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The PARANORMAL AWARDS for Supernatural Fiction 2014 Official Finalist Listing
The Paranormal Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Supernatural Fiction and Legends & Lore. The PARANORMAL Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the PARANORMAL 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 PARANORMAL FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the PARANORMAL AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS:
- Kim Hornsby for The Dream Jumper’s Secret
- Norman L. Johnson, M.D. for Disappeared
- Glen Alan Burke for Jesse
- Stephen Cost for The Fall
- John D. Trudel for Raven’s Run
- Ashling Gowell for Cryptic Thoughts
- Lisa Voisin for The Angel Killer
- Melinda Viergever Inman for Refuge
- Sara Stamey for Islands
- Nicolas del Pozo for Time Spent Apart
- Linda Watkins for Mateguas Island
- Brian M. Oldman for Arena of God
- L.A. Wild for Chance the Darkness
- R.E. Steedman for Falling
- Joanne Jaytanie for Chasing Victory & Payton’s Pursuit
- Catherina Constantine for Wickedly They Come
- Ann Charles for An Ex to Grind
- Nikki Broadwell for Just Another Desert Sunset
- Monte French for Mischief, Mayhem, and the Blue Men of Minch
- Janet K. Shawgo for Find Me Again
- E.E. Holmes for Spirit Prophecy: Book 2
- Kaylin McFarren for Buried Threads
- AVH Conover for Clare
- Jennifer Kohout for Storm
- Erica Stevens for Captured
- Rebecca Nolen for The Dry
- Karen Monahan Fernandes for Strega
- Linda L. Creel for Eyes of Aeden
- Debra K. Roberson and D. L. Koontz for Crossing into the Mystic
- Laura Fitzpatrick for Niello
- Bruce Rettig for Midnight Stone
- Paula Heath for Quest: The British Vampire Series (Orphans of a Loveless God)
- E.Z. Graves for Love Zombies of San Diego
- Judith Ashley, Diana McCollum, & Sarah Raplee for Love & Magick: Mystical Stories of Romance
- Jeff A. Clements for Aphilion
Good luck to all the PARANORMAL 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 PARANORMAL First Place Category award winners will compete for the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Award for Best Supernatural and Paranormal Fiction 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 PARANORMAL Awards. The deadline is October 31, 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 PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE Award winner was Lisa Voisin for The Watcher.
August 13, 2015
The CLUE AWARDS for Suspense/ Thriller Novels 2014 Official Finalist Listing
The CLUE Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense/Thriller Novels. The CLUE Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the CLUE Awards Official Finalists List for 2014 Entries, 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 CLUE FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the CLUE AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS:
- Rachel B. Ledge for The Red Ribbon
- Jay Rund for Fatal Feast
- Lawrence Verigin for Dark Seed
- Pamela Beason for Shaken and The Only Clue
- Michelle Daniel for The Red Circle
- Rebecca Nolen for Deadly Thyme
- Ricardo M. Fleshman for The Dying Dance
- R. H. Yocum for Darkest Hour: A Tony Allison Thriller
- Mimi Barbour for Special Agent Francesca
- Nancy Adair for Soon Coming
- Martha Everhart Braniff for Broken Moon
- Charles Kowalski for Mind Virus
- Bob LiVolsi for Public Offerings Book 1: Birthright
- Deborah Stevens for The Serpent’s Disciple
- James Gilliam for The SADM Project
- Lynn Kennedy for Deadly Provenance
- Brandon Jett for Thanatos: Cheating the Ferryman
- Jeff A. Clements for Aphilion
- Gayle Nix Jackson for Orville Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film
- Wendy Dewar Hughes for The Glass Dolphin
- Richard Mann for Film Shot
- Ian Bull for The Pictures Kill
- S.L. Schultz for Little Shadow
- Keith Dixon for The Bleak
- Jode Susan Millman for The Midnight Call
- Janet K. Shawgo for Find Me Again
- Alan Brenham for Cornered
- JoAnn Bassett for I’m Kona Love You Forever
- Karen Musser Nortman for The Lady of the Lake
- Sara Stamey for Islands
- Fred Shackelford for The Ticket
- Marilyn Larew for Spider Catchers
- Jessi Hersey for Changing the Bloodline
- M.K. Graff for The Scarlet Wench
- J. Gunnar Grey for Trophies
- Kaylin McFarren for Buried Threads
- Michael Hicks Thompson for The Parchman Redeemer
- James Edwards for The Deadening
- D. J. Adamson for Admit to Mayhem
- Leona DeRosa Bodie & G E Gardiner for Glimpse of Sunlight
- Roni Teson for Twist
- Corey Lynn Fayman for Border Field Blues
Good luck to all the CLUE 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 CLUE First in Category award winners will compete for the CLUE Grand Prize Award for Best Suspense/Thriller Book 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 CLUE Awards. The deadline is September 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 CLUE GRAND PRIZE Award winner was Clyde Curley for Raggedy Man.
August 12, 2015
The CHATELAINE 2014 AWARDS for Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction Finalists
The Chatelaine Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction Novels. The Chatelaine Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the Chatelaine Awards Official Finalists List for 2014 Entries, 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 Chatelaine FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the CHATELAINE AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS:
- Isabella Hargreaves for The Persuasion of Miss Jane Brody
- Kathy Bryson for Feeling Lucky
- Sarah Katz for Hidden Miracles
- Catherine A. Wilson and Catherine T. Wilson for The Order of the Lily
- Danica Winters for Montana Mustangs
- Jennifer Snow for The Trouble with Mistletoe
- Dr. Evan Mahoney for Nongae of Love and Courage
- Kaylin McFarren for Buried Threads
- Deborah Hining for A Sinner in Paradise
- Kerryn Reid for Learning to Waltz
- Peggy Patrick for Surrendered II
- K.C. Simos for Ambrosia Chronicles: The Discovery
- Donna Barker for Mother Teresa’s Advice for Jilted Lovers
- Diane Green for Dragon Wife
- Nadine Christine for Quintal’s Return; Home Again, Home Again; and Remembering Love
- Ashlinn Craven for Maybe Baby
- A. Clarke Scott for A Dissimulation of Doves
- Noelle Clark for Rosamanti
- Jamie A. Waters for The Two Towers
- Martha Rather for Kismet or Kamasutra
- Nancy Marie Bell for Christmas Storm
- Janet K. Shawgo for Find Me Again
- Betty Codd for Eleanor Grace
- Julie LeMense for Once Upon a Wager
- Kristine Cayne for Deadly Betrayal
- K.C. Berg for Fallen Angel
- E.E. Burke for Her Bodyguard
- Debra Pickett for Reporting Lives
- Gita Simic and G.T. Symms for As for Costanza
- Eleanor Tatum for Swamp Home
- Cauleen Noël for The Changes Within Us
- Lisa Souza for Beauty and the Bridesmaid
- Patricia Sands for The Promise of Provence
- Callie James for Innocent
- Kim Sanders for The Ex Lottery
- Jianna Higgins for Just Going and Just Wondering
- Sharon Struth for Share the Moon
- Kate Vale for Destiny’s Second Chance
- Colette Saucier for Viuda
Good luck to all the Chatelaine 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 Chatelaine First in Category award winners will compete for the Chatelaine Grand Prize Award for Women’s/Romance Book 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 Chatelaine Awards. The deadline is August 31, 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 Chatelaine winner was Kate Vale for Choices.
August 10, 2015
The DANTE ROSSETTI 2014 AWARDS for Young Adult Fiction Official First Category Winners
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the DANTE ROSSETTI AWARDS 2014 for Young Adult Fiction, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The Dante Rossetti Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult, T’weens, New Adult, & Children’s fiction. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

The DANTE ROSSETTI FIRST PLACE 2014 Award Winners are:
- Steampunk: Padgett Lively for Odette Speex: Time Traitors, Book 1
- Contemporary: Gretchen Wing for The Flying Burgowski
- CyberPunk: Jesikah Sundin for Legacy: The Biodome Chronicles, Book 1
- Romance: Roni Teson for Twist
- High Fantasy: S.A. Hunter for Elanraigh: The Vow
- Blended Genre: Nely Cab for Fruit of Misfortune: Creatura Book 2
- Science Fiction: Chris Pawlukiewicz for Dreams of a Red Horizon
- Dystopian: Scott Smith for An Outcast State
- Mythological: Stephanie Keyes for The Star Catcher
- Lighthearted/Humorous: Elizabeth Barlo: Ruth 66
- New Adult: Tiana Warner for Ice Massacre
- Teen Fantasy: Elisabeth Hamill for Song Magick
- Tweens : Mark Murphy for The Curse of the Thrax
- Children’s: Kirsten Pulioff for The Escape of Princess Madeline
- Manuscript: Ben Hutchins for The Lackawanna Prophecies: Black Shadow
- Honorable Mentions: P. J. Martin for Riding with Crazy Horse (manuscript)
CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the Dante Rossetti 2014 Finalists whose works made it to the short least.

Good Luck to the Dante Rossetti First Place Category Winners as they compete for the Dante Rossetti Awards 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

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

The deadline for entry submissions into the Dante Rossetti Awards 2014 was April 30, 2014.
The deadline for entry submissions into the the Dante Rossetti Awards 2015 was April 30, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall Dante Rossetti Awards 2013 Winner was:

Tom and Nancy Wise for Borealis Genome

To view the 2013 Dante Rossetti Award Winners, please click here.

To enter the 2016 Dante Rossetti Awards, please click here. The deadline is April 30, 2016.

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 4, 2015
The LARAMIE AWARDS for WESTERN and CIVIL WAR FICTION Official First Place Category Winners
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the LARAMIE AWARDS 2014 for Western, Prairie, and Civil War Fiction, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The Laramie Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Western 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.

The LARAMIE FIRST PLACE 2014 Award Winners are:
- Historical: Rebecca Rockwell for The Last Desperado
- Romance/Dramatic: Jacqui Nelson for Between Heaven and Hell
- Romance/Comedy: Jacquie Rogers for Much Ado About Miners
- Contemporary Western: Jared McVay for Not on My Mountain
- Adventure: Lorrie Farrelly for Terms of Surrender
- Classic: Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke for Nations
- Debut Novel: Juliette Douglas for Freckled Venom Copperhead
- Civil War: Christi Corbett for Along the Way Home
- YA: Elisabeth Ward for Wolf Eye’s Silence
- Blended Genre: Peggy L. Henderson for Come Home to Me
- Drama: Michael J. Rouche for A River Divides: Book Two of Beyond the Wood
- Literary Western: Theo Czuk for Heart-Scarred
CONGRATULATIONS!

To view the 2014 Laramie 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 LARAMIE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

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

The deadline for The Laramie Awards 2014 was July 31, 2014.
The deadline for The Laramie Awards 2015 is July 31, 2015.

GRAND PRIZE Overall Laramie Awards Winner from 2013:

Dale B. Jackson for UNBROKE HORSES

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

To enter the 2015 Laramie Awards, please click here. The deadline is July 31, 2015.

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.
July 29, 2015
The RAW NaNoWriMO 2014 Award Winners Official Posting
The RAW NaNoWriMo Writing Contest 2014 Award Winners

Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the Official Awards Winners of the RAW NaNoWriMo 2014 Writing Contest, a division of Chanticleer Writing Competitions.

The RAW NaNoWriMo Awards recognize emerging new talent and notable works that were created during the 2014 National November Writing Month.

Congratulations to Richard Gower for Death Comes Full Circle. He has won Chanticleer Manuscript Overview ($395 value).

Congratulations to the Runner-ups:
- Sean Curley for Over
- R.E. Steedman for The Phantasmagorical Theatre of Crespin Varlot
- Kenneth Stokes for Return to Villa Serena
Each of the 2014 RAW NaMoWriMo Runner-ups have won a entry fee gift certificate ($55 value) for the work submitted into the work’s genre novel writing competition.

We will begin accepting entries into the 2015 RAW NaNoWriMo Writing Competition beginning on Dec. 1, 2015.

Image courtesy of National Novel Writing Month. Please click here to be taken 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.
July 28, 2015
The M&M Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Novels 2014 First Place Category Winners
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the M&M Awards 2014 for Mystery & Mayhem Cozy Novels, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The M&M Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of cozy mysteries novels. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.

The M&M FIRST PLACE 2014 Award Winners are:
- Amateur Sleuth: Wendy Delaney for SEX, LIES, and SNICKERDOODLES
- Romance: Janet Shawgo for FIND ME AGAIN
- Animals: Pamela Beason for THE ONLY CLUE
- Blended Genre: Winslow Elliott for SATI and the RIDER
- Classic Cozy: Stephen Kaminski for DON’T CRY OVER KILLED MILK
- Female Sleuth: Julie Mulhern for The DEEP END
- Humorous: Ann Philipp for GRAND THEFT DEATH
- American Mystery: Amy Beth Arkawy for DEAD SILENT
- Classic British Cozy: Marni Graff for GREEN REMAINS
- Y/A/New Adult: Julie Moffett for NO PLACE LIKE ROME
- Senior Sleuths: Mark Reutlinger for MRS. KAPLAN and the MATZOH BALL of DEATH
- Legal/Medical/Lab: Ken Malovos for CONTEMPT of COURT
CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to all of the 2014 M&M Finalists Short List! This is a highly competitive writing competition and many of the calls were close. We invite you to enter your new works into the M&M 2016 Awards.

Congratulations to those whose works were selected for First Place Category positions. Good Luck to the M&M First Place Category Winners as they compete for the M&M AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the M&M AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 M&M category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.
- The deadline for entries for the M&M Awards 2014 was March 31, 2014.
- The deadline for entries for the M&M Awards 2015 was March 31, 2015.
- The deadline for entries for the M&M Awards 2016 is March 31, 2016.
GRAND PRIZE Overall M&M Awards 2013 Winner was:

Berndatte Pajer, for Fatal Induction

To view the 2013 M&M Award Winners, please click here.

To compete in the 2016 M&M Awards or for more information, 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.
July 25, 2015
The CHAUCER AWARDS for HISTORICAL FICTION First Place Category 2014 WINNERS
Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the CHAUCER AWARDS 2014 for Historical Fiction, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.

The Chaucer Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of historical 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.

The CHAUCER FIRST PLACE 2014 Award Winners are:
- Women’s Fiction: J. L. Oakley for Timber Rose
- Legend: Kevin Allen and Emma Rose Millar for Five Guns Blazing
- Legacy: Michael D. McGranahan for Silver Kings and Sons of Bitches
- Pre-History: Mary S. Black for Peyote Fire
- Ancient History: Rebecca Locklann for The Thinara King
- Roman/Grecian Classical: Elisabeth Storrs for The Golden Dice: A Tale of Ancient Rome
- Middle Ages: Helena P. Schrader for St. Louis’ Knight
- Late Middle Ages: Lilian Gafni for The Alhambra Decree: Flower from Castile
- Elizabethan/Tudor: Syril Levin Kline for Shakespeare’s Changeling: A Fault Against the Dead
- 1600’s: Donna Scott for Shame the Devil (manuscript)
- 1700s & 1800s: Karleene Morrow for Destinies
- Turn of the 19th Century: Ruth Hull Chatlien for The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte
- Twentieth Century: David Brendan Hopes for The One with the Beautiful Necklaces (manuscript)
- World Wars: Gregory Erich Phillips for The Love of Unfinished Years (manuscript)
- Young Adult: Sharon Short for My One Square Inch of Alaska
- U. S. History: J. P. Kenna for Beyond the Divide
- World History: Michelle Rene for I Once Knew Vincent
CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to all of the 2014 Chaucer Finalists! Congratulations to those whose works were selected for First Place Category positions. Good Luck to the Chaucer First Place Category Winners as they compete for the CHAUCER AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!

The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the CHAUCER AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 CHAUCER category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.
- The deadline for The Chaucer Awards 2014 was June 31, 2014.
- The deadline for The Chaucer Awards 2015 is June 31, 2015.
GRAND PRIZE Overall Chaucer Awards Winner from 2013:

Sean Curley, Propositum

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

To compete in the 2016 CHAUCER Awards or for more information, 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.
July 15, 2015
The LARAMIE Awards Writing Competition for Western Fiction – Official 2014 FINALISTS List
The Laramie Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Western, Civil War, Prairie, and Pioneer Fiction Novels. The Laramie Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.

We are pleased to announce the Laramie Awards Official Finalists List for 2014 Entries, 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 LARAMIE FIRST IN CATEGORY positions and their prize packages.

Congratulations to the LARAMIE AWARDS FINALISTS:
- Rebecca Rockwell for The Last Desperado
- Jacqui Nelson for Between Heaven and Hell
- Althea Williams for Walls for the Wind
- Juliette Douglas for Freckled Venom Copperhead
- Jared McVay the Author for Not on My Mountain
- Jacqui Rogers for Much Ado About Miners
- Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke for Nations
- Ken Farmer for Hell Hole
- Lorrie Farrelly for Terms of Surrender
- Peggy L. Henderson for Come Home to Me
- Tammy Hinton for Unbridled and Retribution
- Susan Horsnell for Capturing Charlie
- Robert M. Fells for The Parson of Styx Crossing
- Elisabeth Ward for Wolf Eye’s Silence
- Graham J Flowers for Shadow Trails
- Theo Czuk for Heart Scarred
- Roger W. Peck for Boy Soldier
- Michael J Roueche for A River Divides
- Joe Corso for The Adventures of Lone Jack Kid
- Linell Jeppsen for Deadman’s Lament
- Christi Corbett for Along the Way Home
- Kristen Lynch for Silver
- Paul C Breslin for Our Daily Bread
Good luck to all the Laramie 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 Laramie Awards for Western Fiction has ten categories to compete in for First Place Category Positions.

The Laramie First in Category award winners will compete for the Laramie Grand Prize Award for Best Western Book 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 proud to announce last year’s award winners and this year’s Laramie finalists at the Historical Novel Society’s 2015 Conference in Denver, Colorado that will take place on June 27, 2015.

We are now accepting entries into the 2015 Laramie Awards. The deadline is June 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 Laramie Grand Prize winner was Dale B. Jackson for Unbroke Horses.
May 21, 2015
Chaucer Award Winners for Historical Fiction and Laramie Award Winners for Western Fiction to be Recognized at HNS Conference

This News Just In!

The Chaucer Award Winners for Historical Novels and the Laramie Award Winners for Western Fiction, divisions of the Chanticleer International Writing Competitions, will be recognized at the 6th Historical Novels Society Conference.

The award winning authors will be recognized at the HNS Costume and Awards Banquet held on Saturday evening with special guest speaker Diana Galbaldon, the author of the acclaimed Outlander book series as well as the TV series on Starz.

Janet Oakley, who won the Chanticleer Grand Prize for her historical novel Tree Soldier and Sean Curley, the Chaucer Awards grand prize winner for his novel Propositum will be recognized along with other First In Category award winners for these two Chanticleer Writing Competitions divisions.

Attention!

If you are attending HNS and are a First in Category Award Winner or Finalist in the Chaucer or Laramie Awards, please contact Kiffer Brown immediately at: KBrown@Chanticleer Reviews.com. Thank you! We have to prepare!

Previously, winners were to be announced at the Saturday HNS Luncheon, but the HNS Board wonderfully surprised us and moved the announcement to the Saturday evening’s Costume and Awards Banquet.

We are excited to have the Historical Novel Society as an affiliate of Chanticleer Reviews and Writing Competitions. And we are proud to be a Literary Affiliate of the venerable HNS!

Chanticleer Reviews and Writing Competitions is honored to be an Official Literary Affiliate of the Historical Novel Society – North America.

Representatives of the Historical Novel Society will present and have an information table at the Chanticleer Authors Conference 2015 and will recognize the Chaucer Award Winners at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Gala.

Now this is something to crow about! COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

May 16, 2015