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CYGNUS SPOTLIGHT for SCI-FI – Book Awards, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Time Travel, Genetic Mods, Tech, Apocalyptic, Space Aliens
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

Get your Sci-fi on

enter the CYGNUS AWARDS today!

Who will receive a beautiful CIBA CYGNUS Blue Ribbon?

Which CYGNUS AWARD winner will receive the next big publishing contract or land a top agent…?

Bennett Coles CYGNUS Grand Prize for VIRTUES of WAR

Harper Collins Vo yager has picked up CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner Bennett R. Coles for his latest work Winds of Marque.

Titan U.K. picked up his CYGNUS award-winning Virtues of War and then contracted for two more books in his series: Ghosts of War and March of War.

Will it be you?

THE DEADLINE TO ENTER THE 2020 CYGNUS Novel Writing Competitions is April 30, 2020.

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The CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS

Hall of Fame

2018 Grand Prize Winner:

The Korpes File by J.I Rogers took home the 2018 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction Grand Prize Blue Ribbon.

2018 First in Category Winners:
- The Fortune Follies by Catori Sarmiento
- It Takes Death to Reach a Star by Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington
- Solar Reboot by Matthew D. Hunt
- Apex Five by Sarah Katz
- The One Apart: A Novel by Justine Avery
- The Selah Branch by Ted Neill
2017 Grand Prize Cygnus Winner:

The Future’s Dark Past by John Yarrow

2017 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction First in Category Winners
- First Command by Michael Simon
- The Last Detective by Brian Cohn
- Oort Rising by Magnus Victor
- Breaching The Parallel by MW Anderson
- Strain of Resistance by Michelle Bryan
2016 Grand Prize Cygnus Winner:

OVER by Sean Curley

2016 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction First in Category Winners
- Wizzy Wig by Tiffany Pitts
- The Accountant’s Apprentice by Dennis M. Clausen
- The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey
- Prophecy of the Immortals by Ryan London
2015 Grand Prize Cygnus Winner:

The Great Symmetry by James Wells

2015 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction First in Category Winners
- John Yarrow for The Time Forward Project
- C. A. Knutsen for Janus Unfolding: Emergence
- Janine A. Southard for Cracked! A Magic iPhone Story
- Jessica Schaub for Gateways
- L.S. Kilroy for The Vitruvian Heir
- Tommy Partl for Mechanized
- Timothy S. Johnston for The Furnace
2014 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner:

Citadel 7, Earth’s Secret: Enemy of Existence by Yuan Jur

2014 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction First in Category Winners:
- Betrayal on Triton by Ryan Henry
- The Unbeliever by Zachary Kitchen
- Mythborn: Rise of the Adepts by Vijay Lakshman
- Dream of a Vast Blue Cavern by Selah Tay-Song
- The Ariadne Connection by Sara Stamey
- The Immortal Game by Joannah Miley
- Shadow of the Last Man, Book 1 by J. M. Salyards
- Legacy: The Biodome Chronicles, Book 1 by Jesikah Sundin
- Timelapse by Lorrie Farrelly
- The Borealis Genome by Thomas P. Wise and Nancy Wise
- The Cloud Seeders by Jamie Zendt
- ISO by H.G. Bleackly
- All Is Silence by Robert L. Slater
- Natural Selection by Michael Simon
2013 Grand Prize Cygnus Winner:

Bennett R. Coles, Virtues of War

2013 First Place Category Winners for the Cygnus Awards are:
- The Lotus Effect by Bridget Ladd
- Celia’s Heaven by Nancy Canyon
- Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota
- The Maiden Voyage of the Mary Ann by Linda Reed
- Ragnarok: Demon Seed by Ea Bishop
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February 5, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner.

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 eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST to the Shortlist and now have progressed to the 2019 Semi-Finalists positions.

Presenting the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction Semi-Finalists:
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
- Joyce Major – The Orangutan Rescue Gang
- Nancy McDonald – Boy from Berlin
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
- Mobi Warren – The Bee Maker
- Amber L. Wyss – Phoenix Rising
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Tudor Rose
- Sue Bough – Norman Snodgrass Saves the Green Planet
- Kit Bakke – Dancing on the Edge
- M.J. Evans – PINTO!
- M.J. Evans – The Stone of Wisdom – Book 4 of the Centaur Chronicles
- Jeff Orlowski – Avery Green And The Nightmare Busters
- Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
- Catherine Mallette – Don’t Ask Me
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Volcano
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Kay M. Bates’ – ‘B’ is for Baylee
- Susan Brown – Sammy and the Devil Dog
- Laura M. Kemp – Skye’s Journey
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Pyramid
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- Maria Ashworth – SUSHI KITTY
- Gregory Saur – Diving Catch
- Liana Gardner – 7th Grade Revolution
- Trayner Bane – Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
- Leanne M. Pankuch – Dragon’s Truth
- Alex Paul – The Valley of Death, Book 5, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers.

Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 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.
February 5, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & 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).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 LONG LIST to the CLUE Shortlist and have now advanced to the CLUE Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to all of the 2019 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense & Thriller Fiction Semi-Finalists
- J.J. Clarke – Dared to Return
- RIP Converse – Maelstrom Part One
- L. J. Martin – The Blue Pearl
- Nancy Adair – RABYA
- J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
- J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
- Lonna Enox – Untold Agony
- Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
- Russell Heath – Rinn’s Crossing
- John W Feist – Blind Trust
- Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
- Richard Conrath – Blood Moon Rising
- Marian Exall – A Splintered Step
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Edgar Swamp – Amber Hollow
- 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
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Kevin G. Chapman – Righteous Assassin: A Mike Stoneman Thriller
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
- Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor – Death by the River
- Steve Dimeo – The Magic Cape Caper
- Joni M Fisher – West of Famous
- D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
- Kirk Millson – Serpents of Old
Good Luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging

Register today for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA ceremony and banquet that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. at the luxury waterfront Hotel Bellwether, April 17 – 19, 2020. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels.
February 4, 2020
The Semi-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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the LONG LIST to the Goethe Shortlist and have now advanced to the Goethe Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to the 2019 Goethe Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists
- James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Great War
- Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
- Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace
- Kari Bovee – Girl with a Gun
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- PJ Devlin – Wissahickon Souls
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
- Lee Hutch – So Others May Live
- Mike Jordan – The Runner
- Lisa Braver Moss – SHRUG: A Novel
- Sandra Wagner-Wright – Two Coins: A Biographical Novel
- J.G. Schwartz – The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
- Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing
- Marilyn Pemberton – The Jewel Garden
- Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020. The 2020 winners will be announced in April 2021.
February 3, 2020
The PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. They will be put to the test and the best will be declared winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

The following fantasy fiction works have advanced to the SHORTLIST from the Long List of the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards:
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Porter Huddleston – EL ON EARTH
- Mack Little – Progenie
- Karen Glista – Chasing the Red Queen
- Joy Ross Davis – The Witch of Blacklion
- D. J. Adamson – At The Edge of No Return
- Jodine Turner – The Hidden Abbey
- D. D. Wolf – Orchids Ablaze
- Michael Ray Laemmle – Atomic City Terror: Curse of the Murderous Dummy
- Gina Detwiler – Forgiven
- Diane Moat – Hand of Magic
- Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
- Linda Watkins – The Tao of the Viper, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery
- Jack Cullen – Runes of Steel
- Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
- Karl Larew – Catari
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Abigail’s Window
- Robert Herold – The Eidola Project
- Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- E. V. Svetova – Over The Hills Of Green
- London Clarke – Whickering Place
- Joey Rodriguez – Below
- Jerry Gundersheimer – El Coronel: Book Two of The Medium Series
- Lynne Hill-Clark – Of Gods and Goddesses
- Ryan J. Lyons – Drums and Dragons
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps: The Moses Map
- Lori Roberts – Where the Sweetgrass Grows
- T. L. Augury – Witches Brew
- John Stafford – A Song of Vengeance
Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received. These entries have advanced to the SHORTLIST and are now in competition for the 2019 Semi-Finalists positions.

The coveted First Place Category Winners of the 2019 PARANORMAL Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging. The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony, which is hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, Bellingham, Washington. Hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards.

Don’t delay! Enter Today!
January 24, 2020
The CLUE Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the SHORTLIST for 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).

These works have advanced from the 2019 Long List to the Shortlist They will compete in the next rounds of judging for the CLUE 2019 Semi-Finalists.

Good luck to all!
- J.J. Clarke – Dared to Return
- Richard Conrath – Blood Moon Rising
- RIP Converse – Maelstrom Part One
- Harold Benjamin – Phase III
- L. J. Martin – The Blue Pearl
- Nancy Adair – RABYA
- J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
- J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
- Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
- Lonna Enox – Untold Agony
- Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
- Russell Heath – Rinn’s Crossing
- Bert Entwistle – Murder in the Dell
- 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
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Nick Mancuso – Fever
- Edgar Swamp – Amber Hollow
- Steve Dimeo – The Magic Cape Caper
- Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- Maureen Joyce Connolly – Little Lovely Things
- Ken Oder – The Judas Murders
- Melodie Hernandez – Forgotten Rage
- Chris Norbury – Straight River
- Jode Millman – The Midnight Call
- Barbara Brett – Secret Agenda
- Barb Warner Deane – And Then There Was You
- Ken Malovos – Sweet Justice
- Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
- Matt Witten – The Necklace
- Matt Witten – Free For All
- V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
- Carl Vonderau – Murderabilia
- M. J. Simms-Maddox – Mystery in Harare
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Kevin G. Chapman – Righteous Assassin: A Mike Stoneman Thriller
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
- Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor – Death by the River
- Joni M Fisher – West of Famous
- D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
- Kirk Millson – Serpents of Old
- D. J. Adamson – At the Edge of No Return
Which of these works will advance to the 2019 CLUE Semi-Finalists?

The excitement continues to build for the 2019 CIBAs!

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 CLUE Book Awards LONG LIST and have now advanced to the Shortlist. The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

Register today for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA ceremony and banquet that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. at the luxury waterfront Hotel Bellwether, April 17 – 19, 2020. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels.
January 24, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking 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, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the LONG LIST to the CHAUCER Shortlist and have now advanced to the CHAUCER Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists.
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Susanne Dunlap – Listen to the Wind
- E. L. Diamond – The Wolf of God
- Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
- Stephanie Renee dos Santos – Cut from the Earth
- Cryssa Bazos – Severed Knot
- Kate Murdoch – The Orange Grove
- June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- Alexandrea Weis – Realm
- K.M. Pohlkamp – Shadows of Hemlock
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- A.L. Cleven – 26.2
- Robert Cole – The Falcons of Gebtu
- Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn
- Vince Pantalone – Incident on the Road to Canterbury
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020. The 2020 winners will be announced in April 2021.

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
January 24, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic 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).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the LONG LIST to the CHATELAINE Shortlist and have now advanced to the CHATELAINE Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to the 2019 CHATELAINE Awards for Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction Semi-Finalists
- Karen Fitzpatrick – After the Rain
- J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
- Jule Selbo – Find Me in Florence
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Carolyn Haley – Wild Heart
- Catherine Tinley – The Captain’s Disgraced Lady
- 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
- Pat Wahler – On a City Street
- Heather Novak – Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex’s Brother
- Heather Novak – Fire Trucks, Garter Belts, & My Perfect Ex
- Ernesto H Lee – Walk With Me, One Hundred Days of Crazy
- T.K. Conklin – Promise of Tomorrow
- T.K. Conklin – Threads of Passion
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- Anita Crocus – The Sicilian Love Song
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
- Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
- Mike Owens – Daisy’s Choice
- Paullett Golden – The Earl and The Enchantress
- L.E. Rico – Mischief and Mayhem
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards. Winners to be announced TBD April 2021.
January 14, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Fiction – 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST to the LARAMIE Shortlist and have advanced to the LARAMIE Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Congratulations to the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for American West Fiction Semi-Finalists
- Bert Entwistle – Leftover Soldiers – Life on the Western Frontier
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
- Kit Sergeant – Underground: Traitors and Spies in Lincoln’s War
- J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place
- Gerald L. Guy – Chasing Gold
- 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 – The Outfit
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
- Nina Romano – The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley
- Mike H. Mizrahi – The Unnamed Girl (The Woodard Chronicles)
- Suanne Schafer – A Different Kind of Fire
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction?

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards for pre-1750s Western Fiction. The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2020. The 2020 winners will be announced in April 2021.

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
January 14, 2020
The SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – the Long List for 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?

The following literary, contemporary, and satire fiction works have moved forward from the infamous Slush Pile to the Long List of the 2019 Somerset Book Awards:
- Susan Dobson – The Sea Glass Road
- Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road
- Michael Aloysius O’Reilly – The Billionaire’s Daughter
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- Leonide Martin – The Prophetic Mayan Queen: K’inuuw Mat of Palenque
- John Herman – The Counting of Coup
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- Lou Dischler – Travel to Fierce Climes in Burning Buses
- Domenick Venezia – Liberator Legacy
- Larry Brill – Deja vu All Over Again
- Domenick Venezia – Suriname Legacy
- Domenick Venezia – Angel’s Salvation
- Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor – Damned (A Magnus Blackwell Novel Book 1)
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Bob Holt – Firebird
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Lis Anna-Langston – Crucifix Built for Two
- Alison Ragsdale – The Art of Remembering
- Dd Jaseron – Wheelboys
- Janet K Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Sara Stamey – Pause
- Patricia Averbach – Resurrecting Rain
- Hannah Edington Tekle – Conflict
- C. E. Porch – From the Halls of Cuba
- Leanne Treese – The Language of Divorce
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
- Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor – Death by the River
- Janet Olearski – A Traveller’s Guide To Namisa
- Lisa Reddick – The Same River
- Nick Mancuso – Fever
- David Pearson – Upon a Peak in Darien
- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg – The Nine
- Joanne Wilshin – The Findlings
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Jane Alessandrini Ward – Brilliant Rising
- Theo Czuk – The Black Bottom: The Measure Of Man
- Hy Brett – The Hitman of Avenue U
- Mitchell Allen – Count It All Joy
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
- Linda Bledsoe – Through the Needle’s Eye
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Mike Murphey – Section Roads
- Alison Ragsdale – The Art of Remembering
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- Prue Batten – Passage
- Nagihan Os – Hilda and Nadin: Dry Leaves in the Wind
- Tikiri Herath – Abducted – A Red-Heeled Rebels novel
- Kay Bell – Ella’s Secret Family Recipes
- Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
- St John Karp – Quake City
- Michael Bowe – The Weight of a Moment
- Lynn Brentnall – Hope
- David B. Seaburn – Gavin Goode
- Gary Driver – God Answers Science
- Michael T. Tusa Jr – Chasing Charles Bukowski
- James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
- Jarvis Cutter – Speak Loudly and Carry a Flamethrower
- Adam Cliff – Exposure
Good luck to all as these works compete to advance to the Shortlist!

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

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors). We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received. These entries are now in competition for the 2019 SOMERSET SHORTLIST. The Shortlisters will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions.

The coveted First Place Category Winners of the 2019 SOMERSET Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging. The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony, which is hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the SOMERSET GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, Bellingham, Washington. Hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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

Don’t delay. Enter today!
January 3, 2020