The 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.
Congratulations to the 2019 Cygnus Book Awards SHORT LISTERS!
Lawrence Brown – David: Savakerrva, Vol. 1
Mart Sander – The Goddess Of the Devil
Jim Cronin – Aeon Rises
William X. Adams – Intelligent Things
Erick Mars & Mike Wood – A Legacy of Wrath
Richard Mann – Purpose
Brett A. Lawrence – Shadow Seers
Callie Smith and Maura Smith – Fort Snow
Andrew Lucas McIlroy – Earthling
Charis Himeda – CRISPR Evolution
Ian Cross – The Lights of Time
Robert M. Kerns – It Ain’t Over…
J. I. Rogers – The Korpes Agenda
Paul Werner – Mustang Bettie
V.L. Arias – The Expiration Date
Adam Boostrom – Athena’s Choice
Monica Harte – San Francisco
Rey Clark – Titan Code: Dawn of Genesis
Trever Bierschbach – Embers of Liberty
Tim Cole – Insynnium
Sandra J. Jackson – Playing in the Rain
Samuel Winburn – Ten Directions
Grace Goodwin – Rogue Cyborg
Jacques St-Malo – Cognition
Timothy S. Johnston – The War Beneath
Thomas McDaniel – Rekindled
John Bowie – The Houses of the Curious
Shami Stovall – Star Marque Rising
D G Lamb – The Deepest Cut (Driven to the Hilt Book 1)
Terry Persun – BIOMASS Rewind
N. Matthias Moore – CLOUD 9
Darrell Lee – The Apotheosis
William X. Adams – Reluctant Android
David C. Crowther – City of Drowned Angels
Stephen Martino – The Final Reality
K.N. Salustro – Light Runner
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
The next round of judging will decide which books move on to the Semifinalist positions for the 2019 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction novels.
The CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with the Semi-Finalists will be announced at theApril 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 CYGNUS Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.
The 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. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Laramie 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
D.L. Andersen – Across Unstill Waters: The Stephenson House Chronicles Book 1
J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place
Gerald L. Guy – Chasing Gold
Gerald L. Guy – Chasing the Past
E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
James Filomio Jr – My Wife’s Wishes
John West – Marshallville
Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures
David Fitz-Gerald – Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey
John Hansen – The Outfit
Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
Nina Romano – The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley
Michael T. Tusa Jr. – And Trouble Followed
Mike H. Mizrahi – The Unnamed Girl (The Woodard Chronicles)
Hayley Stone – Make Me No Grave: A Weird West Novel
Donna L.H. Smith – Meghan’s Choice
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?
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 theApril 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!
The 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. These entries are now in competition for 2019 CHAUCER 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 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
William S. Roberts – Hatchepsut, Female Falcon Over Egypt
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
Alexander Geiger – Flood Tide: An Epic Novel of the Greek Invasion of Persia
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
Michelle Toohey – Dark Madonnas
Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
Brianna Nichole – The High Priestess and the Half-Blood Prince
A.L.Cleven – 26.2
C. K. Ruppelt – From Darkness – A Novel of the Ancient Roman World
Alexandrea Weis – Realm
F. Scott Kimmich – The Magdalene Malediction
Susan Heldt Davis – The Mother’s Tale
James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
Vince Pantalone – Incident on the Road to Canterbury
Robert Cole – The Falcons of Gebtu
Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction?
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 theApril 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 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. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Goethe 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 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction.Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Great War
Deborah Lincoln – The Trace of a Bird
Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
Louella Bryant – Cowboy Code
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 – Out of Necessity
John Hansen – Hard Times
Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
GS Johnston – Sweet Bitter Cane
Mike Van Horn – Neil Down: A Shot at Immortality
Lee Hutch – So Others May Live
Lucinda Elliot – The Peterloo Affair
Mike Jordan – The Runner
Lisa Braver Moss – SHRUG: A Novel
Melissa Koons – Orion’s Honor
Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing
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
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction?
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 theApril 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.
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 and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Dante Rossetti 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 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
Nick Korolev – Jerry Swift and Chiron’s Pride
Leslie Wibberley – Seriously, Universe?
Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
Kelly Watt – The India Diaries: Book One Tiger’s Rock
Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Book 5, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals
J. Taylor Baker – The Cardorian Complex
Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
Christine Gallagher – Swimming Without Goggles
Samantha Long – Hopelessly Devoted
Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
Rachel VanZandt – Return of the Eagle
Thomas Corrigan – Right Now Is Worth It
A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
Susan Brown – Twelve
Susan Brown – Catching Toads
J.T. Blossom – The Tunes of Lenore
James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
Michael R. French – Beginner’s Guide to Winning an Election
Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia
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
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction?
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 theApril 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 Dante Rossetti Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.
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. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Gertrude Warner 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 are in the running for the SHORT LIST 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.
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
Jason Otis – Monkey and Moose & the Pirates of Pine Point
B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors
Jason Colpitts – Corrine and the Underground Province
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
T.X. Troan – Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain
Lexi Rees – Eternal Seas
Rachel VanZandt – P.J. O’Breslin’s Pirate Journey
Catherine Mallette – Don’t Ask Me
Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Volcano
O’Dempsey Rynehart – The Seeds of Stone (A Sliver of Dark and Bright Series #1)
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
R. B. Maxwell – The Invisible Agent
Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
Francis B. Glad – Ernie Germy Jenkins
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
Jeff Orlowski – Avery Green And The Nightmare Busters
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?
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 theApril 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.
We titled the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs) division for Western American Fiction and all things that gather around the campfire singing a lonesome tune, the Laramie Awards, after the county and city in Wyoming. You know the one, tucked into the lower right-hand corner of the state…
Yes, but why Laramie?
There are several reasons we chose Laramie for our iconically American Book Awards. For us, and those in the know, Laramie, Wyoming immediately calls to mind the image of a Wild West town filled with rough-and-tumble cowboys. At one point, the only law in Laramie was “lawlessness. Wild Bill Hickok was even known to visit from time to time.
Here’s a picture of the man, himself, on the left with his friends, Texas Jack Omohundro (center), and Buffalo Bill Cody on the right.
But that’s not the only reason we chose Laramie.
And, yes, there is yet one more reason we love Laramie!
The WOMEN!
Calamity Jane hails from Laramie, Wyoming – a skilled sharpshooter who was born to a gambler and a prostitute. She cared for her five younger siblings in Utah before traveling on to Wyoming in search of a better life. There she found work as a dance hall girl and then as a prostitute at Fort Laramie. It was there that she reinvented herself by wearing buckskins and dressing like a man. She was also known for her swearing and hard-drinking ways, but Calamity Jane was also known even more for her kind heart and helping folks out of calamities–thus her nickname.
Calamity Jane
While the men were wrestling in the streets and shooting up the place, it was really the women who brought civilization to Laramie and Wyoming Territory. They established the first school in 1869, served on a formal jury in the Spring of 1870, and were the first to gain the vote; which is exactly what Louisa Swain and 92 of her friends did on September 6, 1870 – 150 years ago!
Louisa Swain – she was made of stern stuff!
Early in the morning on September 6, 1870 in Laramie, Wyoming Louisa Swain became the first woman in the world to cast a ballot under democratically enacted laws granting women equal political rights with men. In the fall of 2008, 138 years later, the U.S. Congress passes a resolution proclaiming September 6th as “Louisa Swain Day” in recognition of this historic event. The Loiusa Swain Foundation
In 1870, Esther Hobart Morris (59 years old) became the first female Justice of the Peace. She served in South Pass City, Wyoming, which is to the northwest of Laramie.
Esther Morris “to pettifoggers she showed no mercy.” Wyoming Tribune
The Union’s first all-female jury was assembled in Wyoming in 1870.
Later, in 1894, Estelle Reel Meyer became Superintendent of Public Instruction, the country’s first female statewide elected official.
And the grand coup d’etat was when in 1889 when Wyoming vied for statehood—and refused to join the Union if the laws giving equality to women were not upheld, telling Congress (which wanted the suffrage law rescinded) via telegram,
“We will remain out of the Union 100 years rather than come in without the women.”
Wyoming is also the first state in the USA to allow women to own property and sign legal documents.
Quotes are from the Smithsonian Magazine
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That, Chanticleerians, is why we love Laramie and have championed the name for our most iconic American awards group, The LARAMIE AWARDS. There is nothing better than the Wild West, Women’s Suffragette Success stories, Cowboys and Indians, History and Adventure all coming together with a true sense of the American West!
So, it is with pride we sponsor the LARAMIE Book Awards for American Western Fiction
Painting by C.M. Russell
Charles M. Russell painted the cowboy seen on Chanticleer’s very own Laramie contest badge. It is one of many such paintings he did that encompassed the Old American Wild West. An advocate for the Native Americans, Charles M. Russell also helped establish a reservation in Montana for the Chippewa people.
The Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction Hall of Fame First Place and Grand Prize winners!
2018 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
Living Where the Rabbits Dance by Jr. R. Collins
Promise of Tomorrow by TK Conklin
Chasing Demonsby John Hansen
A Female Doctor in the Civil War–Richard Alan
Splinteredby Curt Locklear
The 2018 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:
Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien
2017 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
Want to be a winner next year? The deadline to submit your book for the 2019 Laramie awards is July 31, 2019. Enter here!
Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2019 will be announced on April 18, 2020.
Any entries received on or after July 31, 2019, will be entered into the 2020 Laramie Book Awards. The Grand Prize and First Place for 2020 CIBA winners will be held on April 17, 2021.
As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your American Western readers deserve! Enter today!
The LARAMIE Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.
The 2019 winners will be announced at the CIBA Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2020, that will take place during the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of dinner, networking, and celebrations!
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 Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem”, amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British 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)
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 M&M Shortlist. The Short Listers 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 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Mystery & Mayhem Novels!
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
Lesley A. Diehl – Scream Muddy Murder
Susan Z. Ritz – A Dream to Die For
B. K. Stubblefield – Beneath The Surface
Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
Chief John J. Mandeville – Sherlockito vs. The Trio From Hell
Chief John J. Mandeville – Sherlockito and the LIE Mystery
Alan Chaput – Savannah Secrets
Lucy Carol – Hit That, Madison Cruz – Mystery 4
Mary Hatakka/Mary Ragwag – Tips for Teachers
B. L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
Mollie Hunt – Cat Cafe
MJ O’Neill – The Corpse Wore Stilettos
JL Oakley – Hilo Bay Mystery Collection
Kate Vale – Fateful Days
Cindy Sample – Dying for a Diamond
Henry G. Brinton – City of Peace
Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
Virginia V. Kidd – Artifacts of Murder
Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace
Kari Bovee – Girl with a Gun – An Annie Oakley Mystery
M. J. Simms-Maddox – Mystery in Harare
Carolyn Haley – Killer Heart
Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
Sallie Barr Palmer – A Dinner to Die For
Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Cruises
Kirk Millson – Serpents of Old
Mary Seifert – Titanic Cocktail
JG Murphy – Flipping Rich Bastard
M. K. Graff – Death at the Dakota: A Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery
Sofie Couch – Flippin’ the Bird
Lo Monaco – Poison butterfly
Toni Kief – Mildred In Disguise With Diamonds
Vee Kumari – DHARMA, A Rekha Rao Mystery
Lori Roberts Herbst – An Instant Out of Time
Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor – BLACKWELL
Stephen Kaminski – An Au Pair to Remember
Mollie Hunt – Cat Call
Mary Ann Cherry – Death at Crooked Creek
D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
Jean Rover – Ready or Not
Robert Chudnow – Brews and Stilettos
Linda Hughes – Secrets of the Island
Jane Willan – The Hour of Death
Holly Spofford – A Letter for Hoot
Dr. Sandra Tanner – Sacks of Murder
Gerard Shirar – When the Rules Don’t Apply
Susan Lynn Solomon – Writing is Murder
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem?
Which author will take home the 2019 M&M Grand Prize Ribbon?
Which one will have the chance at the $1,000 Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize?
All Semi-Finalists will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
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 theApril 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 M&M Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 JOURNEY Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 JOURNEY Shortlist. The Short Listers will for the Quarter-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be selected from the Quarter-Finalists. The SemiFinalists will compete for the limited First Place Category Winners in the final rounds of judging. The Semi-Finalists and the First Place Category Winners, along with the division grand prize winners, will be announced 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 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
Susan Murphy – Toppled World
Barbara Clarke – The Opposite of Hate: A Memoir
Charles C McCormack – Hatching Charlie: A Quest for Happiness and Meaning
Eva Doherty Gremmert – Our Time To Dance
Charles C McCormack – Hatching Charlie: A Quest for Happiness and Meaning
Rod Baker – I Need My Yacht by Friday – True Tales from the Boat Repair Yard
Lisa Dailey – Square Up
Tracee Dunblazier – Heal Your Soul History- Activate the True Power of Your Shadow
Juliet Cutler – Among the Maasai
Tyler R Grindstaff – Room To Roam
Chris Register – Conversations With US – GreatLakes States
Rebecca Faye Smith Galli – Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
Kate Kaufmann – Do You Have Kids? Life When the Answer is No
Linda Gartz – Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
Anna Carner – Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
Anthony Delauney – Owning the Dash
Maya Castro – The Bubble: Everything I Learned as a Target of the Political, and Often Corrupt, World of Youth Sports
J. Bronson Haley – The Depth of Grace: Finding Hope at Rock Bottom
Ted Sheppard/T.S. Lewis – The Why of War: An Unorthodox Soldier’s Memoirs
Nikki West – The Odyssey of the Chameleon
Jean-Philippe Soul? – Dancing With Death: An Epic and Inspiring Travel Adventure
Julie MacNeil – The 50-Year Secret
David A. Bossert – Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for The Disney Studios
Nina Norstrom – Not a Blueprint It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter / A Journey Through Toxic Relationships
Gordon Cross, Robert Fowler, Ted Neill – Finding St. Lo: A Memoir of War & Family
Ted Neill – Two Years of Wonder
Anthony Suarez – Politically Indicted: The Real Story Behind the Jersey Sting
Julie L. Seely – Skinny House -A Memoir of Family
Francisco Silva – The Crossroads of Europe: Home Beneath our Feet
Dena Moes – The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal
Ryan M. Chukuske – Bigfoot 200: Because, You Know, Why the #@&% Not?
Laureen Pittman – The Lies That Bind: An Adoptee’s Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery
Nancy Canyon – STRUCK: A Memoir
Carol E. Anderson – You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties
Patrick Hogan – Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War
Donna Hill – Yes, The World Is Round
Andy Chaleff – The Last Letter
Christie Musso Bruce – Hope Knows Your Name
John Egenes – Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
Whitney Ellenby – Autism Uncensored: Pulling Back the Curtain
Paula Forget – Guided to the Higher Realms: a Personal Journey of Ascension through Meditation
Lance Brewer – Back Story Alaska
John Hoyte – Persistence of Light
David Wienir – Amsterdam Exposed
Congratulations to Janice S. Ellis, Ph.d. whose work From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream took home the Grand Prize for the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards
Journey Award Winners from Left to Right, Dennis Clausen, Sean Dwyer, Grand Prize winner Janice Ellis, Cheryl Hughes Musick, Kayce Stevens Hughlett
The 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 (CIBA).
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. 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.
CYGNUS Book Awards Alumni – The Stakes Are Out of This World!
Bennett R. Coles, a CYGNUS Grand Prize award winner for VIRTUES OF WAR, his debut novel, landed a sweet 3 book deal from Titan UK and he has just landed another from Harper Collins Voyager for his science fiction works.
Bennett Coles CYGNUS Grand Prize for VIRTUES of WAR (2013)
We love having the CYGNUS awards and Chanticleer quotes on the covers! #justsaying
CYGNUS 1st Place Winners CHILDREN of the FIFTH SUN and IT TAKES DEATH to REACH a STAR by Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones were picked up by VESUVIAN Media Group.
Please email us about your work’s progress! We love to brag about CYGNUS Award-Winning Science Fiction
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Cygnus Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Quarter-Finalist positions. The Quarter Finalist 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 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
Lawrence Brown – David: Savakerrva, Vol. 1
Mart Sander – The Goddess Of the Devil
Jim Cronin – Aeon Rises
William X. Adams – Intelligent Things
Erick Mars & Mike Wood – A Legacy of Wrath
Richard Mann – Purpose
Brett A. Lawrence – Shadow Seers
Callie Smith and Maura Smith – Fort Snow
Andrew Lucas McIlroy – Earthling
Charis Himeda – CRISPR Evolution
Paul Ian Cross – The Lights of Time
Jenn Lees – Stolen Time: Community Chronicles Book 2
Robert M. Kerns – It Ain’t Over…
J. I. Rogers – The Korpes Agenda
D. D. Wolf – Orchids Ablaze
Bryan K. Prosek – Paradoxal
William T. Kenny – The Conscious Whole
Alison Lyke – Forever People
Paul Werner – Mustang Bettie
V.L. Arias – The Expiration Date
Adam Boostrom – Athena’s Choice
Monica Harte – San Francisco
Jay Ashkinos – Hypergiant – Compendium One
Rey Clark – Titan Code: Dawn of Genesis
Trever Bierschbach – Embers of Liberty
Tim Cole – Insynnium
Sandra J. Jackson – Playing in the Rain
Samuel Winburn – Ten Directions
Grace Goodwin – Rogue Cyborg
J. Steven Young – Trumpery Resistance
Robert Sells – Revelations
Ken Hart – It was a Small Affair
Jacques St-Malo – Cognition
Timothy S. Johnston – The War Beneath
Thomas McDaniel – Rekindled
John Bowie – The Houses of the Curious
Shami Stovall – Star Marque Rising
D G Lamb – The Deepest Cut (Driven to the Hilt Book 1)
Terry Persun – BIOMASS Rewind
N. Matthias Moore – CLOUD 9
Darrell Lee – The Apotheosis
William X. Adams – Reluctant Android
David C. Crowther – City of Drowned Angels
Stephen Martino – The Final Reality
K.N. Salustro – Light Runner
Congratulations to J. I. ROGERS for the KORPES FILE taking home the 2018 CYGNUS Book Awards Grand Prize Ribbon
All Semi-Finalists will receive high visibility along with special ribbons to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
The CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with the Semi-Finalists will be announced at theApril 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 CYGNUS Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.
The 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).
We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CYGNUS Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021. 
The 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.
The 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 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 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).
