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  • OZMA Book Awards 2018 SHORTLIST for Fantasy Fiction – 2018 CIBAs

    OZMA Book Awards 2018 SHORTLIST for Fantasy Fiction – 2018 CIBAs

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

     

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) to the Shortlist. We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now Shortlisted and are in competition for the 2018 OZMA SemiFinalist positions. The  Semi-Finalists positions will compete for the coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 OZMA Book Awards.

     The 2018  First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony that will be held during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Ceremony and Banquet. 

    The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the OZMA GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    The following works have made it to the 2018  OZMA Book Awards Shortlist Long List:

    • Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
    • J.V. Rutz – The Illusion Killer
    • Megan Wong – Island Whispers 
    • Allan Batchelder – Steel, Blood & Fire
    • EA Bishop – RAGNAROK: Demon Seed
    • Daryl Ellerbe – The Amazons   
    • Kristin Secorsky – Dragon Chosen: The Dragon Riders of Eryieth
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Kathleen Neeley – Master None
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Jennifer Allis Provost – Gallowglass
    • T.K. Riggins – Money Jane
    • Susan Faw – Heart Of Shadra
    • Franklin Posner – Suburban Vampire Ragnarok  
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained
    • M. K. Wiseman – The Kithseeker
    • Anthony Nordvik-Nash – Hedda Stein-Sun’s UnRemembered Islands
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained  
    • Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Speaker
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
    • Lindsay Schopfer – Into the North: A Keltin Moore Adventure
    • Miriam Cumming – Namesakes  
    • Chris Dews – Antler Jinny and the Raven
    • D.M. Cain – A Chronicle of Chaos

    To view the 2017 OZMA Book Awards winners, please click here.

    To view the 2018 OZMA Book Awards Long List, please click here. 

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    The OZMA Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 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 entries into the 2019 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction. For more information, please click here.

  • The SEMI-FINALISTS for the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – 2018 CIBAs

    The SEMI-FINALISTS for the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – 2018 CIBAs

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging from the 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards SHORT LIST  the limited 2018 Chatelaine  Semi-Finalists positions.  The First Place Category Positions will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists.  The 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards Semi-Finalists and First Place Positions along with  Chatelaine Grand Prize Award Winner will be recognized at the Annual Chanticleer Authors Conference, Book Fair, and CIBA Awards Gala that will take place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,  April 26th, 27th, & 28th,  2019. 

    We are looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to women.

    Visit this link to download the digital badge!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards Semi-Finalists! 

    • L.E. Rico – Blame It on the Bet  
    • Trent Meunier – Flowers and Milkshakes
    • Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender House in Meuse
    • J.P. Kenna – Allurement Westward
    • Mona Sedrak – Six Months
    • Cerella Sechrist – The Way Back to Erin
    • Rebekah N. Bryan – Brit with the Pink Hair
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
    • F. E. Greene – The Next Forever
    • Elena Mikalsen – Wrapped in the Stars
    • Diane Shute – Midnight Crossing
    • Lucinda Brant – Satyr’s Son: A Georgian Historical Romance
    • Alix Nichols – The Traitor’s Bride
    • Nicola Slade – The House at Ladywell
    • Michelle Cox – A Promise Given
    • Tammy Mannersly – Persuading Lucy
    Stickers are available for order.

    The Chatelaine  Semi-Finalists will compete for the limited 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 CIBA Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. 2018 First Place Category winners will be announced at the CIBA Banquet and Ceremony that will be held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Chatelaine  Book Awards is August 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

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

  • The CLUE Book Awards (CIBAs) for Suspense/Thriller/Crime Novels – The 2018 Shortlist

    The CLUE Book Awards (CIBAs) for Suspense/Thriller/Crime Novels – The 2018 Shortlist

    Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense, Thriller, Crime, & Mystery Novels. The CLUE Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

     

     

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) to the SHORTLIST.  These entries are now in competition for the 2018 CLUE SEMIFINALISTS  positions.

    The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 CLUE Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging.  

    The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony. The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the CLUE GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the SEMIFINALIST positions of the 2018 CLUE Book Awards novel competition for Suspense, Thriller, Crime, and Mystery Novels.

    The Official 2018 CLUE Book Awards SHORTLIST:

    • Lauren E. Rico – Reverie (Reverie Trilogy, Book 1)
    • Pamela Beason – The Only One Left
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The War Beneath
    • Saralyn Richard – Murder in the One Percent
    • Timothy Burgess – California Son
    • Philip Derrick – Facing The Dragon
    • Cheryl L. Reed – Poison Girls
    • E. V. Stephens – Shortcuts
    • Nick Airus – The Manifesto Murders
    • Lawrence Verigin – Beyond Control
    • John Young – The Nexus
    • Melodie Hernandez –Forgotten Rage
    • CL Gibson – The Urge
    • Kara Lumbley – As the Ribbons Fall
    • Chief John J. Mandeville – Pine Village Co-op Murders
    • Zach Fortier – Chakana
    • Nicholas Kellum – Briar Falls
    • Kara Wolfe – Number Four
    • Elaine Williams Crockett – Do Not Ask
    • Carl and Jane Bock – Swamp Guide
    • Karen Dodd – Scare Away the Dark: A Stone Suspense
    • Dan M Portillo – The Lone Escapist
    • Kelly Oliver – FOX, A Jessica James Mystery
    • John Stafford – Prayer of Vengeance
    • Susan Wingate – The Death of Vultures
    • Ernesto H Lee – Out of Time
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
    • Paul McHugh – The Blind Pool
    • Marilynn Larew – Hong Kong Central
    • Ken Malovos – One Night In Amboise
    • Lyle Howard – A Trace of Revenge

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

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    The CLUE Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 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  Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

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

  • OZMA Book Awards (CIBAs) for Fantasy Fiction  – the 2018 Long List

    OZMA Book Awards (CIBAs) for Fantasy Fiction – the 2018 Long List

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

     

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now in competition for the 2018 OZMA SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.

    The coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 OZMA Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony. 

    The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the OZMA GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2018 OZMA Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction.

    The following works have made it to the 2018  OZMA Book Awards Long List:

    • Pamela LePage – Virtuous Souls
    • J.V. Rutz – The Illusion Killer
    • Megan Wong – Island Whispers
    • Allan Batchelder – Steel, Blood & Fire
    • Ea Bishop – RAGNAROK: Demon Seed
    • Daryl Ellerbe – The Amazons
    • Kristin Secorsky – Dragon Chosen: The Dragon Riders of Eryieth
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Kathleen Neeley – Master None
    • David M. Jarboe – Realm Portals “The Celtic Otherworld”
    • M.K Williams – The Phoenix Chronicles: Alone in the Light
    • Jennifer Allis Provost – Gallowglass
    • T.K. Riggins – Money Jane
    • Susan Faw – Heart Of Shadra
    • Glen Shipherd – Infinity – Rulers
    • Franklin Posner – Suburban Vampire Ragnarok
    • Kim Gjorsoe – Rogue’s Law
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained
    • Anthony Nordvik-Nash – Hedda Stein-Sun’s UnRemembered Islands
    • Paul E. Vaughn – Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants
    • Nancy Guild Bendall – Nethermost Regained
    • Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Speaker
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
    • Lindsay Schopfer – Into the North: A Keltin Moore Adventure
    • M. K. Wiseman – The Kithseeker
    • Miriam Cumming – Namesakes
    • Penny Pearson – A Girl’s Guide to Time Travel
    • Chris Dews – Antler Jinny and the Raven
    • Philip Carlisle – Surviving Eros: Heart of Phire
    • D.M. Cain – A Chronicle of Chaos

    To view the 2017 OZMA Book Awards winners, please click here.

    The OZMA Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 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 entries into the 2019 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction. For more information, please click here.

  • The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 GOETHE BOOK AWARDS for Post 1750s Historical Fiction

    The SEMI-FINALISTS for the 2018 GOETHE BOOK AWARDS for Post 1750s Historical Fiction

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Late Historical Fiction set after the 1750s. The Goethe Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBA).

     

     

     

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian,18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (Looking for Chaucer Pre-1750 Book Awards or Laramie Western/Pioneer/Civil War Book Awards, just click on the links.)

    These Semi-Finalists will compete for the coveted five positions of the First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the Goethe GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

    These titles are in the running for the limited First Place positions of the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards novel competition for post-1750s Post Historical Novels.

    All Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Banquet & Ceremony.

    Good luck to all in these next final rounds of judging to see which titles will move forward.

    CONGRATULATIONS to:

    • Carol M. Cram – The Muse of Fire
    • J.L. Oakley – Mist-chi-mas: A Novel of Captivity
    • J. R. Collins – Living Where the Rabbits Dance
    • Jocelyn Cullity – Amah & the Silk-Winged Pigeons
    • Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight
    • Richard Alan –  A Female Doctor in the Civil War 
    • Josanna Thompson – A Maiden’s Honor
    • Rosalind Spitzer – Anna’s Home
    • Jeffrey K. Walker – None of Us the Same
    • Ronald E. Yates – The Lost Years of Billy Battles (Book 3, Finding Billy Battles Trilogy)
    • Kit Sergeant – 355: The Women of Washington’s Spy Ring
    • R. S. Rowland – Portrait of a Bitter Spy
    • Ruth Hull Chatlien – Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale
    • John Hansen – Unfortunate Words
    • Patricia Suprenant – Behind the Scarlet Letter
    • Michelle Cox – A Promise Given 
    • Tom Edwards – Jane Sinclair
    • K. M. Sandrick – The Pear Tree

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

    Good Luck to each of you as your works competes for the 2018 GOETHE  Book Awards First Place positions and the Goethe 2018 Grand Prize.  

    To view the 2017 Goethe Book Awards winners, please click here.

    The Goethe Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 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 2019 GOETHE Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

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

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    • Book Fair participation on Saturday & Sunday
    • Workshops taught by Audiobook and Podcast Expert, Chris Mottes
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    • Danish Broadcasting Corporation – Denmark ’s oldest and largest electronic media enterprise
    • Nordjuske Holding – Media & Communications Group – founded 1767
    • 24syv – daily and weekly culture, science, and debate programs
    • Radio Canada – CBC
    • WNYC – 93.9 FM and AM 820 New York’s flagship public radio stations (NPR, BBC, PRI, APM, & local programming)
    • KCBX – Central Coast Calif.
    • KSFR – Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • and many more…
    Universities
    • Duke University
    • Stanford University
    • Berkeley-University of California
    • Penn State
    • Santa Fe University
    • U MASS Boston
    • The University of Wollongong – Australia
    • University of Copenhagen
    • Danish School of Journalism
    • Roskilde University – Denmark
    • Syddansk University – Denmark
    • University of Iceland
    • Ilismaturasarfic University – Greenland
    • Umea University – Sweden
    • London School of Economics
    • EMB – Univerisity Berlin
    • IFP The French Press Institute (Journalism)
    • Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris
    Plus many more organizations including sponsoring  these media initiatives:
    • Children’s Radio Foundation – more than 50 radio projects across five African countries
    • Radio Camp NYC for middle-grade and high school students.
    • Indigenous Media Foundation – Nepal
    • Gambia Press Union – Gambia, West Africa

    Why did Chris and company choose the name Hindenburg for their ground-breaking software?

    This is the one question that they are almost always asked. And here is their answer:

    In 1937, Chicago reporter Herbert Morrison witnessed The Hindenburg Disaster. The German passenger airship, the LZ 129 Hindenburg, caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station located in Manchester, New Jersey. Covering the tragic accident, Mr. Morrison created radio history as he gave the world’s first eyewitness news report and made audio history and became the prototype for news broadcasting.

    His professional response and accurate descriptions combined with very emotional response to this unexpected disaster have made the recordings a seminal moment in audio history.

    The Hindenburg Disaster was a tragedy, but it marked the birth of mobile reporting and expanded the possibilities for global communication.

    “At Hindenburg, we are dedicated to supporting the production of great radio stories, and this is why we pay homage to the Hindenburg Disaster.”   Chris Mottes, CEO

    We at Chanticleer Reviews are honored to have Hindenburg Systems sponsor the Chanticleer International Book Awards and the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    Don’t delay. Register for CAC 19 Today! 

     

  • GLOBAL THRILLERS Sharing NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT! – Writing Competition, Thrillers/Suspense, Int’l Mystery & Crime

    GLOBAL THRILLERS Sharing NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT! – Writing Competition, Thrillers/Suspense, Int’l Mystery & Crime

    Scene:  President James Marshall (played by Harrison Ford) “Get off my plane!” —  Air Force One (the 1997 film).

    Now just imagine…

    The President’s motorcade is stopped by a mob dressed in black wearing Guy Fox masks. The leader jumps onto the limousine’s hood and exposes an explosive-loaded torso with a pressure release in his hand. He starts counting down from five. From out of nowhere, Spiderman swoops down, shoots a web around the assailant’s fist and takes him out. But now, the rest of the Guy Foxes reveal their explosive-ready torsos…

    ~~~

     

    An international human trafficking consortium is meeting in Belguim and you get wind of it. It’s your job to capture as many individuals as possible,  but you can’t kill them because any one of them may know the whereabouts of a group of children taken from a school bus in Maine. Your six-year-old daughter was on that bus…

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    Welcome to the Global Thrillers Awards, a category of literature where life as we know it hangs in the balance – and when bad things happen, the fallout is global. 

    We’re talking James Bond-worthy.

     

    We’re talking it’s time to call in the X-Men and X-Women.

     

    We’re talking about Global Thrillers!

     

    This is the category for Science Fiction that is set – or really could be set in our understanding of how things work. This is called “Lab Lit” in the industry. Even Star Wars and Star Trek are good examples because Global Thrillers covers Science Fiction and BIG Storytelling, EPIC Storytelling.

    Here are what we are looking for: 

    Photo by Huie Dinwiddie from Pexels

    stories that rock us right out of our seats, where the suspense is so strong we cannot put the book down. Something that will have us saying these lines to our poor hungry families,  “Dinner? Are you crazy? The world is about to end in the next chapter!”

     

    Thrill us. Chill us. Make us believers in your masterpiece or published novel. We read every single submission that is sent in and we relish in the good stuff.

     

     

    International Bestselling Thriller author J.D. Barker (aka Master of Suspense) to present at CAC19. 

    Our Global Thriller Book Awards categories are:

    So, does your thriller have what it takes?

    Find out by entering the GLOBAL THRILLER AWARDS because time is running out!

     

    The deadline for submissions the  GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards  is

    November 30, 2018.

     

     


    We are honored to recognize the  Global Thrillers Book Awards Hall of Fame Grand Prize winners!

    The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey took home the 2017 Grand Prize for the GLOBAL THRILLERs Book Awards.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey

    As radical climate swings, drought, famine, flood, and pestilence take on Biblical proportion, deep inside the earth’s core, a violent shift of its geomagnetic poles – a shift paired with cataclysmic seismic activity commences. With planetary life headed for extinction, mankind reaches out to its “gods,” both secular and non-secular, for salvation. At the same time whisperings on the NeuroLink claim that there is a savior among them—Saint Ariadne.


    Global Thriller Winners Lawrence Verigin & Sara Stamey

     

    Because the GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is a new division in the CIBAs, we also recognize the following kicking novels that won their category in the 2017 Global Thrillers Awards: 

    • The Han Agent by Amy Rogers
    • What They Don’t Know by K.V. Scruggs
    • Stormfront by James Tacy Cozad
    • Seed of Control by Lawrence Verigin
    • The Kafir Project by Lee Burvine

     


    Here are some winners that came before: 

    From the 2016 CLUE Awards:

     


    From the 2015 CLUE Awards:

    • Blended Genre: Timothy S. Johnston – The Tanner Sequence: The FurnaceThe Freezer, The Void
    • Espionage/Spy: Michele Daniel  The Red Circle

    We also had Cybertech Thrillers and Political Thrillers such as John Trudel’s Raven’s Resurrection and the Raven’s Series.

    Now you know why we had to add the GLOBAL THRILLERS division to the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). 

    The Global Thriller Awards ~ Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction Novel Writing Contest ~2018
    The search for 2018’s best Thriller & Suspense Fiction Books

    Deadline November 30, 2018

    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.

    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)

    Don’t delay! Enter today!

    Tick Tock…

     

  • Semi-Finalists for the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 CIBAs

    Semi-Finalists for the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter BooksThe Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Middle-Grade Readers Children’s books division. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

     

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from Long Listers (Slush Pile Survivors) to the SHORTLIST and have now moved on to the SEMI-FINALISTS list of the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards.

    All Semi-Finalists in attendance of the Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA ceremony will receive special name-tag ribbons to wear during the conference and will be recognized.

    The limited  First Place Category Positions for the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards will be selected from the  Semi-Finalists and will be announced at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference CIBA Ceremony and Banquet on Saturday, April 27th, 2019.

    Deadline for 2018 Gertrude Warner  Book Awards submissions was May 31, 2018. We are now accepting entries into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Awards.

    We looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. Our judges will put them to the test and select the best Middle-Grade Books among them.

    Chanticleer Book Reviews discovers today’s best books!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists!

    • Aric Cushing – Vampire Boy
    • Alexander Edlund – Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth
    • M. P. Follin – Dakota Joy and the Traveling Stones
    • Joanna Cook – The Life of Bonnie Dickens
    • Victoria Adler – Emma and Mia
    • Cheryl Carpinello – Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend
    • K. B. Shaw – From the Shadows
    • Jules Luther – The Portals of Peril 
    • Diane Rios – Bridge of the Gods
    • Kay M. Bates – The Adventures of Rug Bug: The Revolution
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Tallulah’s Flying Adventure

    Thank you to all who entered their works into the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards. It is always tough to decide which titles move forward and which ones must fall away. Thank you, again, for participating.

    Good Luck to each Semi-Finalist as your work competes in the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards. 

    2017 Gertrude Warner Award Winners Bek Castro, Paul Aertker, and Murray Richter

    Grand Prize and First Place Ribbons!   You know want one! 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book  Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information and to enter.

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

  • The M & M Book Awards for Mystery Novels Semi-Finalists for the 2018 CIBAs

    The M & M Book Awards for Mystery Novels Semi-Finalists for the 2018 CIBAs

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

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

     

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from Long Listers (Slush Pile Survivors) to the SHORTLIST and have now moved on to the SEMI-FINALISTS list of the 2018 M & M Book Awards. These entries are now in competition for the limited  First Place Category Positions for the 2018 M & M Book Awards. The M & M Book Awards Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference. The First Place Positions along with the M & M Grand Prize Award Winner will be selected from this Semi-Finalist list and will be announced at the Awards Gala on Saturday, April 27th, 2019.

    We will make the SEMIFINALISTS Digital Badge and Book Stickers available before the end of November 2018 and will email the link and the Semi-Finalist notification to those whose works made the list.

    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)

    Deadline for 2018 M & M Book Awards submissions was April 30, 2018. We are now accepting entries into the 2019 M & M Awards.

    Congratulations to the 2018 M & M Book Awards Semi-Finalists!

    • Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WW2 Mystery Novel  
    • B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors    
    • Charlotte Stuart – Why Me?  
    • Becky Clark – Fiction Can Be Murder  
    • Christine Evelyn Volker – Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City   
    • Alan Chaput – Savannah Sleuth  
    • Michelle Cox – A Promise Given  
    • Traci Andrighetti – Campari Crimson   
    • M. Louisa Locke – Pilfered Promises: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery  
    • C.A. Larmer – Evil Under The Stars: The Agatha Christie Book Club  #3   
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Hair Brained  
    • Stone Winkler – Blood on a Blue Moon: A Sheaffer Blue Mystery  
    • Carl and Jane Bock  Death Rattle  
    • Kelly Oliver – FOX: A Jessica James Mystery  
    • Deborah Rich – Under the Radar  
    • Anna Castle – Moriarty Takes His Medicine  
    • Julie Chase – Cat Got Your Secrets  

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

    Congratulations to the Semi-Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest! 

    Good Luck to each of you as your work competes in the 2018 M & M Book Awards. 

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2019 M & M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions into the 2019 M & M Book Awards is April 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information and to enter.

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