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The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Semi-Finalists – The CIBAs
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).

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

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 the 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Short List to the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen 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.

Announcing the 2021 Gertrude Warner Semi-Finalists for Middle-Grade Readers

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
- Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
- B.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
- Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
- K.P. Boardman – The Falling Sisters
- Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
- J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
- Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
- Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
- Esta Lemon – The Loser Blog
- KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
- McKemie Huston – Return of the Last Prism
- Emmett J Hall – RUNAWAY
- Raea Gragg – Mup
- Moira Siobhan – Dilly Cooper Hat-astrophe
- Laurie Calkhoven – Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
- Peter Solomon – The Stardust Mystery
- Susan McCormick – The Antidote
- Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck Keeper of the Meadow
- Jay Spenser – The Phantom Airplane Mystery
Good luck to All!
These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is Kelly Oliver for Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

Click here to see the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

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.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction
- The Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Literature
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 5, 2022
The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers & Picture Books – CIBAs Semi-Finalists
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2021 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Little Peeps Early Readers Short List to the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards Semi-Finalists. 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.

These titles are the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Great Engine Room Takeover
- Brooks Olbrys – Blue Ocean Bob Discovers His Purpose
- Peggy Sullivan – Shadow Walkers, The Secret Lives of the Shy Sisters
- M. Lisa Rinaca – Matt Needs A Werewolf
- Dana Brackob – Molly: A Love Story
- Andrea Vaughan – Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath
- Linda Harkey – The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow
- Brenda Faatz & Peter Trimarco – Now What?
- Susan Faw – Poppy Ogopogo
- Katy McQuaid – Everybody Loves Grace: An Amazing True Story of How Grace Brings Love to Everyone She Meets
- Vincent Kelly – All People are Beautiful
- Wanda Carter Roush – You Got This – A Tale of Courage
- Denise Ditto – Tooth Fairy Day Celebration
- Avril van der Merwe – I Don’t Want To Be a Hyena
- Stephanie Matolyak & Deborah Bailey – A Farm Animals’ Christmas – No Ordinary Farm
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey Through Our Solar System
- Steven Haggard – There’s an Elephant in My Room!
- Cindy A. Bell – I Love You, Fiorella, Flaws and All!
- Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Stars of Wonder
- Lauren Stockly – Be Mindful of Monsters & Mindful Monsters Therapeutic Workbook
- Cynthia Kern O’Brien – I Don’t Want to go to Preschool, the Fairy Queen Calls
- Deborah Serani – Sometimes When I’m Mad
- Zaynab Al-Yassiri – LunchBox Wisdom
- Kyle Poehls – From Nicholas To Christmas
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is Masoud Malekyari for Great As A Button

Click here to see the 2020 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Early Readers Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Literature. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 5, 2022
The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – CIBAs Finalists
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. Looking for middle grade contests? Check out our Gertrude Warner Awards.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards 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.

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
- Angela Yeh – A Phoenix Rises
- Shadow Bleak – Riot Shield
- M.J. Evans – The Sand Pounder: Love and Drama on Horseback in WWII
- Dan Rice – Dragons Walk Among Us
- Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
- E.A. Allen – Percy St. John and the Chronicle of Secrets
- Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
- Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
- Jon Robinson – Sunshine and the Full Moon
- Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
- Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again
- Dennis D. Skirvin – The Treasure of Nonsense Woods
- Kourtney Spadoni – In The Underwood
- Rebecca Danzenbaker – The Color of My Soul
- L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
- Shay Siegel – Fractured
These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Good Luck to ALL!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is Dallas Woodburn for The Best Week That Never Happened

Click here to see the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Literature
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 1, 2022
The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Fiction Finalists – CIBAs 2021
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 the 2021 Laramie Americana Semi-Finalists to the 2021 Laramie Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and then 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 FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- 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
- Michael Eisenhut – Brothers of War, The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg
- Samantha Specks – Dovetails in Tall Grass
- Kenneth Arbogast – Sorrow Ledge
- Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
- Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- 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
- George T. Arnold – Wyandotte Bound
- Chris Bennett – Road to the Breaking
- Daniel Greene – Northern Hunt (Northern Wolf Series Book 2)
- Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
Good luck to all as your works move on to compete for the First Place and Grand Prize positions!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is

Rebecca Dwight Bruff for Trouble the Water, a Novel

Click here to see the 2020 Laramie Book Award Winners for Americana Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Laramie Book Awards for Americana and Western Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 1, 2022
The 2021 MIND and SPIRIT Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction – CIBAs Short List 2021
Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction

The Mind and Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Mind and Spirit Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Long List to the 2021 Mind and Spirit Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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 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 FINALISTS of the 2021 Mind and Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Ramzi Najjar – The Ultimate Human Secrets
- Mike Lutz – Jesus Speaking
- Tammy Green – Living Without Skin: Everything I Never Knew About Fierce Vulnerability
- Beth Gibbs – Enlighten Up!
- Rosemary A. Schmidt – The Happy Clam
- Carolyn Lee Arnold – Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir
- Starr Regan DiCiurcio – Divine Sparks: Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World
- Randi Benator – Awaken to Your Calling
- Richard Lui – Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness
- George Marino , CPA, CFP – Beyond Balancing the Books: Sheer Mindfulness for Professionals in Work and Life
- Bedri Cag Cetin Ph.D. – Sacred Life: Healing from the Virus in Consciousness
- Reagan J. Pasternak – Griffin’s Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies
- Carlo Pietro Sanfilippo – AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream
- Ramzi Najjar – The YOU beyond you: The knowledge of the willing
- Judith Briles – When God Says NO – Revealing the YES When Adversity and Loss Are Present
- Labar Laskie – Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
- Meg Nocero – Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
- Angela Quijada-Banks – The Black Foster Youth Handbook
- James Martin – Revelation Through Science
- David Soh Poh Huat – Nature Gifts of the Soursop Leaves
Good Luck to All!
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 Mind and Spirit Awards is Dr. Donna Marks for Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure

Click here to see the 2020 Mind and Spirit Book Award Winners

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
April 19, 2022
The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers & Picture Books – CIBAs Short List
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2021 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Little Peeps Early Readers Long List to the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Great Engine Room Takeover
- Brooks Olbrys – Blue Ocean Bob Discovers His Purpose
- Peggy Sullivan – Shadow Walkers, The Secret Lives of the Shy Sisters
- M. Lisa Rinaca – Matt Needs A Werewolf
- Dana Brackob – Molly: A Love Story
- Andrea Vaughan – Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath
- Linda Harkey – The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow
- Brenda Faatz & Peter Trimarco – Now What?
- Susan Faw – Poppy Ogopogo
- Katy McQuaid – Everybody Loves Grace: An Amazing True Story of How Grace Brings Love to Everyone She Meets
- Vincent Kelly – All People are Beautiful
- Wanda Carter Roush – You Got This – A Tale of Courage
- Denise Ditto – Tooth Fairy Day Celebration
- Avril van der Merwe – I Don’t Want To Be a Hyena
- Stephanie Matolyak & Deborah Bailey – A Farm Animals’ Christmas – No Ordinary Farm
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey Through Our Solar System
- Steven Haggard – There’s an Elephant in My Room!
- Zaynab Al-Yassiri – LunchBox Wisdom
- Cindy A. Bell – I Love You, Fiorella, Flaws and All!
- Kevin Brougher – Grandpa Kevin’s…Jack and the Bean Stalk
- Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Stars of Wonder
- Lauren Stockly – Mindful Monsters Therapeutic Workbook
- Lauren Stockly – Be Mindful of Monsters
- Kyle Poehls – From Nicholas To Christmas
- Michael Ferrone – Frankenbots: Sunken City of Scraps
- Karen B. Kurtz – Sophia’s Gift
- M. Lisa Rinaca – Just James
- Cynthia Kern O’Brien – I Don’t Want to go to Preschool, the Fairy Queen Call
- Megan Herr – Lucas Takes His Food Allergies to Daycare
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Charlie Lou Goes to the Rodeo
- Deborah Serani – Sometimes When I’m Mad
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is Masoud Malekyari for Great As A Button

Click here to see the 2020 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Early Readers Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Literature. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
April 19, 2022
The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Fiction Semi-Finalists – CIBAs 2021
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 the 2021 Laramie Americana Short List to the 2021 Laramie Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and then 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 FINALISTS of the 2021 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- 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
- Catherine M. O’Connor – Dust Covered Lies
- Michael Eisenhut – Brothers of War, The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg
- Forest B. Dunning – Death at Lame Deer
- Samantha Specks – Dovetails in Tall Grass
- Kenneth Arbogast – Sorrow Ledge
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Kidnapped
- Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
- Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- 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
- George T. Arnold – Wyandotte Bound
- Michael R. Frontani – Dante’s Forge
- Chris Bennett – Road to the Breaking
- Michael L. Ross – Across the Great Divide: Book 2 The Search
- Daniel Greene – Northern Hunt (Northern Wolf Series Book 2)
- Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
Good luck to all as your works move on to compete for the Finalist positions!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is

Rebecca Dwight Bruff for Trouble the Water, a Novel

Click here to see the 2020 Laramie Book Award Winners for Americana Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Laramie Book Awards for Americana and Western Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
April 18, 2022
The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries
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 Semi-Finalists to the 2021 M&M Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be announced and then 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 FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Finalists!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room
- Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure
- Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow
- Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness
- Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter
- B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko
- Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts
- Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
- Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
- Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite
- Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues
- Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position
- Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery
- Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard
- 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
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Click here to see the 2020 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

The M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2020

Grand Prize Winner is

THE DISCOVERY by Patrick M. Garry

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 M&M Awards writing competition.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
April 1, 2022
The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – CIBAs Semi-Finalists
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. Looking for middle grade contests? Check out our Gertrude Warner Awards.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction Short List to the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists! Finalists will be chosen 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.

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
- Angela Yeh – A Phoenix Rises
- Shadow Bleak – Riot Shield
- M.J. Evans – The Sand Pounder: Love and Drama on Horseback in WWII
- Dan Rice – Dragons Walk Among Us
- Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
- E.A. Allen – Percy St. John and the Chronicle of Secrets
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
- Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
- Strider K – Stone (former title: You Rock My Life)
- Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
- Jon Robinson – Sunshine and the Full Moon
- Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
- Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again
- Dennis D. Skirvin – The Treasure of Nonsense Woods
- Kourtney Spadoni – In The Underwood
- Susan Faw – Bone Dragon
- Rebecca Danzenbaker – The Color of My Soul
- L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
- Shay Siegel – Fractured
These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Good Luck to ALL!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is Dallas Woodburn for The Best Week That Never Happened

Click here to see the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Literature
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
April 1, 2022
The 2021 HEARTEN Book Awards for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction – CIBAs Short List 2021
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2021 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Lisa Smith Molinari – The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com
- Cheryl Troxel – The Inexplicable Gypsy
- Wendy Sanford – These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship across Race and Class
- Heather Haldeman – Kids and Cocktails Don’t Mix: A Memoir
- Burl Harmon – Combat Missions
- Meredith Wargo – DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
- Carolyn Lee Arnold – Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir
- Leah Witman Moore – Loving You Big:Embracing the Unexpected
- Cheng Wang – From Tea to Coffee
- Rod Baker – Unexpected Treasures – Running a Mental Health Nonprofit
- Linda Jamsen – Odyssey of Love: A Memoir of Seeking and Finding
- Evelyn LaTorre – Love in Any Language
- Meg Nocero – Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
- Jim Enderle – Fight, Flight, or Freeze: A Love Story
- Robert E. Lofthouse – Honor Through Sacrifice
- Judith Briles – When God Says NO – Revealing the YES When Adversity and Loss Are Present
- Jane Eden – Nail Soup
- Colonel Van H. Slayden, USAF, with Patrecia Slayden Hollis – Normandy to Nazi Surrender, Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot
- Allison Hong Merrill – Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops
- Jeremy Rhyne – His Name is Cwiz
- Julie Ryan McGue – Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
- Dennis J Kotchmar – The Joy of Searching, Buying, and Selling Antiques and Home Decor from France and England
- C.L. Olsen – The Home for Friendless Children
- Fred Guttenberg – Find the Helpers
- Kim Fairley – Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir
- George Kohn – Vector to Destiny: Journey of a Vietnam F-4 Fighter Pilot
- Sara Easterly – Searching for Mom: A Memoir
- Linda Morrow – Heart of This Family – Lessons in Down Syndrome and Love
- Lisa Dailey – Square Up: 50,000 miles in search of a way home
- Abe Streep – Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana #2
- Dr Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s clinic
- Richard Lui – Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness
- Rick Avery with Tom Bleecker – A Life at Risk
- Labar Laskie – Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
- Bedri Cag Cetin Ph.D. – Sacred Life: Healing from the Virus in Consciousness
- Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two #2
- Marcus A. Nannini – Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolph Hitler into Power
- Rosemary Keevil – The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction
- Gerri Almand – Running from Covid in our RV Cocoon
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 HEARTEN Awards is Judy Gaman for Love, Life, and Lucille

Click here to see the 2020 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
March 22, 2022