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  • The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Catergory Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Catergory Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter BooksWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Gertrude Warner 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 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Denise Ditto Satterfield, the author of the Bettina’s Best First Day, The Tooth Collector Fairies, Grand Prize Winner of the Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers (CIBA),  announced the First Place Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

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

    2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners

    • Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth by Alexander Edlund
    • Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend by Cheryl Carpinello
    • The Portals of Peril by Jules Luther
    • From the Shadows by KB Shaw
    • Tallulah’s Flying Adventure by Gloria Two-Feathers
    • Vampire Boy by Aric Cushing
    • The Adventures of Rug Bug by Kay M. Bates

    Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards! 

    And now for the Gertrude Warner Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Middle-Grade Readers

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

    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 Gertrude Warner award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Semi-Finalists.

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

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards May 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!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

  • GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 SHORT LIST

    GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – 2018 SHORT LIST

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter BooksThe Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle-Grade Readers. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs) and Novel Competitions.

     

     

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best Chapter Books and Middle-Grade Readers 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 made it to the SHORT LIST of the 2018 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards writing competition for Middle-Young Adult Fiction Novels!

    Congratulations to the 2018 GERTRUDE WARNER SHORT LISTERS! You will receive an email shortly with links to digital badges and contest book stickers.

    • K.B. Shaw – From the Shadows
    • Alexander Edlund – Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth
    • Rebekah Stelzer – Susa’s Story
    • M. P. Follin – Dakota Joy and the Traveling Stones
    • Joanna Cook – The Life of Bonnie Dickens
    • Victoria Adler – Emma and Mia
    • Cheryl Carpinello – Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend
    • Jules Luther – The Portals of Peril 
    • James Sulzer – The Card People 
    • T. L. Frances – The Bird Queen’s Book
    • Patricia M Ahern – Pondlife: Blue Moon Eclipse
    • Patrick Thornton – Stepping Up
    • Elizabeth Doyle Carey – Junior Lifeguards: The Test
    • Kay M. Bates – The Adventures of Rug Bug: The Revolution
    • Diane Rios – Bridge of the Gods
    • P.H.C. Marchesi – Shelby & Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Tallulah’s Flying Adventure
    • Aric Cushing – Vampire Boy

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the LONG LIST  to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SHORT LIST.  These SHORTLISTERS  are now in competition for the 2018 Gertrude Warner limited Semi-Finalists Positions. The judges will choose from the  Semi-Finalists the coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards in the final rounds of judging.  The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the 2018 GERTRUDE WARNER GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the #CIBA awards ceremony on Saturday, April 27, 2019.  

    The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.

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    All Short Listers and Semi-Finalists will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    Good Luck to each of you as your works compete for the Gertrude Warner Book Awards Short List. 

    Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners

    The Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 27th, 2019 Chanticleer 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 2019 Gertrude Warner Book  Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2019. Please click here for more information. 

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