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  • The PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Long List for the 2019 CIBAs

    The PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Long List for the 2019 CIBAs

    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 moved forward from the infamous Slush Pile to the Long List of the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards:

    • Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
    • Porter Huddleston – EL ON EARTH
    • Carol Purroy – Designs of Destiny
    • D.A. Roach – Between the Bleeding Willows, Demon Hunters Book 1
    • Mack Little – Progenie
    • Karen Glista – Chasing the Red Queen
    • Joy Ross Davis – The Witch of Blacklion
    • D. J. Adamson – At The Edge of No Return
    • Scott Calhoun – Memoirs of a Skeleton Valet
    • Jodine Turner – The Hidden Abbey
    • D. D. Wolf – Orchids Ablaze
    • Michael Ray Laemmle – Atomic City Terror: Curse of the Murderous Dummy
    • Gina Detwiler – Forgiven
    • Janet Leigh Green – Unspeakable Acts
    • Diane Moat – Hand of Magic
    • Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
    • Linda Watkins – The Tao of the Viper, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery
    • Jack Cullen – Runes of Steel
    • Claudia Herring – Whispers of Deceit
    • Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
    • Karl Larew – Catari
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Abigail’s Window
    • Robert Herold – The Eidola Project
    • Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
    • E. V. Svetova – Over The Hills Of Green
    • London Clarke – Whickering Place
    • Joey Rodriguez – Below
    • Jerry Gundersheimer – El Coronel: Book Two of The Medium Series
    • Lynne Hill-Clark – Of Gods and Goddesses
    • Ryan J. Lyons – Drums and Dragons
    • Avanti Centrae – VanOps: The Moses Map
    • Lori Roberts – Where the Sweetgrass Grows
    • T. L. Augury – Witches Brew
    • John Stafford – A Song of Vengeance
    • TK Lawyer – Shifter Shorts

    Good Luck to all as these works compete to advance to the Short List!

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now in competition for the 2019 PARANORMAL SHORTLIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.

    The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2019 PARANORMAL 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 Banquet and Ceremony, which is hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, Bellingham, Washington. Hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards.

    Don’t delay! Enter Today!

  • The 2019 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List

    The 2019 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List

    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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.  

    The 2019 Shortlist for the Goethe Book Awards

    • James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Great War   
    • James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Roaring Twenties  
    • Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift   
    • Lori Swerda – Star-Spangled Scandal    
    • Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace   
    • Kari Bovee – Girl with a Gun   
    • Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings  
    • PJ Devlin – Wissahickon Souls  
    • John Hansen – Hard Times   
    • Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils  
    • GS Johnston – Sweet Bitter Cane  
    • Lee Hutch – So Others May Live    
    • Mike Jordan – The Runner  
    • Lisa Braver Moss – SHRUG: A Novel   
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – Two Coins: A Biographical Novel  
    • J.G. Schwartz – The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy  
    • Marilyn Pemberton – The Jewel Garden 
    • Rebecca Rosenberg – The Secret Life of Mrs. London 
    • Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing  6.10

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2019 Goethe  Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. 

    The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. 

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

      Goethe Book Awards Semi-Finalist Badge

       

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

       

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

    • Announcing the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs

      Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

      The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs).

      Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

       

      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 twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test to discover the best.

      These works have advanced from the ShortList to the Semi-Finalist List for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards.

      Congratulations to the 2019 Dante Rossetti SemiFinalists! 

      • Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
      • J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
      • Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny  
      • Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
      • Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
      • Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
      • Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
      • Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
      • Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
      • Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
      • Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
      • A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
      • Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
      • C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
      • Susan Brown – Twelve
      • Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia 
      • Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
      • Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
      • Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
      • David Patneaude – Fast Backward
      • John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius

      Good luck to all as your works compete for the 2019 First Place Category Positions and the Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Book Award!  

      The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. The CIBAs Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony is sponsored by the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference.  Please click on the link for more information about this progressive conference that focuses on the business and marketing of being an author and a publisher.

       

       

      We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Fiction. Please click here for more information.
      As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

    • THE OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – the Long List for 2019 CIBAs

      THE OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – the Long List for 2019 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 moved forward from the infamous Slush Pile to the Long List of the 2019 OZMA Book Awards:

      • Timothy Vincent – Tower, Sword, Stone and Spell
      • D.C. Carlisle – Waverley
      • Porter Huddleston – EL on Earth
      • Jose Osborn – The Hands of The Children
      • Benjamin Keyworth – Superworld
      • Susannah Dawn – Search for the Armor of God
      • T. L. Augury – Who’s Stirring the Brew Now?
      • T. L. Augury – What’s Brewing Now?
      • T. L. Augury – Witches Brew
      • Mackenzie Bitz – Snowfire: The Arctic Flame
      • Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Blood
      • Noelani Sprecher – Creatures of the Etheria
      • Alex Tremari  – Dragoncast
      • Ana Wesley – To Rend and Mend
      • Gerone Blomgren – Walls of Sakaret
      • Dan Zangari & Robert Zangari – A Prince’s Errand
      • Anne M. Curtis – Where Acorns Landed
      • Tim Westover – The Winter Sisters: A Novel
      • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
      • KC Cowan & Sara Cole – The Hunt for Winter
      • Monique Snyman – The Night Weaver
      • Elizabeth Isaacs – The Scythian Trials
      • M. L. Doyle – The Bonding Blade
      • S.J. Hartland – The 19th Bladesman
      • Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
      • Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
      • Daniel Kozuh – Lingeria: Book One of One
      • Noah Lemelson – The Sightless City
      • Louis K Lowy – The Second Life of Eddie Coyne
      • Alexandra Rushe – A Muddle of Magic
      • R.A. McCandless – The Clockwork Detective
      • S.J. Hartland – The 19th Bladesman
      • Michael G. Munz – Zeus Is Undead: This One Has Zombies
      • Suzie Plakson – The Return of King Lillian
      • Jessica Mallegol-Hansen – Dusk
      • Kyle Olson – Vagabonds
      • Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 5
      • Zoe Tasia – Kilts and Catnip
      • Mark S. Moore – Rise: Birth of a Revolution
      • Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
      • John William – Daemon Rising
      • Susan Faw – Heart of Bastion
      • Karen Glista – Chasing the Red Queen
      • Matt Mansfield – Shaman: Obsessed with Magic Book 1

      Good Luck to all as these works compete to advance to the Short List!

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

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now in competition for the 2019 OZMA SHORTLIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.

      The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2019 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 Banquet and Ceremony. 

      The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the OZMA GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, Bellingham, Washington.

      We are now accepting entries into the 2020 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Please click here for more information and to enter. 

    • The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction–the Short List for the CIBAs

      The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction–the Short List for the CIBAs

      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 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists positions of the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      • James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
      • Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
      • Susanne Dunlap – Listen to the Wind   
      • JC Corry – The Storyteller’s Reputation    
      • K.M. Pohlkamp – Shadows of Hemlock     
      • E. L. Diamond – The Wolf of God   
      • Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti    
      • Stephanie Renee dos Santos – Cut from the Earth   
      • Cryssa Bazos – Severed Knot   
      • Kate Murdoch – The Orange Grove   
      • June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne   
      • Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra   
      • Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory   
      • A.L.Cleven – 26.2    
      • Alexandrea Weis – Realm   
      • F. Scott Kimmich – The Magdalene Malediction   
      • Susan Heldt Davis – The Mother’s Tale  
      • James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant   
      • Robert Cole – The Falcons of Gebtu    
      • Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn   
      • Vince Pantalone – Incident on the Road to Canterbury

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction?

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

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

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

    • The LARAMIE Book Awards for American West Fiction – The Short List – 2019 CIBAs

      The LARAMIE Book Awards for American West Fiction – The Short List – 2019 CIBAs

      Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction AwardThe Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana / Western, Pioneer, Civil War, Frontier, and First Nations Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

       

       

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring cowboys, the wild west, pioneering, civil war, and early North American History, 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 2019 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST. The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

      • Bert Entwistle – Leftover Soldiers – Life on the Western Frontier   
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued  
      • Rhonda Frankhouser – Escape from Ruby’s Ranch   
      • Kit Sergeant – Underground: Traitors and Spies in Lincoln’s War   
      • J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place 
      • Gerald L. Guy – Chasing Gold  
      • John West –  Marshallville
      • Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures   
      • David Fitz-Gerald – Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey 
      • Hayley Stone – Make Me No Grave: A Weird West Novel
      • Gerald L. Guy – Chasing the Past
      • John Hansen – The Outfit   
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils     
      • Donna L.H. Smith – Meghan’s Choice
      • Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy 
      • Nina Romano – The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley 
      • Donna L.H. Smith – Meghan’s Choice
      • Mike H. Mizrahi – The Unnamed Girl (The Woodard Chronicles)  
      • Suanne Schafer – A Different Kind of Fire 

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction?

       

      Laramie Book Awards

       

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

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

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

    • GLOBAL Chillers, Killers, High-Stakes Thrillers – We want them all! Welcome to the November SPOTLIGHT on Global Thrillers Awards

      GLOBAL Chillers, Killers, High-Stakes Thrillers – We want them all! Welcome to the November SPOTLIGHT on Global Thrillers Awards

      The clock is ticking… you’re working on a deadline while your husband is across town, picking up the kids. You’ve taken the day off and gone to the cabin. You have to write that last chapter … the one that will get your work noticed, like J.D. Barker or Stephen King kind of noticed.

      Then the inexplicable happens, as you type in the very last line and hit return, your screen goes black. You reach to plug in your computer, but it’s already plugged in… You jiggle the cords. You hit ESC. You hit RETURN. You unplug the thing and plug it back in again. Nothing. You do a hard reset…

      This time the screen powers on and a thin line travels across the middle of it. Then words appear…

      “You have until November 30, 2019, 11.59 p.m. to turn in your Global Thriller, or you will have no chance of winning…” 

      Don’t let this happen to you! Turn in your High-Stakes Thriller, your Chillers, your multiple Killers for a chance at the prize! But one thing is certain, if you don’t enter, you won’t have a chance of winning!

       

      Be like Michael Pronko who submitted his novel, The Moving Blade, all the way from Japan –

      and took home the 2018 CIBA Grand Prize in the Global Thriller Awards!

       

      Or, you can be like these 2018 Global Thriller Book Awards for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels First in Category Winners!

      • Magenta is Missing by Richard Garis
      • Dangerous Alliance by Randall Krzak
      • The War Beneath by Timothy S. Johnston
      • The Sunken Forest by R. Barber Anderson
      • Never Again by Harvey A. Schwartz   
      • Beyond Control by  Lawrence Verigin

      Sara Stamey took home the Grand Prize in 2017 for The Ariadne Connection

      The First in Category Winners for 2017: 

      Here are some winners that came before: 

      From the 2016 CLUE Awards:

       

      From the 2015 CLUE Awards:

      • Blended Genre: Timothy S. Johnston – The Tanner Sequence: The Furnace, The Freezer, The Void
      • Espionage/Spy: Michele Daniel – The Red Circle

      We also had Cybertech Thrillers and Political Thrillers such as John Trudel’s Raven’s Resurrection and the Raven’s Series.

      Here’s your assignment, if you choose to accept it…

       

      Submit your Thrillers in the following categories by November 30, 2019, for a chance to bring home a First in Category WIN the 2019 CIBAs in Global Thrillers – or a Grand Prize – or maybe even the Overall Grand Prize! 

      • Historic
      • LabLit
      • Science Fiction
      • Dramatic
      • Action/Adventure
      • CyberTech

      If you never enter, you’ll never know!  

      Follow this link and enter today! 

      Tick Tock…

      (For light-hearted, cozy, or classic Mystery and Suspense entries see our Mystery & Mayhem Awards and for Thriller/Suspense/Hardboiled-Detective series, please see the CLUE Awards)

      Don’t delay! Enter today!

       

       

    • The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – The Short List

      The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – The Short List

      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.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. The Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. 

      These titles have been Shortlisted for the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction

      • Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
      • Joyce Major – The Orangutan Rescue Gang
      • Nancy McDonald – Boy from Berlin
      • Veronica Myers – Flight of Maldar 
      • B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
      • B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors
      • Mobi Warren – The Bee Maker
      • Amber L. Wyss – Phoenix Rising
      • Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Tudor Rose
      • Sue Bough – Norman Snodgrass Saves the Green Planet
      • Kit Bakke – Dancing on the Edge
      • M.J. Evans – PINTO!
      • M.J. Evans – The Stone of Wisdom – Book 4 of the Centaur Chronicles
      • Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
      • Lis Anna-Langston – Maya Loop
      • Lexi Rees – Eternal Seas
      • Catherine Mallette – Don’t Ask Me
      • Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Volcano
      • Diane Rios – Return of the Evening Star
      • C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
      • Kay M. Bates’ – ‘B’ is for Baylee
      • Alexander Usher – Katie Hope: Blood Bonds
      • Susan Brown – Sammy and the Devil Dog
      • Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Pyramid
      • Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
      • L.S. Barron – Harper T and the Timewave
      • Maria Ashworth – SUSHI KITTY
      • Gregory Saur – Diving Catch
      • Liana Gardner – 7th Grade Revolution
      • Liana Gardner – The Journal of Angela Ashby
      • L.M. Kemp – Skye’s Journey
      • Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
      • Leanne M. Pankuch – Dragon’s Truth
      • Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Book 5, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists positions of the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers.

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

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

      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 ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA FICTION SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs

      The ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA FICTION SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs

      Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

      The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs).

      Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

       

       

      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 twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test to discover the best.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

      Congratulations to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Shortlisters! 

      • Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
      • J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
      • Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
      • Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
      • Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
      • Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
      • Kelly Watt – The India Diaries: Book One Tiger’s Rock
      • J. Taylor Baker – The Cardorian Complex
      • Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
      • Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
      • Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
      • Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
      • Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
      • A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
      • Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
      • C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
      • Susan Brown – Twelve
      • J.T. Blossom – The Tunes of Lenore
      • James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
      • Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia Futuris
      • Kristina Bak – Nowever
      • Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
      • V. A. Givens – Sealed with a Twist
      • Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
      • Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
      • David Patneaude – Fast Backward
      • John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius

      Good luck to all! 

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Dante Rossetti  Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction?

      These entries are now in competition for 2019 Dante Rossetti Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Fiction. 
      As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

       

       

    • The CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Fiction – the Long List for the 2019 CIBAs

      The CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Fiction – the Long List for the 2019 CIBAs

      Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

      The 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).

      These works have survived the infamous slush pile and have advanced to the 2019 CLUE Book Awards Long List. They will compete in the next rounds of judging for the CLUE 2019 Short List.

      Good luck to all! 

      • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Return
      • Richard Conrath – Blood Moon Rising
      • RIP Converse – Maelstrom Part One
      • Harold Benjamin – Phase III
      • L. J. Martin – The Blue Pearl
      • Nancy Adair – RABYA
      • J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
      • J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
      • Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
      • Tracey Pepper – Dead On Arrival
      • Lonna Enox – Untold Agony
      • Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
      • Nanci Rathbun – Honor Kills
      • Russell Heath – Rinn’s Crossing
      • Bert Entwistle – Murder in the Dell
      • John W Feist – Blind Trust
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
      • Marian Exall – A Splintered Step
      • Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
      • Ronald Lamont – Smoke and Mirrors
      • Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
      • Nick Mancuso – Fever
      • Edgar Swamp – Amber Hollow
      • Steve Dimeo – The Magic Cape Caper
      • Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
      • Maureen Joyce Connolly – Little Lovely Things
      • T.K. Ambers – A Fox in the Fold
      • Deborah Serani – The Ninth Session
      • Ken Oder – The Judas Murders
      • Melodie Hernandez – Forgotten Rage
      • Chris Norbury – Straight River
      • Jode Millman – The Midnight Call
      • Barbara Brett – Secret Agenda
      • Barb Warner Deane – And Then There Was You
      • Ken Malovos – Sweet Justice
      • Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
      • Matt Witten – The Necklace
      • Matt Witten – Free For All
      • V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
      • E. L. Diamond – The Wolf of God
      • Carl Vonderau – Murderabilia
      • M. J. Simms-Maddox – Mystery in Harare
      • Courtney Leigh Pahlke – Life Force Preserve
      • Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
      • Kevin G. Chapman – Righteous Assassin: A Mike Stoneman Thriller
      • Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
      • Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
      • Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor – Death by the River
      • Joni M Fisher – West of Famous
      • D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
      • Kirk Millson – Serpents of Old
      • Lori A. Witt – Incel
      • Thomas Galvin – The Auction
      • Sonny Kruger – Killing Set In Motion
      • D. J. Adamson – At the Edge of No Return

      Which of these works will advance?

      The excitement continues to build for the 2019  CIBAs!

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 CLUE Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 CLUE Shortlist.  The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. 

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

      Register today for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA ceremony and banquet that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. at the luxury waterfront Hotel Bellwether, April 17 – 19, 2020. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

      We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels.