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DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for YOUNG ADULT FICTION – 2019 CIBA Winners
Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the Grand Prize Winner of the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the CIBAs

The CIBAs Search for the Best Young Adult Fiction

Chanticleer Book Reviews is celebrating the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, and Literary. We love them all.

The 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI BOOK Awards First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize winner were announced at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference that was broadcast via ZOOM webinar the week of Sept 8 -13, 2020 from the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

Pamela Beason, author of The ONLY WITNESS, (a previous Overall CIBA Grand Prize Winner), announced the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Award Winners.

This is the OFFICIAL 2019 LIST of the DANTE ROSSETTI BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to All!
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards

2019 Grand Prize Winner is:

But Not Forever by Jan Von Schleh

This is the badge for the Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 DANTE ROSSETTI —

Whispers by Lynn Yvonne Moon

We are accepting submissions into the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards until June 30, 2021.

The 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC 21 on April 17, 2021.

Don’t delay! Enter today!

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

If you have any questions, please email info@ChantiReviews.com == we will try our best to reply in 3 or 4 business days.
September 21, 2020
The FINALISTS for the SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, and Satire 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. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

Editor’s Note: Some works have been moved to the new 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satirical and Allegorical Fiction. This new division is in response to the request from the Chanticleer International Book Awards judges to acknowledge the many outstanding works that were entered into the Somerset Book Awards that should have their own division in which to compete. The Mark Twain Book Awards recognize outstanding Satire, Humor, Political Ideology, Parody, Allegory/Fable works.

So without further ado, please join us in cheering on the following authors whose works have advanced to the premier FINALIST Level of Achievement in the Somerset Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and of the I & I Book Awards for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction.

Congratulations to the Somerset Book Awards Finalists!
- Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- Domenick Venezia – Liberator Legacy Book 1
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Bob Holt – Firebird
- Dd Jaseron – Wheelboys
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Sara Stamey – Pause
- Patricia Averbach – Resurrecting Rain
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Lisa Reddick – The Same River
- Nick Mancuso – Fever
- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg – The Nine
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Linda Bledsoe – Through the Needle’s Eye
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Mike Murphey – Section Road
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- Prue Batten – Passage
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
Congratulations to all! Good Luck to all as your works compete for the First Place Category positions.

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the VIRTUAL 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA ceremonies

The Virtual CAC 20 and 2019 CIBA Ceremonies will take place Tuesday, September 8th through Sunday, September 13th, 2020.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CIBAs. https://www.chantireviews.com/contests/

Don’t delay. Enter today!

2020 Somerset Book Awards

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

2020 Mark Twain Book Awards
July 12, 2020
The FINALISTS for the PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. They will be put to the test and the best will be declared winners of the prestigious CIBAs.

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced from the 2019 PARANORMAL Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 PARANORMAL Book Awards Finalists!
- Kaylin McFarren – High Flying
- Joy Ross Davis – The Witch of Blacklion
- D. J. Adamson – At The Edge of No Return
- Linda Watkins – The Tao of the Viper, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery
- Jack Cullen – Runes of Steel
- Palmer Pickering – Moon Deeds
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Abigail’s Window
- Robert Herold – The Eidola Project
- Janet K. Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- E. V. Svetova – Over The Hills Of Green
- London Clarke – Whickering Place
- Joey Rodriguez – Below
- Jerry Gundersheimer – El Coronel: Book Two of The Medium Series
- Ryan J. Lyons – Drums and Dragons
- Avanti Centrae – VanOps: The Solstice Countdown
- Lori Roberts – Where the Sweetgrass Grows
These titles are in the running for the limited number of First Place positions of the 2019 PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the Semi-finalists whose works have advanced to the Premier Finalists Level of Achievement in the 2019 CIBAs!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Finalists and Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. or VIRTUALLY via ZOOM. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 PARANORMAL Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

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.
June 22, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Novels – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana / Western, Pioneer, Civil War, Frontier, and First Nations Novels. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring cowboys, the wild west, pioneering, civil war, and early North American History, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them to advance in the next judging rounds to discover today’s best books!

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards FINALISTS
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Rescued
- Kit Sergeant – Underground: Traitors and Spies in Lincoln’s War
- J. R. Collins – Spirit of the Rabbit Place
- John West – Marshallville
- Lynwood Kelly – The Gamble: Lost Treasures
- David Fitz-Gerald– Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey
- Hayley Stone – Make Me No Grave: A Weird West Novel
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- Eileen Charbonneau – Seven Aprils
- Juliette Douglas – Bed of Conspiracy
- Mike H. Mizrahi – The Unnamed Girl (The Woodard Chronicles)
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 LARAMIE Book Awards for American, Western, Pioneer, Civil War, and First Nations novels.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 LARAMIE Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is July 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

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.
May 30, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s. Our judges will read them to discover the best among them. The CIBAs discover today’s best books!

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards FINALISTS
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Susanne Dunlap – Listen to the Wind
- Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
- Cryssa Bazos – Severed Knot
- Kate Murdoch – The Orange Grove
- June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- Alexandrea Weis – Realm
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- A.L. Cleven – 26.2
- Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn
- E. L. Diamond – The Wolf of God
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners, the First Place Category Position Award Winners, and all Semi-Finalists will be announced at the postponed 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Gala, now re-scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Join us at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. Use our link above to register now for this exciting event!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

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.
May 15, 2020
The FINALISTS Announcement for the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs).

Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

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 twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, and the CIBA judges will evaluate them for the CIBA Levels of Achievement. They will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Fiction among them. The CIBAs discover today’s best books!

The 2019 CIBAs received an unprecedented number of entries making this book awards program even more competitive. More entries along with more competitive works make the final rounds of judging even more demanding. The judges have requested a new level of achievement to be added to the rounds to acknowledge the entries that they deemed should receive a high level of recognition.

We decided that this was the time to incorporate the new level – The FINALISTS – as requested by the CIBA judges. This new level will be incorporated into the 2019 CIBAs Levels of Achievement. The FINALISTS were selected from the entries that advanced to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

Congratulations to the 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI FINALISTS
- Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
- Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
- Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
- A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia
- Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
These titles are in the running for the First Place positions of the 2019 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

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

The Finalists and the Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and at the 2019 CIBA banquet and ceremony.

Congratulations to the authors whose works have advanced to the FINALISTS Level of Achievement!

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 16 CIBA divisions FINALISTS. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, September 5th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

The 16 divisions of the 2019 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the First Place Category Position award winners along with recognizing the Semi-Finalists will be announced at the September 5th at the postponed 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

Grand Prize Ribbons!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2021.

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.
May 12, 2020
The SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction – the SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary, Contemporary, and Satire 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. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2019 SOMERSET Book Awards SHORTLIST!
- Susan Dobson – The Sea Glass Road
- Stephen F. Frost – The Alaskan Alibi
- Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
- Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road
- Judith Kirscht – End of the Race
- Leonide Martin – The Prophetic Mayan Queen: K’inuuw Mat of Palenque
- John Herman – The Counting of Coup
- R. Barber Anderson – The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
- Domenick Venezia – Liberator Legacy
- Larry Brill – Deja vu All Over Again
- Domenick Venezia – Suriname Legacy
- Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor – Damned (A Magnus Blackwell Novel Book 1)
- Donna LeClair – The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
- Bob Holt – Firebird
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- Lis Anna-Langston – Crucifix Built for Two
- Alison Ragsdale – The Art of Remembering
- Dd Jaseron – Wheelboys
- Janet K Shawgo – Legacy of Lies
- Santiago Xaman – After Olympus
- Sara Stamey – Pause
- Patricia Averbach – Resurrecting Rain
- Hannah Edington Tekle – Conflict
- C. E. Porch – From the Halls of Cuba
- Leanne Treese – The Language of Divorce
- Maggie St. Claire – Martha
- Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
- Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor – Death by the River
- Lisa Reddick – The Same River
- Nick Mancuso – Fever
- David Pearson – Upon a Peak in Darien
- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg – The Nine
- Claire Fullerton – Little Tea
- Theo Czuk – The Black Bottom: The Measure Of Man
- Hy Brett – The Hitman of Avenue U
- Mitchell Allen – Count It All Joy
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
- Linda Bledsoe – Through the Needle’s Eye
- Carl Roberts – The Trial of Connor Padget
- Patrick Finegan – Cooperative Lives
- Mike Murphey – Section Roads
- Jamie Zerndt – Jerkwater
- Prue Batten – Passage
- Nagihan Os – Hilda and Nadin: Dry Leaves in the Wind
- Tikiri Herath – Abducted – A Red-Heeled Rebels novel
- Kay Bell – Ella’s Secret Family Recipes
- Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
- St John Karp – Quake City
- Michael Bowe – The Weight of a Moment
- Lynn Brentnall – Hope
- David B. Seaburn – Gavin Goode
- Gary Driver – God Answers Science
- Michael T. Tusa Jr – Chasing Charles Bukowski
- James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
- Jarvis Cutter – Speak Loudly and Carry a Flamethrower
- Adam Cliff – Exposure
These entries are now in competition for the 2019 SOMERSET Semi-Finalists Positions. Good Luck to all!

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 2019 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) and have now advanced to the SHORTLIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2019 SOMERSET Semi-Finalists positions.

The coveted First Place Category Winners of the 2019 SOMERSET Book Awards will be selected from the Semi-Finalists in the final rounds of judging. The First Place Category Winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony, which is hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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 18th, 2020, Bellingham, Washington. Hosted by the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 CIBAs. https://www.chantireviews.com/contests/

Don’t delay. Enter today!
February 6, 2020
The Semi-Finalists Announcement for the Goethe Book Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction – a division of the 2019 CIBAs
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian,18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the LONG LIST to the Goethe Shortlist and have now advanced to the Goethe Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be recognized at the 2020 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2019 CIBA 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.

Congratulations to the 2019 Goethe Awards for post 1750s Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists
- James Anderson O’Neal – Riley and the Great War
- Vanda Writer – Paris, Adrift
- Kari Bovee – Peccadillo at the Palace
- Kari Bovee – Girl with a Gun
- Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
- PJ Devlin – Wissahickon Souls
- John Hansen – Hard Times
- Patricia Suprenant – Journey to the Isle of Devils
- Lee Hutch – So Others May Live
- Mike Jordan – The Runner
- Lisa Braver Moss – SHRUG: A Novel
- Sandra Wagner-Wright – Two Coins: A Biographical Novel
- J.G. Schwartz – The Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
- Marina Osipova – How Dare The Birds Sing
- Marilyn Pemberton – The Jewel Garden
- Mary Adler – Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WWII Mystery
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020. The 2020 winners will be announced in April 2021.
February 3, 2020
The ROSSETTI Book Awards for YA FICTION SHORTLIST for the 2019 CIBAs
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs).

Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

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 twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test to discover the best.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2019 SHORTLIST.

Congratulations to the 2019 Dante Rossetti Shortlisters!
- Navya Sarikonda – The Enchanters’ Child
- J.A. Roth – When The Bee Stings
- Veronica Myers – Winter’s Progeny
- Zachary Ryan – High School Queens
- Julieanne Lynch – Beneath the Lighthouse
- Jacinta Jade – Change of Darkness
- Kelly Watt – The India Diaries: Book One Tiger’s Rock
- J. Taylor Baker – The Cardorian Complex
- Glen Sobey – No Fences in Alaska
- Jan Von Schleh – But Not Forever
- Michelle Rene – Manufactured Witches
- Nancy Thorne – Victorian Town
- Ted Neill – Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
- A. Cort Sinnes – Quicksilver
- Leslea Wahl – Where You Lead
- C.R. Stewart – Britfield and the Lost Crown
- Susan Brown – Twelve
- J.T. Blossom – The Tunes of Lenore
- James M Roberts – The Crossroads of Logan Michaels
- Sandra L Rostirolla – Cecilia Futuris
- Kristina Bak – Nowever
- Zachry Wheeler – Max and the Multiverse
- V. A. Givens – Sealed with a Twist
- Tom Edwards – The Honourable Catherine
- Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
- David Patneaude – Fast Backward
- John Middleton – Dillion & The Curse of Arminius
Good luck to all!

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction?

These entries are now in competition for 2019 Dante Rossetti 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.

We are now accepting entries into the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for YA Fiction.
As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
November 7, 2019
The 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction–the Long List for the CIBAs
The CHAUCER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The CHAUCER Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2019 CHAUCER 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.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2019 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- James Conroyd Martin – Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
- Gail Avery Halverson – The Skeptical Physick
- William S. Roberts – Hatchepsut, Female Falcon Over Egypt
- Susanne Dunlap – Listen to the Wind
- JC Corry – The Storyteller’s Reputation
- K.M. Pohlkamp – Shadows of Hemlock
- E. L. Diamond – The Wolf of God
- Linda Cardillo – Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
- Alexander Geiger – Flood Tide: An Epic Novel of the Greek Invasion of Persia
- Stephanie Renee dos Santos – Cut from the Earth
- Cryssa Bazos – Severed Knot
- Kate Murdoch – The Orange Grove
- June Hall McCash – Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
- Michelle Toohey – Dark Madonnas
- Catherine Mathis – Death in Coimbra
- Patricia J. Boomsma – The Way of Glory
- Brianna Nichole – The High Priestess and the Half-Blood Prince
- A.L.Cleven – 26.2
- C. K. Ruppelt – From Darkness – A Novel of the Ancient Roman World
- Alexandrea Weis – Realm
- F. Scott Kimmich – The Magdalene Malediction
- Susan Heldt Davis – The Mother’s Tale
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
- Vince Pantalone – Incident on the Road to Canterbury
- Robert Cole – The Falcons of Gebtu
- Anna Belfrage – The Cold Light of Dawn
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2019 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction?

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.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2020 CHAUCER Book Awards for pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020. The 2020 winners will be announced in April 2021.

As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
August 29, 2019