. A Food for Thought Mystery
- Vee Kumari – DHARMA
- D. J. Adamson – Suppose
- M. K. Graff – The Golden Hour: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
- Kathleen Kaska – Run Dog Run
- Susan Breen – Maggie Dove’s Detective Agency
- Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Neighbor
- Michelle Cox – A Ring of Truth
- Amy Boyles – Scared Witchless
- Jeanette Hubbard – Chasing Nathan
- Susan Boles – Cherry Cake and a Cadaver
- Fred Shackelford – The Ticket
- Dennis M. Clausen – The Sins of Rachel Sims
- M. Louisa Locke – Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery
- Mollie Hunt – Cat’s Paw
- Carol June Stover – Kenmore Square
- Lonna Enox – Striking Blind
- Suzette Hollingsworth – Sherlock Holmes and the Chocolate Menace
- Traci Andrighetti – Amaretto Amber
- Susan Boles – Death Of A Wolfman
- Diane Weiner – Murder is Collegiate
- Amy S. Peele – CUT
- Catherine Bruns – Baked to Death
- Richard T. Ryan – The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure
The M&M Semi-Finalists will compete for the M&M First-In-Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the M&M GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.

All Short Listers 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 as your works compete for the M&M Awards First Class Category Positions.

The M&M 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 M&M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is March 31st, 2018. Please click here for more information.
October 20, 2017
The LITTLE PEEPS 2017 Book Awards for Early Readers & Children’s Picture Books – Slush Pile Survivors
The LITTLE PEEPS Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works for Early Readers and Children’s Picture Books.

The Little Peeps Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Writing Competitions.

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

The Little Peeps Book Awards for FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Early Reader Chapter Books, Story Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, Educational Books.

These Authors and their Works made it past the first rounds of the 2017 Little Peeps Early Reader Book Awards are:
- Sandy Hill – Play Ball, Have Fun Read, Imagine, Draw
- Kizzie Jones – A Tall Tale About a Dachshund and a Pelican: How a Friendship Came to Be
- Deanna Edens – The Almost Cool Kids Club
- Penelope Lagos – I Miss My Best Friend
- Brian Estes – Flying Pigs & Dinosaurs & Things You’ve Never Seen Before
- Sylva Fae – Rainbow Monsters
- Lori Mullen – The Horrible, Nasty, Fire-Breathing Dragon Named Achoo!
- Marshall Cobb – River Tree
- Wanda Carter Roush – Angel on Assignment
- Amy Mae Boreman – Maggie’s New Home
- Lauren Mosback – Frightened in Friendship Grove
- Stacie Sullivan Simon – I Am Me & You Are You
- Laura Tritt – Big Hope
- Shana Hollowell – Little Mouse’s Sweet Treat
- Heather Pallotta – Wishes and Kisses
- Rita Kaye Vetsch – The Many Colors of Friendship
- Peggy Sullivan – Midnight and Moonlight
- Peggy Sullivan – The Moon and Star
These Little Peeps 2017 authors and their works will compete for the Little Peeps Short-List Positions.

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

The Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner and First in Category Winners will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer International Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2018 Little Peeps Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for 2017 submissions was May 31st, 2017. We are now accepting submissions into the 2018 Little Peeps writing competition. Please click here for more information.

Pictured on the left are the 2016 Little Peeps Book Award winners: Sara Dahmen, Denise Ditto Satterfield, & Donna Washington with their blue ribbons on April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Reviews awards banquet ceremony.
October 17, 2017
DANTE ROSSETTI 2017 Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction Slush Pile Survivors
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards.

The following titles and their authors have made it past the initial “Slush-Pile Rounds” and will compete in the next rounds to see which titles will be Short Listed for the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards.

Good Luck to All!
- Susan Faw – Soul Sanctuary
- Philip P. Carlisle – The Paradox of Jayne Le Faye
- Brittany Evans – Unlocking Olympus
- S.V. Mitchell – The Noble Noggin
- JL Morin – Nature’s Confession
- Alex E. Carey – Fire’s Love
- Richard Mann – Wasted in Waldport
- DJ Munro – Slave to Fortune
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Mario Loomis – Primordium
- Elise K. Ackers – One for the Road
- John Foley – One For The Team
- Isaac Fozard – Coalheart
- Tim Lee – High Heels and Horsepower
- Jean Gill – Fortune Kookie
- Laurel Anne Hill – The Engine Woman’s Light
- Judith Sanders – Star Finder: The First Book in the Diamond Island Saga
- Deen Ferrell – Cryptic Spaces: Dark Edge Rising
- Gregory Saur – Panterror!: The Epic Babysitting Adventures of Rachel Pugsley
- Anne Donaghy – Raven, Tell A Story
- John A. Vikara – My Lonely Room
- Kathy L. Greenberg – The Bully Solution
- Edward Stanton – Wide as the Wind
- Rebekah N. Bryan – Track Two on Repeat
- PJ Devlin – Becoming Jonika
- Taylor Caley – Ice Cold – Part One: The Dark Zone
- J. L. Skirvin – Snow Now Sizzling in Soleil
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – The Tower
- Zoe Kalo – Chameleon
- Lynette Cabrera – Just For Now
- Samantha Crouch – Onyx
- Julian North – Age of Order
- Brittany Evans – Unlocking Olympus
- Alisse Lee Goldenberg – The City of Arches
- Robert Wright Jr – Ruby Red and the Wolf
- Dara Lyons – Twinlove
- Robert D. Calkins – Digger
- Michelle Rowe – Emma Beware
These titles will compete to be SHORT LISTED in the next rounds.

We are accepting entries into the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

To compete in the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards or for more information, please click here.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com about any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions and Book Awards.
October 3, 2017
JOURNEY 2017 Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction – The SHORT LIST
The JOURNEY Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-fiction. The Journey Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Book Awards & International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the JOURNEY Awards Official Short-List (Semi-Finalists) for 2017 for Narrative Non-fiction.

This is the Official Short List as of Dec. 7, 2017.

Congratulations to the JOURNEY AWARDS 2017 SHORT LISTERS Semi-Finalists and Good Luck to them as they compete for the First Place Category Positions.

The Official 2017 JOURNEY Awards SHORT – LISTERS:
- Kari Rhyan – Standby for Broadcast
- Marilynne Eichinger – Lives of Museum Junkies
- Theresa Mathews – Fishing With Hyenas
- Rachel Thompson – Broken Places
- Patricia Walkow – The War Within, the Story of Josef
- Deeann Callis Graham – Head-On, Stories of Alopecia
- Alice Grant Binger – Some Steps Back In Time
- Judith Works – Coins in the Fountain
- Susan Marie Conrad – Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage
- Dennis P Freed – Love, Loss, and Awakening
- Donna LeClair/Emma Baker – Immunity
- Lou Lesko – The Ghost of Communism
- Dr. Scot Hodkiewicz – Getting to Heaven By Going Through Hell
- Bruce Rettig – Refraction
- Kevin M Maher – No Couches in Korea
- Pattie Welek Hall – A Mother’s Dance
- Karen Elizabeth Lee – The Full Catastrophe: A Memoir
- Tommy Donovan – The Rail: What Was Really Doing in the 60’s Bronx
Good luck to all the Journey Awards Semi- Finalists who made the 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 JOURNEY Awards. The deadline is February 28, 2018. Click here for more information or to enter.

HOW TO, GUIDES, SELF HELP, and GUIDES works should be entered into the NON-FICTION BOOK AWARDS. Please click here for more information:

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2016 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Check out out fifteen genres to enter your works into to compete on an international level and distinguish your books from the two million new titles hitting the market this year.
September 10, 2017
CYGNUS Book Awards Long Listers for 2017
The Cygnus Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2017 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received. These entries are now in competition for 2017 Cygnus Semi-Finalists List known as the SHORT LIST. Short Listers will compete for the limited First Place Category Positions of the 2017 Cygnus Book Awards in the last rounds of judging and will be announced at the Awards Gala on Saturday, April 21st, 2018.

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST the 2017 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!
- Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
- Lou Dischler – Meet Me Under the Comet
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones, Book 2 of The Time Traveler Professor
- Sara Stamey – Wild Card Run
- M. W. Anderson – Breaching The Parallel
- John Yarrow – The Future’s Dark Past
- Darrell Lee – The Gravitational Leap
- David Neuner – Fear Factory
- Chris Rasmussen – The Cat & The Fiddle
- Rhett Bruno – From Ice to Ashes
- Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
- Magnus Victor – Oort Rising
- Brian Cohn – The Last Detective
- Julian North – Age of Order
- Wende Dikec – Starr Valentine
- Dayna Ingram – All Good Children
- Sydney M. Cooper – Forsaken Lands Book II: Sacrifice
- Michele Fogal – Root of the Spark
- Michael Simon – First Command
- Andrew Craven – Wintercity Crossing
- Andrew Craven – Moshiah
- Alexander Weinstein – Children of the New World
- Darren D. Beyer – Casimir Bridge
- KB Shaw – Neworld Papers: The Warrior’s Tale
- Cathy Parker – The Power of Three: The Novel of a Whale a Woman, and an Alien Child
- Jerry Amernic – The Last Witness
- Matthew Buscemi – Schrodinger’s City
- Michelle Bryan – Strain of Resistance
- Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
- Jim Cronin – Hegira
Good Luck to All as they compete for the 2017 Short List!
August 13, 2017
MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2017

The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries. The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Book Reviews International Book Awards.

The following titles and their authors have made it past the initial “Slush-Pile Rounds” and will compete in the next rounds to see which titles will be Short Listed for the 2017 M&M Book Awards.

Good Luck to All!

D. J. Adamson – Suppose

M. K. Graff – The Golden Hour: A Nora Tierney English Mystery

Kathleen Kaska – Run Dog Run

Susan Breen – Maggie Dove’s Detective Agency

Michelle Cox – A Ring of Truth

Amy Boyles – Scared Witchless

Debra Sue Brice – Danni Girl Mysteries: The Complete Series

Jeanette Hubbard – Chasing Nathan

Kara Lumbley – As the Ribbons Fall

Susan Boles – Cherry Cake and a Cadaver

Fred Shackelford – The Ticket

Dennis M. Clausen – The Sins of Rachel Sims

M. Louisa Locke – Deadly Proof: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery

J. L. Skirvin – Jaguar Ravenz King

Elizabeth Crowens – Memoirs of an American Butterfly (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love Alfred Hitchcock)

Mollie Hunt – Cat’s Paw

Catherine Bruns – Baked to Death

Libi Astaire – The Moon Taker

Cindy Sample – Dying for a Donut

Valerie Tate – Scapegoat

Valerie Tate – Frog Legs

Susan Boles – Death of a Wolfman

Betty Jean Craige – Fairfield’s Auction

Nancy G. West – River City Dead

Kim Hunt Harris – Unsightly Bulges, A Trailer Park Princess Cozy Mystery

Jennifer Mueller – Never Turn Your Back on a Wolf

Anna Castle – Moriarty Meets His Match

Cherie O’Boyle – Missing Mom

Sherrie Todd-Beshore – The Count Of Baldpate

David Selcer – The Dream Catcher Murders

Carol June Stover – Kenmore Square

Vee Kumari – DHARMA

Cody Schlegel – Junction

Lonna Enox – Striking Blind

Carl and Jane Bock – Coronado’s Trail:An Arizona Borderlands Mystery

Jeanne Burrows-Johnson – Prospect for Murder: A Natalie Seachrist Mystery

Suzette Hollingsworth – Sherlock Holmes and the Chocolate Menace

Traci Andrighetti – Amaretto Amber

Gary D Lewellyn – The Bluff

Susan Boles – Death Of A Wolfman

RD Vincent – Donbridge: The Ring, The Legend and The Midwife

Diane Weiner – Murder is Collegiate

Diane Weiner – A Deadly Course

Lucinda Brant – Deadly Peril: A Georgian Historical Mystery

Beth Wareham and Jason Davis – Hair Club Burning

Amy S. Peele – CUT

Richard T. Ryan – The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

Lynn Bohart – Novel (No title given)

Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton – Murder and the Good Old Boys’ Club

Betty Jean Craige – Dam Witherston

J.L. Newton – Oink. A Food for Thought Mystery

Elaine L. Orr – Demise of a Devious Neighbor

J.G. Harlond – Local Resistance

These titles will compete to be SHORT LISTED in the next rounds.

We are accepting entries into the 2018 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

To compete in the 2018 M&M Book Awards or for more information, please click here.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com about any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions and Book Awards.

August 2, 2017
JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction – 2017 Slush Pile Survivors
The JOURNEY Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding Narrative Non-fiction works. The JOURNEY Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Book Reviews International Book Awards.

Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards also offers Non-Fiction Book Awards focusing on Instruction and Insight, Guides, How-To, and Self-help. Click here for more information.

The following titles and their authors have made it past the initial “Slush-Pile Rounds” and will compete in the next rounds to see which titles will be Short Listed for the 2017 Journey Book Awards.

Good Luck to All!
- Kari Rhyan – Standby for Broadcast
- Patricia Walkow – The War Within, the Story of Josef
- Marilynne Eucgubger – Lives of Museum Junkies
- Roni McFadden – The Longest Trail
- Theresa Mathews – Fishing With Hyenas
- Bruce Rettig – Refraction
- Karen Elizabeth Lee – The Full Catastrophe: A Memoir
- Pattie Welek Hall – A Mother’s Dance: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward, Full Circle
- Alice Grant Bingner – Some Steps Back in Time
- Dennis P Freed – Love Loss and Awakening
- Donna LeClair/Emma Baker – Immunity
- Susan Marie Conrad – Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage
- Judith Works – Coins in the Fountain
- Valerie Gardener – Chapunza: Witch doctor, Ax-In-Head and Pink Baboons, Memoir of a Nurse in the African Bush
- Lou Lesko – The Ghost of Communism
- W. Hock Hochheim – Don’t Even Think About It
- Dr. Scot Hodkiewicz – Getting to Heaven By Going Through Hell
- Tommy Donovan – The Rail: What Was Really Doin’ in the 60’s Bronx
- Deeann Callis Graham – Head-On, Stories of Alopecia
- Kevin M Maher – No Couches in Korea
- Rachel Thompson – Broken Places: a Memoir
- Frank Iszak – Freedom Flight
- Joseph William Simmons – Dirty Motel Shenanigans
These titles will compete to be SHORT LISTED in the next rounds.

We are accepting entries into the 2018 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction works.

To compete in the 2018 Journey Awards or for more information, please click here.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com about any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions and Book Awards.
July 17, 2017
CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS for Science Fiction 2017 – Slush Pile Survivors
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer Book Reviews Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Competitions.

The following titles and their authors have made it past the initial “Slush-Pile Rounds” and will compete in the next rounds to see which titles will make it to the 2017 CYGNUS Book Awards Short-List.
- Lou Dischler – Meet Me Under the Comet
- Jim Cronin – Hegira
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones
- Michelle Bryan – Strain of Resistance
- Sara Stamey – Wild Card Run
- Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
- MWAnderson – Breaching The Parallel
- John Yarrow – The Future’s Dark Past
- Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
- Darrell Lee – The Gravitational Leap
- Victoria Vass – Eleven: 1
- David Neuner – Fear Factory
- Chris Rasmussen – The Cat & The Fiddle
- Rhett Bruno – From Ice to Ashes
- Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
- Magnus Victor – Oort Rising
- Brian Cohn – The Last Detective
- Julian North – Age of Order
- Wende Dikec – Starr Valentine
- Jerry Amernic – The Last Witness
- Candace Sams – Galaxy Man
- Leonard S. Tate – Journey to Nirvana
- Cathy Parker – The Power of Three: The Novel of a Whale a Woman, and an Alien Child
- Matthew Buscemi – Schrodinger’s City
- Darren D. Beyer – Casimir Bridge
- Marcus Julian Carbo – The Path to Arcadia: The Great Crisis
- KB Shaw – Neworld Papers: The Warrior’s Tale
- Andrew Craven – Moshiah
- Alexander Weinstein – Children of the New World
- Carl S. Plumer – Demon Days
- Sencer Turun- Requiem for Ignorance
- Andrew Craven – Wintercity Crossing
- Michael Simon – First Command
- Michele Fogal – Root of the Spark
- Sydney M. Cooper – Forsaken Lands Book II: Sacrifice
- Dayna Ingram – All Good Children
Good Luck to each of these Science Fiction writers!

We are accepting entries into the 2018 Cygnus Awards Novel Competition for Science Fiction Works.

To compete in the 2018 CYGNUS Awards or for more information, please click here.

THE DEADLINE TO ENTER THE 2017 CYGNUS Novel Writing Competitions was April 30, 2017.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com about any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions.
June 23, 2017
Announcing the 2016 SHORT STORY WINNER!
Summer Shorts 2016 Overall Best Short Story/Novelette Writing Competition Official Announcement

We are pleased to announce the Overall Grand Prize winner for the 2016 Summer Short Stories and Novelettes Writing Competition. The honor goes to:

Beyond Vica
by TC Booth

This is a powerful and emotionally rich story about the protective friendship and love three high school students share. When Gabby realizes her childhood friend is losing the battle against cancer, she not only fights for his life but fights herself as she comes to terms with the inevitable. A coming of age story that opens a discussion on the meaning of life, love, and the human condition.

TC Booth is hereby awarded a CBR Blue Ribbon and a $100 U.S.D. purse for winning the Chanticleer International 2016 Short Story Competition.

We invite you to also check out the Finalists who made the short list! Click here for the list .

Honorable Mentions are:

Andrea Downing – Dearest Darling

Jesikah Sundin – Lynden (TRANSITIONS: Novella Collection / “The Biodome Chronicles #2.5”)

Joe Corso – Engine 24 Fire Stories 1, 2, 3

Congratulations to all the Short-Listers and Finalists of the 2016 Summer Short Stories and Novelettes Writing Competition!
May 3, 2017
The Official List of the Chanticleer 2016 Grand Prize Winners of the Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions

We are excited and honored to have announced the 2016 grand prize award winners at the third annual Chanticleer Authors Conference’s Awards Banquet held on Saturday, April. 1st, 2017 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the fiercely competitive 2016 Chanticleer International Writing Competitions.

Our next Awards Banquet will be held on April 1st, 2018, for the 2017 winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

CBR– Discovering Today’s Best Books with the CBR BLUE RIBBON Writing Competitions!

The Chanticleer Grand Prize Award 2016 for Overall Best Book:

The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar was awarded the Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize for the Best Book in the 2016 Chanticleer International Writing Competitions. Congratulations to author Alexander Boldizar.

The Chanticleer Genre Grand Prize 2016 Winners are as follows:

The Cygnus Grand Prize for SciFi and Fantasy Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Over
by Sean P. Curley

View Cygnus Category 1st Place Winners

The Journey Grand Prize Ribbon for Narrative Non-fiction 2016 was awarded to:

The Romance Diet
by Destiny Allison

View Journey Category 1st Place Winners

The M&M Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Under an English Heaven
by Alice K. Boatwright

View Mystery & Mayhem Category 1st Place Winners

The Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Ribbon for Middle Grade Readers 2016 was awarded to:

The Train from Outer Space
by Alan Sproles & Lizanne Southgate

View Gertrude Warner Category 1st Place Winners

The Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Ribbon for YA Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Seer of Souls
by Susan Faw

View Dante Rossetti Category 1st Place Winners

The Chaucer Grand Prize Ribbon for Historical Fiction Pre-1750s 2016 was awarded to:

The Towers of Tuscany
by Carol M. Cram

View Chaucer Category 1st Place Winners

The Goethe Grand Prize Ribbon for Historical Fiction Post 1750s 2016 was awarded to:

The Jøssing Affair
by J.L. Oakley

View Goethe Category 1st Place Winners

The Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon for Western, Pioneer, Civil War Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Hot Work in Fry Pan Gulch: Honey Beaulieu – Man Hunter #1
by Jacquie Rogers

View Laramie Category 1st Place Winners

The Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon for Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

The Art of Enchantment
by M. A. Clarke Scott

View Chatelaine Category 1st Place Winners

The CLUE Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Matter of Justice
by Keith Tittle

View CLUE Category 1st Place Winners

The Little Peeps Grand Prize Ribbon for Early Readers 2016 was awarded to:

The Tooth Collector Fairies, Batina’s Best First Day
by Denise Ditto Satterfield

View Little Peeps 1st Place Winners

The Ozma Grand Prize Ribbon for Fantasy Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Mythborn II
by V. Lakshman

View Ozma Category 1st Place Winners

The Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon for Paranormal/Supernatural Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

Almost Mortal
by Christopher Leibig

View Paranormal Category 1st Place Winners

The Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon for Literary, Contemporary, & Mainstream Fiction 2016 was awarded to:

The Ugly
by Alexander Boldizar

View Somerset Category 1st Place Winners

Now this is something to CROW about!

Enter Your Book or Manuscript in a contest!

Please note that the above awards are for submissions that we received in 2016. The award winners were acknowledge at the 2017 annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 1st, 2017.

The winners of the 2017 Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions (works entered in 2017) will be recognized at the 2018 Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet held April 1st, 2018. Reserve your spot now.

We invite you to read the Chanticleer editorial book reviews of these stellar works. The reviews will be published on our website and in the Chanticleer Reviews online magazine. If they are not currently posted, they will be posted as they are reviewed! Congratulations, again, to these award winning authors!

For more information about the Chanticleer International Writing Competitions, please visit our Writing Contests pages.

We are currently accepting 2018 contest entries: CBR International Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

We would like to thank our sponsors who make the Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions and the Chanticleer Authors Conference possible.

April 7, 2017