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  • The 2023 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2023 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Finalists. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

     

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    The Blue and Gold Badge for the Cygnus 2022 Grand Prize Book Award for the CIBAs The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 Short List CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2023 Short List CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Long List to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards Short List. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    A Laurel for CAC24 - the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • S.W. Lawrence, MD – Climate Dragon
    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • William X. Adams – Polters
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • K.M. Messina – Gemja – The Message
    • Lucia Dolan – Power Surge
    • R. R. Corvi – The Brangus Rebellion
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • J. Wint – The Prism Effect
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

    Shortlisted by Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards CIBAs

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    The Blue and Gold Badge for the Cygnus 2022 Grand Prize Book Award for the CIBAs The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The CYGNUS 2023 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    The CYGNUS 2023 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • S.W. Lawrence, MD – Climate Dragon
    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Diana Fedorak – Children of Alpheios
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • Sue C Dugan – Walk-ins Welcome
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • Jonny Thompson – Ash and Sun
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • William X. Adams – Polters
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • K.M. Messina – Gemja – The Message
    • Lucia Dolan – Power Surge
    • R. R. Corvi – The Brangus Rebellion
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • J. Wint – The Prism Effect
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Sean O’Connor – Blood Ever After
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • Less Than 10 Days to submit to the Journey, Cygnus, Dante Rossetti, and Chatelaine Awards

    Attention Authors! Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Deadlines approaching!

    Only 10 days left to submit your books to the prestigious CIBAs and embark on an extraordinary journey to success. With over $30,000 in prizes awarded annually, now is the time to make your mark!

    These dynamic CIBA divisions await your submissions: Journey, Cygnus, Dante Rossetti, and Chatelaine. These sizzling book awards will set your summer ablaze with recognition and accolades.

    Best Book Grand Prize for the Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards

    We’ve listened to authors and readers, and our revised Book Award deadlines ensure faster information delivery for authors. Thank you for your patience as we fine-tune our schedule to create a seamless experience for all.

    The CIBAs offer more than just recognition — they provide a ladder to success with a range of achievement tiers and expert long tail marketing strategies. From the highly anticipated Long List to the prestigious Overall Grand Prize Winner, the CIBA lists energize both authors and readers, maximizing your digital footprint and expanding your fan base.

    The tiers of achievement for the CIBAs (Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards)

    Summer is the perfect season to get ahead of the game and submit your book to the CIBAs. Join the ranks of celebrated authors who have already taken this critical step in their publishing.

    Your book deserves to be discovered, celebrated, and shared with the world. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your talent and gain valuable exposure at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 18 -21, 2024)where Winners from all 25 Book Award Divisions will be honored.

    In a world hungry for good books, your story deserves to be heard. Submit now and leave a lasting impression.

    Let’s celebrate exceptional storytelling together!

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    Don’t Delay! Enter Today!
  • The 2022 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    The 2022 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists! FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the First Place Winners of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

     

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The 2022 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2022 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Short List to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Semi-Finalists! The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The CYGNUS 2022 Short List for Science Fiction Book Awards – a Division of the CIBAs

    The CYGNUS 2022 Short List for Science Fiction Book Awards – a Division of the CIBAs

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Long List to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Short List These entries are now in competition for the 2022 Cygnus Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Timothy S. Johnston – An Island of Light
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Charles Ross – The Future is a Memory
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • E. R. Harris – Surf the Milky Way
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Kristopher Clewell – The Penrose Triangle
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

    Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The CYGNUS 2022 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    The CYGNUS 2022 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries  to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2022 Cygnus Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference
    Save the Date! CAC23 is April 27-30, 2023 at the Hotel Bellwether

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Timothy S. Johnston – An Island of Light
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Charles Ross – The Future is a Memory
    • Sebastian Dax – Grasp of Erebus
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Steven Paul Terry – Star Revelations
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • Sandra J. Jackson – Dancing in the Wind, Book 3 Escape Series
    • Dana Hayward – Entropy
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • Steve Ramirez – The Great Migration
    • E. R. Harris – Surf the Milky Way
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • J. B. Christensen – Dylan McLeod-Vexor City
    • Lucien Telford – The Sequence
    • Kristopher Clewell – The Penrose Triangle
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Chris Black – NORAD’s Ghost
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • James McGill Jr – The Alien Agenda: The Earth is a Garden
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Alex Usher – The Age Of Obsidian
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

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    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

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    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • An Editorial Review of “Shadow Guardians” by Brett A. Lawrence

    An Editorial Review of “Shadow Guardians” by Brett A. Lawrence

    Shadow Guardians is a science fiction novel that steps away from warring aliens and warp drives to delve into individual potential.  The premise focuses on how one would react if extracted from normal life and inserted into a totally new construct of so-called “life” while retaining all of your previous life’s memories.  Would you take death instead?

    Lawrence starts his story with Abigail and Dennis Webster who have just celebrated their anniversary with a special dinner at a fine restaurant, ensconced in the warmth of their closeness in the cockpit of their Piper aircraft. They are taking off from Tacoma, Washington, toward their temporary home in Everett. Abby and Dennis’s affectionate reflections are interrupted by the raucous noise of another craft’s intrusion in their airspace. There is scarcely time for thought before a crash sends them heading downward into the frigid Puget Sound.

    That same evening, Lindsey Maguire, a beautiful but self-serving and arrogant bank executive, is abducted by a hired killer, destined to be pushed over a bridge railing to her death.

    Instead of dying, the would-be victims find themselves groggily awakening in the alien confines of an interstellar spaceship, the “Starlight Mistress.” Each reacts differently to the news that they have been rescued and transported by two representatives of the distant planet of Majora—Milankaar (or Mil), a humanoid born there, and his companion Miriam, a human rescued from Earth some time ago, who has joined Mil in his mission of learning more about Earth and its people.

    The fascinating difference between Lawrence’s captivating sci-fi novel and most others of this genre is his focus on the personalities and feelings of the rescued beings of our era and their reactions to the knowledge that their lives will be continued on the planet Majora. Their initial shock and disbelief evolve in different ways, which Lawrence deftly paints.  The survivors are offered an impossible choice that, regardless of their decision, ensures their old life is over. But Mil—an intelligent, generous, and thoughtful character—seeks to help his guests deal with their present reality and look forward to a new life on the relatively peaceful and pleasant planet of Majora—especially Dennis and Abby whose marriage threatens to crumble under the strain.

    The interspatial action heats up when a Chelonite slave-abducting ship attacks the “Starlight Mistress.” The pages fly by as fast as the spaceships when Mil draws the slavers to the rocky surface of the moon in an effort to evade or destroy their attackers. Lawrence’s precise descriptions of the lunar landscape, skillfully drawn from America’s moon landings and explorations, lend reality to the death-defying chase, skimming over mountains and diving through the Valles Alpes.  If Mil can’t out fly the Chelonite vermin, he’ll have to outwit them.

    As Brett Lawrence says in his bio, if all goes well for the Shadow Guardians, we might just see a sequel to this, his first published novel. This reviewer, for one, certainly hopes so, because Shadow Guardians gave me an exciting ride and a thought-provoking great read!