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  • 2023 Winners CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    2023 Winners CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Robert Phillips on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner.

    Cygnus Science Fiction 1st Place Blue and Gold CIBA Badge

    Join us in celebrating our First Place Category Winners in the 2023 CYGNUS Book Awards, a division of the CIBAs!

    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity

    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel

    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller

    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War

    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak

    • Sarena Straus – ReInception

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:

    The Shadow of War

    By Timothy S. Johnston

    The 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize for The Shadow of War by Timothy S. Johnston

    Here is the link to the 2023 CYGNUS FINALISTS for Speculative Fiction:

    The 2023 FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    We want to CONGRATULATE ALL CYGNUS FINALISTS! 

    And here is a link to the CIBA’s Levels of Achievement:

    The 2023 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Fiction!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify and confirm your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

    NOTE:  We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

  • The 2023 FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2023 FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus 1st Place and Grand Prize Winners. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These are the FINALISTS of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    Good Luck to All!

    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    The Blue and Gold Badge for the Cygnus 2022 Grand Prize Book Award for the CIBAs The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Screenwriter Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and coach and inspiring Mark Berridge, with more to be announced. CAC is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author and achieving your publishing goals.

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2023 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Finalists. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

     

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    The Blue and Gold Badge for the Cygnus 2022 Grand Prize Book Award for the CIBAs The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 Short List CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2023 Short List CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction Long List to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards Short List. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    A Laurel for CAC24 - the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • S.W. Lawrence, MD – Climate Dragon
    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • William X. Adams – Polters
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • K.M. Messina – Gemja – The Message
    • Lucia Dolan – Power Surge
    • R. R. Corvi – The Brangus Rebellion
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • J. Wint – The Prism Effect
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

    Shortlisted by Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards CIBAs

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    The Blue and Gold Badge for the Cygnus 2022 Grand Prize Book Award for the CIBAs The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The CYGNUS 2023 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    The CYGNUS 2023 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2023 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries to the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2023 Cygnus Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC24.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • S.W. Lawrence, MD – Climate Dragon
    • Andrew P. Blaber – Fallow
    • Diana Fedorak – Children of Alpheios
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • Sue C Dugan – Walk-ins Welcome
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Abandon Us
    • E.T. Gunnarsson – Remember Us
    • Arnie Benn – The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age
    • Jonny Thompson – Ash and Sun
    • J.L. Birchwood – The Southron Deception
    • Alexandra Almeida – Unanimity
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Tamar Anolic – The Fledgling’s Inferno
    • Diane Lilli – The Last Invention
    • William X. Adams – Polters
    • N. John Williams – In the Shadow of Humanity: A Novel
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • Gareth Worthington – Dark Dweller
    • J.D. Clason – Salvation
    • K.M. Messina – Gemja – The Message
    • Lucia Dolan – Power Surge
    • R. R. Corvi – The Brangus Rebellion
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • J. Wint – The Prism Effect
    • Timothy S. Johnston – The Shadow of War
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jeanne Hull Godfroy – Midgard
    • Jamie Eubanks – Hall of Skulls
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • Dylan McFadyen – Oblivion’s Cloak
    • Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge
    • Stu Jones – The Zone: A Cyberpunk Thriller
    • John Blossom – The Last Football Player
    • Nikki Kallio – Finding the Bones: Stories & A Novella
    • Sarena Straus – ReInception
    • Sean O’Connor – Blood Ever After
    • Tyler Drinkard – Isolated Domain
    • Melissa Gowdy Baldwin – The Marriage Wars: Book One

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2022 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    Click here to see the full list of 2022 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The CYGNUS 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Sandy Lawrence on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner.

    Cygnus Science Fiction 1st Place Blue and Gold CIBA Badge

    Join us in celebrating our First Place Category Winners in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards, a division of the CIBAs!

    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian

    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech

    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show

    • Dana Dargos & Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic

    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey

    • D.H. Ford – Rogue Reborn

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    Thank you to all of the participants in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards program for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction! 

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

    Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

    The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

    Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

  • The 2022 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    The 2022 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists! FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the First Place Winners of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

     

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

    Please click here to visit our pageto LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The 2022 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    The 2022 SEMI-FINALIST CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Short List to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Semi-Finalists! The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The CYGNUS 2022 Short List for Science Fiction Book Awards – a Division of the CIBAs

    The CYGNUS 2022 Short List for Science Fiction Book Awards – a Division of the CIBAs

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Long List to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Short List These entries are now in competition for the 2022 Cygnus Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Timothy S. Johnston – An Island of Light
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Charles Ross – The Future is a Memory
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • E. R. Harris – Surf the Milky Way
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Kristopher Clewell – The Penrose Triangle
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The CYGNUS 2022 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    The CYGNUS 2022 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction

    Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

    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 and Novel Competitions (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, Climate-Fiction, 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries  to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2022 Cygnus Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference
    Save the Date! CAC23 is April 27-30, 2023 at the Hotel Bellwether

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Timothy S. Johnston – An Island of Light
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Charles Ross – The Future is a Memory
    • Sebastian Dax – Grasp of Erebus
    • J. N. Johnson – Pig
    • Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Steven Paul Terry – Star Revelations
    • Michael Simon – Extinction
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • Sandra J. Jackson – Dancing in the Wind, Book 3 Escape Series
    • Dana Hayward – Entropy
    • John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
    • Steve Ramirez – The Great Migration
    • E. R. Harris – Surf the Milky Way
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • J. B. Christensen – Dylan McLeod-Vexor City
    • Lucien Telford – The Sequence
    • Kristopher Clewell – The Penrose Triangle
    • Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
    • Chris Black – NORAD’s Ghost
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • James McGill Jr – The Alien Agenda: The Earth is a Garden
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Alex Usher – The Age Of Obsidian
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

    Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    IN-Person – April 27 – 30, 2023! Register Today!

    Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23