Tag: Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards

  • The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Short List Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Short List Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    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)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy entries  to the 2021 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2021 M&M Semi-Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalists positions. 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 SEMI-FINALS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

    Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Short Listers!

    Short Listed for the 2021 CIBAs

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Andrew Hunkins – Evil Alive     
    • Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room     
    • J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings    
    • Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
    • Vicki Batman – Temporarily Out of Luck   
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure  
    • Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow  
    • Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness    
    • Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter    
    • Traci Andrighetti – Marsala Maroon   
    • B.L. Smith – Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business  
    • B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko    
    • Patricia Catacalos – Lurking in the Darkness (1832 Regency Book 4)   
    • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts  
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound  
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles    
    • Debbie De Louise – No Gravestone Unturned    
    • Mary Gehlen Seifert – Titanic Trial    
    • Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite 
    • Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues      
    • Patrick M. Garry – Through the Waves a Steady Path    
    • Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position     
    • Tony Kelsey – Once A Man Indulges     
    • Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery   
    • Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard   
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel    
    • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies: Family Matters   
    • Diane Weiner – An Ear for Murder   
    • Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown   
    • Kelly Miller – Accusing Mr. Darcy   
    • Phil Bayly – Loving Lucy   

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

    Click here to see the 2020 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

    The M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

    for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2020

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Blue and gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for M & M Mystery and Mayhem The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

    THE DISCOVERY by Patrick M. Garry

    Cover of The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 M&M Awards writing competition.

    Please click here for more information.

    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.

  • GIRL with a GUN: An Annie Oakley Mystery (Annie Oakley Mystery Series Book 1) by Kari Bovée – Historical Biographical Fiction, Traditional Detective Mysteries, Historical Mystery

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

    From humble beginnings in rural Ohio, fifteen-year-old Annie Oakley becomes a household name when she competes in a sharpshooting competition against the renowned marksman Frank Butler. Her life changes wildly from that day on in Kari Bovée’s mystery novel, Girl With a Gun: An Annie Oakley Mystery.

    Colonel Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, asks Annie Oakley to join the Wild West Show after the event. While reluctant to leave her family – who need her support – she can help them a lot more with an impressive salary. Annie becomes the new star of the traveling show.

    Along with her beloved horse Buck, Annie settles into the Wild West Show lifestyle. She immediately befriends her tent-mate Kimi and her infant daughter Winona. When Kimi turns up dead soon after, Annie suspects that something more sinister than a tragic accident killed her. She begins investigating the matter herself when no one else will. As she looks into the murder, her horse Buck and others around the camp fall ill, and it seems like someone is trying to hurt Annie and her standing in the Wild West Show. Can she figure out who wants her gone and what happened to Kimi before the murderer can strike again?

    Girl with a Gun brings readers right into its historical setting, with memorable figures like Buffalo Bill, Frank Butler, and of course the protagonist Annie Oakley. The real-life facts and chronology of Annie’s life change and move around for the sake of the story, as Kari Bovée adds to the historical fiction genre with a fun mystery series that reimagines the life of the talented sharpshooter.

    Annie first appears as a loveable and relatable character, and her depth becomes clear as the story continues.

    Fictional news headlines reflect the story’s events in exciting tones. These headlines add flavor to the drama and underlining mystery the characters face, and reflect the public’s opinion of the conflicts within the traveling Wild West Show.

    Annie’s character defines the story around her. She cares deeply for her family and friends, and  strives to protect them. Readers will get wrapped up in the trials and tribulations she faces at every turn, including a whirlwind romance.

    Girl with a Gun: An Annie Oakley Mystery is the first in a trilogy of mysteries based on the exciting life of a prolific female sharpshooter. This story will excite both the casual mystery fan and historical fiction reader. This book won 1st Place in the Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards for Cozys and Not-So-Cozy Books in the 2018 CIBAs.

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    M&M 1st Place Gold Foil book sticker image

  • 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.