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  • The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Semi-Finalists for the M & Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Semi-Finalists for the M & Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

    The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 

     

    Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Semi-Finalists!

    Congratulations to these authors for their works that advanced from the 2020 M & M Book Awards Short List!

    • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
    • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies    
    • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
    • Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
    • Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double       
    • Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
    • D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
    • P.K. Adams – Silent Water
    • Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
    • Kate Vale – Unanswered Questions
    • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
    • Maria Ostrowski – Yet From Those Flames No Light
    • Prudence Ambergast – The Mystery at Fig Tree Hall
    • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
    • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery        
    • Traci Andrighetti – Galliano Gold
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
    • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kegs
    • Rita M Boehm – Missing on Maple Street
    • Mark Daniel Seiler – Shave Ice Paradise
    • Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
    • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
    • Mary Alice Kressler – Not So Silent Night
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
    • Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
    • Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
    • Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston 

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels. 

      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.

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

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  • The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Short List for the M&Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery novels – the Short List for the M&Ms Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

    The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

    Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Shortlisters!

     

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

    • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
    • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies    
    • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
    • Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
    • Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double
    • Christine A Brady – Don’t leave, Miss Riley         
    • Sharon Clark – The Murder Cat                         
    • Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
    • D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
    • CB Wilson – Cavaliered to Death
    • P.K. Adams – Silent Water
    • Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
    • Kate Vale – Unanswered Questions
    • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
    • Maria Ostrowski – Yet From Those Flames No Light
    • Prudence Ambergast – The Mystery at Fig Tree Hall
    • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
    • Pat Camalliere –The Mystery at Mount Forest Island 
    • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery
    • J.L. Anderson – Secrets of Willow Lane
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel             
    • Traci Andrighetti – Galliano Gold
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
    • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kegs
    • Rita M Boehm – Missing on Maple Street
    • Mark Daniel Seiler – Shave Ice Paradise
    • Nellie H. Steele – The Secret of Dunhaven Castle
    • Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
    • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
    • Mary Alice Kressler – Not So Silent Night
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
    • Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
    • Nancy Good – Killer Calories, A Melanie Deming Manhattan Mystery      
    • Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
    • Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
    • Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston 

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels. 

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at the April 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash. 

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

      The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

       

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards. 

       

    • The CLUE Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs

      The CLUE Book Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels – the SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs

      Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

       

       

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards).

      These works have advanced from the 2019 Long List to the Shortlist  They will compete in the next rounds of judging for the CLUE 2019 Semi-Finalists.

      Good luck to all! 

      • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Return
      • Richard Conrath – Blood Moon Rising
      • RIP Converse – Maelstrom Part One
      • Harold Benjamin – Phase III
      • L. J. Martin – The Blue Pearl
      • Nancy Adair – RABYA
      • J.P. Kenna – Joel Emmanuel
      • J.P. Kenna – Toward a Terrible Freedom
      • Timothy S. Johnston – The Savage Deeps
      • Lonna Enox – Untold Agony
      • Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
      • Russell Heath – Rinn’s Crossing
      • Bert Entwistle – Murder in the Dell
      • John W Feist – Blind Trust
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
      • Marian Exall – A Splintered Step
      • Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
      • Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
      • Nick Mancuso – Fever 
      • Edgar Swamp – Amber Hollow
      • Steve Dimeo – The Magic Cape Caper
      • Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
      • Maureen Joyce Connolly – Little Lovely Things
      • Ken Oder – The Judas Murders  
      • Melodie Hernandez – Forgotten Rage
      • Chris Norbury – Straight River
      • Jode Millman – The Midnight Call
      • Barbara Brett – Secret Agenda
      • Barb Warner Deane – And Then There Was You
      • Ken Malovos – Sweet Justice
      • Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery 
      • Matt Witten – The Necklace
      • Matt Witten – Free For All
      • V. & D. Povall – Jackal in the Mirror
      • Carl Vonderau – Murderabilia
      • M. J. Simms-Maddox – Mystery in Harare
      • Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
      • Kevin G. Chapman – Righteous Assassin: A Mike Stoneman Thriller  
      • Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
      • Wally Duff – bada-BOOM!
      • Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor – Death by the River
      • Joni M Fisher – West of Famous
      • D. J. Adamson – Let Her Go
      • Kirk Millson – Serpents of Old
      • D. J. Adamson – At the Edge of No Return

      Which of these works will advance to the 2019 CLUE Semi-Finalists? 

      The excitement continues to build for the 2019  CIBAs!

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 CLUE Book Awards LONG LIST and have now advanced to the Shortlist. The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC20 banquet and ceremony. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions Semi-Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. 

      The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the April 18th, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

      Register today for the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA ceremony and banquet that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. at the luxury waterfront Hotel Bellwether, April 17 – 19, 2020. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

      We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels.