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Win a Manuscript Overview for Your RAW NaNoWriMo 2015 Manuscript!
This is the probably one of the few times that an author should not polish a work before submitting it to a contest. Judges are looking for raw storytelling ability and/or originality of story concept. CBR has been contacted by publishers and literary agents to hold a RAW NaNoWriMo contest to search for that next Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen or Wool by Hugh Howey.
Does your RAW NaNoWriMo 2015 work have a compelling story? Is it original? Does it have an irresistible plot arc? Will your work’s characters resonate with readers?

Here is your chance to find out!

Enter your official 2015 NaNoWriMo manuscript into the RAW NaNoWriMo 2015 contest.
- Keep in mind that this contest is for UNEDITED works. Judges, editors, and literary agents are looking for RAW writing talent.
- The number of entries is limited to insure that each work will be seen by the panel of NaNoWriMo 2015 judges. Don’t delay, enter today!
- Each work submitted will be seen by NaNoWriMo 2015 CBR judges.
- Minimum word count: 50,000.
- You must be able to supply your 2015 NaNoWriMo Winner’s Certificate upon request.
- Authors/Publishers maintain all rights to their works submitted to the RAW NaNoWriMo contest. Simple.
RAW NaNoWriMo 2015 Prize Package:

The Best NaNoWriMo 2015 entry will receive a CBR Manuscript Overview Evaluation ($395).*terms & conditions

The RAW NaNoWriMo Winner will be announced before May 1st, 2015.

Enter the RAW NaNoWriMo 2015 contest now!

Images courtesy of NaNoWriMo. Please click here for more information about how to participate in NaNoWriMo! By clicking this link, you will be taken directly to the Official NaNoWriMo organization’s website.

NaNoWriMo Facts and Stats

National Novel Writing Month was established in 1999. It is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes stories matter.
November 18, 2015
The Mystery & Mayhem Writing Contest Official Finalist List for 2015
The Mystery & Mayhem Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy Mysteries and Classic Mysteries. The M&M 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 2015 writing competition winners!

The M&M Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are: Amateur Sleuth, Romance, Animals, Cooking/Knitting/Hobbies, Blended Genre, Medical/Lab, Travel, Humorous, Historical, Classic British, Y/A, and Senior Sleuth.

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

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the Short-list of the M&M 2015 Novel Writing Contest are:

The Long December by Mark Vilela

The Returner by Mark Vilela

The Prince Charming Killer by R. Johnson

St. Jude Without by E.M. Graham

A Stitch in Time by Ann Yost

The Bleak by Keith Dixon

Iced Tee by Cherie O’Boyle

Blood Relations by Lonnie Enox

There is Something About Marty by Wendy Delaney

Not with My Brain You Don’t by Richard Tenney

Terror in Taffeta by Maria Cooper

Community Affairs by Michele Lynn Seigfried

Prosecco Pink and Limoncello Yellow by Traci Andrighetti

The Hut in the Woods by VLZ

Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland

Ghostly Paws by Leighann Dobbs

A Stitch in Time by Ann Yost

Stabbing in the Senate by Colleen Shogan

Brain Matters by JR Scott

Double Duplicity by Paty Jager

Murder Beside the Salish Sea by Jennifer Mueller

A Time to Love in Tehran by C. J. Fewston

St. Louis Affair by Michael Scheffel

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Sword Princess by Suzette Hollingsworth

Endangered Eagle by Richard Carl Roth

Crossing Paths by Kate Vale

Organized for Murder by Ritter Ames

Fit to be Dead and Dang Near Dead by Nancy G. West
The M&M Finalists will compete for the M&M First In Category Positions, which consists of Four Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the M&M GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize of $250 or $500 dollars in editorial services. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.
- All First In Category Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
- First In Category winners will compete for the M&M Awards Grand Prize Award for the $250 purse and the M&M Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
- TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
- A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
- A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital award stickers for on-line promotion
- Adhesive book stickers
- Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
- Promotion in print and on-line media
- Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
- Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
- Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to all of the M&M Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category positions.

First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in.

The M&M Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 30th, 2016 Chanticleer 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 2016 M&M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is March 30th, 2016. Please click here for more information.
November 13, 2015
The JOURNEY AWARDS for Narrative Non-Fiction 2015 Official Finalist 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 Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the JOURNEY Awards Official Finalists List for 2015, otherwise known as the “Short List” from all the 2015 entries received. The Official Finalists Listing is comprised of works that have passed the first three rounds of judging from the entire field of entrants. To pass the first three rounds of judging, more than sixty pages of the works below have been read and been deemed worthy by the CBR judges of continuing in competition for the JOURNEY Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the JOURNEY AWARDS 2015 FINALISTS and Good Luck to them as they compete for the First Place Category Positions:
- Grant Harper Reid – Rhythm for Sale
- Tessa Shaffer – Heaven Has No Regrets
- Bonnie Rose Ward – Winds of Skilak
- Harish K. Malhotra – Metaphors of Healing
- George DeVault – Fire Call
- Wendy Hinman – Tightwads on the Loose
- Margaret Irving – Frozen Tears
- H. Alan Day – The Horse Lover
- Gayle Nix Jackson – The Missing JFK Assassination Film
- George DeFault for Fire Call
- Warren Dent – Regentville
- Roni McFadden – The Longest Trail
- Ginger Cucolo – The Knoll
Good luck to all the Journey Awards Finalists who made the Short List as they compete for the First In Category Positions!

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

The Journey First Place Category award winners will compete for the Journey Grand Prize Award for the 2015 Best Narrative Non-fiction work. Grand Prize winners, blue ribbons, and prizes will be announced and awarded on April 29, 2016 at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash.

The First In Category award winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.

We are now accepting entries into the 2016 JOURNEY Awards. The deadline is January 31st, 2016. Click here for more information or to enter.

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2015 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Ten genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.

Who will take home the $1,000 purse this coming April at the Chanticleer Awards Gala and Banquet?
November 3, 2015
The CYGNUS AWARDS for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction 2015 Official Finalist List
The CYGNUS Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the CYGNUS Awards Official Finalists List for 2015, otherwise known as the “Short List” from all the 2015 entries received. The Official Finalists Listing is comprised of works that have passed the first three rounds of judging from the entire field of entrants. To pass the first three rounds of judging, more than sixty pages of the works below have been read and been deemed worthy by the CBR judges of continuing in competition for the CYGNUS Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the CYGNUS AWARDS 2015 FINALISTS and Good Luck as they compete for the First Place Category Positions:
- Alex McIntosh – The Limits of Control
- B.T. James – The Tales of New Atlantis: Book One “Summer School”
- Bruce Campbell – Coyote Calls Down the Gods
- Arlianne Napier – Divine Prophecy
- Bruce Campbell – Kidnap City–An ET Love Story
- C. A. Knutsen – Janus Unfolding: Emergence
- C. Edward Baldwin – Rememberers
- Charlotte McGary & Sharon Faiola-Petersen – The Dream Crystals of Gandara
- Steve LeBel for The Universe Builders: Bernie and the Putty
- Debra Erfert – Window of Death
- Deen Ferrell – Cryptic Spaces: Eight Queens
- Elisabeth Hamill – Song Magick
- James Wells – The Great Symmetry
- Janine A. Southard – Cracked! A Magic iPhone Story
- Jared Rinaldi – Bridge Burner Hyperion
- Jessica Schaub – Gateways
- John Yarrow – The Time Forward Project
- Jon D. Zimmer – The Secret Invasion: Book One of The God Chronicles Trilogy
- Julian Hoxter – Cutterjunk
- K. N. Salustro – Chasing Shadows
- Karen Musser Nortman – The Time Travel Trailer
- Earl Crago – Prince of Prism
- Kathrine Leannan – Fantasy
- KB Shaw – Neworld Papers: The Historian’s Tale
- L.S. Kilroy – The Vitruvian Heir
- Peggy L Henderson – Yellowstone Heart Song
- Rhett C Bruno – The Circuit: Executor Rising
- Rhonda L. Davis – Path of the White Wolf
- S. A. Carter – The Kuthun
- S.K. Holder – The Quest of Narrigh
- Rhett C. Bruno – The Circuit: Executor Rising
- S.M. Coan – Innerearth
- Sabina Khan – Realm of the Goddess
- Sydney M. Cooper – Forsaken Lands Book 1: Tragedy
- Timothy S. Johnston – The Freezer
- Timothy S. Johnston – The Furnace
- Tommy Partl – Mechanized
- V. Lakshman – Mythborn 2: Bane of the Warforged
- Yuan Jur – Citadel 7: The Gates of Wrath
Good luck to all the CYGNUS Awards Finalists who made the Short List as they compete for the First In Category Positions!

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

The CYGNUS First Place Category award winners will compete for the CYGNUS Grand Prize Award for the 2015 Best Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction. Grand Prize winners, blue ribbons, and prizes will be announced and awarded on April 29, 2016 at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash.

The First In Category award winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.

We are now accepting entries into the 2017 CYGNUS Awards. The deadline is January 31st, 2017. Click here for more information or to enter. We have split CYGNUS Awards in to two separate competitions: Cygnus for Science Fiction and the OZMA awards for Fantasy. Visit our contest page for more information.

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2015 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Ten genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.

Who will take home the $1,000 purse this coming April at the Chanticleer Awards Gala and Banquet?
October 27, 2015
The Official List of the Chanticleer 2014 Grand Prize Winners of the Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions

We are excited and honored to have announced the 2014 grand prize award winners at the second annual Chanticleer Authors Conference’s Awards Banquet held on Tuesday, Sept. 29th, 2015 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

Our next Awards Banquet will be held on April 30th, 2016, for the 2015 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 2014 for Overall Best Book:

The Love of Finished Years (Manuscript) by Gregory Erich Phillips

Gregory Erich Phillips was awarded the $1,000.00 Grand Prize Cash Award and the gorgeous Chanticleer Grand Prize Blue Ribbon along with his digital badge and golden stickers when the work is published. This is the first time a manuscript has won this prize!

The Chanticleer Genre Grand Prize 2014 Winners are as follows:

The Cygnus Grand Prize for SciFi and Fantasy Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

Citadel 7, Earth’s Secret: Enemy of Existence
by Yuan Jur

View Cygnus Category 1st Place Winners

The Journey Grand Prize Ribbon for Narrative Non-fiction 2014 was awarded to:

Five Thousand Brothers-In-Law: Love in Angola Prison
by Shannon Hager

View Journey Category 1st Place Winners

The M&M Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

The Only Clue: A Neema Mystery
by Pamela Beason

View Mystery & Mayhem Category 1st Place Winners

The Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Ribbon for YA Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

Legacy: Biodome Chronicles Book One
by Jesikah Sundin

View Dante Rossetti Category 1st Place Winners

The Chaucer Grand Prize Ribbon for Historical Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

The Love of Finished Years (Manuscript)
by Gregory Erich Phillips

View Chaucer Category 1st Place Winners

The Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon for Western, Pioneer, Civil War Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

Not On My Mountain
by Jared McVay

View Laramie Category 1st Place Winners

The Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon for Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

Find Me Again
by Janet Shawgo

View Chatelaine Category 1st Place Winners

The CLUE Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

The Red Ribbon
by Rachel B. Ledge

View CLUE Category 1st Place Winners

The Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon for Paranormal/Supernatural Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

An Ex to Grind in Deadwood
by Ann Charles

View Paranormal Category 1st Place Winners

The Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon for Literary, Contemporary, & Mainstream Fiction 2014 was awarded to:

The Manipulator
by Steve Lundin

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 2014. The award winners were acknowledge at the 2015 annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet on Tuesday, Sept. 29th,2015. The 2013 award winners were recognized at the inaugural Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards held September 2014. The winners of the 2015 Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions (works entered in 2015) will be recognized at the 2016 Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet held in April 2016.

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 the authors of these stellar works!

We are currently accepting works into the 2015 Paranormal and Somerset Writing Competitions and are accepting 2016 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.

October 7, 2015
The SOMERSET 2014 AWARDS First Place Category Winners for Literary and Blended Genre Fiction
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the SOMERSET AWARDS 2014 for Literary and Blended Genre Fiction, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The SOMERSET Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Literary and Blended Genre Fiction. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

Congratulations to The SOMERSET FIRST PLACE Category 2014 Award Winners:
- Social Issues: Thomas McNeely for Ghost Horse
- Satire: Steve Lundin for The Manipulator, a Private Life in Public Relations
- Literary: Tom Glenn for No-Accounts, Dare Mighty Things
- Contemporary: Judith Kirscht for Home Fires
- New Adult: Tanya Fife for Lost and Found in Missing Lake
- YA/Juvenile Fiction: E. F. Winters for Memeloose, The Island of the Dead
- Adventures/Suspense: Jim Hennigan for Recording a Kill
- International Intrigue: Rian Everest for The Tangerine Trio
- Mainstream: Nancy Adair for Soon Coming
- Women’s Fiction: Jessica H. Stone for The Last Outrageous Woman
- Blended Literary Fiction: Michael Olin-Hitt for The Homegoing
Honorary Mentions:
- Enid Harlow for Good to Her
- Thomas Whaley for Leaving Montana
- Kate McKenna for True Stories of Local Heroes
- Angela Brackeen for Lark, in Her Element
- Laurie Fitzpatrick for Niello
- Michael Hurley for The Vineyard
- Ken Swarmer for Family of the Year
CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the 2014 Somerset Finalists whose works made it to the short list, please click here.

Good Luck to the Somerset First Place Category Winners as they compete for the Somerset AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the SOMERSET AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 SOMERSET category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.

The deadline for The SOMERSET Awards 2014 was November 30, 2014.
The deadline for The SOMERSET Awards 2015 is November 30, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall SOMERSET Awards 2013 Winner was:

Jeremy Bullia for Individually Wrapped

The OVERALL CHANTICLEER GRAND PRIZE WINNER for 2013 came from the Somerset Awards: Michael Hurley for The Prodigal

To view the 2013 SOMERSET Award Winners, please click here.

To enter the 2015 SOMERSET Awards, please click here. The deadline is November 30, 2015.

To enter your work into a Chanticleer Writing Competition, please click here.

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

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with 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.
September 5, 2015
The PARANORMAL 2014 AWARDS First Place Category Winners for Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the PARANORMAL AWARDS 2014 for Supernatural Powers and Paranormal Fiction, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The PARANORMAL Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Supernatural Powers and Paranormal Fiction. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

Congratulations to The PARANORMAL FIRST PLACE Category 2014 Award Winners:
- Blended Genre: Ann Charles for An Ex to Grind
- Urban/Edgy: Stephen Cost for The Fall
- Contemporary Gothic: Linda Watkins for Mateguas Island
- Time Travel/Shifts: Norman L. Johnson for Disappeared
- International Thriller: John Trudel for Raven’s Run
- YA: Alan Burke for Jesse
- New Adult: D.L. Koontz for Crossing into Mystic
- Angels and Demons: Lisa Voisin for The Angel Killer
- Legends and Lore: Nikki Broadwell for Just Another Sunset
- Adult Paranormal: Jennifer Kohout for Storm
- Supernatural/Mystery: Sara Stamey for Islands
CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the 2014 PARANORMAL Finalists whose works made it to the short list, please click here.

Good Luck to the PARANORMAL First Place Category Winners as they compete for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the PARANORMAL AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 PARANORMAL category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.

The deadline for The PARANORMAL Awards 2014 was October 31, 2014.
The deadline for The PARANORMAL Awards 2015 is October 31, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall PARANORMAL Awards 2013 Winner was:

Lisa Voisin for The Watcher

To view the 2013 PARANORMAL Award Winners, please click here.

To enter the 2015 PARANORMAL Awards, please click here. The deadline is October 31, 2015.

To enter your work into a Chanticleer Writing Competition, please click here.

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

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with 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.
August 30, 2015
The CLUE 2014 AWARDS FIRST PLACE Category Winners for Suspense and Thriller Novels
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 for Suspense and Thriller Novels, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The CLUE Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

Chanticleer Reviews is proud to be a literary affiliate of the Historical Novel Society.

Congratulations to The CLUE FIRST PLACE Category 2014 Award Winners:
- Historical: Rachel B. Ledge for The Red Ribbon
- Romantic Suspense: Mimi Barbour for Special Agent Francesca
- International Intrigue/World Events: Lawrence Verigin for The Dark Seed
- Contemporary Mystery/Suspense: Pamela Beason for The Only Clue
- Private Eye/Noir: Keith Dixon for The Bleak
- Police Procedural: Jode Susan Millman for The Midnight Call
- Spy/Espionage: Michelle Daniel for The Red Circle
- Psychological Thriller: Rebecca Nolen for Deadly Thyme
- Cozy/Amateur Sleuth: JoAnn Basset for I’m Kona Love You Forever
- True Crime: Gayle Nix Jackson for Orville Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film
Honorable Mention: Susan Holmes, Deadly Ties, A Waterside Kennels Mystery

CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the 2014 CLUE Finalists whose works made it to the short list, please click here.

Good Luck to the CLUE First Place Category Winners as they compete for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 CLUE category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.

The deadline for The CLUE Awards 2014 was September 30, 2014.
The deadline for The CLUE Awards 2015 is September 30, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall CLUE Awards 2013 Winner is:

Clyde Curley for Raggedy Man

To view the 2013 CLUE Award Winners, please click here.

To enter the 2015 CLUE Awards, please click here. The deadline is September 30, 2015.

To enter your work into a Chanticleer Writing Competition, please click here.

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

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with 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.
August 29, 2015
The CHATELAINE 2014 AWARDS FIRST PLACE Category Winners for Women’s Fiction and Romance Novels
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the CHATELAINE AWARDS 2014 for Women’s Fiction and Romance Novels, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The CHATELAINE Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Women’s Fiction and Romance Novels. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

Chanticleer Reviews is proud to be a literary affiliate of the Historical Novel Society.

Congratulations to the CHATELAINE FIRST PLACE Category 2014 Award Winners:
- Historical: Catherine A. Wilson and Catherine T. Wilson for The Order of the Lily
- Romance Regency: Kerryn Reid for Learning to Waltz
- International Intrigue/World Events: Kristine Cayne for Deadly Betrayal
- Contemporary: Kim Sanders for The Ex Lottery
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Romance: Donna Barker for Mother Teresa’s Advice for Jilted Lovers
- Blended Genre: Janet Shawgo for Find Me Again
- Inspirational/Restorative: Peggy Patrick for Surrendered II: Pride
- Romance & Adventure: Martha Rather for Kismet or Kamasutra
- Fantasy/Mythological: Danica Winters for Montana Mustangs
- Jane Austen Inspired: Betty Codd for Eleanor Grace
- Debut Novel: Julie LeMense for Once Upon a Wager
- YA: M.A. Clarke Scott for The Dissimulation of Doves
- Women’s Fiction: Kate Vale for Destiny’s Second Chance
- Women’s Fiction/Humorous: Lisa Souza for Beauty and the Bridesmaid
- First Loves: Jennifer Snow for The Trouble with Mistletoe
CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the 2014 Chatelaine Finalists whose works made it to the short list, please click here.

Good Luck to the Chaucer First Place Category Winners as they compete for the CHATELAINE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the CHATELAINE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 CHATELAINE category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.

The deadline for The Chatelaine Awards 2014 was August 31, 2014.
The deadline for The Chatelaine Awards 2015 is August 31, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall Chatelaine Awards Winner from 2013:

Kate Vale for Choices

To view the 2013 Chatelaine Award Winners, please click here.

To enter the 2015 Chatelaine Awards, please click here. The deadline is August 31, 2015.

To enter your work into a Chanticleer Writing Competition, please click here.

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

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with 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.
August 21, 2015
The SOMERSET AWARDS for Literary and Contemporary Fiction 2014 Official Finalist Listing
The Somerset Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the SOMERSET Awards Official Finalists List for 2014, otherwise known as the “Short List.” The Official Finalists Listing is comprised of entries that have passed the first three rounds of judging from the entire field of entrants. To pass the first three rounds of judging, more than sixty pages of the works below have been read and have deemed worthy by the CBR judges of continuing in competition for the SOMERSET Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the SOMERSET AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS:
- Steve Lundin for The Manipulator: A Private Life in Public Relations
- Emily Ruth Verona for Steady is the Fall
- Ken Swarner for Family of the Year
- Nancy Adair for Soon Coming
- Nathan Smith Hips for The Misfit’s Companion
- Patrick M. Garry for Finding Flipper Frank
- Jim Musgrave for Freak Story: 1967 – 1969
- Thomas H. McNeely for Ghost Horse
- Michael A. Smith for Lightening’s Child
- Kate McKenna for True Stories of Local Heroes
- Ian Bull for The Picture Kills
- Jim Henniger for Recording a Kill
- Laurie Fitzpatrick for Niello
- Michael Olin-Hitt for The Homegoing
- Rian Everest for The Tangerine Trio
- Michael Hurley for The Vineyard
- Jodie Bain for Inside the Walls of Matacalli City Zoo
- Janet K. Shawgo for Find Me Again
- Thomas Whaley for Leaving Montana
- Faith McCune for Duffy’s World
- Angela Brackeen for Lark, in Her Element
- Rebecca L. Matthews for The Light Within
- Judy Kelly for That Ever Dies So Young
- Tanya Fyfe for Lost and Found in Missing Lake
- Drew O’Brien for The Sin of Mother Mary
- Jessica H. Stone for The Last Outrageous Woman on Earth
- Tom Glenn for No-Accounts
- Maren Higbee for Lana Fray and the Grand Plan
- Jacab Larison for The Ones We Leave Behind
- E.F. Winters for MEMELOOSE: The Island of the Dead
- Enid Harlow for Good to Her
- Kenneth Stokes for His Father’s Eyes, His Father’s Words, & His Father’s Ways
- Ginger Cucolo for The Knoll
- Judith Kirscht for Home Fires
- Roni Teson for Twist
- Nicki Royall Peet for The Shaman’s Daughter
- Diane Finfrock Farrar for The Door of the Heart
- Jim Gillian for The SADM Project
Good luck to all the Somerset Awards Finalists who made the Short List as they compete for the First In Category Positions!

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

The SOMERSET First Place Category award winners will compete for the SOMERSET Grand Prize Award for Best Literary and Contemporary Novel 2014. Grand Prize winners, blue ribbons, and prizes will be announced and awarded on September 29th at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash.

The First In Category award winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.

We are now accepting entries into the 2015 SOMERSET Awards. The deadline is November 30, 2015. Click here for more information or to enter.

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2015 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Ten genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.

Who will take home the $1,000 purse this September at the Chanticleer Awards Gala and Banquet?

Last year’s Chanticleer Grand Prize winner was Michael Hurley for The Prodigal.

Last year’s SOMERSET GRAND PRIZE Award winner was Jeremy Bullian for Individually Wrapped.
August 14, 2015