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The FINALISTS for the I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The I & I Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in non-fiction for instruction, guidance, self-help, how-to, and insight. The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more. This books have been put to the test and the best will advance to be declared winners of the prestigious I & I Book Awards.

Editor’s Note: Some works have been moved to the new non-fiction division titled the Nellie Bly Book Awards. 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 Instruction & Insight Book Awards and the Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction. The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize outstanding journalistic works and investigative pieces. After reviewing the comments from the judges along with their suggestions, we decided to recognize these works and create a more fitting division in the CIBAs — the Nellie Bly Book Awards. We will also transition a works of the spiritual nature into another new division for the 2020’s titled the Mind & Spirit Book Awards.

So without further ado, please join us in cheering on the following authors whose works comprise the FINALISTS of the I & I Book Awards for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction.

Congratulations to the I & I Book Awards Finalists!
- Marcus Kirsch – The Wicked Company
- Rob Davis – What Goes Around Comes Around – A Guide To How Life REALLY Works
- Corinne Miller Schaff – Art For All Ages: Reignite Your Artistic Self
- Jennifer R. Karchmer – A Proofreading Companion: Tips, Tools & Strategies for the Professional Proofreader
- Donald M. Rattner – My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques
- Donna Cameron – A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You
- Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One, Savoring the Olde Ways Series
- Margaret A Hellyer – A Home on the South Fork
- Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
- Nancy J. Cohen — A Bad Hair Day Cookbook
- Lisa Boucher – Raising The Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
- Tikiri Herath – Your Rebel Dreams: Discover Your Purpose and Passions to Power Up Your Life
- Brad Borkan and David Hirzel – When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
- Ryan M. Chukuske – Bigfoot 200: Because, You Know, Why the #@&% Not?
- David A. Bossert – Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for The Disney Studios Design
The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the VIRTUAL 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA ceremonies.

The judges are going to have some tough choices to make with these powerhouse entries!

Good luck to all as these works compete to for the First Place Category Positions for the I & I Book Awards!

The coveted First Place Category Winners of the 2019 I & I Book Awards will be selected from the Finalists in the final rounds of judging. The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the VIRTUAL Chanticleer Awards Ceremonies, which is hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the I & I GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The 17 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 Ceremonies that will be held VIRTUALLY during the six days of Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Sunday, Sept. 13th, 2020. Hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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

Questions? Please email us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com

Don’t delay. Enter today!
July 11, 2020
DANTE ROSSETTI SPOTLIGHT – Young Adult Novel Book Awards, #CIBAs
Do you have a Y/A Fiction manuscript or recently published novel?

Enter it today in the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards! Let us decipher the best of the best.

If you know anything about Chanticleer International Book Awards, you know that we never stop sharing the good news and accomplishments of our authors! Never!

What that means is we believe in book promotion, highlighting our winners, standing on our platforms, and telling the known world all about YOUR BOOK!

Sound good to you?

Enter your Y/A Fiction Novel TODAY into the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards.

The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction are named for the British painter and poet,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Chanticleer has chosen Dante Rossetti as the namesake of our young adult fiction awards, because of Rossetti’s strong connection to works of beauty and emotions as swift as the changing seasons. Both aspects embody what it means to be young. We feel that the sentiment expressed by the Pre-Raphaelite movement exemplifies what inspires many authors to pick up their proverbial pens to express their emotions and their observations of the visceral dynamics of living.

Besides, he was a rock star. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an exclusive group in the mid-nineteenth century which garnered as much fame and attention as equatable to the Game of Thrones cast today.

The Love Song by Sir Burne-Jones who was mentored and influenced by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

You won’t regret it – Just ask the following authors who did enter, and won!

The 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards GRAND PRIZE:

Whispers by Yvonne Moon

WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon

2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction
First in Category Winners
- Climb, Run, Drown by Cheryl G. Bostrom
- Tookan Attack by Alex Paul
- Reality Gold by Tiffany Brooks
- 2nd Gen by Andrea and William Vaughan
- Change of Chaos by Jacinta Jade
- Sneaking Out by Chuck Vance
- Soul Sacrifice by Susan Faw
Here’s a little more about our Dante Rossetti … (can we claim him as our own?)

Rossetti’s paintings, in particular, were characterized by the long and wavy hair of young women. It is this youthful beauty that has been immortalized in his work and captures the immovable spirit of adolescence which is so fraught with changing emotions. These women he painted are often quite romantic. His wife would often model for the paintings or the wives of his friends in the Brotherhood. It was rumored that Rossetti had several lovers…

Visitors today can view Rossetti’s work at the Louvre or the Met. In addition to painting, he was also a writer. Several of his poems address emotions and feelings in all of their complexity, similar to his painted works.

La Viuda Romana, 1874 by our fav guy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The 2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

SLAVE to FORTUNE by D. J. Munro

2017 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners
- Nature’s Confession by JL Morin
- Cryptic Spaces: Dark Edge Rising by Deen Ferrell
- Track Two on Repeat by Rebekah N. Bryan
- Becoming Jonika by PJ Devlin
- Soul Sanctuary by Susan Faw
The 2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

SEER of SOULS by Susan Faw

2016 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners
- SeaJourney by Alex Paul
- School of Deaths by Christopher Mannino
- Souls Untethered (previously Xodus) by K.J. McPike
- The Other Side of the Wire by Harold Coyle
The 2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

The GIRL and the CLOCKWORK CAT by Nikki McCormack

2015 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners
- Alix Nichols – What If It’s Love
- Kathe Maguire – The Harriet Club
- Christopher Allen Poe – Dark Sight
- Danielle Burnette – The Spanish Club
- James Zerndt – The Cloud Seeders
- Pamela Beason – Race with Danger
- Luke Evans – Hex
- Gail Selvig – O.W.L.S. and Other Creatures of the Night
- Lis Anna-Langston for Tupelo Honey
The 2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

LEGACY: Biodome Chronicles Book One by Jesikah Sundin

2014 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners
- Padgett Lively for Odette Speex: Time Traitors, Book 1
- Gretchen Wing for The Flying Burgowski
- Jesikah Sundin for Legacy: The Biodome Chronicles, Book 1
- Roni Teson for Twist
- S.A. Hunter for Elanraigh: The Vow
- Nely Cab for Fruit of Misfortune: Creatura Book 2
- Chris Pawlukiewicz for Dreams of a Red Horizon
- Scott Smith for An Outcast State
- Stephanie Keyes for The Star Catcher
- Elizabeth Barlo: Ruth 66
- Tiana Warner for Ice Massacre
- Elisabeth Hamill for Song Magick
- Mark Murphy for The Curse of the Thrax
- Kirsten Pulioff for The Escape of Princess Madeline
- Ben Hutchins for The Lackawanna Prophecies: Black Shadow
The 2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Grand Prize:

The BOREALIS GENOME by Thomas & Nancy Wise

2013 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners
- Cryptic Space – Book One: Foresight by Deen Ferrell
- Creatura by Nely Cab
- Sanctuary by Pauline Creeden
- The Undead by Elsie Elmore
- Spirit Legacy by E.E.Holmes
- The Immortal Game by Joannah Miley
- Black Crow, White Lie by Candi Sary
- All is Silence by Robert L. Slater
- Leon Martin and the Fantasy Girl by Andre Swartley
Want to be a winner next year? The deadline to submit your book for the Dante Rossetti Awards is June 30, 2020. Enter here!

Do your works have what it takes to make it through the CIBA judging rounds? Submit manuscripts and published works into the Chanticleer International Book Awards – Click here for more information about The CIBAs!

The last day to submit your work is June 30, 2020. We invite you to join us, to tell us your stories, and to find out who will take home the 2019 CIBA prizes at CAC20 in September.

The deadline for 2020 YA submissions is June 30, 2020. Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2020 will be announced on April 18, 2021.

Any entries received after June 30, 2020, will be entered into the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Young Adult Fiction. The Grand Prize and First Place for 2021 CIBA winners will be held on April 2022.

As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your work deserves! Enter today!

The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

The winners will be announced at the 2019 CIBA Awards Ceremony in September 2020, which will take place during the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference. All Semi-Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first-place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of celebrations!

Don’t delay! Enter today!
June 26, 2020
The FINALISTS for the OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – a division of the 2019 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).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out of this world fiction, they will be put to the test and the best selected as winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced from the 2019 OZMA Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 OZMA Book Awards Finalists!
- Porter Huddleston – EL on Earth
- Benjamin Keyworth – Superworld
- Susannah Dawn – Search for the Armor of God
- Elana A. Mugdan – Dragon Blood
- Dan Zangari & Robert Zangari – A Prince’s Errand
- Tim Westover – The Winter Sisters: A Novel
- KC Cowan & Sara Cole – The Hunt for Winter
- S.J. Hartland – The 19th Bladesman
- Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
- Suzie Plakson – The Return of King Lillian
- Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 5
- Mark S. Moore – Rise: Birth of a Revolution
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Susan Faw – Heart of Bastion
- Timothy Vincent – Tower, Sword, Stone and Spell
- Elizabeth Isaacs – The Scythian Trials
- Noah Lemelson – The Sightless City
These titles are in the running for the limited number of First Place positions of the 2019 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the Semi-finalists whose works have advanced to the Premier Finalists Level of Achievement in the 2019 CIBAs!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Finalists and Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. or VIRTUALLY via ZOOM (more info to come!)

Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 OZMA Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
June 25, 2020
The FINALISTS for the GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of High Stakes Suspense Thrillers. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it—High Stakes Suspense. 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 and then fiction takes over.

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced from the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Finalists
- Jacob Witten – Immune
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- William M. Hayes – Save Him
- Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps: The Solstice Countdown
- Randall Krzak – Carnage in Singapore
- Courtney Leigh Pahlke – Life Force Preserve
- Jett Ward – Execute Order
- Nicole Mabry – Past This Point
These titles are in the running for the limited number of First Place positions of the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the Semi-finalists whose works have advanced to the Premier Finalists Level of Achievement in the 2019 CIBAs!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
June 16, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the CLUE Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

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

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 CLUE Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to all of the 2019 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Fiction FINALISTS!
- J.J. Clarke – Dared to Return
- L. J. Martin – The Blue Pearl
- Nancy Adair – RABYA
- J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
- Lonna Enox – Untold Agony
- Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
- John W Feist – Blind Trust
- Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
- Marian Exall – A Splintered Step
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- Maureen Joyce Connolly – Little Lovely Things
- Melodie Hernandez – Forgotten Rage
- Chris Norbury – Straight River
- Barb Warner Deane – And Then There Was You
- V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
- Matt Witten – The Necklace
- M. J. Simms-Maddox – Mystery in Harare
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
- D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 CLUE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony that will be held on September 5, 2020.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
June 8, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romance Fiction-a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The 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 ( The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is 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 fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs).

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 CHATELAINE Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 CHATELAINE Book Awards Finalists
- J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
- Jule Selbo – Find Me in Florence
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Catherine Tinley –The Earl’s Runaway Governess
- Kate Vale – No Dates for Elaine
- Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Barb Warner Deane – And Then There Was You
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
- Heather Novak – Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex’s Brother
- Ernesto H Lee – Walk With Me, One Hundred Days of Crazy
- T.K. Conklin – Threads of Passion
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Mike Owens – Daisy’s Choice
- Paullett Golden – The Earl and The Enchantress
- L.E. Rico – Mischief and Mayhem
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CHATELAINE Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
June 4, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Novels – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana / Western, Pioneer, Civil War, Frontier, and First Nations Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring cowboys, the wild west, pioneering, civil war, and early North American History, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them to advance in the next judging rounds to discover today’s best books!

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards FINALISTS
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
- Kit Sergeant – Underground: Traitors and Spies in Lincoln’s War
- J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place
- John West – Marshallville
- Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures
- David Fitz-Gerald– Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey
- Hayley Stone – Make Me No Grave: A Weird West Novel
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
- Mike H. Mizrahi – The Unnamed Girl (The Woodard Chronicles)
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for American, Western, Pioneer, Civil War, and First Nations novels.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 LARAMIE Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is July 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
May 30, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction, a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian,18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards FINALISTS
- Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
- Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace
- Kari Bovee – Girl with a Gun
- PJ Devlin – Wissahickon Souls
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
- Lee Hutch – So Others May Live
- Mike Jordan – The Runner
- Sandra Wagner-Wright – Two Coins: A Biographical Novel
- J.G. Schwartz – The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
- Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing
- Lisa Braver Moss – SHRUG: A Novel
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 GOETHE Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
May 27, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (#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, and the CIBA judges will evaluate them for the CIBA Levels of Achievement. They will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Fiction among them. The CIBAs discover today’s best books!

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI FINALISTS
- Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
- Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
- Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
- A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia
- Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions FINALISTS. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, September 5th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the September 5th at the postponed 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

Grand Prize Ribbons!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
May 12, 2020
CELEBRATING CHILDREN’S BOOKS with GERTRUDE WARNER Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – Action/Adventure, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Magic, School, Sci-fi
Here at Chanticleer, we love Children’s literature! There is just something about a truly well-told story that sparks the imagination of the young – and the young at heart.

So, as we celebrate Children’s Book Week – May 4 – 10, 2020, allow us to bring along a few friends and share with you some really good books.

Did you know that 2020 marks the 96th anniversary of the first edition of the first book The Boxcar Children by Gertrude C. Warner?

It’s true! We titled the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs) division for middle-grade readers The Gertrude Warner Awards in honor of the author of the well-loved children’s The Boxcar Children Series.

I guess you could say, we’re fans. BIG fans!

We love Gertrude and so many others! Here’s a little list of some of Middle-Grade Children’s authors you probably already know:

Ron Dahl – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter series

Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians

R.J. Palacio – Wonder

Lemony Snicket – The Series of Unfortunate Events

Madeleine L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time

Louis Sachar – Holes

Kelly Barnhill for The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Neil Gaiman – for so, so many books!

Lois Lowry – The Giver

Now – a very special treat! Please take the time to find out about some of our very own personal favorite Middle-Grade Children’s Authors:

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – FINALISTS for 2019 – are
- Amber L. Wyss – Phoenix Rising
- M.J. Evans – PINTO!
- M.J. Evans – The Stone of Wisdom – Book 4 of the Centaur Chronicles
- Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- Laura M. Kemp – Burnt Feathers
- Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Book 5, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals
- Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
- Liana Gardner – 7th Grade Revolution
- Nancy McDonald – Boy from Berlin
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Tudor Rose
- Kit Bakke – Dancing on the Edge
- Mobi Warren – The Bee Maker
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

– and one will be named GRAND Prize Winner!

The 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Grand Prize went to Jules Luther – for the unpublished book, The Portals of Peril

2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners
- Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth by Alexander Edlund
- Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend by Cheryl Carpinello
- The Portals of Peril by Jules Luther
- From the Shadows by KB Shaw
- Tallulah’s Flying Adventure by Gloria Two-Feathers
- Vampire Boy by Aric Cushing
- The Adventures of Rug Bug by Kay M. Bates
Paul Aertker took home the CIBA GRAND PRIZE 2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Grand Prize for

BRAINWASHED: CRIME TRAVELERS SPY SCHOOL SERIES

2017 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners
- The Supernatural Pet Sitter by Diane Moat
- Bryce Bumps His Head by Robert D. Calkins
- Brainwashed: The Crime Travelers Series by Paul Aertker
- The Queen and Knights of Nor by Rebekah Stelzer/R.L.Stelzer
- Lucky Rocks by Murray Richter
- Flowerantha by Bek Castro
- The Strange Case of Mr. Beets by A Pharmacist on a Yak (Anand Vora)
The 2016 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Grand Prize was won by Alan Sproles & Lizanne Southgate for their work, The Train From Outer Space.

2016 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners are:
- Life On Base: Quantico Cave by Tom & Nancy Wise
- The Train from Outer Space by Alan Sproles and Lizanne Southgate
- The Mystery of Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
- Ethyr by M.P. Follin
- I, Mary by Mike Hartner
Are you interested in seeing how your Middle-Grade book stands up to the competition? Submit them to the Chanticleer International Book Awards and we will choose the best among the entries!

Click here for more information about The CIBAs!

The deadline to submit your book for the Gertrude Warner awards is May 31, 2019. Enter here!

The deadline for 2019 submissions has been extended to June 15, 2019. Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2019 will be announced on September 5, 2020, at the CIBA Awards Banquet.

Any entries received on or after June 16, 2019, will be entered into the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards.

As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your Middle-Grade Reader deserves! Enter today!

The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

All Finalists and First Place category winners will be recognized, the first-place winners will be whisked up on stage to receive their custom ribbon and wait to see who among them will take home the Grand Prize. It’s an exciting evening of dinner, networking, and celebrations!

Don’t delay! Enter today!
May 7, 2020