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  • The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Semi-Finalists for the M & Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Semi-Finalists for the M & Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

    The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 

     

    Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Semi-Finalists!

    Congratulations to these authors for their works that advanced from the 2020 M & M Book Awards Short List!

    • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
    • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies    
    • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
    • Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
    • Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double       
    • Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
    • D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
    • P.K. Adams – Silent Water
    • Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
    • Kate Vale – Unanswered Questions
    • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
    • Maria Ostrowski – Yet From Those Flames No Light
    • Prudence Ambergast – The Mystery at Fig Tree Hall
    • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
    • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery        
    • Traci Andrighetti – Galliano Gold
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
    • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kegs
    • Rita M Boehm – Missing on Maple Street
    • Mark Daniel Seiler – Shave Ice Paradise
    • Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
    • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
    • Mary Alice Kressler – Not So Silent Night
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
    • Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
    • Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
    • Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston 

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels. 

      Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

       

      The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

      The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

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  • The 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction – The Semi-Finalists for the CYGNUS Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction – The Semi-Finalists for the CYGNUS Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    Cygnus Award for Science FictionThe Cygnus Book 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 (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards 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 for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. 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, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 

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    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

    Congratulations to the 2020 Cygnus Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS!

    • Brent Golembiewski –Flat Earth
    • Jonas Saul –The Immortal Gene
    • Mark T. Sneed – Bully Nation
    • Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
    • B.T. Keaton – Transference
    • Mark D. Owen – Impact
    • JL Morin – Loveoid
    • Charis Himeda – CRISPR Evolution
    • Bryan K. Prosek – Paradoxal
    • R.S. Harmon – Captain’s Covenant
    • Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl – Merged
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
    • Alex McIntosh – Upstream Revolt 
    • Mike Meier – JoinWith.Me
    • Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds 
    • Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
    • Dr. Anay Ayarovu – STAZR the World Of Z: The Dawn of Athir
    • PA Vasey – Trinity’s Fall
    • Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – The Luna Missile Crisis
    • Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
    • J.T. Blossom – Lenore and the Problem With Love – When You Go to College Save the Planet
    • Russ Colson – The Arasmith Certainty Principle
    • Zach Fortier – Volk: Book one of The Overseer series
    • Cary Allen Stone – SEEDS: The Journey Begins
    • Susan Wingate – The Lesser Witness
    • Dennis M. Clausen – The Accountant’s Apprentice
    • Courtney Leigh Pahlke – Life Force Preserve
    • Marc Corwin – The Optical Lasso
    • Alan J. Steinberg – To be Enlightened

    Good luck to all as your works compete on the next rounds of judging.

    The next round of judging will decide which books move on to the Finalist positions for the 2020 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction novels.

     

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 CYGNUS  Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Don’t wait! Click here to enter today!

  • The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – the Short List

    The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – the Short List

    The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST. 

    Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards SHORTLIST!

    • Susan Dobson – Boomerang
    • Sara Stamey – Pause
    • R Barber Anderson – Jumeau
    • Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights
    • Candi Sary – Magdalena
    • Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
    • Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Book 1, Chorduroys and Too Many Boys™)
    • Lauren J. Sharkey – Inconvenient Daughter
    • Amy L Cleven – Look Up
    • Kasie Whitener – After December
    • T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
    • Patrick M. Garry – The Donor
    • Katherine Johnson – Grit & Granite
    • Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
    • Catherine Hamilton – Victoria’s War
    • Jessica O’Dwyer – Mother Mother
    • Lauren J. Sharkey – Inconvenient Daughter
    • Pierce Koslosky Jr. – A Week at Surfside Beach
    • John Danenbarger – Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise
    • Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
    • B. K. Stubblefield – Scars of the Past
    • Dan V. Jackson – Rainbow Bridge
    • Kathleen M. Rodgers – The Flying Cutterbucks
    • Abbe Rolnick – Founding Stones
    • Liana Gardner – Speak No Evil
    • Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers
    • Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
    • Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
    • Alice Early – The Moon Always Rising
    • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
    • Joanne Kukanza Easley –Sweet Jane

    NOTE: Some titles have been transferred to the Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire, Allegory, Humor, and Alternative Histories (non-SciFi).

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction. 

    Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction?

    Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

    The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Somerset Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is November 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

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

  • The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List – 2020 CIBAs

    The 2020 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List – 2020 CIBAs

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

     

    The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian,18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. The Short Listers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.  

     

    The 2020 Shortlist for the Goethe Book Awards

     

    • James Hockenberry – Send The Word
    • Helena P. Schrader – Where Eagles Never Flew: A Battle of Britain Novel
    • Conor Bender – Jubilee
    • Linda Ulleseit – The Aloha Spirit
    • Eileen O’Finlan – Erin’s Children
    • Jon Duncan – Heart of the Few
    • Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils
    • Leslie K. Barry – Newark Minutemen
    • T. Matt Ryan – One Hell of a Shipmate
    • Richard Alan Schwartz – Wind Chimes, War and Consequence A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
    • Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
    • James Padian – A Patriot’s Challenges
    • Betty Bolte – Becoming Lady Washington
    • Kit Sergeant – The Spark of Resistance: Women Spies in WWII
    • J.P. Kenna – The Anarchist Girl’s Confession
    • Jomo Merritt – Sons of a Mauffen King
    • J.L.Oakley – The Quisling Factor
    • Brigitte Goldstein – Babylon Laid Waste-A Journey in the Twilight of the Idols
    • D.V Chernov – Commissar
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse 
    • Michelle Cameron – Beyond the Ghetto Gates
    • Kathryn Gauci – The Poseidon Network
    • Dorothea Hubble Bonneau – Once in a Blood Moon
    • Nancy H. Wynen – We Did What We Could
    • Pamela Jonas – Beneath a Radiant Moon
    • John Hansen – Secrets of the Gros Ventre
    • Eileen Harrison Sanchez – Freedom Lessons – A Novel
    • Elizabeth St. Michel – Lord of the Wilderness
    • Donna Scott – The London Monster
    • Jerena Tobiasen – The Crest, Book I of The Prophecy
    • James Ross – Hunting Teddy Roosevelt
    • Jule Selbo – Breaking Barriers: A Novel Based on the Life of Laura Bassi
    • Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
    • Gregory Erich Phillips – Guilty as Angels
    • Vicky Oliver – Love and Suffrage in Manhattan
    • Roger Newman – Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War and Recompense
    • Theo Czuk – Hastings Street: Boulevard Of Blues
    • Sandra Perez Gluschankoff – Thorns for Raisel
    • Ben Wyckoff Shore – Terribilita
    • Carmela Cattuti – Between the Cracks: one woman’s journey from Sicily to America
    • Wendy Long Stanley – The Power to Deny
    • David Selcer – The Old Stories, a.k.a Da Alt Geshikhtem
    • Pyram King – Destiny’s War – Part 1: Saladin’s Secret
    • Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery 
    • Cris Harding – Red Wing

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Goethe  Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. 

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

      Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      Goethe Book Awards Semi-Finalist Badge

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2020. The  2021 winners will be announced in April 2022.

    • The 2020 Laramie Book Awards for Western/Pioneer Fiction – the Short List

      The 2020 Laramie Book Awards for Western/Pioneer Fiction – the Short List

      Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

      The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Western, Pioneer, & Civil War Historical Fiction and First Nation Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring, the wild west, pioneering, Civil War, North American History, and First Nation Novels.. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Laramie Book Awards?

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST. 

      Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2020 Laramie Book Awards SHORTLIST!

      • Fred Dickey – Days of Hope, Miles of Misery  
      • David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts? The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls 
      • DL Fowler – The Turn      
      • JR Collins – Legend of Swell Branch
      • John W. Bebout – The Cause of Darkness- A Story of the Civil War    
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
      • James Kahn – Matamoros
      • Gerry Robinson – The Cheyenne Story    
      • J. Palma – The Chaffee Sisters   
      • Susan Higginbotham – The First Lady and the Rebel    
      • Barbara Salvatore – Magghie    
      • J.C. Graves – Death is a Sharpshooter    
      • J.B. Richard – Jesse   
      • Terry D. Heflin – Scarlet Hem
      • Mike Shellenbergar – Quail Creek Ranch
      • Mike Shellenbergar – Refuge
      • T.K. Conklin – Promise of Spring
      • Van Temple – Whisperwood: A Confederate Soldier’s Struggle  
      • Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Trouble the Water, a Novel
      • John Hansen – Elk Meadows
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – Hunted
      • Daniel Greene – Northern Wolf
      • W. Hock Hochheim – Rio Grande Black Magic
      • Elizabeth St. Michel – Surrender to Honor 

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Laramie Book Awards for Western, Pioneer, & Civil War Historical Fiction and First Nation Novels Fiction. 

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Laramie Book Awards for Western/Pioneer Fiction?

      Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      Laramie Book Awards

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Laramie Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is July 31st, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

      Please click here for more information.

      Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

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

    • The 2020 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – the Short List – a division of the CIBAs

      The 2020 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – the Short List – a division of the CIBAs

      The OZMA Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Fantasy Fiction. The OZMA Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out of this world fiction, they will be put to the test and the best selected as winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

      The following fantasy fiction works have advanced from the Long List to the Shortlist of the 2020 OZMA Book Awards:

      • Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
      • Susannah Dawn – Battle for the Armor of God    
      • Christopher Russell – Divinity’s Twilight: Rebirth
      • T. Cook – Shin
      • Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars    
      • David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts: The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls
      • Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two 
      • Amy Wolf – The Twelve Labors of Nick
      • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow
      • MG Wilson and Phil Elmore – Ninja Girl Adventures
      • J. Nell Brown – Orphan Tree and the Vanishing Skeleton Key
      • Gordon Preston – Zendragon
      • H.J. Ramsay – Ever Alice
      • Alison Levy – Gatekeeper: Book One in the Daemon Collecting Series
      • Jeny Heckman – The Warrior’s Progeny
      • Sandra A. Hunter – Daughter of Earth & Fire, The Fledgling    
      • James G. Robertson – Afterworld (Next Life, #1)
      • LaVerne Thompson – Wild Child
      • D.L. Jennings – Awaken the Three
      • Derrick Smythe – The Other Magic
      • Brian Phillips – A Necromancer’s Apprentice
      • K.N. Salustro – Cause of Death
      • KC Cowan & Sara Cole – Everfire
      • Jacob Andrew Emrey – Inferno Dawn
      • Dr. Anay Ayarovu – STAZR The World Of Z: The Dawn Of Athir
      • Glenn Searfoss – Cycles of Norse Mythology: Tales of the AEsir Gods
      • T. K. Thorne – House of Rose
      • Lee Hunt – Dynamicist
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      Good Luck to all of these works as they compete for the Semi-Finalists positions! 

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) and have now advanced to the SHORTLIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2020 OZMA  Semi-Finalists positions.

      The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2020 OZMA Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards and Ceremonies. 

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting entries into the 2021 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please click here for more information and to enter. 

       

    • The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List

      The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List

      The Chaucer Awards for Historical NovelsThe CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

       

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST. 

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists positions of the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      • James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
      • Patrick E. Craig – The Mennonite Queen
      • Regan Walker – Summer Warrior
      • N.L. Holmes – Bird in a Snare
      • Leah Angstman – Out Front the Following Sea     
      • Thoren Syndergaard – Ripley of Valor
      • Seven Jane – The Isle of Gold
      • Edward Rickford – The Bend of the River: Book Two in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
      • Helena P. Schrader – The Emperor Strikes Back
      • B.L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
      • Dave & Steve Curliss – To Give Thanks – Our Pilgrim Ancestors
      • Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
      • Sherry V. Ostroff – Caledonia
      • Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
      • Marilyn Pemberton – Song of the Nightingale: a Tale of Two Castrati
      • Robert Wright – The Stone Gardner’s Fire, Second Book of the Before They Awaken Trilogy
      • Jim Fuxa – At War with Mars
      • Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters
      • Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
      • Indra Zuno – Freedom Dues
      • Janet Wertman – The Path to Somerset

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Chaucer Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction?

      Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2021. The  2021 winners will be announced in April 2022.

      As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

    • The 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the Short List

      The 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the Short List

      Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

       

       

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

      These works have advanced from the 2020 Long List to the Shortlist  They will compete in the next rounds of judging for the CLUE 2020 Semi-Finalists.

      Congratulations to these authors whose works have advanced to the Short List! 

        • Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel    
        • Toni Bird Jones – The Measure of Ella    
        • Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils   
        • Mike Langan – North Country   
        • Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed     
        • Hal Malchow – 42 Million to One   
        • Avanti Centrae – Kiss of the Cobra – An M2 Action Thriller   
        • Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair    
        • Dana J. Summers – Downhill Fast    
        • Rafael Amadeus Hines – Bishop’s Law
        • Ken Farmer – Three Creeks  
        • Kevin G. Chapman – Lethal Voyage (Mike Stoneman Thriller)      
        • J.P. Kenna – The Anarchist Girl’s Confession  
        • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us   
        • Chuck Morgan – Crime Conspiracy: A Buck Taylor Novel   
        • J. L. Oakley – The Quisling Factor   
        • Sheila McGraw – The Knife Thrower’s Wife    
        • Martin Roy Hill – The Fourth Rising  
        • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love      
        • Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned      
        • Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars     
        • Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died    
        • J.J.  Clarke – Dared to Run  
        • Laura Wolfe – Top Producer    
        • Megan Allen – The Meat Hunter    
        • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost    
        • Valerie J. Brooks – Revenge in 3 Parts   
        • Corey Lynn Fayman – Ballast Point Breakdown    
        • Kevin G. Chapman – Deadly Enterprise (Mike Stoneman Thriller)
        • Shanessa Gluhm – Enemies of Doves      
        • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love      
        • Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel  
        • Suanne Schafer – Hunting the Devil    
        • E. Alan Fleischauer – Sherlock & Tiger   
        • Steve Bassett – Payback: Tales of Love, Hate and Revenge    
        • Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra   
        • John DeDakis – Fake   

        Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 CLUE Book Awards? Stay tuned!

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels. 

      The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting entries into the 2021 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels. 

    • The 2020 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Short List

      The 2020 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Short List

      Paranormal Fiction Awards

      The PARANORMAL  Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. They will be put to the test and the best will be declared winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

      The following fantasy fiction works have advanced to the SHORTLIST from the Long List of the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards:

      The Short Listers for the Paranormal Book Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs

      • Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
      • K.A. Banks – Seven Sisters Road   
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die
      • Lydia Staggs – Azrael
      • Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars
      • James Kirst – Magic Once Removed    
      • Meg Evans – Enthrallment     
      • Blaise Ramsay – Blood Law  
      • Endy Wright – The Omicron Six     
      • Kaylin McFarren – Soul Seeker     
      • Joy Ross Davis – The Magnificent Celestine   
      • Stephanie Alexander – Charleston Green     
      • Franklin Posner – Boston Betty      
      • R.B. Woodstone – Chains of Time   
      • Sheryl M. Frazer – When She Touches     
      • Ryan Young – The Shepherd’s Burden     
      • David W. Thompson – ‘Possum Stew   
      • Carissa Andrews – Secret Legacy    
      • Shane Boulware – Soulstealer    
      • Neil Chase – Iron Dogs   
      • S.K. Andrews – Bay of Darkness    
      • Matt Tompkins – Odsburg
      • Randy Overbeck – Blood on the Chesapeake   
      • Nellie H. Steele – Shadows of the Past: A Shadow Slayers Story   
      • T. L. Augury – What’s Brewing Now? (Witches Brew Series)

      Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

      The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards.

      Don’t delay! Enter Today!

    • The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – the Short Listers, 2020 CIBAs

      The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – the Short Listers, 2020 CIBAs

      Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

      The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

      Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

       

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST. 

      These titles have been Shortlisted for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction

      • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
      • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
      • Jason Burrell – Ricky and the Abnormals
      • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
      • Pastel Gwendolyn Schway – Empire of Embers
      • Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker
      • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
      • Gregory Saur – Best Shot Forward
      • Molly Valentin – Francie is Afoot!
      • Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Witchfinder
      • Ian C Douglas – The Particle Beast
      • Carolina Ugaz-Moran – Aline and the Blue Bottle
      • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
      • Jay Spenser –The Phantom Airplane Mystery
      • Tricia L McDonald – The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue
      • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie and the STEAM Team
      • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon
      • John Middleton – Dillion and The Skeleton Hall
      • William X. Adams – Alien Body
      • Catherine M. O’Connor – Throwing the World
      • Alison Rice – Chasing Snow
      • Frank Saraco – Life in the Grand Pause
      • Suzanne Lowe – The Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket
      • Richard Groseclose – Henry Castlewaite and the Portrait of Doom
      • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
      • Julie Lavender – Mrs. Amazing and The Seed
      • Andres Faza – Hishi-mochi in the Sky
      • Kling – CLI- The Colt

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. 

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?

      Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

      Please click here for more information.

      Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

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