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The 2025 Shelley Long List for Paranormal Fiction
The Shelley Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal Fiction. The Shelley Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Shelley Awards were formerly known as the Paranormal Awards. We are delighted to be able to honor the mother of science fiction with this award!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other-worldly stories, super humans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Dresden Files), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2025 Paranormal Book Awards!

Each of these authors is already winning with their books are now featured on our high-traffic website, shared across our social media, and promoted to our newsletter subscribers. But this is just the beginning of their CIBA journey.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 SHELLEY Paranormal Fiction entries to the 2025 Shelley Book Awards Long List. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Shelley 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Shelley Book Awards novel competition for Paranormal Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- AJ Humphreys – Trip: A Psychological Horror Novel
- Alexandra Pugachevsky – Lilou the Shadyside Chronicles
- Amy S Cutler – A Shadow of Love
- Amy S Cutler – To Have and To Hold To Love and To Kill an Agreement of Souls
- Antoinette Chalmers – Midnight Stone
- Bryan Alaspa – The Given
- C.V. Vobh – Somnus Palace
- Charlie Robinson – Bow Tie Sex
- D.D. Franklin – Silver Lake Awakening
- Dan Morris-Young – The Music Building
- Derek Wachter – While We Wait
- Diane Corso – Broken Things
- E.L. Deards – The Lavender Blade
- Evette Davis – The Campaign
- George Petersen – The Summer of Haight
- Gina Detwiler – Forever
- H.J. Ramsay – Love and Other Cures for the Recently Undead
- Heather Murphy – Bring Out Your Dead
- Isaac Thorne – Tab’s Terrible Third Eye
- Jared Tlc – Destiny Lane
- Jonathan Fossler – Where the Children Play
- Katy Nyquist – A Holy Maiden’s Guide To Getting Kidnapped
- Keith Steinbaum – The Poe Consequence
- Kevin S. Moul – Lander’s Gate
- L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
- Lloyd Jeffries – Embers of Shadow Ages of Malice Book III
- Logan D. Irons – City of Wolves
- Lou Pugliese – Blame It on the Moon
- Louisa West – Kiss of Death
- M. Flagg – Memories of a Hunter’s Moon
- Mark Mustian – Boy with Wings
- Matt Ozanich – Priestess: The Tears of Promises Book One
- Matthew Minson – The Lupin Gene
- Melanie Forde – Guardian of the Crossroads
- Raquel Y. Levitt – The Seer
- Rebekah L Webb – Burrows of Blood and Shadow
- Sheila English – The Deadly Pieces
- Sherri L Dodd – Moonset on Desert Sands
- T.V. Holiday – Cataclysm Legend of the Iron Warrior Vol. 2
- Tom Dolan – Boba Wars Zero
- Tracy Shew – Book Group
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Shelley Grand Prize Winner

Time-Marked Warlock

By Shami Stovall

Click here to see the full list of 2024 SHELLEY Book Award Winners for Paranormal Fiction.

Ready to Submit?

Submissions for the 2026 Shelley Awards and other Speculative Fiction Divisions are open now! For other genres, we still have 25 divisions open for the 2025 CIBAs! Whether you write mystery, romance, historical fiction, or something entirely different, there’s likely a perfect fit for your work.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17-19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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 14th annual conference and discover why!
July 18, 2025
The CYGNUS 2025 CIBAs Long List 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).

Science fiction is having a moment, and these incredible books prove it. From climate catastrophes to galactic adventures, from AI consciousness to time-bending mysteries, this year’s Cygnus Long List showcases the full spectrum of speculative imagination that authors are bringing to life.

Each of these authors is already winning with their books are now featured on our high-traffic website, shared across our social media, and promoted to our newsletter subscribers. But this is just the beginning of their CIBA journey.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries to the 2025 Cygnus Book Awards Long List. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- A.T. Balsara – The Great and the Small
- AA Dasilva – The Bleed-Through Effect
- Ansel Kohn – Betaterrestrial
- Aspry Jones – Protectors of the Light Crown
- Augustus Cileone – Galloper’s Quests
- B. Lynn Carter – The Eyes Have It
- Brett Lawrence – Shadow Seers
- Carrie Kwiatkowski – The Bindery Guild
- Celia Seupel – Girl with the Silver Hair
- Charles Weindorf – Comets of Omen the Presser Arc
- Chris Coward – Perpendicular Women: Adventures in the Multiverse
- Claudia Leboeuf – Fields of Prosperis
- Corey Frazier – Orion Heavenfall
- D.J. Darcey – Kingdoms and Empires Dark Rage
- David M. Pearce – The Holovid Hero
- David Tenenbaum – Survival Andromeda
- Deborah Mistina – Imber
- Dheepa R. Maturi – 108 an Eco-Thriller
- Georg Koszulinski – Future X
- Noah Kaplan – The Last Book. the Diary of the Last Earthling
- James Azinheira – Alphamind the Collective Consciousness
- James R Wells – The Eternal Moment
- Jeremy Clift – Space Vault the Seed Eclipse
- Joanne Hatfield – Ghost of Nostalgia
- Joshua A.H. Harris – Eyes of Iris
- Joshua Dyer – Avitron Ephemeris
- Kevin D. Miller – Taquoma
- L. Galuppo – Eco Reign Warning the Barriers Burn
- L.R. O’Brien – Tomorrow Is the Day
- Lawrence Brown – Black Phantom Dogs Book 1 Unrestricted Climb
- Lloyd Jeffries – Embers of Shadow Ages of Malice Book III
- Lou Dischler – In the Time of False Gods
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- M. E. Schuman – The Catalyst
- Matthew Marullo – Welcome To Opine
- Maxime Trencavel – The Matriarch Messiah
- Michael C Bland – The Price of Freedom
- Michael Gorton – Tachyon Tunnel 2: The Daklin Empire
- Michael Grigsby – Rescue in Time
- Michael W Hickman – Richard War Erupts
- Mickey Dubrow – Always Agnes
- Pa Vasey – Homo Machina
- Philip Carlisle – Mellisya
- Philroy A. Hinds – Humanity at Fault
- Q Turner – Blood Sacrifice
- Robert C Littlewood – Equilibrium (The Balance Wars Book 3)
- Russ Colson – A People Joined Asunder
- Russ Colson – Future’s Soul
- Russ Colson – The Vast Empty
- S. W. Lawrence Md – Cloud Dragon
- S.G. Blaise – Eldryan Elders
- Sarena Straus – DeInception
- Sean Kennedy – The Fire Within
- Spaulding Taylor – Last Star Standing
- Stephen A Salaka – Elysium Rising
- Stephen Eric Johnson – The Man From Rock Bottom
- Steve Sterling – Black Cliff Chronicles
- Tak Salmastyan – The Accelerates Forty Days To Dust
- Thomas Lapham – Beyond the Signal
- Thomas Sundberg – Bending Light
- Tim Rees – Tim Rees Original Earth
- Tom Mayer – Ithaca! The Warrior Queen of Aslon!
- William X. Adams – Attic Polters
- Wilson Kincaid – The Murder Algorithm
- Y S Pascal – The Zygan Emprise
- πnag Ual – How the World Gets Done
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

Ares

By Jayson Adams

Click here to see the full list of 2024 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

Ready to Submit?

Submissions for the 2026 Cygnus Awards and other Speculative Fiction Divisions are open now! For other genres, we still have 25 divisions open for the 2025 CIBAs! Whether you write mystery, romance, historical fiction, or something entirely different, there’s likely a perfect fit for your work.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17-19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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 14th annual conference and discover why!
July 15, 2025
The 2024 Short Story Awards Finalists for Short Stories and Essays
The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Finalists List will be posted separately.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club hosted by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
- Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
- Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
- KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
- Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
- Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
- Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
- Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
- J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
- Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
- Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
- PJ Devlin – Running
- Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
- Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
- Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
- L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
- Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward
Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

By Catherine Brown

A Manuscript

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 17, 2025
The 2024 Little Peeps Awards Finalist for Early Readers and Children’s Books
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Children’s Early Readers and Picture Books. The Little Peeps 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 stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Finalist List for the 2024 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 LITTLE PEEPS SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE AND GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Children’s Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Claire Annette Noland – Nancy Bess Had a Dress
- Lynne Gobioff – Bad Luck Kitty
- Kimberley Lovato – Pisa Loves Bella a Towering Tale of Kindness
- Kristen J Anderson – Lorelei the Lorelei: The First of Many Firsts
- Miki Taylor – Bentley Makes a Dump Cake
- Raven Howell – Keep Trucking
- Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, Saving Perseverance
- Anthony Delauney – Iver and Luke and the Friends-for-Others-Club
- Julie Lomax – Melissa Moo Moo’s Special Lesson
- Melissa Rousu – Grandpa Loved Wild Things
- Adalgisa and David Nico – Frogs on the Mountain: The Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs in Yosemite
- Shane Svorec – Acorn Adventures
- Katharine Mitropoulos – Let’s Work Smarter
- Ruth Amanda – Ess-Car-Go!
- Ruth Amanda – Island Moon
- Nico Altamirano – The Crocodile Choir
- Dr. Gerry Haller – Will’s Adventure to the Candy Mountain
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – My Mocha Skin
- Shaziya M. Jaffer, Jessica Alexanderson and Brad W. Rudover – A Recycling Adventure to the Scrapyard!
- Anthony C. Delauney – Akash and Mila and the Big Jump
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach
- Mike Mirabella and Lenny Lipton – I Used to Be Shy
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner

The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans

By Shaziya Jaffer, Brad Rudover and Jessica Alexanderson

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Children’s Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 15, 2025
The 2024 Short Story Awards Semi-Finalists for Short Stories and Essays
The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SHORT LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Semi-Finalists List will be posted separately.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Susannah Dawn – It’s in the Grey Zone We Find The Colors
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
- Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
- Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
- KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
- Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
- Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
- Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
- Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
- Tessa Floreano – Shadows of the Adriatic
- J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
- Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
- Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
- PJ Devlin – Sleeping Out
- PJ Devlin – Running
- Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
- Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
- Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
- L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
- Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward
- Tosca Lee – The Cancun Game
Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

By Catherine Brown

A Manuscript

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 14, 2025
The 2024 Shorts Award Semi-Finalists for Novellas, Essays, and Collections
The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SHORT LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

Please Note: There are two Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Long Form Content, Novellas, and Collections. The short form Shorts (100 pages or less) Semi-Finalist List will be posted separately.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi – Something About Lizzy
- Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury
- Susan L Rae – Teaching Treason: A Gabby Baxter Mystery
- Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon
- Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner
- Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold
- Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered
- Jennifer Saviano – Joy Ride
- Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box and Other Stories
- Anne B. Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – Weeds Beneath the Open Meadows
- Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays
Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

Shelter In A Hostile World

By Mack Little

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Collections!

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 14, 2025
The 2024 Gertrude Warner Semi-Finalist for Middle Grade Fiction
The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Middle Grade SHORT LIST to the 2024 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Gertrude Warner Finalists. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Brian Starr – The Missing Children of Blackwood
- Valerie Biel – Haven
- Thomas Kuhn – Tommy Rocket and the Goober Patrol
- Norah Lally – Back To Bainbridge
- CK Van Dam – When the Chokecherries Bloom
- Christopher & Christine Kezelos – Intergalactic Jack and the Child of the Prophecy
- Debbie Noble Black – Deetjen’s Closet
- Gregory Saur – Drink the Blood
- M.J. Evans – Coal Dust and Dreams
- Elisa Eliot – Zak Vs. Zombies
- Donald Willerton – War Train
- M.C. Dingman – Samantha Smee: A Pirate’s Life
- Maggie Lynch – The Power of S.A.D.
- Sue C. Dugan – Mayday
- Douglas D. Meredith – Shelter: Generation Mars, Book Two
- Douglas D. Meredith – Water: Generation Mars, Book Three
- Carolyn Armstrong – No Time To Waste
- Sherry Roberts – The Galaxy According to Cece
- Laura J Peterson – The Totally Tubular Travels of Josie Baker
- Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Devil’s Demise: A Delta & Jax Mystery
- T. Lynne Jackson – Mr. K’s Sonata – A WWII Novel
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Bronwen Butter Newcott – Race to the Great Invention
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Serpent’s Spell
- Aaron Arsenault – The Climate Diaries: Book One: The Academy
- Tamar Anolic – The Tunnel to Darkness and Light
- Sandy Grubb – Just Like Click
- Shirley Miller Kamada – No Quiet Water
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 Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner

EXOSTAR

By Rae Knightly

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 13, 2025
The 2024 Hemingway Book Awards Finalists for 20th & 21st c. Wartime Fiction
The Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of 20th Century Wartime Fiction. The Hemingway Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Hemingway Book Awards competition is named for Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here. For other Historical Fiction categories, please see more details here.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 HEMINGWAY Wartime Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Hemingway Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for Wartime Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Gary Baysinger – What We Say in the Dark
- Larry Allen Lindsey – One Rogue Raider
- Mark Demeza – The Thirteenth Child
- R L Pace – Rising Son
- Michael J. Summers – Cherry Blossoms in Winter
- David Scott Richardson – An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze
- Dave Mason – Between the Clouds and the River
- Kregg P.J. Jorgenson – Sweet Sorrow: Book 3 of The Jungle War series
- Katherine Koch – The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany
- Tim Turner and Moisey Gorbaty – The Reluctant Conductor
- Travis Davis – One of Four: World War One Through the Eyes of an Unknown Soldier
- Kay Smith-Blum – Tangles
- Shanna Hatfield – Molly
- Bruce K. Berger – Brothers Bound
- Kathryn Gauci – Midnight in Istanbul
- Loretta Goldberg – Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss
- Libby Fischer Hellmann – Max’s War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy
- Julie Burnette – An Island Long Ago
- Bharati Sen – My War, My Child
- Constance Hays Matsumoto & Kent Matsumoto – Of White Ashes
- H. W. “Buzz” Bernard – When Heroes Flew
- Elaine Aucoin Schroller – The Bravest Soldiers
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Hemingway Grand Prize Winner

The Silver Waterfall

By Kevin Miller

Click here to see the full list of 2023 HEMINGWAY Book Award Winners for Wartime Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 HEMINGWAY Book Awards for Wartime Fiction.

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Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 13, 2025
The 2024 Shelley Book Awards Finalists for Paranormal Fiction!
The Shelley Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal Fiction. The Shelley Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Shelley Awards were formerly known as the Paranormal Awards. We are delighted to be able to honor the mother of science fiction with this award!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other-worldly stories, super humans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2024 Paranormal Book Awards!

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Shelley Supernatural Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Shelley Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Shelley Book Awards novel competition for Paranormal Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Jennifer Anne Gordon – Pretty Ugly
- Evette Davis – The Gift
- Peter B. Dedek – Possessed
- C.W. James – Mindfield: a Paranormal Thriller for Teens
- Alexander Fernandez – Above the Ashes
- Keith Steinbaum – In Lieu of Flowers
- Tim Facciola – Ghosts of Rheynia
- AA DaSilva – Periphery
- Charles Allen – A Graveyard of Ships
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle – Vein Pursuits
- Evette Davis – The Others
- Dennis D. Skirvin – Nicholas Knocker
- Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
- Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
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 2023 Paranormal Grand Prize Winner

Becoming Crone

By Lydia M. Hawke

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shelley Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction.

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Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 12, 2025
The 2024 Little Peeps Awards Semi-Finalist for Early Readers and Children’s Books
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Children’s Fiction. The Little Peeps 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 stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 LITTLE PEEPS SHORT LIST to the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards SEMI-FINAL LIST. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Children’s Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Claire Annette Noland – Nancy Bess Had a Dress
- Ann Marie Perales Thompson – Halloween Pumpkins in Spring
- Lynne Gobioff – Bad Luck Kitty
- Kimberley Lovato – Pisa Loves Bella a Towering Tale of Kindness
- Anita Dromey – Littlest Mano at Bedtime
- Kristen J Anderson – Lorelei the Lorelei: The First of Many Firsts
- Ollie Miller – What is This?
- Miki Taylor – Bentley Makes a Dump Cake
- Raven Howell – Keep Trucking
- Lexie Kattelman – Grace’s Groceries: An Introduction to Intuitive Eating
- Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, Saving Perseverance
- Anthony Delauney – Iver and Luke and the Friends-for-Others-Club
- Julie Lomax – Melissa Moo Moo’s Special Lesson
- Sara H. Fowler – Castle of Knots
- Melissa Rousu – Grandpa Loved Wild Things
- Adalgisa and David Nico – Frogs on the Mountain: The Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs in Yosemite
- Shane Svorec – Acorn Adventures
- Katharine Mitropoulos – Let’s Work Smarter
- Ruth Amanda – Ess-Car-Go!
- Ruth Amanda – Island Moon
- Nico Altamirano – The Crocodile Choir
- Leila Summers – Mog and Tom
- Milt Lowe – The Hippo Who Hated To Fight
- Dr. Gerry Haller – Will’s Adventure to the Candy Mountain
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – My Mocha Skin
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – Tessy Turtle
- Ashley Wall – The Day I Had a Dinosaur
- Shaziya M. Jaffer, Jessica Alexanderson and Brad W. Rudover – A Recycling Adventure to the Scrapyard!
- Alysson Foti Bourque – Alycat and the Sunday Scaries
- Anthony C. Delauney – Akash and Mila and the Big Jump
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach
- Mike Mirabella and Lenny Lipton – I Used to Be Shy
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner

The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans

By Shaziya Jaffer, Brad Rudover and Jessica Alexanderson

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Children’s Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 12, 2025