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The 2025 Global Thriller Awards Long List for High Stakes Suspense!
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction. The Global Thriller Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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 first look rounds from all 2025 GLOBAL THRILLER High Stakes Thriller Fiction entries to the 2025 Global Thriller Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Global Thriller Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Thriller Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Alexandra Pugachevsky – I Rodion
- Angela Greenman – The Child Riddler
- Anne Louise Girodet – Plan A
- Avanti Centrae – The Picasso Job a Phoenix Thriller
- Brad M Meslin – The Moldavian Gambit
- C.W. James – Mission Red Scythe a James Vagus Teen Espionage Thriller
- Dave Mckeon – Sabotage
- David R Leng – Echoes of Fortune the Search for Braddock’s Lost Gold
- Dheepa R. Maturi – 108 an Eco-Thriller
- Ellis K. Popa – Dawn To Dusk
- Ernesto H Lee – Action This Day
- Gerard Shirar – The China Paradox
- J.L. Spears – Daemon Protocol
- James Alan Mcgettigan – The Altered Moon Dust Cosmos Book 1 the Second Edition
- JH Gruger – Gravity of Sol-3
- Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
- Kevin Hwang – The Regression Strain
- Kevin Miller – High End
- L.M. Weeks – Bottled Lightning
- M. E. Schuman – The Catalyst
- M. E. Schuman – Where the Sleeping Lady Lies
- Michael Maloof – Relentless
- Nick Hoy – Hollow Men
- Ralph R. Rick Steinke – Vital Mission a Jake Fortina Series Love Story
- Randall Krzak – Mission Yemen Xavier Sear Thriller Book 2
- RK Jack – Devourer From Beyond
- Stephanie Bretherton – The Fire in Their Eyes
- Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Warrior Pose
- T. D. Severin – Deadly Vision
- T.O. Paine – The Crisis
- Thomas Lapham – Beyond the Signal
- Thomas M. Wing – Against All Enemies
- Tom Dolan – Boba Wars Zero
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner

A Blanket of Steel

By Timothy S. Johnston

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
September 4, 2025
The 2025 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Long List for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!
The Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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.)

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 M&M entries to the 2025 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 M&M Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards novel competition for Cozy Mysteries!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Beth Riner – Odd Job Annie
- Bill Cusano – The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club the Ghost and the Key
- BL Smith – The Unpleasantness on Orchard
- B.T. Polcari – Lucky Secrets
- C.B. Wilson – Puppied To Death
- Carolyn Summer Quinn – The Mystery From Way Back When
- Charlotte Stuart – In$urance Blues: A John Smith Mystery Book 3
- Christine Knapp – Murder at First Light
- Christine Knapp – Murder on the Green
- Connie Berry – A Collection of Lies
- Connie Berry – A Grave Deception
- D. J. Adamson – Cookin Up Murder
- D. J. Adamson – Without a Doubt
- D. W. Thompson – The Mystery at Love’s Manor
- Diane Weiner – The Deadly Reveal
- Elizabeth Crowens – Round Up the Unusual Suspects
- Ellis Elliott – A Witch Awakens a Fire Circle Mystery
- George Petersen – The Summer of Haight
- Jane Bitomsky – An Inquest of Eels
- John W. Feist – Ship of Perils
- Jolie Tunnell – Shadows in Chinatown
- Joy Ann Ribar – Shake-Speared in the Park
- Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
- Kate Damon – Jury Duty Is Murder
- Kathleen Donnelly – Killer Secrets
- Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Faust
- Kathryn Gauci- Murder in the Garden of Enchantment: The Constantinople Diaries a Madame Theodosia Mystery
- Kathryn Lane – Murder in Monte Carlo
- KD Straus – To Be True
- Keith Steinbaum – You Say Goodbye
- L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
- Laurel Martin – Her Last Few Days
- Laurel Martin – The Lowlands a Missing Couple a Family Desperate To Find Them
- Leta Serafim – The Nameless Dead
- Lisa M. Lane – Bummer at Luna Beach
- Louisa West – Baby Got Ghost
- Lyn Squire – Fatally Inferior
- Lynn Slaughter – Missing Mom
- M. K. Dean – A Nose for Death
- M. S. Spencer – Railroad Ties the Marmion Grove Murders
- Maggie Parks – Knocked Off in Nederland
- Marshall Highet and Bird Jones – The Washashore
- Mary Seifert – Airplanes, Atlanta & an Assassin
- Mary Seifert – Juleps, Jockeys & Justice
- MJ Mac – Betrayed on the Promenade
- ML Barrs – Parallel Secrets
- Patrick E. Craig – 3 X 3
- Peter Gooch – Seren
- Sandy Zelka – Blood Red Poppy
- Shannon Bennett Riester – The Lottery Aspect
- Sharon Lynn – The Romantic
- The Sisters Spurlock – The Faceless Ghost
- TJ Stecker – Redacted
- Tracy Carter – Sick As a Dog
- Virginia Ann – The Potter’s Final Piece: A Pooka Women’s Club Mystery
- Wanda Brunstetter and Martha Bolton – The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie’s Biscuits
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Congratulations once more to the 2024 M&M Grand Prize Winner

If Two Are Dead

By Jeanne Matthews

Click here to see the full list of 2024 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 M&M Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
September 4, 2025
The 2025 Clue Long List for Suspense/Thriller
The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 CLUE entries to the 2025 Clue Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Clue Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Suspense and Thriller!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- A.J. Mccarthy – The Boy on the Dock
- Aja Holland – Casco Bay
- Ana Manwaring – Kickback
- Angela Greenman – The Child Riddler
- Arthur Coburn – Murder in Concrete
- Ashley Thomas Sheikh – Kentucky Blood: Book I of the Kentucky Blood Series
- Avanti Centrae – The Picasso Job: A Phoenix Thriller
- Becky Anyanwu – Mind the Blinds
- Bill Bennett – Swimming with Manatees
- Brandon Lawniczak – Home Envy
- Brian Cuban – The Body Brokers
- Carlo J. Emanuele – The Sins We Inherit
- Carolyn Summer Quinn – Fate Can Toss a Boomerang
- Cathi Stoler – No Good Time: A Nick Donahue Adventure
- Charlotte Stuart – Unicorns Can Be Deadly a Discount Detective Mystery 5
- Cheryl Campbell – Bodies in the Bayou
- Chris Chan – Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History
- Chuck Morgan – Preserve Protect and Defend
- Dan Ramm – Long Branch: Never Let the Truth Stand in the Way of a Good Story
- Danielle M. Wong – Tiny Wild Things
- David Tenenbaum – Premonition
- Diana Louise Webb – Last of the Autumn Rain
- Dwight Holing – The Thunder Head
- E. Alan Fleischauer – The Dark and Evil Sky
- Ellis K. Popa – Awaken the Dawn
- Ephrem Paredes – Pasadena Confidential
- Eric Magun – Thank God for the Sinners
- Francesco Paola – Left on Rancho
- Frank J. Edwards – Doctor Witch
- Holly Harrison – Death in the Land of Enchantment
- Italia Tornabene – Femme Fatale: Shades of Retribution
- Jack Luellen – Someone Had to Lie
- Jeannée Sacken – The Women Who Stand Between
- Jl Spears – Daemon Protocol
- Joe Salerno – The Decision
- Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
- Kathleen Troy – Never Believe a Lie Twice
- Kd Sherrinford – The Whistle of Revenge
- Kevin Hwang – The Regression Strain
- Kit Karson – Savage Malice
- Larry Weindruch and Richard A. Yach – Nicky V: A Chicago Crime Story
- Leslie Liautaud – Butterfly Pinned
- Lew Paper – Legacy of Lies
- Marian Exall – Loners
- Matthew John Parker – The Lost Last Prophecy
- Melanie Anagnos – Nightswimming: A Jamie Palmieri Mystery
- Michael Wendroff – What Goes Around
- Mike Van Horn – The Ivy Leaguers
- Miriam Verbeek – The Bank
- Nannette Potter – Deception’s Edge
- Otho Eskin – Black Sun Rising
- Paty Jager – Crapshoot
- Paty Jager – Wolverine Instincts
- Paul Levine – Midnight Burning
- Phillip Vega – Death in Utopia
- Sarah P. Blanchard – Grabtown
- Sean Hagerty – Cabal
- Sharon Lynn – Dark Web Gaslight
- Sheila Sharpe – Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief
- Stephen G. Eoannou – After Pearl
- Stephen J Wallace – Hazardous Lies
- Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Warrior Pose
- T.O. Paine – The Crisis
- Tamar Anolic – This Side of the Law
- Theresa Janson – Reservations: A Samantha Wright Crime Series
- TJ Stecker – Redacted
- William Forester – The Secret Book
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us.

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Clue Grand Prize Winner

Enemies Domestic

By John DeDakis

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Clue Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
September 2, 2025
The 2025 Cygnus Short List for Science Fiction
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Science fiction is having a moment, and these incredible books prove it. From climate catastrophes to galactic adventures, from AI consciousness to time-bending mysteries, this year’s Cygnus Long List showcases the full spectrum of speculative imagination that authors are bringing to life.

Each of these authors is already winning with their books are now featured on our high-traffic website, shared across our social media, and promoted to our newsletter subscribers. But this is just the beginning of their CIBA journey.

These titles have moved forward from the 2025 CYGNUS Science Fiction Long List to the 2025 Cygnus Book Awards Short List. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Cygnus Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2025 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- A.T. Balsara – The Great and the Small
- AA Dasilva – The Bleed-Through Effect
- Aspry Jones – Protectors of the Light Crown
- Augustus Cileone – Galloper’s Quests
- B. Lynn Carter – The Eyes Have It
- Carrie Kwiatkowski – The Bindery Guild
- Celia Seupel – Girl with the Silver Hair
- Charles Weindorf – Comets of Omen the Presser Arc
- Chris Coward – Perpendicular Women: Adventures in the Multiverse
- Claudia Leboeuf – Fields of Prosperis
- Corey Frazier – Orion Heavenfall
- David M. Pearce – The Holovid Hero
- Deborah Mistina – Imber
- James Azinheira – Alphamind the Collective Consciousness
- James R Wells – The Eternal Moment
- Joanne Hatfield – Ghost of Nostalgia
- Joshua A.H. Harris – Eyes of Iris
- Joshua Dyer – Avitron Ephemeris
- Kevin D. Miller – Taquoma
- L. Galuppo – Eco Reign Warning the Barriers Burn
- L.R. O’Brien – Tomorrow Is the Day
- Lawrence Brown – Black Phantom Dogs Book 1 Unrestricted Climb
- Lloyd Jeffries – Embers of Shadow Ages of Malice Book III
- Lou Dischler – In the Time of False Gods
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- M. E. Schuman – The Catalyst
- Maxime Trencavel – The Matriarch Messiah
- Michael Gorton – Tachyon Tunnel 2: The Daklin Empire
- Michael W Hickman – Richard War Erupts
- Mickey Dubrow – Always Agnes
- Noah Kaplan – The Last Book. the Diary of the Last Earthling
- Pa Vasey – Homo Machina
- Philip Carlisle – Mellisya
- Q Turner – Blood Sacrifice
- Robert C Littlewood – Equilibrium (The Balance Wars Book 3)
- Russ Colson – A People Joined Asunder
- Russ Colson – Future’s Soul
- Russ Colson – The Vast Empty
- S. W. Lawrence Md – Cloud Dragon
- S.G. Blaise – Eldryan Elders
- Sarena Straus – DeInception
- Sean Kennedy – The Fire Within
- Spaulding Taylor – Last Star Standing
- Stephen A Salaka – Elysium Rising
- Stephen Eric Johnson – The Man From Rock Bottom
- Tak Salmastyan – The Accelerates Forty Days To Dust
- Thomas Lapham – Beyond the Signal
- Thomas Sundberg – Bending Light
- Tim Rees – Tim Rees Original Earth
- Wilson Kincaid – The Murder Algorithm
- Y S Pascal – The Zygan Emprise
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

Ares

By Jayson Adams

Click here to see the full list of 2024 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

Ready to Submit?

Submissions for the 2026 Cygnus Awards and other Speculative Fiction Divisions are open now! For other genres, we still have 25 divisions open for the 2025 CIBAs! Whether you write mystery, romance, historical fiction, or something entirely different, there’s likely a perfect fit for your work.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17-19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our 14th annual conference and discover why!
August 21, 2025