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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
The Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers and Picture Books – the SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers and Children’s Picture Books. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Storybooks, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books that appeal to children to compete in the Little Peeps Awards that discover today’s best children’s books.

These works have advanced to the 2019 Little Peeps Book Awards Shortlist!
- Sylva Fae and Katie Weaver – Elfabet
- Lauren Mosback – In Grandpaw’s Pawprints
- Lauren Mosback – My Sister’s Super Skills
- Cheree Finley – W-B-C Team
- Dawn Marie Thompson – Double Trouble
- Dawn Marie Thompson – Barnyard Bully
- M. Lisa Rinaca – Nate and The Nanticoke Clipper
- Trevor Young & Eleanor Long – Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie
- Norma Lewis – Let All Things Now Living
- Norma Lewis – Totem Pole
- Norma Lewis – The Canter Beary Tales
- Kizzie Jones – A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes: How MORE Dogs Came to Be
- Robert Wright Jr – Mummy in the Museum
- Marianne Andresen Magin – The Legend of Santa’s Sleighbells
- George Yuhasz – Imagine That: The Magic of the Mysterious Lights
- Angie McPherson – My Mom Is Sick and It’s Okay
- Stephanie Dreyer – Not A Purse
- Justine Avery – What Wonders Do You See… When You Dream?
- Lucy Patterson Murray – Dream Island
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer: Journey Around the Earth
- Shana Hollowell – When the Squirrel Sings
- Mary Troxclair Adamson – Yo, Ho! Armadilleaux!
- Gregory Pohl – The Impossible
- Linda Bledsoe – Pigs Can’t Skate
- Oleg Kush – 1 & 0, Lion & Mouse, Aries the Sheep and Other Fairy-Tales
- Kasey J. Claytor – Pinky, And The Magical Secret He Kept Inside
- Edyta McQueen – Girly Girl Adventure: Rescue on the Ski Hill
- Ann Riley Cooper – Catch and Release
- Juliette Douglas – We are Awesome Possums
- M.J. Evans – Percy-The Racehorse Who Didn’t Like to Run
- J. Steven Young – Gus and the Winter Sprite
- Johnny Ray Moore – Anthill for Sale
- Melodie Tegay – Hannah’s Two Homes: life in a “blended” family; a 5-year-old’s perspective
- Keri T Collins – You Can Call Me Katelyn
These entries have now advanced to the 2019 Little Peeps Shortlist from the Long List.

The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions for the 2019 Little Peeps Book Awards.

Semi-Finalists in attendance 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 CIBA Banquet and Ceremony is sponsored by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Which of these works will advance to the Semi-Finalists’ positions? The excitement continues to build for the 2019 CIBAs!

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 Little Peeps Book Awards.

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
December 19, 2019
The CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – the SHORTLIST for 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 works have advanced to the 2019 Chatelaine Shortlist!
- 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
- Christine Brae – The Year I Left
- Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight
- Anita Crocus – The Sicilian Love Song
- 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
- 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
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 CHATELAINE Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries have now advanced to the 2019 CHATELAINE 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.

Which of these works will advance to the Semi-Finalists positions? The excitement continues to build!

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.
December 12, 2019
The PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – the Long List 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 moved forward from the infamous Slush Pile to the Long List of the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards:
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Porter Huddleston – EL ON EARTH
- Carol Purroy – Designs of Destiny
- D.A. Roach – Between the Bleeding Willows, Demon Hunters Book 1
- 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
- Scott Calhoun – Memoirs of a Skeleton Valet
- Jodine Turner – The Hidden Abbey
- D. D. Wolf – Orchids Ablaze
- Michael Ray Laemmle – Atomic City Terror: Curse of the Murderous Dummy
- Gina Detwiler – Forgiven
- Janet Leigh Green – Unspeakable Acts
- 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
- Claudia Herring – Whispers of Deceit
- 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
- TK Lawyer – Shifter Shorts
Good Luck to all as these works compete to advance to the Short List!

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 PARANORMAL SHORTLIST. The Short Listers will compete for the 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!
December 9, 2019
The 2019 GOETHE Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – the Short List
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 2019 Goethe Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

The 2019 Shortlist for the Goethe Book Awards
- James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Great War
- James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Roaring Twenties
- Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
- Lori Swerda – Star-Spangled Scandal
- 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
- GS Johnston – Sweet Bitter Cane
- 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
- Marilyn Pemberton – The Jewel Garden
- Rebecca Rosenberg – The Secret Life of Mrs. London
- Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing 6.10
These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2019 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction.

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.
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.
December 4, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists 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, we will put them to the test to discover the best.

These works have advanced from the ShortList to the Semi-Finalist List for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards.

Congratulations to the 2019 Dante Rossetti SemiFinalists!
- Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
- J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
- Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
- Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
- Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
- Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
- Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
- A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
- Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia
- Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
- Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
Good luck to all as your works compete for the 2019 First Place Category Positions and the Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Book Award!

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 CIBAs Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony is sponsored by the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference. Please click on the link for more information about this progressive conference that focuses on the business and marketing of being an author and a publisher.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Fiction. Please click here for more information.
As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
November 30, 2019
The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction–the Short List for the 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 for 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 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists positions of the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Susanne Dunlap – Listen to the Wind
- JC Corry – The Storyteller’s Reputation
- K.M. Pohlkamp – Shadows of Hemlock
- 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
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- A.L.Cleven – 26.2
- Alexandrea Weis – Realm
- F. Scott Kimmich – The Magdalene Malediction
- Susan Heldt Davis – The Mother’s Tale
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- Robert Cole – The Falcons of Gebtu
- Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn
- Vince Pantalone – Incident on the Road to Canterbury
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction?

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.

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!
November 25, 2019
The LARAMIE Book Awards for American West Fiction – The Short List – 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 Book Reviews 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Laramie Book Awards LONG LIST and have now progressed to the 2019 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.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- Bert Entwistle – Leftover Soldiers – Life on the Western Frontier
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
- Rhonda Frankhouser – Escape from Ruby’s Ranch
- 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
- Gerald L. Guy – Chasing the Past
- John Hansen – The Outfit
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Donna L.H. Smith – Meghan’s Choice
- Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
- Nina Romano – The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley
- Donna L.H. Smith – Meghan’s Choice
- 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!
November 24, 2019
The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – The Short List
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, 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 and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. The 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.

These titles have been Shortlisted for the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction
- Carolyn Watkins – The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
- Joyce Major – The Orangutan Rescue Gang
- Nancy McDonald – Boy from Berlin
- Veronica Myers – Flight of Maldar
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors
- 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
- Beth Stickley – Tarnation’s Gate
- Lis Anna-Langston – Maya Loop
- Lexi Rees – Eternal Seas
- Catherine Mallette – Don’t Ask Me
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Volcano
- Diane Rios – Return of the Evening Star
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Kay M. Bates’ – ‘B’ is for Baylee
- Alexander Usher – Katie Hope: Blood Bonds
- Susan Brown – Sammy and the Devil Dog
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Pyramid
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- L.S. Barron – Harper T and the Timewave
- Maria Ashworth – SUSHI KITTY
- Gregory Saur – Diving Catch
- Liana Gardner – 7th Grade Revolution
- Liana Gardner – The Journal of Angela Ashby
- L.M. Kemp – Skye’s Journey
- 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
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists positions of the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers.

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.

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Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
November 14, 2019
The ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA FICTION SHORTLIST for 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, we will put them to the test to discover the best.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

Congratulations to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Shortlisters!
- Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
- J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
- Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
- Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
- Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
- Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
- Kelly Watt – The India Diaries: Book One Tiger’s Rock
- J. Taylor Baker – The Cardorian Complex
- Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
- A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
- Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- J.T. Blossom – The Tunes of Lenore
- James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia Futuris
- Kristina Bak – Nowever
- Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
- V. A. Givens – Sealed with a Twist
- Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
Good luck to all!

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction?

These entries are now in competition for 2019 Dante Rossetti 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.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Fiction.
As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
November 7, 2019