The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
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.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Global Thriller High Stakes Fiction entries to the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Global Thriller Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the FINALIST positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
Kristie Clark – Killing Dragons
Kristie Clark – Dragon Clan
Dimple Patel Desai – The Lambda Factor
Paul Mark Tag – Retribution Times Two
Timothy S. Johnston – Fatal Depth
Ron McManus – The Chameleon
Gordon Bickerstaff – Tears of Fire
John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
Andrew Kaplan – Blue Madagascar
Roberta Seret – Treasure Seekers
Spaulding Taylor – Last Star Standing
Norman M. Jacobs, MD, Ms – A Divine Wind
Randall Krzak – Mission: Angola (Xavier Sear Thriller Book 1)
Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington – Condition Black
Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
E. R. Barr – Gods In The Ruins: A Vatican Archives Thriller
Richard Garis – Magenta is Missing
Joe McNeil – Confronting the Enemy
Kevin Wilde – The Rookie and the Raven
J Lawrence Matthews – One Must Tell The Bees
Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington – Condition Black
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We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Global Thriller Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.
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The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards 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 Long List in the 2021 CIBAs OZMA division.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Ozma Fantasy Fiction entries to the 2021 Ozma Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Ozma Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the FINALIST positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
Joseph Riddle – The Seventh Talent
Susannah Dawn – Battle for the Armor of God
Jenn Lees – The Crossing. Arlan’s Pledge Book 1
Susan Chapek – The Scarlet Mantle
Mario Chavez – The Continuous Loop
Kelly Brewer – Water Witch
P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
PJ Devlin – The Chamber
Laurel Anne Hill – Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846
James Priest – Kirins: The Seer of Serone
Clayton Marshall Adams – The Mask
Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
Allegra Pescatore – Where Shadows Lie
Anton Anderson – The Seekers: Soul Ties
KC Cowan – Asa’s Redemption
Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
J.P. Hostetler – Around Curiosity’s Edge: Hidden Meridians
L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
G.L. Cramb – Druid Quest: Maegics Heir, Book 1
Adron J. Smitley – Jinn
Mark A. Alvarez II – Dutybound: Light Wings Epic Vol. 1
Susan Faw – Heart of Tunise
Taylor Fenner – Monsters & Mist
S.J. Hartland – The Last Seer King
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If you are partaking in NaNoWriMo, then you are over a third of the way done! Congratulations!
We hope that this article will provide prompting to spur you on to the finish line.
If you are on your time schedule, we hope this article will help keep you focused and spur you on!
The best fiction touches the deep layers in us. A writer achieves this effect by embedding dozens of techniques into his or her story. — Jessica P. Morrell
Dramatic Question
Compelling fiction is based on a single, powerful question that must be answered by the story climax. This question will be dramatized chiefly via action in a series of events or scenes.
This scene from Miss Fisher’s Mysteries could be powered by several Dramatic Questions
For example, if you are writing a romance, the question always involves whether the couple will resolve their differences and declare their love. Then in a mystery the dramatic question might be will Detective Smith find the serial killer in time to prevent another senseless death? In The Old Man and Sea, the dramatic question is will Santiago catch the big fish and thus restore his pride and reputation?
Consider the following:
What is the dramatic question in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
What is the dramatic question in Stephanie Myers’ Twilight Saga?
Understanding the dramatic question in other writer’s work can better help you approach your novel. To make it the best we can, let’s turn to world building.
An Intimate, Simmering World
An intimate world isn’t created by merely piling on details. It means your story world has the resonance of childhood memories, the vividness of a dream, and the power of a movie. An intimate, simmering world is filled in with shadows and corners and dogs and ice cubes and the sounds and smells of a dryer humming on wash day and a car blaring past, with pop music shaking the windows. These details lend it authority, potency, and a palpable physical existence.
Diana Gabaldon’s The Outlander Series simmering details make this time-travel, fantasy, horror, science fiction extremely believable and immersive fiction.
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon’s details make for immersive fiction
An intimate story takes us to a specific place and coaxes us to remain there. An intimate story is lifelike and feels as real and complicated as the world the reader inhabits. When he finishes the final pages, and leaves the story world, he should feel the satisfaction of the ending, but also a huge sense of loss. Like a friend has moved to another town just when the friendship had reached a level of closeness and trust. — Jessica P. Morrell
Characters Built from Dominant Traits
Create main characters with dominant and unforgettable traits as a foundation of personality. These traits will be showcased in the story events, will help him achieve or fail at goals, and will make the story person consistent. For example, Sherlock Holmes’ dominant traits are that he is analytical, Bohemian, opinionated and intelligent. These traits are showcased in every story he appears in along with secondary and contrasting traits. When the character first appears in the first scene, he arrives in the story with his dominant traits intact.
Henry Cavill as the Witcher from Andrzej Sapkowski’s series of the same title
Who can forget Henry Cavil’s portrayal of Geralt of Rivia? He enters the scene as a hardened warrior with an iron code of honor. As the series progresses, he becomes softer and allows a few friends to become closer to him, taking responsibility for individuals’ happiness, not just their safety. Even as he grows, his core character elements remain unchanged. The interiority of a character is often one of those elements.
Emotional Need & Significance
The protagonists and main characters are people with baggage and emotional needs stemming from their pasts. These needs, coupled with motivation cause characters to act as they do.
For example, in Silence of the Lambs Clarisse Starling is propelled by childhood traumas to both succeed and heal the wounds caused by the death of her father. Likewise, Robert Dugoni’s Tracy Crosswhite is searching for her sister’s murderer, and Craig Johnson’s Sheriff Walt Longmire is trying to find out who killed his wife. That’s a lot of character baggage.
Motivation Entwined with Backstory
Motivation, the why? of fiction, is at the heart of every scene, fueling your character’s desires and driving him to accomplish goals. This provides a solid foundation for the often complicated reasons for your character’s behaviors choices, actions, and blunders. Motivating factors provide trajectories for character development, as a character’s past inevitably intersects with his present. Your character’s motivations must be in sync with their core personality traits and realistically linked to goals so that readers can take on these goals as their own.
Desire to drive your NaNoWriMo project
Desire is the lifeblood of fictional characters. Not only do your characters want something, but they also must want something badly. You can bestow on your character flaming red hair, an endearing, crooked grin and a penchant for chocolate and noir movies, but if she doesn’t want something badly, she’s merely a prop in your story, not a driving force. But if she wants to win the Miss Florida contest, take over her boss’ job, or become the first female shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, then you’ve got a character who will make things happen and a story that will be propelled by desire.
The Ring from Lord of the Rings is a perfect example of a symbol of desire on so many different levels.
Frodo and The Ring – LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkein
Threat
Fiction is based on a series of threatening changes inflicted on the protagonist. In many stories, these threats force him or her to change or act in ways he or she needs to change or act. Often too, what the protagonist fears most is what is showcased in a novel or short story. It can be fear of losing his family, job, or health with a dreaded outcome. Fear of losing to a threat or threats provide interest, action, and conflict.
“Fear is the Mind Killer” – Rachel Ferguson as The Lady Jessica in the 2021 Dune often repeats this litany against fear
Inner Conflict
A fictional character doesn’t arrive at easy decisions or choices. Instead, they are burdened by difficult or impossible choices, particularly moral choices, that often make them doubt and question their actions. Inner conflict works in tandem with outer conflict – a physical obstacle, villain or antagonist–to make the story more involving, dramatic, and events more meaningful.
Causality
Events in fiction are never random or unconnected. They are always linked by causality with one event causing more events later in the story, which in turn causes complications, which cause more events, which cause bad decisions, etc. Visit our blog post on The Inciting Incident to learn more!
The inciting incident of the Wizard of Oz
Complications
A story builds and deepens by adding complications, twists, reversals, and surprises that add tension and forward motion. Plots don’t follow a straight path. Instead, there are zigzags, dead ends, and sidetracks. Complications create obstacles and conflict, cause decisions to be made, paths to be chosen.
My favorite complication is one from Notting Hill when Spike is standing outside in his underwear strutting around with the paparazzi going wild for a peek at Anna Scott. How could Anna and William ever expect that complication? — Kiffer Brown
A complication from Notting Hill
Midpoint Reversal | A NaNoWriMo Must
The middle of a novel comprises more than half its length. At about the midpoint of most novels, a dramatic reversal occurs. The hunter becomes the hunted; a second murder occurs proving the detective has been wrong in his suspicions; a former lover arrives in town to complicate a budding romance. In Jessica Brody’s Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, she describes the midpoint as either the false victory or the false defeat. No matter what happens, the hero is in for a surprise! This reversal keeps the middle from bogging down and becoming predictable and also breathes new life and often a new direction into the story.
Every story needs an ending that satisfies the reader while concluding the plot. A satisfying ending does not have to be “happy” or victorious or riding off into the sunset. The final scenes, when the tensions are red hot and the character has reached a point of no return, must deliver drama, emotion, yet a logical conclusion. This is not to suggest that every plot ends with a shoot-out or physical confrontation. Some endings are quieter, more thoughtful. Some endings are ambivalent, some a dramatic or a violent clash of wills. However, there is always a sense that all the forces that have been operating in your story world have finally come to a head and the protagonist’s world is forever changed.
We are cheering you on to the NaNoWriMo Finish Line! You can do it!
Jessica Page Morrell
Keep writing, keep dreaming, have heart. Jessica
Jessica Morrell is a top-tier developmental editor and a contributor to Chanticleer Reviews Media and to the Writer’s Digest magazine. She teaches Master Writing Craft Classes at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that is held annually along with teaching at Chanticleer writing workshops that are held throughout the year.
Kiffer Brown
Keep creating magic! Kiffer
Kathryn (Kiffer) Brown is CEO and co-founder of Chanticleer Reviews and Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (The CIBAs) thatDiscover Today’s Best Books. She founded Chanticleer Reviews in 2010 to help authors to unlock the secrets of successful publishing and to enhance book discoverability. She is also a scout for select literary agencies, publishing houses, and entertainment producers.
When you’re ready, did you know that Chanticleer offers editorial services? We do and have been doing so since 2011.
Our professional editors are top-notch and are experts in the Chicago Manual of Style. They have and are working for the top publishing houses (TOR, McMillian, Thomas Mercer, Penguin Random House, Simon Schuster, etc.).
If you would like more information, we invite you to email Kiffer or Sharon at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com or SAnderson@ChantiReviews.com for more information, testimonials, and fees.
We work with a small number of exclusive clients who want to collaborate with our team of top editors on an on-going basis. Contact us today!
Chanticleer Editorial Services also offers writing craft sessions and masterclasses. Sign up to find out where, when, and how sessions being held.
A great way to get started is with our manuscript evaluation service, with more information available here.
And we do editorial consultations for $75. Learn more here.
If you’re confident in your book, consider submitting it for a Editorial Book Review here or to one of our Chanticleer International Awards here.
Our 10th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22) will be April 7-10, 2022, where our 2021 CIBA winners will be announced. Space is limited and seats are already filling up, so sign up today! CAC22 and the CIBA Ceremonies will be hosted at the Hotel Bellwether in Beautiful Bellingham, Wash. Sign up and see the latest updates here!
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Writing to Dorothy: the importance of Fantasy and the Ozma Awards
As anyone who follows Chanticleer knows, the Ozma Awards for Fantasy Fiction are named after Princess Ozma of Oz, one of Dorothy Gale’s companions in Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz series.
L. Frank Baum, Author of The Wizard of Oz series
What you may not know is the dedication at the front of that book that reads:
To all the boys and girls who read my stories – and especially to the Dorothys – this book is lovingly dedicated.
As Chanticleer looks for the best Fantasy Fiction featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy, there’s something beautiful hidden in that dedication. When authors write fantasy, they’re diving into a world beyond science, beyond the realm of understanding.
These are the best parts of escapism in literature. While the worlds may be similar and the struggles and allegories run parallel to our world, the separation of a whole new world of fantastic magic takes us from the mundane into a realm beyond our own.
As always, Masterclass.com has an excellent definition at the ready for us:
Fantasy is a genre of literature that features magical and supernatural elements that do not exist in the real world. Although some writers juxtapose a real-world setting with fantastical elements, many create entirely imaginary universes with their own physical laws and logic and populations of imaginary races and creatures. Speculative in nature, fantasy is not tied to reality or scientific fact.
With all that in mind, think back to the dedication in Ozma of Oz. Who is the Dorothy you write for? That reader who needs to escape from the dreary grays of their world into a reflection of reality that shines beyond all belief. When we bring the reader into this world, we create something truly special and unique, and sharing that brings the magic to life.
To put all this into perspective, L. Frank Baum published the first OZ work in 1900.
Note from Kiffer: If you are writing fantasy, it will be well worth reading Baum’s first three books—if you haven’t already. Learn from the best!
Baum’s OZ series helped to pave the way for fantasy epics such as:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobeby C. S. Lewis published 1950.
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien was published July 29, 1954. His The Hobbitwas published in 1937.
The Witcher novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski. Published 1986
The Golden Compassby Philip Pullman. Published 9 July 1995
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. First book published June 26, 1997
Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. First book published 2005.
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein,published on July 30, 1907, was the official third book of L. Frank Baum’s Oz series. It was the first in which Baum was clearly intending a series of Oz books. [Peter Glassman, “Afterword,” p 271 L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz, ISBN 0-688-06632-1]
Princess Ozma and her Royal Court of Oz are the rulers of the Land of Oz. She does not appear in the first book in the Oz series, but makes a grand entrance in the second of the series, The Marvelous Land of Oz. She is kind, wise, and brave. She was a long lost princess who was hidden away for her own safety when the Wizard of Oz took the throne (the man behind the curtain).
Also, notice that Dorothy is holding Billena, the speaking hen, on the cover. Billena plays an instrumental role in Dorothy’s Hero’s Journey in OZMA of OZ.
Did you know that L. Frank Baum wrote and published 40 Oz books in the series?
If you have a Fantasy book that you know deserves the recognition of a prestigious Chanticleer Int’l Book Award, submit it here by the end of October to be entered into the 2021 CIBAs.
You can see the 2020 Ozma CIBA winners here, and you better believe we have some extra Fantasy reviews to Recommend to you!
Before we dive in, if you haven’t checked out our Ten Question Interview with Elana A. Mugdan, now’s the time to fix that! She’s a marvelous fantasy author and dragon expert.
Elana A. Mugdan cosplaying as one of her characters
Without further ado, let’s see some fantasy books, starting with Mugdan!
Dragon Speaker (Book 1 in the Shadow War Saga) By Elana A. Mugdan Ozma Grand Prize Winner
A young girl is charged with rescuing a dragon and, ultimately, saves her world in this wide-reaching fantasy conception of love, war, danger, and magic. Massive amounts of magic!
Keriya is a simple girl of no great pedigree who lives in Aeria where everyone except her wields some form of magic. At age 14, she knows she will not be selected to prove herself worthy of a greater destiny in the annual Ceremony of Choice. But she has to try. Even though the consequences of failure will be a life of slavery, she yearns for the opportunity. She approaches the selection committee and begs – no, demands – a chance.
The Sightless City
By Noah Lemelson
Ozma First Place Winner
The city of Huile burns with trouble in Noah Lemelson’s dieselpunk novel The Sightless City.
Four years ago, the United Confederacy of the Citizens Resurgence defeated the Principate in a devastating war. Marcel Talwar lost his leg to that conflict but became a national hero for saving Huile. Now he’s settled down to work as a private detective. However, the schematics to a strange device throw his temporary calm into disarray.
Jade of House Sol has the chance to save her father from the Isle of Dragons, but land, sea, and the guards of her homeland stand between them. Will, her new friends, prove loyal and capable enough to see her journey through, and what will they find on the elusive island?
Carison Sol, betrayed by his fellow nobles, disappears across the sea in the dark of night. Meanwhile, Jade flees the guards chasing her, the leader whom is Kaylen, a former friend. Just as her pursuers close in, a young witch named Miria saves her and offers shelter, but Jade can’t stay still long. Though she doesn’t know much about the Isle of Dragons, Miria and her brother Dan must find their parents, and they offer to join Jade in her quest. Together, the three of them find a dragon who can take them to the magical island. Their journey is full of friends and enemies – and situations that test their mettle and their connection to one another.
Cecelia (Book 1) By Sandra L. Rostirolla Dante Rossetti First Place Winner
Content and happy in a village nestled deep within the forest, eighteen-year-old Cecilia never realized a bigger world existed in Cecilia (The Cecilia Series Book 1) by Sandra L. Rostirolla.
After the Great War, Cecilia’s great ancestor led a small group of followers far away from the destruction left behind. For many years, they lived underground away from the poisonous air until it was safe to begin life above ground again. Now, generations later, Cecilia lives an idyllic life with her mother and two older brothers. One day, a group of dark riders decimates her village, killing every female and old person and taking prisoner all of the males old enough to join their ranks or serve as slaves for Vitus, a city Cecilia never knew existed.
Soul Sacrifice (Book 3 in the Spirit Shield Saga) By Susan Faw Dante Rossetti First Place Winner
Evil has taken hold of Cathair and the surrounding lands, and only the Spirit Shields can save both the living and the dead. Cayden and Avery, human twins housing the spirits of the godling children of Morpheus, have been tasked with stopping their sister Helga. She is hellbent on wiping out humanity and controlling the spirits of both man and beast.
Separated by missions unique to their abilities, Avery and Cayden are frantically searching for a way to defeat Helga. Cayden, the keeper of the Well of Souls, is connected to all spirit life. He can feel the life literally draining from the land but is nearly powerless to stop it because he is Soul Fetched, his mind imprisoned by Helga. He knows he must fight her insidious commands but is weakening mentally and physically. Avery must find a way to commune with their father and beg his help in defeating Helga since only a god’s power can destroy her minion army of Charun, souls of former warriors returned to ethereal bodies. She is also fighting against the Daimon, creatures born of hatred and fire who consume the souls of men before they can return to the river of souls awaiting reincarnation.
And just HOW DOES SHIRLEY TEMPLE fit into all this?
She had a show titled Shirley Temple’s Storybook series made for TV. She hosted and narrated the series that featured adaptations of classic fantasy fiction, fairy tales, and family fiction for children. [1958 – 1961] The Marvelous Land of Oz episode debut was on September 18, 1960.
When you’re ready,did you know that Chanticleer offers editorial services?We do and have been doing so since 2011.
Our professional editors are top-notch and are experts in the Chicago Manual of Style. They have and are working for the top publishing houses (TOR, McMillian, Thomas Mercer, Penguin Random House, Simon Schuster, etc.).
If you would like more information, we invite you to email Kiffer or Sharon at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com or SAnderson@ChantiReviews.com for more information, testimonials, and fees.
We work with a small number of exclusive clients who want to collaborate with our team of top-editors on an on-going basis.Contact us today!
Chanticleer Editorial Services also offers writing craft sessions and masterclasses. Sign up to find out where, when, and how sessions being held.
A great way to get started is with our manuscript evaluation service, with more information availablehere.
And we do editorial consultations for $75. Learn morehere.
If you’re confident in your book, consider submitting it for a Editorial Book Reviewhereor to one of our Chanticleer International Awardshere.
Also remember! Our 10th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22) will be April 7-10, 2022, where our 2021 CIBA winners will be announced. Space is limited and seats are already filling up, so sign up today! CAC22 and the CIBA Ceremonies will be hosted at the Hotel Bellwether in Beautiful Bellingham, Wash. Sign up and see the latest updates here!
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. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy entries to the 2021 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2021 M&M Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalists positions.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 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!
Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Short Listers!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
Andrew Hunkins –Evil Alive
Michael Scott Garvin –Ophelia’s Room
J.W. Zarek –The Devil Pulls the Strings
Codi Schneider– Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
Vicki Batman –Temporarily Out of Luck
Lori Roberts Herbst –Double Exposure
Mally Becker –The Turncoat’s Widow
Tina deBellegarde –Winter Witness
Alexander Mukte –The Recruiter
Traci Andrighetti –Marsala Maroon
B.L. Smith –Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
B.L. Smith –The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko
Patricia Catacalos –Lurking in the Darkness (1832 Regency Book 4)
Arlene McFarlane –Murder, Curlers & Kilts
Eileen Charbonneau –Death at Little Mound
Elizabeth Crowens –Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
Debbie De Louise –No Gravestone Unturned
Mary Gehlen Seifert –Titanic Trial
Charlotte Stuart –Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite
Jolie Tunnell –Loveda Brown Sings the Blues
Patrick M. Garry –Through the Waves a Steady Path
Lori Robbins –Murder In First Position
Tony Kelsey –Once A Man Indulges
Patricia C. Lee –First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery
Cam Lang –The Concrete Vineyard
Chuck Morgan –Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel
Susan McCormick –The Fog Ladies: Family Matters
Diane Weiner –An Ear for Murder
Darryl Wimberley –A Star in her Crown
Kelly Miller –Accusing Mr. Darcy
Phil Bayly –Loving Lucy
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The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction entries to the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Gertrude Warner Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the FINALIST positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
Didem Saracel – Story of Oxygen
Ryan O’Connor – Ting Ting, the Girl Who Saved China
Clayton Marshall Adams – The Mask
Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
McKemie Huston – Return of the Last Prism
M.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
B.L. Smith – Irritating Adventures on Albatross Lane
K.P. Boardman – The Falling Sisters
Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
Ronnie Swire Siegel – Displaced: A Story About Climate Change and How Displaced Animals Ring the Alarm
James Love – Max Voltage: Multiverse Mayhem
Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
Esta Lemon – The Loser Blog
KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
D. H. Timpko – The Firma Twins and the Flute of Enchantment
Susan McCormick – The Antidote
Raea Gragg – Mup
Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck Keeper of the Meadow
Barbara Glazier-Robinson – Grace from Space: A Race to Save Earth(Dream Catcher Series, Book One)
Jay Spencer – The Phantom Airplane Mystery
Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker
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We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.
FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.
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.
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For 20th century Wartime Fiction, see our new Hemingway Awards here.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Goethe Late Historical Fiction entries to the 2021 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Goethe Shortlist. 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 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
Sandra Vasoli – The Masterpiece Pursuit
J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
Andrew Schafer, M.D. – Unclean Hands
Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
Margaret Rodenberg – Finding Napoleon: A Novel
Anna Bullock – The Companion
Margaret Porter – The Limits of Limelight
Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
Michael J. Coffino – Truth Is in the House
Georgia Nicolle – Maiden Scars
Paula Butterfield – The Goddesses of Tenth Street
Adele Holmes, M.D. – Winter’s Reckoning
Tammy Pasterick – Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash
Ron Singerton – The Refused
Alice McVeigh – Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel
Jodi Lea Stewart – Triumph, a Novel of the Human Spirit
S. Lee Fisher – Becoming Olive W. – The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga: Book 1
Victoria Laurienzo – Toolie
Drema Drudge – Victorine
Sophia Alexander – Silk: Caroline’s Story
Lorelei Brush – Chasing the American Dream
Lee Hutch – Molly’s Song
Julie Weary – Skeleton World
Orna Ross – After the Rising & Before the Fall
Alfred Nicols – Lost Love’s Return
Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
Emmett J Hall – Runaway
Jenni L. Walsh – A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache
Dana Mack – All Things That Deserve to Perish
Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good
Adriana Girolami – The Zamindar’s Bride
Lori McMullen – Among the Beautiful Beasts
Mike Jordan – The Freedom Song
Florence Reiss Kraut – How to Make a Life: a novel
Kathleen Williams Renk – Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley
Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus
J. E. Dyer – Barons
Judith Berlowitz – Home So Far Away
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We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.
FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.
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.
The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction entries to the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Chaucer Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. 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 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane – Olympia: The Birth of the Games
B.L. Smith – The Last Golden Light
Alana White – Medici Man: The Hearts of All on Fire
Griffin Brady – The Heart of a Hussar
Leah Angstman – Out Front the Following Sea
James Conroyd Martin – Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora(The Theodora Duology Book 2)
David Martyn – The Epistle a Story of the Early Church
Vivienne Brereton – The House of the Red Duke. Book One: A Phoenix Rising
PJ Devlin – The Chamber
Virginia Crow – The Year We Lived
David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
Seven Jane – The Isle of Gold
Janet Wertman – The Boy King
Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things
Edward Rickford – The Bend of the River: Book Two in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
Sherry V. Ostroff – Mannahatta, The Sequel
James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
Tim Schooley – The Wool Translator
Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
Gail Meath – Countess Jacqueline
Ron Destro – The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne
Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
Toni Kief – Saints, Strangers and Rosehip Tea
Kelly Nichols and Alyn Rockwood – Beyond the Dragonhead
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We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.
FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.
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.
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Laramie Americana entries to the 2021 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Laramie Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).
The 2021 Laramie Finalists will be selected from the Laramie Semi-Finalists.
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
Kimberly Burns – The Mrs. Tabor
E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
Chase Pletts – The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint
E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
Kimberly Burns – The Mrs. Tabor
Leah Angstman – The Only Way to Cheat a Hangman
E. Alan Fleischauer – Tommies
Kalen Vaughan Johnson – Raid of Souls
Catherine M. O’Connor – Dust Covered Lies
Michael Eisenhut – Brothers of War, The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg
Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
Forest B. Dunning – Death at Lame Deer
Will Astrike – The Knack and The Skills of Ezra Lacey – Series
Samantha Specks – Dovetails in Tall Grass
Kenneth Arbogast – Sorrow Ledge
E. Alan Fleischauer – Kidnapped
EM Abner – Hollow Eyes on Tennessee: From Shiloh to Perryville
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
Betty Willis – Texas Quest
Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
Michael L. Ross – Across the Great Divide: Book 2 The Search
Daniel Herman – The Feudist: A Novel of the Pleasant Valley War
Daniel Greene – Northern Hunt(Northern Wolf Series Book 2)
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
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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.
The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre. The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Mystery and Mayhem, amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards and for International High Stakes Thrillers and Lab Lit, see our Global Thriller Awards)
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy entries to the 2021 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2021 M&M Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).
The 2021 M&M FINALISTS will be selected from the M&M Semi-Finalists.
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
Craig Allen Heath – Where You Will Die
Andrew Hunkins – Evil Alive
Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room
J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
Joy Ann Ribar – Deep Green Envy
Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
David Martyn – Called Into Service: A Robert Curtis Mystery
Vicki Batman – Temporarily Out of Luck
Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure
Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow
Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness
Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter
Traci Andrighetti – Marsala Maroon
B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko
Patricia Catacalos – Lurking in the Darkness (1832 Regency Book 4)
Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts
Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
Debbie De Louise – No Gravestone Unturned
Mary Gehlen Seifert – Titanic Trial
Charlotte Stuart – Shopping Can Be Deadly
Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite
Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues
Patrick M. Garry – Through the Waves a Steady Path
Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position
Tony Kelsey – Once A Man Indulges
Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery
Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard
Steve Lindahl – Chasing Margie
Chuck Morgan – Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel
Casey Cook – Homebodies
Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies: Family Matters
Diane Weiner – An Ear for Murder
Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown
Kelly Miller – Accusing Mr. Darcy
Phil Bayly – Loving Lucy
Joann Keder – Welcome to Piney Falls
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
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FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.
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.
