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PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS Shortlist for 2017
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Magic, supernatural, superhumans, magical beings, vampires and werewolves, and etc. The PARANORMAL Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Congratulations to these authors for their works moving up from the 2017 Paranormal slush pile to the Short List. These novels will now compete for the First Place Category positions!

Each of the titles below has earned the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST bragging rights!

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners!

The PARANORMAL Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are Adventure/Mystery/Thriller, Paranormal Romance, Magical Beings & Creatures, Strange and Unexplained, & Supernatural powers.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the PARANORMAL 2017 SHORT LIST.

This is the Official 2017 Shortlist for the 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards:
- Joanne Jaytanie – Willow’s Discovery
- Alex E. Carey – Water’s Reflection
- Judith Docken – Ghosted: A Novel of Life, Love and Moving On
- Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones, Time Traveler Professor Book 2
- Emma Rose Millar – Delirium
- Joy Ross Davis – Countenance
- Susan Buffum – Out
- Lydia Staggs – Rea
- Jerry Gundersheimer – Face of the Bell Witch: Book One of The Medium Series
- Tom & Nancy Wise – Life on Base: Spirit of Quantico
- DJ Erfert – Window of Time
- Ann Charles – Make No Bones About It
- Chynna Laird – Dark Water
- Heather Starsong – Never Again
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps – The Lost Power
- Laura Wolfe – Barn Shadows (Dark Horse, Book Two)
- J.R.R.R. (Jim) Hardison – Demon Freaks
As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you!

The PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer 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 for the 2018 PARANORMAL Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2018. Please click here for more information.
February 17, 2018
HOW to POST an EDITORIAL REVIEW on AMAZON.COM by Sharon Anderson – Book Marketing, Reviews, Instructional
It’s not as hard as you think…

Chanticleer Editorial Book Reviews for #SeriousAuthors

Why do you want to post reviews on your book’s Amazon page in the Editorial Reviews section?

Kiffer Brown chimes in here:
1. It is well-known and believed that part of Amazon’s secret sauce search algorithm crawls the Editorial section of each book’s Amazon page. It is believed that the more individual blurbs attributed from different sources, the better. Be sure to leave a blank line between review blurbs along with giving attribution to the reviewer will attract the notice of the “crawler” program.
2. And having review blurbs in the Editorial Reviews section gives your title a certain cachet and panache that will separate it from the other books (read millions) that do not have them.
3. Editorial reviews help to garner more “consumer reviews” (reader reviews). They do this because they give readers the language to discuss your book and reaffirms the readers’ opinion. This is why traditional publishers spend a lot of time, effort, and money on getting reviews for pre-released books.
It’s a numbers game.

To get on Amazon’s radar, even more, your title will need at least 100 consumer reviews. Notice I didn’t say one hundred 5-starred reviews. It is the quantity that counts here. And the more mixed the better.

Why do you want your title to get on Amazon’s “good books radar?”

When a reader does a search on Amazon for a particular genre to read, Amazon “ranks” which books will be shown to the searcher (reader) as a potential selection that he or she might want to purchase. And Amazon is in the business of selling things (consumer goods). Books for “the Trade” (genre fiction) are consumer goods.

Now back to Sharon Anderson…

Most authors sell their books on Amazon.com because that’s where a fair share of the reading public goes to purchase their books. If an author has worked hard at conditioning their audience – or if enough people have read an author’s work, soon reviews will be added. Good or bad.

Sidenote: We all like good reviews, right? I mean, who doesn’t? But bad reviews can be just as helpful. Believe it or not, bad reviews (1-2 stars) are instructive. They will tell you about formatting issues, grammar issues, plot failures and more. Pay attention to them! Besides, if all you have are 5-star reviews – well, that’s a little unbelievable.

Back to our topic…

That’s all well and good, however, what do you do with your Chanticleer Editorial Review?

Update 3/20/2020: We just noted that we have not updated this paragraph. Our apologies. Kiffer: We are no longer allowed to post our reviews on Amazon since summer 2018 or so. It is Amazon’s policy not ours –even though Amazon ranked us highly and gave us special recognition. <<~~We will post the entire review on your book’s Amazon page Consumer Reviews>~~>

But there IS something that only you can do and that is to post a blurb of it in the Editorial Reviews section.

Posting Your Chanticleer Book Review to the Editorial Review Section

You cannot do this from Amazon.com. You first have to log in to your Author Central account.

You do have a fully functional Amazon Author Central account—don’t you.

If not, start here:

https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/help?topicID=200620850

Back to posting a review blurb in the Editorial section on your title’s Amazon page…

The welcoming page should look like this:

Click on Books:

Your books will pop up and the screen should look something like this:

Click on the book you wish to add a Chanticleer Review to:

Hit the “add” button and place the Chanticleer quote you wish to use. Preview it, and if it looks good, click on “save changes.”

In a few days, you will see the Chanticleer quote appear under the Editorial Reviews section on your book’s Amazon.com page.

Another chime in from Kiffer:

For a professional look, do not post the entire review. A well-selected blurb will do nicely. Be sure to use ellipses if you are taking a section out. And always give attribution!

Example:

…Readers who are new to Larew’s series are in for a fabulously thrilling, nail-biting, page-turning, edge-of-their seats ride. Marilynn Larew’s writing style is smooth, engaging, and well-paced. Her ability to craft vibrant settings against the backdrop of exotic and gritty Hong Kong is exceptionally well-delivered. To sum it all up, Hong Kong Central is an absolute win. —Chanticleer Book Reviews
February 17, 2018
CLUE Book Awards 2017 SHORT LIST for Thriller Fiction
The CLUE Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Thrillers, Suspense, & Investigative Fiction. The CLUE Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

Congratulations to these authors for their works moving up from the 2017 CLUE slush pile to the Short List. These novels will now compete for the First Place Category positions!

Each of the titles below has earned the CLUE BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST bragging rights!

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners!

The CLUE Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are Detective/Crime, Suspense/Thriller, Private Eye/Noir, Legal/Medical/Police Procedural, Investigative, Spy/Espionage, and Political Thrillers.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

NOTE: This is the Official List of the CLUE 2017 SHORT LIST.

This is the Official 2017 Shortlist for the 2017 CLUE Book Awards:
- Triveen Nair – Land of Seekers
- Jeffrey A. Lockwood – Poisoned Justice
- Carl and Jane Bock – Death Award
- Hubert Crouch – The Weight
- Martin Roy Hill – The Butcher’s Bill
- Kara Lumbley – As the Ribbons Fall
- Jeffrey Ridenour – Aged in Charcoal
- Kaylin McFarren – Twisted Threads
- John Houde – The Criminalist: A Novel of Forensic Science Suspense
- Patrick Clark – The Monroe Decision
- Clint Hollingsworth – Death in the High Lonesome
- Elaine Williams Crockett – Do Not Ask
- Deborah Rich – Under the Radar
- Lisa Malice – Lost & Found
- Robert D. Calkins – Digger
- Barb Warner Deane – Killing Her Softly
- Lou Dischler – Beneath the Frozen Waves of Steel
- Larry Temple – 100 Days of Terror
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Zach Fortier – Cachibache
- Dana Ridenour – Beyond The Cabin
- K. A. Davis – A Game of Deceit
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps – The Lost Power
- John L. DeBoer – When the Reaper Comes
- Bruce Graham – Member From Devon
- Murray Lee Eiland Jr – A New Family (The Bart Northcote Series Book 3)
The CLUE SHORTLISTERS will compete for the CLUE First-In-Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the CLUE BOOK AWARDS GRAND PRIZE competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.

Lonna Enox awarded Clue Grand Prize for BLOOD RELATIONS

All ShortListers will receive high visibility along with special badges 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.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you!

The CLUE Grand Prize Winner and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer 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 2018 CLUE Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2018. Please click here for more information.
February 9, 2018
GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards 2017 SHORTLIST for Lab Lit and Global Thrillers
The GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Lab Lit and Global Thrillers. The GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Book Awards and Writing Competitions.

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point.

2017 is the first year that we offered the Global Thriller Book Awards and we are honored to announce the very first authors whose works have made the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards!

Examples from www.LabLit.com:

Enigma by Robert Harris; A brilliant mathematician struggles to crack German codes in the second world war. Historical Fiction
The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch; A budding marine biologist has an unforgettable summer.
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis; A scientist/medic leans the hard way that pure research is nobler – and cures plague in the process.

GLOBAL Thriller examples:

Best examples of these are James Bond books, X-Men, Tom Clancy novels, and Star Wars/Star Trek where humankind is at stake or the planet is doomed.
(For light-hearted, cozy, or classic Mystery and Suspense entries see our Mystery & Mayhem Awards and for Thriller/Suspense/Hardboiled-Detective series, please see the CLUE Awards)

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners at the Chanticleer Authors Conference April 21st, 2018!

This is the Official announcement of the Authors and Titles of Works that have been SHORT-LISTED for the GLOBAL THRILLERS 2017 Book Awards. These titles will now compete for the First In Category positions.
- Amy Rogers – The Han Agent
- Denis Lipman – Striking Terror
- Mario Loomis, MD – Essence
- John Yarrow – The Recombinant Theory
- John D Trudel – Raven’s Redemption
- Lou Dischler – Off Road to Armageddon
- K.V. Scruggs – What They Don’t Know
- Sara Stamey – The Ariadne Connection
- Daniel Elliott – The Kingmaker
- Dean De Servienti – Quantum – The Trilogy Begins
- James Tacy Cozad – Stormfront
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps – The Lost Power
- Lawrence Verigin – Seed of Control
- Lee Burvine – The Kafir Project
- Richard Gargulinski – Magenta is Missing
Good Luck to all of the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLERS Short-Listers as they compete for the First Place Category positions.

First In Category announcements will be made at the Awards Ceremony. The GLOBAL THRILLERS Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.
January 31, 2018
GOETHE BOOK AWARDS 2017 SHORTLIST for Historical Fiction post-1750s
The GOETHE Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Historical Fiction post-1750s. The GOETHE Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2017 writing competition winners at the Chanticleer Authors Conference April 21st, 2018!

This is the Official announcement of the Authors and Titles of Works that have been SHORT-LISTED for the GOETHE 2017 Book Awards. These titles will now compete for the First In Category positions.

The GOETHE Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres are Regency, 1700s/1800s, Turn of the 19th Century, 20th Century, World Wars and Other Wars, World/International History (non-western culture historical fiction pre-1750s), USA History, and 1830s – 1900s, Victorian Era.
- Caren Umbarger – The Passion of Marta
- Blaine Beveridge – A Bit of Candy in Hard Times
- Peter Curtis – The Dragontail Buttonhole
- Michelle Rene – Hour Glass
- Paul A. Barra – Murder in there Charleston Cathedral
- Ron Singerton – A Cherry Blossom in Winter
- J.R. Collins – The Boy Who Danced With Rabbits
- Joe Vitovec – Full Circle: A Refugee’s Tale
- Robert G. Makin – Dirt McGirtt
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones, Book Two in the Time Traveler Professor series
- Sean P. Mahoney – Fenian’s Trace
- Michelle Cox – A Ring of Truth
- Peter Greene – Paladin’s War
- Michael Aloysius O’Reilly – Desertion
- Jack Mayer – Before the Court of Heaven
- Jessica Dainty – The Shape of the Atmosphere
- Lucinda Brant – Deadly Peril: A Georgian Historical Mystery
- Helen Walsh Folsom – Kells, The Risin’ of the Rebellion
- Suzette Hollingsworth – Sherlock Holmes and the Chocolate Menace
- L.L. Holt – Invictus
- Kalen Vaughan Johnson – Robbing the Pillars
- Nick K. Adams – Away at War: A Civil War Story of the Family Left Behind
Good Luck to all of the 2017 GOETHE Short-Listers as they compete for the First Place Category positions.

First In Category announcements will be made at the Awards Ceremony. The GOETHE Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2018 Chaucer Awards and the Goethe Awards writing competitions for Historical Fiction. Please click here for more information.

To view the GOETHE Slushpile Survivors of the first judging rounds, please click here.
January 20, 2018
Marketing & Sales Workshops and Sessions for CAC18 feature bestselling author Ann Charles

Ann Charles

We are super excited to announce that Ann Charles, the award-winning author of the USA Today Best-Selling Deadwood Mystery Series, to keynote at CAC18 and to present sessions and workshops!

Ann writes multiple award-winning mystery series that are splashed with humor, spice, suspense, action-adventure, and whatever else sounds fun.

Her books garner thousands of Amazon reviews and are the Top-Rated #1 Kindle Bestseller Women Sleuth Mysteries.

Ann will share her proven and tried marketing secrets to creating, building, maintaining, and growing an enthusiastic fanbase. www.AnnCharles.com

CAC18 Workshops and Presentations by Ann Charles:

CREATING DIE-HARD FANS THROUGH RELATIONSHIP MARKETING – (2-hour workshop presented by Ann Charles)

There are many ways to find and entice readers, but keeping them as part of your long-term readership base is tricky. Years ago, Ann made the choice to focus much of her non-writing energy on Relationship Marketing, fostering reader loyalty rather than taking the one-time-sale mentality. In this workshop, she’ll explain 5 W’s of Relationship Marketing: WHAT it is, WHY it’s important, WHERE you can develop career-beneficial contacts, WHO benefits from this style of marketing, and WHY this marketing method can be effective.

GROWING YOUR AUDIENCE—For Published or Unpublished Authors – (2-hour workshop presented by Ann Charles and Jacquie Rogers)

The publishing industry is morphing every day, and the internet brings a new dimension to the concept of audience. Together, these changes merge into a vastly different and exciting concept of marketing. The shotgun approach to finding your audience worked for decades, but this technique becomes more expensive and less viable with each passing month. The bad news: no one will find your readers for you. The good news: you have more options than ever in history to build your own fan base. In this interactive class, we’ll explore these options and send you on your way to building your own tribe of diehard fans. This class will help you pinpoint your audience—find the readers who want to buy your book—so you can tailor your marketing and promotion techniques to them and stop wasting time and money.

BUILDING A WORLD ONE BOOK AT A TIME – (Session presented by Ann Charles & Diane Garland)

Many readers love crossover books and characters. Creating one world that encompasses multiple series offers a familiarity even though the setting, style, and series are different. For authors, it not only helps to sell backlist books but can also create die-hard fans for life. In this presentation, Ann will explain some of the ways she has used to create crossover elements within her three on-going series. Diane Garland will join Ann and discuss the various ways her role as a World Keeper plays with Ann’s series building.

WORKING WITH A WORLD BUILDING EDITOR or How to make your writing time more efficient and productive – (Session presented by Ann Charles & Diane Garland)

Building a world takes a lot of planning. Readers are smart, so you need all the help you can get making sure your world follows the rules you create along the way. For authors, previous threads and rules can become hazy by book 3 or 4 in a series. In this workshop, Ann and Diane will talk about ways they work as a team to make sure each book in an ongoing series stays true to the world the readers know and love.

LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH FICTION – (Session presented by Ann Charles and Jacquie Rogers) The Writer’s Life tract

Have you ever wondered where authors find the information needed to write stories about historical setting, character careers, or true events from the past, and how they incorporate it all into a single story or series? In this presentation, Ann and Jacquie will discuss how difficult it can be to live vicariously through fiction, and how important it is to be as accurate as possible.

CAC18 STORY. PRODUCTION. BEYOND.

Stay tuned for the latest info about Chanticleer Authors Conference presenters & sessions!

January 19, 2018
WHAT IS Pulpwood Queens GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND ALL ABOUT? by Sara Dahmen

This is the second year I’ll be attending the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend in Nacogdoches, Texas with Kathy Murphy, the ultimate book queen of the world and founder of the PQs.

In case you’re like me, and live north of the Mason-Dixon line where this club and the Girlfriend Weekend event is not well-known (yet!), the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys is the biggest book club in the world, citing over 725 chapters internationally, and thousands of members. Going to my first Girlfriend Weekend was eye-opening and exhilarating, and definitely required extra doses of Vitamin B.

As an author, attending the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend was a bit of an (awesome) shock. Hundreds of readers were piled into an auditorium, and every evening was an occasion to dress up according to a planned theme. Dragging a wardrobe from Wisconsin that included everything from an Elvis-era crinoline to a red-sequined “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” gown I handmade for the Great Big Ball of Hair Ball at the end of the weekend. Authors from around the nation and the globe attended, spending time with one another and readers alike, with fantastic keynote speakers from bestselling and local, small or first-time authors (like myself!).

Tim Monzingo/The Daily Sentinel
Dressed as a surly band of miners, Pulpwood Queens members bellied up to the bar for candy cigarettes and wine during the Great Big Ball of Hair Ball at Austin Hall Saturday night. The event closed out a weekend-long celebration and convention of new and established authors.

It was a phenomenal experience to speak to so many people about my background and my novels, to interact with dedicated readers and book club members and make new life-long friends who ended up on my Christmas card list.

The cherry on top turned out to be the personal relationships I made with fellow authors. I personally was in awe of most of them, and they were so welcoming, warm, and kind both during and after the event. I’m so excited to see many of them again in person in a few short days, and cannot wait to celebrate their ongoing successes as they continue their trajectory towards author greatness. Me? I’ll be speaking about my upcoming releases, Widow 1881 and Smith 1865 (published by Sillan Pace Brown Group), slated for release this year, and with fingers crossed to have a smidgeon of the success of so many authors at this event.

Did I mention that tiaras are mandatory?

And all of it is thanks to Girlfriend Weekend, which starts on January 11th. I’ve already been doubling up my Vitamin B in preparation for several days of absolute fun.

And, yes, those are candy cigarettes…

If you want to read more about Kathy Murphy and the Pulpwood Queens Book Club, here are three links: one is an interview with Kathy Murphy from the Chanticleer Reviews magazine, the second one is titled “Three Questions with the Founder of the World’s Largest Book Club,”, and the third (and most recent) one is a feature article from the November 29, 2017, issue of Parade Magazine.

https://issuu.com/chanticleer-reviews/docs/fall-2016

This year’s theme is Bohemian Rhapsody and I can hardly wait to see the costumes!

Want to attend Girlfriend Weekend yet this year? Sign up here http://www.thepulpwoodqueens.com/2018-girlfriend-weekend-day-packages/

January 9, 2018
CHATELAINE BOOK AWARDS for Women’s Fiction & Romantic Fiction 2017 SHORT LIST
The CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works of Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction. The CHATELAINE Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions (Contemporary Romance, Adventure & Suspense, Historical Romance, Inspirational/Restorative/Clean, and Romantic/Steamy/Sensual) Book Awards Packages for the 2017 Chatelaine Book Awards.

Congratulations to all those who made the SHORT LIST!

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the highly competitive Short-List (aka The Semi-Finalists) of the Chatelaine 2017 Book Awards are:

Good Luck to All!
- Diane Wylie – Magic of the Pentacle
- Phillip Vega – Last Exit to Montauk
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Abbie Roads – Hunt the Dawn
- Anna Durbin – King of Swords
- J.L.Oakley – Mist-chi-mas: An Novel of Captivity
- Nick Rester – Darlings
- Ryan K. Nelson – Cash Valley
- Eileen Charbonneau – Watch Over Me
- Kate Vale – Chance Encounter
- F. E. Greene – The Best-Left Questions
- Cynthia A. Crowner – Blinded by the Night
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Passage Home to Meuse
- Cheri Champagne – The Trouble With Love
- Cheri Champagne – Love and Deceit
- Cheri Champagne – Love’s Misadventure
- Michelle Cox – A Ring of Truth
- Lucinda Brant – Proud Mary: A Georgian Historical Romance (Book 5)
- Cerella Sechrist – A Song for Rory
- Leigh Grant – Mask of Dreams
- Keith Zwingelberg/Rory Church – Kindred Spirits the Healers
- Sara Dahmen – Wine & Children
- Dana Faletti – Beautiful Secret
The 2017 Chatelaine Short Listers will compete for the Chatelaine First-In-Category Positions. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Chatelaine GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book.

Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner M. A. Clarke Scott

All Short Listers will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

Nicole Evelina awarded Chatelaine Grand Prize for DAUGHTER OF DESTINY

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you as each one of your works competes for the Chatelaine Awards First Class Category Positions.

Janet Shawgo Won the Chatelaine Grand Prize

The Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

To compete in the 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards or for more information, please click here.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions and Book Awards.
January 5, 2018
Short Listers for the ROSSETTI 2017 Book Awards for YA Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards.

The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages for the 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

Congratulations to all those who made the SHORT LIST!

The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the highly competitive Short-List (aka The Semi-Finalists) of the ROSSETTI 2017 Book Awards are:

Good Luck to All!
- Jean Gill – Fortune Kookie
- Philip P. Carlisle – The Paradox of Jayne Le Faye
- Brittany Evans – Unlocking Olympus
- S.V. Mitchell – The Noble Noggin
- JL Morin – Nature’s Confession
- Mario Loomis – Primordium
- Alex E. Carey – Fire’s Love
- Richard Mann – Wasted in Waldport
- DJ Munro – Slave to Fortune
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Elise K. Ackers – One for the Road
- Isaac Fozard – Coalheart
- Laurel Anne Hill – The Engine Woman’s Light
- Judith Sanders – Star Finder: The First Book in the Diamond Island Saga
- Deen Ferrell – Cryptic Spaces: Dark Edge Rising
- Susan Faw – Soul Sanctuary
- John A. Vikara – My Lonely Room
- Kathy L. Greenberg – The Bully Solution
- Rebekah N. Bryan – Track Two on Repeat
- PJ Devlin – Becoming Jonika
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – The Tower
- Zoe Kalo – Chameleon
- Julian North – Age of Order
- Robert Wright Jr – Ruby Red and the Wolf
- Dara Lyons – Twinlove
The 2017 Rossetti Short Listers will compete for the Rossetti First-In-Category Positions. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Dante Rossetti GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book.

All Short Listers will receive high visibility along with special badges 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.

Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!

Good Luck to each of you as each one of your works compete for the Rossetti Awards First Class Category Positions.

The Rossetti Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

Nikki McCormack awarded Dante Rossetti Grand Prize for THE GIRL AND THE CLOCKWORK CAT

Jesikah Sundin – Grand Prize for Dante Rossetti

We are accepting entries into the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

To compete in the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards or for more information, please click here.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, L.L.C. retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

Please do not hesitate to contact Info@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions about CBR writing competitions. Your input and suggestions are important to us.

Thank you for your interest in Chanticleer Book Reviews International Writing Competitions and Book Awards.
December 31, 2017
Sally DeSipio – Creative Director

#CAC18 Story. Production. Beyond.

We apologize. Sally DiSipio had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict. Scott Steindorff, American Film Director/Producer with Stone Village Productions is graciously presenting in her stead.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. Kiffer Brown

Sally DeSipio

We are excited, nay thrilled, to announce Sally DeSipio as a keynote presenter at the 2018 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Sally DiSipio is an award-winning executive producer and director, content creator, filmmaker and has developed long-form content for both television and the web, branded and original. She has produced both scripted and non-scripted dramas and comedies.

As a marketing strategist and head of entertainment, she developed branded content and strategies for global brands. Her experience allows her to approach a project as Creative Director, Strategist and Executive Producer with a critical eye for what is viable in the market.

Sally DiSipio was head of entertainment for a global marketing strategy company, Wieden + Kennedy, whose client list includes airbnb, Coca Cola, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, and others. She began her career at MTV and moved on to develop series with such luminaries as J.J. Abrams, Aaron Sorkin, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and others. She was an executive director for Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard’s company that is a global leader in TV programming and film production).

She now runs her own consulting company out of Portland, Oregon.

Sally will present workshops on the Art of the Pitch and Branding for the Entertainment Industry at the 2018 Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. April 20th – 22nd. This year’s conference theme is Story. Production. Beyond.

December 8, 2017