Tag: International Thriller Writers

  • The 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the Semi-Finalists for the Clue Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the Semi-Finalists for the Clue Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    Clue Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

     

     

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

    Congratulations to these authors whose works have advanced to the Semi-Finalists!

      • Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel    
      • Toni Bird Jones – The Measure of Ella    
      • Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils   
      • Hal Malchow – 42 Million to One   
      • Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair    
      • Dana J. Summers – Downhill Fast    
      • Rafael Amadeus Hines – Bishop’s Law
      • Ken Farmer – Three Creeks    
      • Elizabeth Lewes – Little Falls
      • Sheila McGraw – The Knife Thrower’s Wife    
      • Martin Roy Hill – The Fourth Rising  
      • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love      
      • Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned      
      •  Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died    
      • J.J.  Clarke – Dared to Run  
      • Laura Wolfe – Top Producer    
      • Megan Allen – The Meat Hunter    
      • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost    
      • Valerie J. Brooks – Revenge in 3 Parts   
      • Corey Lynn Fayman – Ballast Point Breakdown    
      • Kevin G. Chapman – Lethal Voyage (Mike Stoneman Thriller) 
      • Shanessa Gluhm – Enemies of Doves         
      • Suanne Schafer – Hunting the Devil    
      • John DeDakis – Fake   

      Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 CLUE Book Awards? Stay tune

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Clue Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels. 

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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  • The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes and Lab Lit Novels – the SHORT LIST – for the Global Thriller Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes and Lab Lit Novels – the SHORT LIST – for the Global Thriller Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The GLOBAL THRILLERS Book Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Lab Lit and Global Thrillers. The GLOBAL  THRILLERS Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Book Awards and Writing Competitions.  (The CIBAs)

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point.

    The Short Listers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will compete for FINALISTS positions.

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

    The 2020 Shortlist for the Global Thriller Book Awards

    The 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Short-Listers

    • Matt Andrus – UFO
    • Lynn Yvonne Moon – The Agency – Tablet of Destinies
    • Avanti Centrae – Kiss of the Cobra – An M2 Action Thriller
    • Courtney Leigh Pahlke – Life Force Preserve; West End William
    • Gwen M. Plano – The Culmination, a new beginning
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die
    • Rafael Amadeus Hines – Bishop’s Law
    • Marc McGuire – Missions
    • William Mazanitis – The Daedalus Project
    • Domenick Venezia – Do No Harm
    • William Maz – A Cure for the Living
    • William Maz – The Bucharest Dossier
    • Erik Foge – One Way Roads
    • David Tunno – Intrepid Spirit
    • Tony Irvin – Waking the Sleepers
    • James G. Skinner – Samaritan Drug Lords
    • JL Morin – Loveoid
    • Randall Krzak – Colombian Betrayal

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

     

    The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is October 21st, 2021. 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.