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  • CIBA Grand Prize, First Place, Short Stories, and Fiction Series 2020 WINNERS Announcement Schedule for Saturday, June 5th , 2021

    CIBA Grand Prize, First Place, Short Stories, and Fiction Series 2020 WINNERS Announcement Schedule for Saturday, June 5th , 2021

    We are honored and excited to announce the Chanticleer International Book Awards 2020 Grand Prize, Division Grand Prize, First Place, Short Stories, and Fiction Series WINNERS on Saturday, June 5, 2021 – LIVE from the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Washington State.

    The 2020 CIBA announcements will be made LIVE at this hybrid event on ZOOM with our Local Unusual Suspects on Saturday, June 5, 2021! 

    Due to Covid-19 re-opening phase that we are currently in, we are limiting the number of LIVE attendees to twenty-five people including Chanticleer staff. If you would like to attendee in person, and have been vaccinated, please email Kiffer at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com for more information.

    The event will be ZOOMed LIVE and all are welcome to participate. However, registration is required so that we may email you the private ZOOM link.

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    The 2020 CIBA Ceremonies Schedule – Saturday, June 5th, 2021

    Opening Ceremony and Remarks – half past two o’clock in the afternoon Pacific Standard Time (Seattle/LAX/Vancouver)

    All genre division and non-fiction FINALISTS will be recognized at the 2020 CIBA Ceremony and then we announce the First Place Award Winners.

    Celebrate with us and Cheer On Your Favorite Authors with your fav bubbly! As always with our virtual events, we try to make the 2020 CIBAs Ceremonies as interactive as possible.

    Since this is a LIVE event, the rest of the schedule times are approximate but we will follow the order below. Thank you for understanding.

    We look forward to gathering in person for the 2021 CIBAs that will take place at the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference, April 7 – 10, 2022.

    • Please click on the links below to see whose works advanced to the Premier Finalist Level of Achievement for the 2020 CIBAs.
    • Please NOTE:  We are emailing the ZOOM link to all of the Finalists for the 2020 CIBA Ceremonies that will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021. 
    • If you are not a Finalist in the 2020 CIBAs, but would like to watch the event, please email Chanticleer’s Author Outreach director, David at DBeaumier@ChantiReviews. Please put June 5 CIBA in the Subject Line of your email.
    • Also, please visit our Chanticleer Reviews Facebook webpage for the Facebook Live event.

    3:00 p.m. CIBAs for Out of This World Divisions

    3:30 p.m.  Get a CLUE CIBA Divisions

    4:00 p.m. The CIBA Historical Fiction Divisions

    4:30 p.m. The CIBA Young Readers Fiction Divisions 

    5:00 p.m. The CIBA Fiction Awards 

    5:30 p.m. CIBA Non-Fiction Works

    6:00 p.m. CIBA Short Stories & Novellas and the Fiction Series Awards

    Grand Prize Ribbons! and First Place Ribbons

    6:30 p.m. Announcing the 2020 Grand Prize Winners of the 23 Chanticleer International Book Awards and the Overall Grand Prize Winner  of the 2020 CIBAs

    Whose work will take home the Best Book Grand Prize? The excitement builds!

    All of the 2020 CIBA Grand Prize Winners will have a chance to accept their awards virtually if in attendance.

    We look forward to seeing you virtually at 2020 CIBA Ceremonies on Saturday, June 5, 2021

    Welcome and Announcements begin at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Premier Finalists please look for your email with the ZOOM link. 

    Ceremonies will also be on Facebook Live. If you are not a Finalist but would like to attend the ZOOMed event, please email DBeaumier@ChantiReviews.com,  Author Outreach.

    Please click here for more information regarding the 2021 CIBAs. Don’t Delay! Enter Today!

    CAC22 – The Chanticleer Authors Conference and 2021 CIBA Ceremony is scheduled for April 7 -10, 2022! It will be the 10th CAC event!  

    Save the Dates!

  • The SHORTLIST for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, and Satirical Fiction – The 2018 CIBAs

    The SHORTLIST for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Contemporary, Literary, and Satirical Fiction – The 2018 CIBAs

    The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, & Satirical Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism or women and family themes. This division of the CIBAs is the SOMERSET Book Awards.  We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These SHORTLISTED titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALIST positions of the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards novel competition for Contemporary, Literary, and Satirical Fiction. 

     

     

     

     

     

    SHORTLISTERS please click here to access the digital badge and for information about book stickers.

    Congratulations to the 2018 Somerset Book Awards Shortlisted Titles and their Authors!

    • Nanette Littlestone – Bella Toscana
    • R. J. Hershberger – Kicked by a Sparrow
    • J.P. Kenna – Allurement Westward
    • Debu Majumdar – Night Jasmine Tree
    • Chief John J. Mandeville – Bar Tales
    • V. & D. POVALL – Jackal in the Mirror
    • V. & D. POVALL – Secrets of Innocence
    • Bob Holt – Cowboy
    • Patrick M. Garry – In the Shadow of War
    • Chynna Laird – Passing Loop
    • Tim Gingras – RVN
    • Barbara Stark-Nemon – Hard Cider- a novel
    • Joe English – A Place Called Schugara
    • Donna LeClair – Inch By Inch
    • Patricia Sands – Drawing Lessons
    • Edythe Anstey Hanen – Nine Birds Singing
    • Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus
    • Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight
    • June N. Foster – The Girl and the Golden Leaf
    • PJ Devlin – Wishes, Sins and the Wissahickon Creek
    • Beth Burgmeyer – Silent Echo
    • Megan A. Clancy – The Burden of a Daughter
    • Helen Bea Kirk – Done Running
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Priscilla Audette – Lost
    • Conon Parks – Some Kind of Ending
    • Lenore Rowntree – Cluck
    • Tikiri – Disowned
    • Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
    • Yorker Keith – Awakening of the Summer
    • Linda Watkins – Summer Girl, A Novel
    • John Hansen – Unfortunate Words
    • Bob Holt – Cowboy
    • Diane B. Saxton – Peregrine Island
    • Susan St. John – Mad Mischief, A Novel
    • Petra March – A Different Kind of Lovely: A Novel
    • Claire Fullerton – Mourning Dove
    • Markus McDowell – To and Fro Upon the Earth: A Novel
    • Chad Boles – Blinded Authority

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) to the Shortlist. We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries are now Shortlisted and are in competition for the 2018 SOMERSET SemiFinalist positions. The  Semi-Finalists positions will compete for the coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards.

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    The 2018  First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony that will be held during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Ceremony and Banquet.

    All Shortlisters and SemiFinalists will be acknowledged at CAC19.

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