Chanticleer Book Reviews

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  • Celebrating Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program Levels of Achievement

    The 2024 CIBAs Ceremony is April 5, 2025 at CAC25!
    Don’t miss out!

    Congratulations to each and every one of the Authors

    whose works advanced to the

    FINALIST Level of Achievement

    in the 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards program! 

    Now let’s look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    Everyone who made it to the Long List had something that our readers saw as worthwhile, a reason to lift them out of the slush pile and post them to our site. The competition becomes steeper every year and any bit of the way up this pyramid is something to celebrate!

    Making it to the FINALIST Level is indeed  something to crow about!

    Be sure to share your advancement on social media, as well as tagging us (@ChantiReviews) to help increase your digital footprint. This is our Twitter and this is our Facebook.

    We have notified each FINALIST by email, by posts on the Chanticleer website, and on social media. Digital badges are available starting with the Short List. If you need a digital badge reflecting your tier level, please email info@ChantiReviews.com with your division and rank, and we will send you one as soon as possible.

    Congratulations to the FINALISTS!

    Advancing to the prestigious FINALIST stage is a huge accomplishment!

    Being a Finalist means that your book truly stands out. The decisions of who moves on here are always difficult as the quality is so readily apparent. Thank you to everyone who is a Finalist for making the CIBAs a joy and a delight with your incredible words!

    Now that is something to CROW ABOUT! 

    Make sure your Awards gets the attention it deserves on Goodreads.com 

    In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

    You want to list the Award for Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Winners, and be sure to include the year and what place you received. For example:

    The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist.

    Note from Goodreads: “To add a new award or edit an existing award, you’ll need

    help from one of our volunteer librarians or a staff member.” For assistance, post in the Goodreads Librarians Group.

    Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.

    Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun!

    Join us! Register Today! Seating is Limited! 

    The official lists for First Place and Grand Prize Winners will begin posting on April 29th, 2025 after one more sweep. 

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    Why wait? Register today!

  • The SEMI-FINALISTS for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – the 2018 CIBAs

    The SEMI-FINALISTS for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – the 2018 CIBAs

    The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, & Satirical Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, satire, humor, magic realism or women and family themes. This division of the CIBAs is the SOMERSET Book Awards.  We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    The following titles and their authors have progressed from the ShortList to the Somerset Book Awards Semi-Finalists positions.

    Please click on this link to access the digital badges and for information about Semi-Finalists book stickers.

    Congratulations to the Somerset Book Awards 2018 Semi-Finalists:

    • Nanette Littlestone – Bella Toscana
    • R. J. Hershberger – Kicked by a Sparrow
    • J.P. Kenna – Allurement Westward
    • Debu Majumdar – Night Jasmine Tree
    • Chief John J. Mandeville – Bar Tales  
    • V. & D. POVALL – Jackal in the Mirror
    • V. & D. POVALL – Secrets of Innocence
    • Petra March – A Different Kind of Lovely
    • Patrick M. Garry – In the Shadow of War
    • Tim Gingras – RVN   
    • Barbara Stark-Nemon – Hard Cider- a novel   
    • Joe English – A Place Called Schugara   
    • Donna LeClair – Inch By Inch    
    • Patricia Sands – Drawing Lessons    
    • Edythe Anstey Hanen – Nine Birds Singing   
    • Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus 
    • Ellen Notbohm – The River by Starlight  
    • Bob Holt – Cowboy
    • June N. Foster – The Girl and the Golden Leaf   
    • PJ Devlin – Wishes, Sins, and the Wissahickon Creek   
    • Beth Burgmeyer – Silent Echo   
    • Megan A. Clancy – The Burden of a Daughter    
    • Conon Parks – Some Kind of Ending    
    • Lenore Rowntree – Cluck   
    • Tikiri – Disowned   
    • Yorker Keith – Awakening of the Summer  
    • Linda Watkins – Summer Girl, A Novel   
    • John Hansen – Unfortunate Words
    • Diane B. Saxton – Peregrine Island   
    • Susan St. John – Mad Mischief, A Novel     
    • Claire Fullerton – Mourning Dove   

    Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) to the Shortlist. We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received.  These entries have progressed from the  Shortlist to the 2018 SOMERSET SemiFinalist positions.

    These  Semi-Finalists positions will compete for the coveted First  Place Category Winners of the 2018 SOMERSET Book Awards.

    Grand Prize Ribbons!

    The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the SOMERSET GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition.  The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington during the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

     

    For more information about the submitting to the 2019 Somerset Book Awards or the other 15 divisions of Chanticleer International Book Awards, please click here.