The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (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 in the judging rounds from all 2022 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Long List to the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
The 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Short List
- Joy A. Burke – Surviving Christmas
- Cicek Bricault – KyRose Takes A Leap
- Ketevan Alexander – Two Days with Zio
- Sam Hooker & Lindy Ryan – Hemlock N Glitter
- S.P. O’Farrell – Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London
- J.K.Pinsel – KAZI
- L.K. Keenan – Seb Artigas Gone Wrong
- Barbara Hills – The Sun and the Starlings
- Alex Paul – The King’s Armada: Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 6
- Alan Frost – Time Travelers of the Caribbean
- Bo Gannon – Rabbit Tracks – The Trail to Gettysburg
- Ana Cortes – Marco, Pablo, & Olivia: Fútbol Tryouts
- Anthony Feinman – I’M FAT! A Critters Adventure
- Ben Gartner – People of the Sun
- PJ McIlvaine – Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts in the Closet
- Jon & Di Nelson – Spooky Stuff – Back Pocket Summer Camp Tales
- Didem Saracel – Story of Universe
- Christian A. Shane – Salmon Survivor
- Andres Leopoldo Faza – Pomme’s Wondrous Journey
- Jason Colpitts – Corrine and the Underground Province
- Ted Neill & Suzi Spooner – Mystery Force Volume 1: Books 1-3 of the Mystery Force Series
- Ellen Dee Davidson – WIND
- Tamra Andrews – Mirror Child: Book One: The Woolgatherer
- U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
- Marc Remus – The Chocolate clouds
- JK Noble – HALE: The Rise of the Griffins
- Wilson Whitlow – Mystery of the Khar Chuluu
- J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
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Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards was:
Fishing for Luck
by Murray Richter
The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!
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