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.
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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.
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