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The 2019 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – The Long 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. These entries are now in competition for 2019 Gertrude Warner 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 are in the running for the SHORT LIST 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.
- 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
- Jason Otis – Monkey and Moose & the Pirates of Pine Point
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
- B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors
- Emily Mack – S.T.E.M. MYSTERIES #1 – Fibonacci’s Funhouse
- E. Merwin – Wings, A Brother’s Tale
- Jason Colpitts – Corrine and the Underground Province
- 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
- T.X. Troan – Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain
- Lexi Rees – Eternal Seas
- Rachel VanZandt – P.J. O’Breslin’s Pirate Journey
- Catherine Mallette – Don’t Ask Me
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Volcano
- O’Dempsey Rynehart – The Seeds of Stone (A Sliver of Dark and Bright Series #1)
- 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
- R. B. Maxwell – The Invisible Agent
- Rey Clark – Legends of the Vale
- Francis B. Glad – Ernie Germy Jenkins
- 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
- Jeff Orlowski – Avery Green And The Nightmare Busters
- 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?

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.
July 30, 2019
SPOTLIGHT on LARAMIE Book Awards — American Western Fiction
Downtown Laramie, Wyoming

What’s a Laramie?

We thought you’d never ask!

We titled the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs) division for Western American Fiction and all things that gather around the campfire singing a lonesome tune, the Laramie Awards, after the county and city in Wyoming. You know the one, tucked into the lower right-hand corner of the state…

Yes, but why Laramie?

There are several reasons we chose Laramie for our iconically American Book Awards. For us, and those in the know, Laramie, Wyoming immediately calls to mind the image of a Wild West town filled with rough-and-tumble cowboys. At one point, the only law in Laramie was “lawlessness. Wild Bill Hickok was even known to visit from time to time.

Here’s a picture of the man, himself, on the left with his friends, Texas Jack Omohundro (center), and Buffalo Bill Cody on the right.

But that’s not the only reason we chose Laramie.

And, yes, there is yet one more reason we love Laramie!

The WOMEN!

Calamity Jane hails from Laramie, Wyoming – a skilled sharpshooter who was born to a gambler and a prostitute. She cared for her five younger siblings in Utah before traveling on to Wyoming in search of a better life. There she found work as a dance hall girl and then as a prostitute at Fort Laramie. It was there that she reinvented herself by wearing buckskins and dressing like a man. She was also known for her swearing and hard-drinking ways, but Calamity Jane was also known even more for her kind heart and helping folks out of calamities–thus her nickname.

Calamity Jane

While the men were wrestling in the streets and shooting up the place, it was really the women who brought civilization to Laramie and Wyoming Territory. They established the first school in 1869, served on a formal jury in the Spring of 1870, and were the first to gain the vote; which is exactly what Louisa Swain and 92 of her friends did on September 6, 1870 – 150 years ago!

Louisa Swain – she was made of stern stuff!

Early in the morning on September 6, 1870 in Laramie, Wyoming Louisa Swain became the first woman in the world to cast a ballot under democratically enacted laws granting women equal political rights with men. In the fall of 2008, 138 years later, the U.S. Congress passes a resolution proclaiming September 6th as “Louisa Swain Day” in recognition of this historic event. The Loiusa Swain Foundation

In 1870, Esther Hobart Morris (59 years old) became the first female Justice of the Peace. She served in South Pass City, Wyoming, which is to the northwest of Laramie.

Esther Morris “to pettifoggers she showed no mercy.” Wyoming Tribune

The Union’s first all-female jury was assembled in Wyoming in 1870.

Later, in 1894, Estelle Reel Meyer became Superintendent of Public Instruction, the country’s first female statewide elected official.

And the grand coup d’etat was when in 1889 when Wyoming vied for statehood—and refused to join the Union if the laws giving equality to women were not upheld, telling Congress (which wanted the suffrage law rescinded) via telegram,

“We will remain out of the Union 100 years rather than come in without the women.”

Wyoming is also the first state in the USA to allow women to own property and sign legal documents.

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That, Chanticleerians, is why we love Laramie and have championed the name for our most iconic American awards group, The LARAMIE AWARDS. There is nothing better than the Wild West, Women’s Suffragette Success stories, Cowboys and Indians, History and Adventure all coming together with a true sense of the American West!

So, it is with pride we sponsor the LARAMIE Book Awards for American Western Fiction

Painting by C.M. Russell

Charles M. Russell painted the cowboy seen on Chanticleer’s very own Laramie contest badge. It is one of many such paintings he did that encompassed the Old American Wild West. An advocate for the Native Americans, Charles M. Russell also helped establish a reservation in Montana for the Chippewa people.

The Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction Hall of Fame First Place and Grand Prize winners!

2018 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
- Living Where the Rabbits Dance by Jr. R. Collins
- Promise of Tomorrow by TK Conklin
- Chasing Demons by John Hansen
- A Female Doctor in the Civil War – Richard Alan
- Splintered by Curt Locklear
The 2018 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien

2017 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
- Grasshoppers at Dusk by Kiki Watkins
- Mist-chi-mus: A Novel of Captivity by J.L. Oakley
- Sacrificial Lions by John Simons/David Simons
- The Hour Glass by Michelle Rene
- Away at War: A Civil War Story of the Family Left Behind by Nick K. Adams
- Threads of Passion by T.K. Conklin
- Desertion by Michael Aloysius O’Reilly
- Death in the Black Patch by Bruce Wilson
The 2017 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

HOUR GLASS by Michelle Rene

2016 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
- Western Romance: Seize the Flame by Lynda J Cox
- Prairie/First Nation: Big Horse Woman by Barbara Salvatore
- Classic Western (Manuscript): Clevenger Gold: The True Story of Murder and Unfound Treasure by Scott Eldon Swapp
- Contemporary Westerns: Improbable Fortunes by Jeffrey Price
- Civil War: Lincoln’s Hat by David Selcer
- Adventure/Caper: Hot Work in Fry Pan Gulch (Honey Beaulieu – Man Hunter) by Jacquie Rogers
The 2016 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

Hot Work in Fry Pan Gulch: Honey Beaulieu – Man Hunter #1 by Jacquie Rogers

2015 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
- Adventure/Drama: Martha Conway – Thieving Forest
- Classic: McKendree Long – Higher Ground
- Prairie: Alethea Williams – Walls for the Wind
- Debut: Lynda J. Cox – The Devil’s Own Desperado
- Romance: Kristy McCaffrey – The Blackbird
- Mystery: Linell Jeppsen – Second Chance
The 2015 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

Doctor Kinney’s Housekeeper by Sara Dahmen

2014 Laramie Book Awards for American Western Fiction First in Category Winners
- Historical: Rebecca Rockwell for The Last Desperado
- Romance/Dramatic: Jacqui Nelson for Between Heaven and Hell
- Romance/Comedy: Jacquie Rogers for Much Ado About Miners
- Contemporary Western: Jared McVay for Not on My Mountain
- Adventure: Lorrie Farrelly for Terms of Surrender
- Classic: Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke for Nations
- Debut Novel: Juliette Douglas for Freckled Venom Copperhead
- Civil War: Christi Corbett for Along the Way Home
- YA: Elisabeth Ward for Wolf Eye’s Silence
- Blended Genre: Peggy L. Henderson for Come Home to Me
- Drama: Michael J. Rouche for A River Divides: Book Two of Beyond the Wood
- Literary Western: Theo Czuk for Heart-Scarred
The 2014 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

Not On My Mountain by Jared McVay

Congratulations to the Laramie Awards 2013 1st Place Category Winners:
- Mystery: Double or Nothing by Meg Mims
- Action/Adventure: Haunted Falls by Ken Farmer & Buck Stienke
- Historical Fiction: Because of the Camels by Brenda Blair
- Civil War: Ford at Valverde by Anita Melillo
- Prairie Pioneer: They Rode Good Horses by Dale B. Jackson
- Literary Western: Unbroke Horses by Dale B. Jackson
- First Novel: Confessions of a Gunfighter by Tell Cotten
- Best Manuscript: “Lick Creek” by Deborah Lincoln
The 2013 Laramie Book Awards Grand Prize:

Unbroken Horses by Dale B. Jackson

HOW DO YOU HAVE YOUR BOOKS COMPETE? Submit them to the Chanticleer International Book Awards – Click here for more information about The CIBAs!

Want to be a winner next year? The deadline to submit your book for the 2019 Laramie awards is July 31, 2019. Enter here!

Grand Prize and First Place Winners for 2019 will be announced on April 18, 2020.

Any entries received on or after July 31, 2019, will be entered into the 2020 Laramie Book Awards. The Grand Prize and First Place for 2020 CIBA winners will be held on April 17, 2021.

As our deadline draws near, don’t miss this opportunity to earn the distinction your American Western readers deserve! Enter today!

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

The 2019 winners will be announced at the CIBA Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2020, that 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 dinner, networking, and celebrations!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

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

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July 18, 2019
The 2019 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Long List – The CIBAs
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 JOURNEY Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 JOURNEY Shortlist. The Short Listers will for the Quarter-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be selected from the Quarter-Finalists. The SemiFinalists will compete for the limited First Place Category Winners in the final rounds of judging. The Semi-Finalists and the First Place Category Winners, along with the division grand prize winners, will be announced 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 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.
- Susan Murphy – Toppled World
- Barbara Clarke – The Opposite of Hate: A Memoir
- Charles C McCormack – Hatching Charlie: A Quest for Happiness and Meaning
- Eva Doherty Gremmert – Our Time To Dance
- Charles C McCormack – Hatching Charlie: A Quest for Happiness and Meaning
- Rod Baker – I Need My Yacht by Friday – True Tales from the Boat Repair Yard
- Lisa Dailey – Square Up
- Tracee Dunblazier – Heal Your Soul History- Activate the True Power of Your Shadow
- Juliet Cutler – Among the Maasai
- Tyler R Grindstaff – Room To Roam
- Chris Register – Conversations With US – Great Lakes States
- Rebecca Faye Smith Galli – Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
- Kate Kaufmann – Do You Have Kids? Life When the Answer is No
- Linda Gartz – Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
- Anna Carner – Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
- Anthony Delauney – Owning the Dash
- Maya Castro – The Bubble: Everything I Learned as a Target of the Political, and Often Corrupt, World of Youth Sports
- J. Bronson Haley – The Depth of Grace: Finding Hope at Rock Bottom
- Ted Sheppard/T.S. Lewis – The Why of War: An Unorthodox Soldier’s Memoirs
- Nikki West – The Odyssey of the Chameleon
- Jean-Philippe Soul? – Dancing With Death: An Epic and Inspiring Travel Adventure
- Julie MacNeil – The 50-Year Secret
- David A. Bossert – Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for The Disney Studios
- Nina Norstrom – Not a Blueprint It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter / A Journey Through Toxic Relationships
- Gordon Cross, Robert Fowler, Ted Neill – Finding St. Lo: A Memoir of War & Family
- Ted Neill – Two Years of Wonder
- Anthony Suarez – Politically Indicted: The Real Story Behind the Jersey Sting
- Julie L. Seely – Skinny House -A Memoir of Family
- Francisco Silva – The Crossroads of Europe: Home Beneath our Feet
- Dena Moes – The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal
- Ryan M. Chukuske – Bigfoot 200: Because, You Know, Why the #@&% Not?
- Laureen Pittman – The Lies That Bind: An Adoptee’s Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery
- Nancy Canyon – STRUCK: A Memoir
- Carol E. Anderson – You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties
- Patrick Hogan – Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War
- Donna Hill – Yes, The World Is Round
- Andy Chaleff – The Last Letter
- Christie Musso Bruce – Hope Knows Your Name
- John Egenes – Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
- Whitney Ellenby – Autism Uncensored: Pulling Back the Curtain
- Paula Forget – Guided to the Higher Realms: a Personal Journey of Ascension through Meditation
- Lance Brewer – Back Story Alaska
- John Hoyte – Persistence of Light
- David Wienir – Amsterdam Exposed
Congratulations to Janice S. Ellis, Ph.d. whose work From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream took home the Grand Prize for the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards

Journey Award Winners from Left to Right, Dennis Clausen, Sean Dwyer, Grand Prize winner Janice Ellis, Cheryl Hughes Musick, Kayce Stevens Hughlett

Here is the link to the 2018 Journey Book Award Winners: https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/04/30/journey-book-awards-for-narrative-non-fiction-the-grand-prize-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Journey Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
July 12, 2019
WHO WON the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs)
We are deeply honored to announce the 2018 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). The winners were recognized at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet Ceremony on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2018—the SemiFinalists. The CIBA judges wanted to add Semi-Finalists as a way to recognize and validate the entries that were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

PublishDrive, a global distribution platform, and Hindenburg Systems, audiobooks and podcasts software, awarded more than $30,000 (cash value) in additional prizes to the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Award winners. Thank you!

A Recap of the CIBA Selection Process
- There are 16 divisions of the CIBAs: 14 fiction genre divisions and 2 non-fiction divisions.
- First Place Category award winners were selected for each one of the 16 divisions from an overall field of 275 titles that progressed to the Semi-Finalists positions from the Shortlists, the Long List, and the infamous beginning slush pile rounds.
- One Grand Prize award winner was selected from the First Place Category Award Winners for each of the 16 CIBA divisions.
- One Overall Grand Prize award winner was selected from the 16 divisions of Grand Prize Award Winners
All CIBA Semi-Finalists in attendance at the CIBA awards ceremony were recognized with their respective division at the CIBA awards ceremony along with receiving a Semi-Finalist ribbon and digital badge and a significant discount to attend the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Additional Prize from the DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY

An additional prize was awarded to the 2018 CIBA Grand Prize Award Winners and the First Place Category Award Winners by the Donald Maass Literary Agency (that represents more than 150 novelists and sell more 100 novels each year to leading publishers in the U.S. and overseas). Donald Maass has offered “a high priority submission” process opportunity to the 2018 Grand Prize CIBA winners and a “priority submission” process opportunity to the 2018 CIBA 1st Place Category winning titles for consideration by his agency.

An email will go out to all 2018 CIBA award winners prior to June 10, 2019 with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated in the Semi-Finalist notification email, “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”

And now to present the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand winning titles and their authors who were announced on April 27, 2019, at the CIBA ceremony and banquet.

The CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction Grand Prize Winner

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

View the 2018 CYGNUS 1st Place Category Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/04/29/cygnus-book-awards-for-science-fiction-novels-the-grand-prize-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream by Janice S. Ellis took home the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Grand Prize Ribbon!

View the 2018 JOURNEY First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/04/30/journey-book-awards-for-narrative-non-fiction-the-grand-prize-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The M & M Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

A PROMISE GIVEN by Michelle Cox took home the M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 M&M First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/01/the-mm-book-awards-for-mystery-and-mayhem-grand-prize-division-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

A manuscript titled The PORTALS of PERIL by Jules Luther took home the Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

View the 2018 Gertrude Warner First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/04/the-gertrude-warner-book-awards-for-middle-grade-readers-grand-prize-and-first-place-catergory-winners-2018-cibas/

The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon took home the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

View the 2018 Dante Rossetti First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/05/the-dante-rossetti-book-awards-for-young-adult-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historic Fiction

The SERPENT and The EAGLE  by Edward Rickford took home the CHAUCER Book Awards Grand Prize Blue Ribbon

View the 2018 Chaucer First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/05/the-chaucer-book-awards-for-pre-1750s-historical-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The GOETHE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Post-1750s Historical Fiction

The Lost Years of Billy Battles by Ronald E. Yates took home the Goethe Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 Goethe First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/07/the-goethe-book-awards-for-post-1750s-for-historical-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The LARAMIE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Western Fiction

Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien took home the Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon.

View the 2018 Laramie First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/06/the-laramie-book-awards-for-western-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The CHATELAINE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Romantic Fiction

The House at Ladywell by Nicola Slade took home the 2018 Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 CHATELAINE First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/07/the-chatelaine-book-awards-for-romantic-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Early Readers

The Tooth Collector Fairies: Home from Decay Valley by Denise Ditto took home the Little Peeps Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 LITTLE PEEPS First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/08/the-little-peeps-book-awards-for-early-readers-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Clue Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels

California Son by Timothy Burgess  took home the Clue Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 CLUE First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/08/the-clue-book-awards-for-mystery-suspense-thriller-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The OZMA Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Fantasy Fiction Novels

Dragon Speaker by Elana A. Mugdan took home the OZMA Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 OZMA First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-ozma-book-awards-for-fantasy-fiction-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The PARANORMAL Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels

The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove, a manuscript by Joy Ross Davis took home the Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 PARANORMAL First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-paranormal-book-awards-for-supernatural-paranormal-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Global Thriller Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thrillers

The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko
took home the Global Thrillers Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 Global Thriller First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-global-thriller-book-awards-for-lab-lit-high-stakes-thriller-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels

Hard Cider – a novel by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon
took home the Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 SOMERSET First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/10/the-somerset-book-awards-for-contemporary-literary-satire-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

View the 2018 SOMERSET First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/10/the-somerset-book-awards-for-contemporary-literary-satire-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Instruction & Insight Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Non-Fiction, Non-Narrative

Explore Europe on Foot by Cassandra Overby took home the Instruction & Insight Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 I & I First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/10/the-instruction-insight-book-awards-for-non-fiction-non-narrative-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

CONGRATULATIONS to Ronald E. YATES for The LOST YEARS of BILLY BATTLES (Book 3 of the Finding Billy Battles Trilogy) taking home the CHANTICLEER OVERALL Grand Prize for BEST BOOK in the 2018 CIBAS

“…the reader experiences that all too rare sense of complete transport to another world, one fully realized in these pages because the storytelling is so skillful and thoroughly captivating.”

The photo below is of Ronald E. Yates with his GOETHE Grand Prize Ribbon and his Chanticleer Overall Best Book Ribbon

Twelve of the Sixteen Grand Prize Division Winners were present to receive their ribbons on stage at the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony.

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We have exciting news for the Chanticleer Community on the horizon so do stay tuned!

You know you want a coveted Chanticleer Reviews Blue Ribbon!

Submit your works (manuscripts or novels published after or on January 1, 2017, are accepted) to the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards today! Entries are being accepted into the 2019 CIBAs in all 16 divisions.

An email will go out to all 2018 CIBA award winners prior to June 10, 2019, with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated in the Semi-Finalist notification email, “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

We have begun planning for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 16, 17, & 18, 2020) and the 2019 CIBA Banquet and Ceremony that will take place on April 17, 2020, at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

To read the testimonials from CAC19, please visit https://www.chantireviews.com/chanticleer-conference/conference-testimonials/
May 17, 2019
The Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners 2018 (CIBAs)
We are deeply honored to announce the 2018 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). The winners were recognized at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Banquet Ceremony on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2018—the SemiFinalists. The CIBA judges wanted to add Semi-Finalists as a way to recognize and validate the entries that were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

PublishDrive, a global distribution platform, and Hindenburg Systems, audiobooks and podcasts software, awarded more than $30,000 (cash value) in additional prizes to the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Award winners. Thank you!

A Recap of the CIBA Selection Process
- There are 16 divisions of the CIBAs: 14 fiction genre divisions and 2 non-fiction divisions.
- First Place Category award winners were selected for each one of the 16 divisions from an overall field of titles that progressed to the Semi-Finalists positions from the Shortlists, the Long List, and the infamous beginning slush pile rounds.
- One Grand Prize award winner was selected from the First Place Category Award Winners for each of the 16 CIBA divisions.
- One Overall Grand Prize award winner was selected from the 16 divisions of Grand Prize Award Winners
All CIBA Semi-Finalists in attendance at the CIBA awards ceremony were recognized with their respective division at the CIBA awards ceremony along with receiving a Semi-Finalist ribbon and digital badge and a significant discount to attend the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Additional Prize from the DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY

An additional prize was awarded to the 2018 CIBA Grand Prize Award Winners by the Donald Maass Literary Agency (that represents more than 150 novelists and sell more 100 novels each year to leading publishers in the U.S. and overseas). Donald Maass has offered “a high priority submission” process opportunity to the 2018 Grand Prize CIBA winners and a “priority submission” process opportunity to the 2018 CIBA 1st Place Category winning titles for consideration by his agency.

An email will go out to all 2018 CIBA grand prize award winners prior to June 10, 2019 with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated in the Semi-Finalist notification email, “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”

And now to present the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand winning titles and their authors who were announced on April 27, 2019, at the CIBA ceremony and banquet.

You read testimonials from the 2019 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony at  https://www.chantireviews.com/chanticleer-conference/conference-testimonials/

The CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction Grand Prize Winner

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

View the 2018 CYGNUS 1st Place Category Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/04/29/cygnus-book-awards-for-science-fiction-novels-the-grand-prize-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream by Janice S. Ellis took home the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Grand Prize Ribbon!

View the 2018 JOURNEY First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/04/30/journey-book-awards-for-narrative-non-fiction-the-grand-prize-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The M & M Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

A PROMISE GIVEN by Michelle Cox took home the M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 M&M First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/01/the-mm-book-awards-for-mystery-and-mayhem-grand-prize-division-winner-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

A manuscript titled The PORTALS of PERIL by Jules Luther took home the Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

View the 2018 Gertrude Warner First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/04/the-gertrude-warner-book-awards-for-middle-grade-readers-grand-prize-and-first-place-catergory-winners-2018-cibas/

The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon took home the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

View the 2018 Dante Rossetti First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/05/the-dante-rossetti-book-awards-for-young-adult-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historic Fiction

The SERPENT and The EAGLE  by Edward Rickford took home the CHAUCER Book Awards Grand Prize Blue Ribbon

View the 2018 Chaucer First Place Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/05/the-chaucer-book-awards-for-pre-1750s-historical-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The GOETHE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Post-1750s Historical Fiction

The Lost Years of Billy Battles by Ronald E. Yates took home the Goethe Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 Goethe First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/07/the-goethe-book-awards-for-post-1750s-for-historical-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The LARAMIE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Western Fiction

Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien took home the Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon.

View the 2018 Laramie First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/06/the-laramie-book-awards-for-western-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The CHATELAINE Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Romantic Fiction

The House at Ladywell by Nicola Slade took home the 2018 Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 CHATELAINE First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/07/the-chatelaine-book-awards-for-romantic-fiction-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-2018-cibas/

The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Early Readers

The Tooth Collector Fairies: Home from Decay Valley by Denise Ditto took home the Little Peeps Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 LITTLE PEEPS First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/08/the-little-peeps-book-awards-for-early-readers-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Clue Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels

California Son by Timothy Burgess  took home the Clue Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 CLUE First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/08/the-clue-book-awards-for-mystery-suspense-thriller-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The OZMA Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Fantasy Fiction Novels

Dragon Speaker by Elana A. Mugdan took home the OZMA Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 OZMA First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-ozma-book-awards-for-fantasy-fiction-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The PARANORMAL Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels

The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove, a manuscript by Joy Ross Davis took home the Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 PARANORMAL First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-paranormal-book-awards-for-supernatural-paranormal-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Global Thriller Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels

The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko
took home the Global Thrillers Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 Global Thriller First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/09/the-global-thriller-book-awards-for-lab-lit-high-stakes-thriller-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels

Hard Cider – a novel by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon
took home the Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 SOMERSET First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/10/the-somerset-book-awards-for-contemporary-literary-satire-novels-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

The Instruction & Insight Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Non-Fiction, Non-Narrative

Explore Europe on Foot by Cassandra Overby took home the Instruction & Insight Grand Prize Ribbon

View the 2018 I & I First Place Category Award Winners at https://www.chantireviews.com/2019/05/10/the-instruction-insight-book-awards-for-non-fiction-non-narrative-grand-prize-and-first-place-category-winners-cibas-2018/

CONGRATULATIONS to Ronald E. YATES for The LOST YEARS of BILLY BATTLES (Book 3 of the Finding Billy Battles Trilogy) taking home the CHANTICLEER OVERALL Grand Prize for BEST BOOK in the 2018 CIBAS

“…the reader experiences that all too rare sense of complete transport to another world, one fully realized in these pages because the storytelling is so skillful and thoroughly captivating.”

The photo below is of Ronald E. Yates with his GOETHE Grand Prize Ribbon and his Chanticleer Overall Best Book Ribbon

“Reading a Book is Like Life: You Live it One Page at a Time.” (Ron Yates) Ron is a former foreign correspondent and Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Dean of the College of Media and is an award-winning historical novelist. Read more about this Pulitzer nominated journalist and Chanticleerian by clicking on this link.

Twelve of the Sixteen Grand Prize Division Winners were present to receive their ribbons on stage at the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony.

We will post more photographs and information. Do check back and subscribe to the Chanticleer Reviews e-news letter.

We have exciting news for the Chanticleer Community on the horizon so do stay tuned!

You know you want a coveted Chanticleer Reviews Blue Ribbon!

Submit your works (manuscripts or novels published after or on January 1, 2017, are accepted) to the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards today! Entries are being accepted into the 2019 CIBAs in all 16 divisions.

Be sure to register early for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference that will take place on April 16, 17, 18, & 19, 2020 with the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

An email will go out to all 2018 CIBA award winners prior to June 10, 2019, with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated in the Semi-Finalist notification email, “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

We have begun planning for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 16, 17, & 18, 2020) and the 2019 CIBA Banquet and Ceremony that will take place on April 17, 2020, at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.
May 12, 2019
The SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2018 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

Judith Kirscht, the author of the 2014 SOMERSET award-winning Home Fires announced the 2018 Somerset Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Somerset Book Award winners. Thank you!

Congratulations to the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels First in Category Winners!
- Night Jasmine Tree by Debu Majumdar
- Secrets of Innocence by V. & D. POVALL
- Cowboy by Bob Holt
- Wishes, Sins and the Wissahickon Creek by PJ Devlin
- Silent Echo by Beth Burgmeyer
- Some Kind of Ending by Conon Parks
- Summer Girl, A Novel by Linda Watkins
- Hard Cider – a novel by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon
- Disowned by Tikiri
- Mourning Dove by Claire Fullerton
And now for the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, Satire Novels:

Hard Cider – a novel by Barbara A. Stark-Nemon

took home the Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Somerset award winners on this page.

Click here for the link to the Somerset Semi-Finalists.

This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Somerset Book Awards is November 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
May 10, 2019
The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2018 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

Sara Stamey, the author of the 2017 GLOBAL THRILLER award-winning The Ariadne Connection announced the 2018 Global Thriller Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Global Thriller Book Award winners. Thank you!

Congratulations to the 2018 Global Thriller Book Awards for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels First in Category Winners!
- Magenta is Missing by Richard Garis
- Dangerous Alliance by Randall Krzak
- The War Beneath by Timothy S. Johnston
- The Sunken Forest by R. Barber Anderson
- The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko
- Never Again by Harvey A. Schwartz
- Beyond Control by Lawrence Verigin
And now for the 2018 Global Thriller Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Lab Lit & High Stakes Thriller Novels:

The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

took home the Global Thrillers Grand Prize Ribbon

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Global Thriller award winners on this page.

Click here for the link to the Global Thriller Semi-Finalists.

This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Global Thriller Book Awards is November 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
May 9, 2019
The PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2018 PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

Avanti Centrae, the author of the 2017 PARANORMAL Grand Prize award-winning Vanops: The Lost Crown announced the 2018 Paranormal Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Paranormal Book Award winners. Thank you!

Congratulations to the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels First in Category Winners!
- Path of the Half Moon by Vince Bailey
- Anthesteria by K.A. Banks
- Suburban Vampire Ragnarok by Franklin Posner
- Storm Island: A Kate Pomeroy Mystery by Linda Watkins
- Peaches and Lace by Joy Ross Davis
- The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove by Joy Ross Davis
- The Balance and the Blade by Olivia Bernard
- The Sea Archer – Jeny Heckman
And now for the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Supernatural & Paranormal Novels:

The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove, a manuscript by Joy Ross Davis

took home the Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Paranormal award winners on this page.

Click here for the link to the Paranormal Semi-Finalists.

This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards is October 31, 2019 Midnight (PST).

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
May 9, 2019
The OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 OZMA Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2018 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

J.D.Barker, the international best-selling author of Dracul, announced the 2018 OZMA Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 OZMA Book Award winners. Thank you!

Congratulations to the 2018 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction Novels First in Category Winners!
- Virtuous Souls by Pamela LePage
- RAGNAROK: Demon Seed by Ea Bishop
- Money Jane by T.K. Riggins
- Heart Of Shadra by Susan Faw
- Dragon Speaker by Elana A. Mugdan
- Into the North: A Keltin Moore Adventure by Lindsay Schopfer
- Antler Jinny and the Raven by Chris Dews
- Luminess Legends: Dragon Ascendants by Paul E. Vaughn
And now for the 2018 OZMA Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Fantasy Fiction Novels:

Dragon Speaker by Elana A. Mugdan

took home the OZMA Grand Prize Ribbon

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Ozma award winners on this page.

Click here for the link to the Ozma Semi-Finalists.

This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

The deadline for submissions into the 2019 OZMA Book Awards is October 31, 2019 Midnight (PST).

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
May 9, 2019
The CLUE Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018
We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 CLUE Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the 2018 Clue Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

Keith Tittle, the author of the 2016 CLUE award-winning A Matter of Justice announced the 2018 Clue Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Clue Book Award winners. Thank you!

Congratulations to the 2018 Clue Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels First in Category Winners!
- The Only One Left by Pamela Beason
- California Son by Timothy Burgess
- Facing The Dragon by Philip Derrick
- Forgotten Rage by Melodie Hernandez
- Do Not Ask by Elaine Williams Crockett
- Scare Away the Dark: A Stone Suspense by Karen Dodd
- The Blind Pool by Paul McHugh
- Hong Kong Central by Marilynn Larew
And now for the 2018 Clue Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels:

California Son by Timothy Burgess

took home the Clue Grand Prize Ribbon

An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Clue award winners on this page.

Click here for the link to the Clue Semi-Finalists.

This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Clue Book Awards is September 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!
May 8, 2019