Tag: Middle Grade Fiction Awards

  • The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Semi-Finalists – The CIBAs

    The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Semi-Finalists – The CIBAs

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

    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 the 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Short List to the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Announcing the 2021 Gertrude Warner Semi-Finalists for Middle-Grade Readers

     

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • B.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
    • K.P. Boardman – The Falling Sisters
    • Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
    • J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
    • Esta Lemon – The Loser Blog
    • KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
    • McKemie Huston – Return of the Last Prism
    • Emmett J Hall – RUNAWAY
    • Raea Gragg – Mup
    • Moira Siobhan – Dilly Cooper Hat-astrophe
    • Laurie Calkhoven – Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
    • Peter Solomon – The Stardust Mystery
    • Susan McCormick – The Antidote
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck Keeper of the Meadow
    • Jay Spenser – The Phantom Airplane Mystery

    Good luck to All! 

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

     

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is Kelly Oliver for Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

    Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

    A blue and gold badge for the 2020 Grand Prize Winner for Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Readers Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver
    Click here to see the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023. 

    Please click here for more information.

    For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    VIRTUAL and IN-Person –  June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

    FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

    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 10th annual conference and discover why!

    Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

  • The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs 2021

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

    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 the 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Long List to the 2021 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 (CAC22).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Short Listed for the 2021 CIBAs

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
    • Clayton Marshall Adams – The Mask
    • Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • B.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
    • K.P. Boardman – The Falling Sisters
    • Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
    • J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • James Love – Max Voltage: Multiverse Mayhem
    • Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
    • Ronnie Swire Siegel – Displaced: A Story About Climate Change and How Displaced Animals Ring the Alarm
    • Esta Lemon – The Loser Blog
    • KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
    • McKemie Huston – Return of the Last Prism
    • Emmett J Hall – RUNAWAY
    • Dane S. Skorup – Kid Kingmaker
    • Raea Gragg – Mup
    • Moira Siobhan – Dilly Cooper Hat-astrophe
    • Laurie Calkhoven – Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
    • Peter Solomon – The Stardust Mystery
    • D. H. Timpko – The Firma Twins and the Flute of Enchantment
    • Susan McCormick – The Antidote
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck Keeper of the Meadow
    • Jay Spencer – The Phantom Airplane Mystery

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is Kelly Oliver for Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

    Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

    A blue and gold badge for the 2020 Grand Prize Winner for Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Readers Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver
    Click here to see the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023. 

    Please click here for more information.

    For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    VIRTUAL and IN-Person –  June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

    FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

    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 10th annual conference and discover why!

    Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

  • The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Long List – CIBAs 2021

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

    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 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction entries to the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Gertrude Warner Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the FINALIST positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person. 

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Oxygen
    • Ryan O’Connor – Ting Ting, the Girl Who Saved China
    • Clayton Marshall Adams – The Mask
    • Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • McKemie Huston – Return of the Last Prism
    • M.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
    • B.L. Smith – Irritating Adventures on Albatross Lane
    • K.P. Boardman – The Falling Sisters
    • Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
    • J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
    • J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
    • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
    • Ronnie Swire Siegel – Displaced: A Story About Climate Change and How Displaced Animals Ring the Alarm
    • James Love – Max Voltage: Multiverse Mayhem
    • Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
    • Esta Lemon – The Loser Blog
    • KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
    • Emmett J Hall – RUNAWAY
    • Norman L. Johnson, MD – TR Tommy to the Rescue
    • Dane S. Skorup – Kid Kingmaker
    • Moira Siobhan – Dilly Cooper Hat-astrophe
    • Laurie Calkhoven – Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
    • Peter Solomon – The Stardust Mystery
    • D. H. Timpko – The Firma Twins and the Flute of Enchantment
    • Susan McCormick – The Antidote
    • Raea Gragg – Mup
    • Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck Keeper of the Meadow
    • Barbara Glazier-Robinson – Grace from Space: A Race to Save Earth(Dream Catcher Series, Book One)
    • Jay Spencer – The Phantom Airplane Mystery
    • Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

    Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

    Click here to see the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

    Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

    A blue and gold badge for the 2020 Grand Prize Winner for Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Readers Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023. 

    Please click here for more information.

    For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    VIRTUAL and IN-Person –  June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

    FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

    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 10th annual conference and discover why!

    Featuring: International Best Selling Authors: Cathy Ace and  Robert Dugoni along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

  • GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction 2020 CIBA Award Winners

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

    Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

    (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

    The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to all!

    • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow   
    • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
    • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails    
    • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
    • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
    • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
    • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
    • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

    Kelly Oliver for

    Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

    Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

    Blue and Gold badge for the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner in Middle Grade Fiction, Kelly Oliver for Kassy O'Roarke, Cub Reporter

    The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

  • The 2020 Finalists for the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction CIBAs

    The 2020 Finalists for the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

    Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 SHORT LIST to the SEMI-FINALIST POSITION and have now progressed to the 2020 FINALISTS.  

    These titles have reached the Finalists for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction

    • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
    • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
    • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
    • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
    • Ian C Douglas – The Particle Beast
    • Carolina Ugaz-Moran – Aline and the Blue Bottle
    • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
    • Jay Spenser –The Phantom Airplane Mystery
    • Tricia L McDonald – The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue
    • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow
    • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon
    • John Middleton – Dillion and The Skeleton Hall
    • William X. Adams – Alien Body
    • Alison Rice – Chasing Snow
    • Richard Groseclose – Henry Castlewaite and the Portrait of Doom
    • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. 

    Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?

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

    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.

    VCAC21 laurel wreath
    Register today!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

     

  • The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – the Semi-Finalists, 2020 CIBAs

    The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – the Semi-Finalists, 2020 CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

    Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

     

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards LONG LIST to the 2020 SHORT LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 Semi-finalists. 

    These titles have reached the Semi-Finalists for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction

    • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
    • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
    • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
    • Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker
    • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
    • Gregory Saur – Best Shot Forward
    • Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Witchfinder
    • Ian C Douglas – The Particle Beast
    • Carolina Ugaz-Moran – Aline and the Blue Bottle
    • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
    • Jay Spenser –The Phantom Airplane Mystery
    • Tricia L McDonald – The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue
    • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie and the STEAM Team
    • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon
    • John Middleton – Dillion and The Skeleton Hall
    • William X. Adams – Alien Body
    • Catherine M. O’Connor – Throwing the World
    • Alison Rice – Chasing Snow
    • Frank Saraco – Life in the Grand Pause
    • Richard Groseclose – Henry Castlewaite and the Portrait of Doom
    • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. 

    The 2020 CIBA FINALISTS will be announced at VCAC 21, April 22 – 24, 2021.

    Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?

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

    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.

    VCAC21 laurel wreath
    Register today!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.