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  • MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor & Satire Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor & Satire Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    Satirical & Allegorical Fiction Book Awards | Chanticleer Book Reviews

    The MARK TWAIN Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Humor and Satire Fiction. The Mark Twain Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards is the first year that this division is offered as a book awards competition division in the CIBAs. Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs. (For contemporary and literary fiction see our Somerset Book Awards.)

    The 2020 MARK TWAIN Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the MARK TWAIN Grand Prize Winner were announced by Sarah Stamey on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 MARK TWAIN Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the MARK TWAIN BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the MARK TWAIN Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to all!

    Congratulations to the 2020 1st Place Winners in the MARK TWAIN Book Awards! 

    • Charlie Suisman – Arnold Falls 
    • Lenore Rowntree – Cluck
    • Wayne Edmiston – UNfatally Dead: to thaw or not to thaw?
    • Haris Orkin – You Only Live Once
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Alex J. Tremari – Dragoncast
    • Matt Tompkins – Odsburg
    • J.P. Kenna – Toward A Terrible Freedom

       

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Mark Twain Awards is:
      Charlie Suisman for
      Arnold Falls

      Cover of Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

      Blue and gold Grand Prize Winner in Mark Twain Awards for Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

       

      This is the first awarding for a Grand Prize in the MARK TWAIN Division

      The 2021 MARK TWAIN Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2021 MARK TWAIN 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 July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

    • CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

      CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

      book award for Romance Novels The Chatelaine AwardsThe CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine  Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). 

      These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

      The 2020 CHATELAINE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Seán Dwyer on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

      It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 CHATELAINE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the CHATELAINE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to all!

      • Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
      • Lindy Miller – The Magic Ingredient
      • Alexandrea Weis – The Christmas Spirit
      • Mary Ting – When the Wind Chimes  
      • Linda Lee Graham – A Thimbleful of Honor
      • Gayle Woodson – After Kilimanjaro
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
      • Carol Van Den Hende – Goodbye, Orchid        
      • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse    
      • Barb Warner Deane – The Whistle Stop Canteen
      • T.K. Conklin – Promise of Spring

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHATELAINE Awards is:

      Mary Ting for

      When the Wind Chimes

      Cover of When the Wind Chimes by Mary Ting

      Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Chatelaine Badge for When the Wind Chimes by Mary Ting

      The 2021 CHATELAINE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2022 CHATELAINE Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

      • LARAMIE Book Awards for Western & Pioneer Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

        LARAMIE Book Awards for Western & Pioneer Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

        Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

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

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring, the wild west, pioneering, Civil War, North American History, and First Nation Novels. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

        The 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Janet Oakley on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

        It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 LARAMIE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

        This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the LARAMIE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner.

        Congratulations to all!

        • Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Trouble the Water, a Novel  
        • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen 
        • James Kahn – Matamoros 
        • Daniel Greene – Northern Wolf
        • David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts? The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls 
        • Gerry Robinson – The Cheyenne Story   
        • J.B. Richard – Jesse   
        • Mike Shellenbergar – Quail Creek Ranch 
        • Mike Shellenbergar – Refuge 
        • J. Palma – The Chaffee Sisters   
        • Fred Dickey – Days of Hope, Miles of Misery – Love and Loss on the Oregon Trail

           

            The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is:

            Rebecca Dwight Bruff for

            Trouble the Water, a Novel

            Cover of Trouble The Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

            Blue and Gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for the 2020 Laramie Awards awarded to Rebecca Dwight Bruff's Trouble the Water, a Novel

            The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

            Submissions for the 2022 LARAMIE Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

            Don’t delay! Enter today! 

            A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

          • CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

            CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

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

             

             

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

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

            These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

            The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gregory Erich Phillips on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

            It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 CHAUCER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

            This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the CHAUCER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

            Congratulations to all!

            • Ancient Historical Fiction: B.L. Smith – The Fall of the Axe
            • Bronze Age – Pre-Historic: N.L. Holmes – Bird in a Snare 
            • Dark Ages/Medieval: Helena P. Schrader – The Emperor Strikes Back
            • World History:  Denis Olasehinde Akinmolasire – The Mission to End Slavery
            • Legend Based Historical Fiction:  Thoren Syndergaard – Ripley of Valor
            • Classical Roman/Greek:  Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
            • Elizabethan/Tudor: Janet Wertman – The Path to Somerset
            • Norse/Celtic Historical Fiction:  Regan Walker – Summer Warrior

            The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHAUCER Awards is:

            N.L. Holmes for

            Bird in a Snare

            Cover of Bird in a Snare by N.L. Holmes

            Gold and blue Grand Prize badge for the 2020 Chaucer Awards won by N.L. Holmes' Bird in a Snare

            The 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

            Submissions for the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

            Don’t delay! Enter today! 

            A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

          • DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

            DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

            Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

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

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

            Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

            (For Middle-Grade Fiction see our Gertrude Warner Awards, and for Early Readers and Picture Books, pleases visit our Little Peeps Awards page.)

            The 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

            It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

            This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the DANTE ROSSETTI BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner.

            Congratulations to all!

            • Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two
            • Sara Hosey – Iphigenia Murphy     
            • Felicia Farber – Ice Queen      
            • Susanne Dunlap – The Paris Affair    
            • Dallas Woodburn – The Best Week That Never Happened
            • Chynna Laird – Just Shut Up and Drive     
            • L.L. Eadie – Yearning for the Unattainable    
            • Jodi Lea Stewart – Blackberry Road      
            • Strider S. R. Klusman – Within Reach      
            • Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Book 1, Chorduroys and Too Many Boys™)    

             

              The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:

              Dallas Woodburn for

              The Best Week That Never Happened

              Cover of The Best Week That Never Happened by Dallas Woodburn

              Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Winner Badge for the Dante Rossetti Awards for The best week that never happened by Dallas Woodburn

              The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

              Submissions for the 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

              Don’t delay! Enter today! 

              A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

              • GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

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

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

                Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

                The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow   
                • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
                • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails    
                • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
                • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
                • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
                • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
                • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

                Kelly Oliver for

                Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

                Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

                Blue and Gold badge for the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner in Middle Grade Fiction, Kelly Oliver for Kassy O'Roarke, Cub Reporter

                The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Submissions for the 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

                A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

              • LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                Early Readers and Picture for Little Peeps Book Awards

                The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Readers that invites children to read and explore. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

                Chanticleer International Book Awards Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

                The 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                • Educational Book: Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer: Journey Through the Alphabet 
                • Division Grand Prize Winner: Masoud Malekyari – Great As A Button 
                • Picture Book: D.K. Brantley – Every Mummy Has a Mommy              
                • Self-Esteem: Dr. Justine Green – Completely Me
                • Exploring: Courtney Shannon Strand – Ella’s Umbrella
                • Holidays/Traditions: Lindy Ryan – Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray
                • Story Book: Johnny Ray Moore – ANTHILL FOR SALE 
                • Early Reader: Raven Howell – So You Want a Puppy?
                • Experiences: PJ McIlvaine – Little Lena and The Big Table

                 

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

                Masoud Malekyari for

                Great As A Button

                Cover for Great as a Button by Masoud Malekyari

                Blue and Gold Grand Prize Badge for Little Peeps for Great as a Button by Masoud Malekyari

                The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Submissions for the 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

                A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

                 

              • M & M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy MYSTERY & MAYHEM fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                M & M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy MYSTERY & MAYHEM fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

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

                Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

                The 2020 M & M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the MYSTERY & MAYHEM Grand Prize Winner were announced by Jessica Stone on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 M & M Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the MYSTERY & MAYHEM BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M & M Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
                • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
                • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
                • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
                • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery        
                • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
                • Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra  

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 M & M Awards is:

                Patrick M. Garry for

                The Discovery

                Cover of The Discovery by Patrick M. GarryGold and Blue Badge for the 2020 M & M Awards won by Patrick M. Garry for The Discovery

                The 2021 M & M Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Click here to enter the M & M Book Awards! 

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

                A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

              • PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                Paranormal Fiction Awards

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

                Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                The 2020 PARANORMAL Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner were announced by Sharon Anderson on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 PARANORMAL Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner.

                Congratulations to all!

                Congratulations to the 2020 1st Place Winners in the PARANORMAL Book Awards! 

                Paranormal

                • T. K. Thorne – House of Rose
                • R.B. Woodstone – Chains of Time   
                • Ryan Young – The Shepherd’s Burden
                • Lydia Staggs – Azrael
                • Franklin Posner – Boston Betty      
                • Kaylin McFarren – Soul Seeker
                • Meg Evans – Enthrallment     
                • Neil Chase – Iron Dogs
                • E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die

                The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 PARANORMAL Awards is:

                Kaylin McFarren for

                Soul Seeker

                Blue and gold badge for the 2020 Paranormal Grand Prize Winner, Kaylin McFarren for Soul Seeker

                The 2021 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                Submissions for the 2021 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

                Don’t delay! Enter today! 

                A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

                • OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

                  OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

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

                  Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

                  The 2020 OZMA Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the OZMA Grand Prize Winner were announced by David Beaumier on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

                  It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 OZMA Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

                  This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the OZMA BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the OZMA Grand Prize Winner.

                  Congratulations to all!

                  Congratulations to the 2020 1st Place Winners in the Ozma Book Awards! 

                  • Christopher Russell – Rebirth: Divinity’s Twilight
                  • T. Cook – Shin
                  • Michelle Rene – The Canyon Cathedral: The Witches of Tanglewood, Book Two ( YA)
                  • Gordon Preston – Zendragon    
                  • H.J. Ramsay – Ever Alice    
                  • Alison Levy – Gatekeeper: Book One in the Daemon Collecting Series
                  • Jeny Heckman – The Warrior’s Progeny        
                  • Glenn Searfoss –Cycles of Norse Mythology: Tales of the AEsir Gods 
                  •  KC Cowan & Sara Cole – Everfire     

                  The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Ozma Awards is:

                  Christopher Russell for

                  Rebirth: Divinity’s Twilight

                  The 2021 OZMA Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

                  Submissions for the 2021 OZMA Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

                  Don’t delay! Enter today! 

                  A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.