Tag: Best Literary Books

  • The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards FINALISTS. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    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 Saturday, April 29th, 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 and Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
    • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
    • Linda Moore – Attribution
    • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
    • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
    • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
    • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
    • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
    • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
    • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
    • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
    • John Hansen – Hired Hand
    • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
    • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
    • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
    • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
    • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

    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. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

    Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    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 SOMERSET CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Short List to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
    • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
    • Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
    • Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
    • Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
    • Linda Moore – Attribution
    • Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
    • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
    • Rebecca Miller – Touch
    • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
    • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
    • Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
    • Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
    • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
    • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
    • Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
    • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
    • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
    • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
    • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • John Hansen – Hired Hand
    • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
    • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
    • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
    • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
    • Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
    • Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
    • Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
    • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

    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. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

    Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    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 SOMERSET CIBAs Short List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Short List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Long List to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Semi-Finalist. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
    • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
    • Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
    • Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
    • Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
    • Linda Moore – Attribution
    • Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
    • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
    • Ja-ne de Abreu – The Energy Inside Valsin’s Choices
    • Rebecca Miller – Touch
    • Grace Marcus – Visible Signs
    • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
    • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
    • Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • David B. Seaburn – Give Me Shelter
    • Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
    • Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
    • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
    • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
    • Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 2 Ambient Light
    • Karen Heenan – Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression
    • Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
    • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
    • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
    • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
    • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • John Hansen – Hired Hand
    • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
    • Drema Drudge – Southern-Fried Woolf
    • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
    • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
    • Barbara Francesca Murphy – Lucina’s Letters
    • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
    • Peter McDade – Songs By Honeybird
    • Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
    • Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
    • Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
    • Gloria Mattioni – California Sister
    • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

    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. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

    Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    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 SOMERSET CIBAs Long List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Long List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction entries to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions.  Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
    • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
    • Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
    • Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
    • Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
    • Linda Moore – Attribution
    • Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
    • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
    • Theresa Griffin Kennedy – Talionic Night in Portland
    • Ja-ne de Abreu – The Energy Inside Valsin’s Choices
    • Rebecca Miller – Touch
    • Grace Marcus – Visible Signs
    • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
    • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
    • Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
    • Zubin Aibara – Gulliver’s Tramps
    • J. F. Alexandria – Children of the Sun
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • David B. Seaburn – Give Me Shelter
    • Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
    • Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
    • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
    • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
    • Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 2 Ambient Light
    • Karen Heenan – Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression
    • John Nicholson – The Parables of Chance
    • Terry Tierney – Lucky Ride
    • Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
    • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
    • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
    • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
    • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • John Hansen – Hired Hand
    • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
    • Drema Drudge – Southern-Fried Woolf
    • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
    • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
    • Barbara Francesca Murphy – Lucina’s Letters
    • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
    • Peter McDade – Songs By Honeybird
    • Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
    • Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
    • Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
    • Gloria Mattioni – California Sister
    • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
    • Matthew Marullo – Welcome To Opine
    • Robert Steven Goldstein – Will’s Surreal Period
    • Karen S. Bell – Like a Lily Among the Thorns
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

    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. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

    Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer In’tl Book 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 SOMERSET 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Literary & Contemporary Fiction

    The SOMERSET 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Literary & Contemporary Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    The 2021 SOMERSET Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner were announced by James Conroyd Martin on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the SOMERSET BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner.

    Blue and Gold Somerset First Place Winner Badge for Best in Category

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
    • Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
    • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
    • Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
    • Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
    • Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
    • Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes    
    • M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met

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

    Lies in Bone

    Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Lies in Bone

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook 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.

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

    The 2022 SOMERSET Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2022 SOMERSET Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!