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I & I Book Awards for the Best Non-Fiction Guide Books and How-To Books – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the I & I Book Awards for Non-Fiction Guides and How-To Books, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best in the I & I Book Awards!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.We love them all.

The 2019 I & I Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the I & I Grand Prize Winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Gail Avery Halverson, author of The Skeptical Physick, 2019 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner and Chaucer 1st in Category Winner for the same title.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the I & I Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the I & I Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Margaret A Hellyer – A Home on the South Fork
- Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
- Donna Cameron – A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You
- Brad Borkan and David Hirzel – When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
- Donald M. Rattner – My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques
- Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One, Savoring the Olde Ways Series
- Lisa Boucher – Raising The Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
- Ryan M. Chukuske – Bigfoot 200: Because, You Know, Why the #@&% Not?
The I & I Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is:

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

by Ellen Notbohm

This is the original badge for the 2018 I & I Grand Prize Winner – Explore Europe on Foot by Cassandra Overby.

How to Enter the I & I Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 I & I Book Awards until September 30, 2021.

The 2020 I & I Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
October 2, 2020
JOURNEY Book Awards for the Best Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir Books – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoirs Works, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best in the Journey Book Awards!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We love them all.

The 2019 Journey Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Journey Grand Prize Winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Janice Ellis, Ph.D., author of From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream, 2018 Journey Grand Prize Winner.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Journey Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Journey Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Anna Carner – Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
- Linda Gartz – Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
- Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson – The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug
- John Hoyte – Persistence of Light
- Nikki West – The Odyssey of the Chameleon
- Eva Doherty Gremmert – Our Time To Dance
The Journey Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is:
Persistence of Light by John Hoyte

This is the original badge for the 2018 Journey Grand Prize Winner – From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream by Janice S. Ellis, Ph.D.

How to Enter the Journey Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Journey Book Awards until April 30, 2021.

The 2020 Journey Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
October 2, 2020
SOMERSET Book Awards for the Best Contemporary and Literary Novels – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best in the Somerset Book Awards!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism, or women and family themes. We love them all.

The 2019 Somerset Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Somerset Grand Prize Winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Michelle Rene, author of Hour Glass, Previous Laramie Grand Prize Winner and Overall Best Book Award Winner in 2017 announced the 2019 Somerset Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Somerset Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Somerset Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- HONORABLE MENTIONS:
  - Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road, ms
  - Bob Holt – Firebird, ms
The Somerset Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is a manuscript:
The Proprietor of Theatre Life by Donna LeClair

The Somerset Grand Prize for the 2019 Award Winner.

This is the original badge for the 2018 Somerset Grand Prize Winner – Hard Cider by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon.

How to Enter the Somerset Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 Somerset Book Awards until November 30, 2020. All submissions into this category after November 30, 2020, will automatically be entered into the 2021 Somerset Book Awards

The 2020 Somerset Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
October 1, 2020
CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic and Romance Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance and Romantic Fiction novels, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Romantic and Romance Books!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating the best books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, a little steamy romance, paranormal, young adult, mystery, and any other genre with a romantic theme. We love them all.

The 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of September 8-13, 2020, from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington.

Janet Shawgo, author of Find Me Again – 2014 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the CHATELAINE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHATELAINE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- T.K. Conklin – Threads of Passion
- Jule Selbo – Find Me in Florence
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Heather Novak – Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex’s Brother
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers
- L.E. Rico – Mischief and Mayhem
- HONORABLE MENTION: JP Kenna – A Terrible Freedom *
The Chatelaine Book Awards
2019 Grand Prize Winner is
The Skeptical Physick by Gail Avery Halverson

This is the digital badge for the 2018 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner – The House at Ladywell by Nicola Slade.

How to Enter the Chatelaine Book Awards? September 30, 2020 is the last day to enter the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards.

The 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Then we will accept submissions into the 2021 CHATELAINE Book Awards until September 30, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 30, 2020
CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s historical fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The Search for the Best New Pre-1750s Historical Fiction

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, Including Pre-History, Ancient History, Classical, World History (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, and 1600s. We love them all.

The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Michelle Cox, author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard Mystery Series, the 2016 M & M Grand Prize Winner, announced the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards.

This is the Official 2019 LIST of the CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
- June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- A.L. Cleven – 26.2
The CHAUCER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora

by James Conroyd Martin

This is the digital badge for the 2018 CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner – The Serpent and the Eagle by Edward Rickford

How to Enter the Chaucer Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards until June30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards are closed.

The 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in mid-October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 29, 2020
MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So Cozy Mysteries – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the M & M Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best M&Ms!

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating 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 love them all.

The 2019 M & M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the M & M Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Wendy Delaney, author of The Working Stiffs Mysteries – Previous M & M Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 M & M Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Susan Lynn Solomon for Writing is Murder
- Kari Bovee for Girl with a Gun
- Susan Z. Ritz for A Dream to Die For
- MJ O’Neill for The Corpse Wore Stilettos
- Henry G. Brinton for City of Peace
- Vee Kumari for Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery
- M. J. Simms-Maddox for Mystery in Harare
- Liese Sherwood-Fabre for The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
- Michelle Cox for A Veil Removed
The Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery

by Vee Kumari

This is the digital badge for the 2018 M&M Grand Prize Winner – A Promise Given by Michelle Cox

How to Enter the Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 M & M Book Awards until April 30, 2021. Submissions into the 2020 M& MY Book Awards is closed.

The 2020 M&M Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 23, 2020
GLOBAL Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – 2019 CIBAs
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Suspense High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Novels

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating 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. We love them all.

The 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Sara Stamey, author of The Ariadne Connection – 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner announced the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to:
- Randall Krzak for Carnage in Singapore
- Courtney Leigh Pahlke for Life Force Preserve
- Jett Ward for Execute Order
- Nicole Mabry for Past This Point
- Avanti Centrae for VanOps: The Solstice Shadows
- Joanne Jaytanie for Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

SOLSTICE SHADOWS – A VanOps Thriller

by Avanti Centrae

This is the badge for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner – The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

How to Enter the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards?

We are accepting submissions into the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards until October 31, 2020. After this date, all entries will go into the 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards.

The 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 23, 2020
GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2019 CIBA Winners
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the CIBAs.

The CIBAs Search for the Best Middle-Grade Books

Chanticleer International Book Awards is celebrating 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. We love them all.

The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Peter Greene, author of The Jonathan Moore Adventures (and previous GOETHE CIBA Grand Prize Winner), announced the Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to ALL!
- Amber L. Wyss – A Flash of Fire
- M.J. Evans – PINTO!
- Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- Laura M. Kemp – Burnt Feathers
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is

The Valley of Death – Arken Freeth Series by Alex Paul

This is the badge for the 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Gertrude Warner – Portals of Peril by Jules Luther

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards until June 30, 2021.

The 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in October. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 21, 2020
The Last Official Announcement for the 2019 CIBAs Awards until After the CIBA Ceremonies
Announcement and Recognition of the Chanticleer International Book Awards Winners will take place at the 2019 CIBA Ceremonies as hosted by the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference. #VCAC20

2018 Chanticleer Grand Prize Winners at CAC19

Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference

Learn from the Best at VCAC!

Featuring:

Robert Dugoni, J.D. Barker, Chris Humphreys, Scott Steindorff, and Paul Cutsinger

Tuesday – Sunday, September 8 – 13, 2020

Hindenburg Workshops

Audiobook Creation and Podcasting

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Master Writing Classes

with

Top Development Editor – Jessica Morrell

and Top Literary Agent – Donald Maass

Thursday, Friday, and Sunday September 17 & 18, and 20, 2020

The 2019 CIBA Ceremonies

All 2019 CIBA Finalists will be recognized at the daily CIBA ceremonies that will announce 3 or 4 of the seventeen CIBA Divisions each day on Tuesday – Saturday at 5:00 p.m. PST.

The First Place Category Awards Winners whose works have advanced from the premier Finalists Level of Achievement will be announced the daily ceremonies.

The 2019 Grand Prize Winners for all 17 Divisions of the CIBAs plus the Overall Best Book will be announced on Sunday, September 13, 2020. The Sunday CIBA Ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. PST.

The CIBA Ceremonies will be ZOOMed Live and recorded at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

The CIBA Ceremony Schedule of Announcements is at the end of this post along with a downloadable WORD Doc file that may be printed for your convenience.

The Links to the 2019 CIBA Finalists –

This will be the LAST ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE 2019 CIBA CEREMONIES that will take place at VCAC 20.

We have tried to email each author/publisher whose works have advanced to the Premier FINALISTS LEVEL in the 2019 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards – at least twice. This is final notification before the 2019 CIBA Ceremonies.

Congratulations to ALL!

CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction

PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction

DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

Little PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books

LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana and Western Fiction

CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction

GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction

NELLIE BLY Book Awards for Investigative and Long Piece Journalism

M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Classic and Not-So Cozy Mysteries

CLUE Book Awards for Suspense Thrillers

GLOBAL THRILLERS for High Stakes Thrillers & Lab Lit

CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Novels

SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction

JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Nonfiction – Memoirs/Biographies

I & I Book Awards for Insight and Instruction, How-To, and Guide Books

Grand Prize Ribbons! Whose works will one?

The CIBA Ceremony Schedule of Announcements

Hashtags #CIBAs #CYGNUSawards #OZMAawards etc.

FIRST PLACE CATEGORY ROUNDS of the 2019 CIBAs

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST LIVE –
- CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction – Presenter: Elana Mugdan – OZMA Grand Prize Winner
- OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – Presenter: Sara Stamey – Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner 2017
- PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – Presenter: Chris Leibig – Paranormal Grand Prize Winner
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST LIVE
- DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA Fiction – Presenter:
- GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade – Presenter: Peter Greene – Goethe Grand Prize 2017
- LITTLE PEEPS for Early Readers – Presenter: Denise Ditto Satterfield – Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner 2018
Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST LIVE
- LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Fiction – Presenter: Jacquie Rogers – Laramie Grand Prize Winner 2016
- CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction – Presenter: TBD
- GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction – Presenter: TBD
- NELLIE BLY Book Awards for Investigative and Long Form Journalism Non-Fiction: TBD
Friday, September 11, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST LIVE
- M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Novels – Presenter: Wendy Delaney
- CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thrillers Novels – Presenter: Pamela Beason
- GLOBAL THRILLERS for High Stakes Suspense Thrillers – Presenter: TBD
Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST LIVE
- CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – Presenter: TBD
- SOMERSET BOOK Awards for Contemporary, Literary, and Satire Fiction – Presenter: TBD
- JOURNEY Book Awards for Memoir and Narrative Non-Fiction – Presenter: Janice Ellis -Journey Grand Prize Winner 2018
- I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction – Presenter: TBD
The CIBAs GRAND PRIZE ROUNDS (Dress to Impress!)

Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. PST LIVE
- CYGNUS
- OZMA
- PARANORMAL
- DANTE ROSSETTI
- GERTRUDE WARNER
- LITTLE PEEPS
- LARAMIE
- CHAUCER
- GOETHE
- NELLIE BLY
- MYSTERY & MAYHEM
- CLUE
- GLOBAL THRILLER
- CHATELAINE
- SOMERSET
- JOURNEY
- INSTRUCTION and INSIGHT
And we will culminate the 2019 CIBA Ceremonies with announcing the 2019 OVERALL GRAND PRIZE for Best Book!

Have your favorite bubbly and appetizers ready!

Cheer your favorites on!

Please check back often in thee crazy times! We keep posting updates!

LEARN FROM THE BEST at VCAC20!

Don’t delay. Register TODAY!

The OFFICIAL POSTING of the 2019 CIBA announcements of the 17 Divisions’ award winners will start on Wed. Sept 16, 2020.

DOWNLOAD and PRINT the 2019 CIBA Awards Ceremonies ScheduleThe-CHANTICLEER-INTERNATIONAL-BOOK-AWARDS (4)

You will see it download. Then open the Word Doc and then print it.
August 24, 2020
The FINALISTS for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

Editor’s Note: Some works have been moved to the new 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satirical and Allegorical Fiction. This new division is in response to the request from the Chanticleer International Book Awards judges to acknowledge the many outstanding works that were entered into the Somerset Book Awards that should have their own division in which to compete. The Mark Twain Book Awards recognize outstanding Satire, Humor, Political Ideology, Parody, Allegory/Fable works.

So without further ado, please join us in cheering on the following authors whose works have advanced to the premier FINALIST Level of Achievement in the Somerset Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and of the I & I Book Awards for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction.

Congratulations to the Somerset Book Awards Finalists!
- Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- Domenick Venezia – Liberator Legacy Book 1
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Bob Holt – Firebird
- Dd Jaseron – Wheelboys
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Sara Stamey – Pause
- Patricia Averbach – Resurrecting Rain
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Lisa Reddick – The Same River
- Nick Mancuso – Fever
- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg – The Nine
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Linda Bledsoe – Through the Needle’s Eye
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Mike Murphey – Section Road
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- Prue Batten – Passage
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
Congratulations to all! Good Luck to all as your works compete for the First Place Category positions.

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the VIRTUAL 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA ceremonies

The Virtual CAC 20 and 2019 CIBA Ceremonies will take place Tuesday, September 8th through Sunday, September 13th, 2020.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CIBAs. https://www.chantireviews.com/contests/

Don’t delay. Enter today!

2020 Somerset Book Awards

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

2020 Mark Twain Book Awards
July 12, 2020