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  • The Little Peeps 2023 Book Awards Winners for Early Readers and Children’s Books

    Early Readers and Picture booksThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

     1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Gail Noble-Sanderson on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner.

    Little Peeps 1st Place Best in Category Blue and Gold Badge Image

    Congratulations to the FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS of the Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers and Children’s Picture Books, a division of the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast

    • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish

    • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden

    • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta

    • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans

    • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve

    • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans

    by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, and Jessica Alexanderson

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Little Peeps Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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

    To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    NOTE:  We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    Team Chanticleer! 

  • The 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Finalists for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Early Readers and Picture booksThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Semi-Finalists for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers Short List to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards Semi-finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
    • Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
    • Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
    • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
    • Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
    • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
    • Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
    • K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
    • Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
    • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
    • Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
    • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
    • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
    • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
    • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
    • Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
    • Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
    • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
    • Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song

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

     

    Blue and Gold badge for the finalists of the Little Peeps awards for early readers

    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.

    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

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Ravens Roost 

    by Maggie Bates

    Raven's Roost CoverThe Little Peeps 2022 Grand Prize Badge for Ravens Roost by Maggie Bates

    See the Full List of 2022 Winners here

    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.

    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.

     

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Early Readers and Picture booksThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Semi-Finalists for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers Short List to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards Semi-finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
    • Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
    • Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
    • Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
    • Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
    • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
    • O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
    • Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
    • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
    • Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
    • Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
    • Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
    • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
    • Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
    • Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
    • Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
    • K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
    • Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
    • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
    • Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
    • Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
    • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
    • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
    • Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
    • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
    • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
    • Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
    • Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
    • Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
    • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
    • Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
    • Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
    • Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
    • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
    • Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
    • Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
    • Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits

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

    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.

    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 to the next rounds of judging.

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Ravens Roost 

    by Maggie Bates

    Raven's Roost CoverThe Little Peeps 2022 Grand Prize Badge for Ravens Roost by Maggie Bates

    See the Full List of 2022 Winners here

    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.

    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.

     

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards Finalists for Middle Grade Fiction

    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 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are the FINALISTs of the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Sue C Dugan – SOS
    • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
    • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
    • V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
    • Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
    • Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
    • Malinda Andrews – Awaken
    • Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
    • Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
    • Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
    • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
    • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
    • Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
    • Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
    • L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
    • Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
    • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
    • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
    • Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
    • Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
    • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

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

    Blue and Gold badge for finalists of Gertrude Warner Awards 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.

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

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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

    MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

    by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

    Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner's book Mystery Force Volume 1 took home the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Award

    See the Full List of Gertrude Warner 2022 Winners here!

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open now! Enter here!

    See all 25 of our CIBA Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Short List for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Early Readers and Picture booksThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers Long List to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards Short List. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Little Peeps Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Michele L. Sayre – The Unluckiest Leprechaun by Far (Happy Tails)
    • Ginger Smith – The Magic Blanket
    • Cheryl Carpinello – Grandma Tales 3: Vampires in the Backyard and A Fish Tale
    • Janet Earnest-Jenkins – Hoppin’ Hankaroo-Zoo Adventure
    • Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
    • Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
    • W. B. Murph – Molly’s Miracle
    • TK Sheffield – Nellie’s Island, a tiny filly from a small farm earns her “filly esteem” while working among giant draft horses on Mackinac Island
    • Michael Dow, RN, MS – Nurse Florence® for Beginning Readers: Help, I’m Bleeding!
    • Joy K. Ball – Winnie’s Christmas Treasure Hunt
    • Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
    • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – Liam & Little Tail
    • Cynthia C. Huijgens – Polar Bear and the UFO
    • Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
    • Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
    • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
    • O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
    • Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
    • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Carolyn Wild – Jacob Sheep: Do You Have A Little Lamb?
    • Michele L. Sayre – The Not So Funny Bunny (Happy Tails)
    • Carolyn Wild – I Like Ducks: All Year Long
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
    • Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
    • Katrina Johnson – Captain Patch and the Treasure of the Sea Gods
    • Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
    • Miki Taylor – Bentley’s Fantabulous Idea
    • Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
    • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
    • Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
    • Tzuri King & Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed the War Over
    • Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
    • Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
    • K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
    • Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
    • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
    • Carolyn Wild – This Kitten; Has Blue Eyes
    • Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
    • Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Mr Moon Mr Moon
    • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
    • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
    • Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
    • TK Sohal and Ms. Raman Kaur – Twin Adventures
    • Lori Keenen Smith – Lorlee and the Light
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – What Little Girls Can Do!
    • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
    • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
    • Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
    • Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
    • Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
    • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
    • Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
    • Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
    • Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
    • Dominique Ellis – The Wisdom Tree: A Father’s Love
    • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
    • Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
    • Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
    • Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits

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

    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.

    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 to the next rounds of judging.

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Ravens Roost 

    by Maggie Bates

    Raven's Roost CoverThe Little Peeps 2022 Grand Prize Badge for Ravens Roost by Maggie Bates

    See the Full List of 2022 Winners here

    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.

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

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

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

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

     

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Middle Grade Fiction

    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 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Short List to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Tomás Pérez-Zafón – Trotter and the Twins: The Magic of Imagination
    • Sue C Dugan – SOS
    • Gregory Saur – Drowning Hate
    • Jenna L. Campbell – Camp Silversand and the Lost Heart of the Lake
    • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
    • Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
    • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
    • V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
    • Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
    • Malinda Andrews – Awaken
    • Marsha Klopmeier Tufft – The Buoyancy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures, Book 2
    • Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
    • Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
    • Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
    • Eileen Hobbs – Under the Golden Rain Tree
    • Caryn Rivadeneira – Frankinschool (Book 1): Monster Match
    • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
    • Maxine Rose Schur – The Word Dancer
    • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
    • Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
    • Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
    • Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
    • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
    • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
    • Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
    • L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
    • Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
    • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

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

     

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

    MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

    by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

    Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner's book Mystery Force Volume 1 took home the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Award

    See the Full List of Gertrude Warner 2022 Winners here!

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open now! Enter here!

    See all 25 of our CIBA Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The CIBAs 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Short List

    The CIBAs 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Short List

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

    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 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Long List to the 2023 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 (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 20th, 2024, in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    The 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Short List

    • Tomás Pérez-Zafón – Trotter and the Twins: The Magic of Imagination
    • Sue C Dugan – SOS
    • Gregory Saur – Drowning Hate
    • Jenna L. Campbell – Camp Silversand and the Lost Heart of the Lake
    • Gabriel Bietz – The Adventures of Arya and Krishna Betta Fish
    • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
    • Hans Ness – Rolo the Pet Earthling
    • Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
    • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
    • V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
    • Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
    • Malinda Andrews – Awaken
    • Marsha Klopmeier Tufft – The Buoyancy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures, Book 2
    • Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
    • Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
    • Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
    • J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: The Dark Messengers
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
    • Eileen Hobbs – Under the Golden Rain Tree
    • Caryn Rivadeneira – Frankinschool (Book 1): Monster Match
    • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
    • Maxine Rose Schur – The Word Dancer
    • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
    • J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest
    • Paisley Summer – The Butterfly Nebulae
    • Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
    • David Nos – Kordan The Wizard
    • Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
    • Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
    • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
    • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
    • Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
    • Lynne Howard – Dylan Dover: Into The Vortex
    • L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
    • Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
    • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

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

    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.

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

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

    MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

    by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

    Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner's book Mystery Force Volume 1 took home the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Award

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Long List for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Early Readers and Picture booksThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers entries to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Little Peeps Shortlist. 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 (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Michele L. Sayre – The Unluckiest Leprechaun by Far (Happy Tails)
    • Ginger Smith – The Magic Blanket
    • Cheryl Carpinello – Grandma Tales 3: Vampires in the Backyard and A Fish Tale
    • Janet Earnest-Jenkins – Hoppin’ Hankaroo-Zoo Adventure
    • Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
    • George M. Johnson – Sophia’s Secrets
    • Donna L. Huntriss – Bowerbirds!
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
    • Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
    • W. B. Murph – Molly’s Miracle
    • Hugh Pittman – Chika’s Mysterious Phone
    • TK Sheffield – Nellie’s Island, a tiny filly from a small farm earns her “filly esteem” while working among giant draft horses on Mackinac Island
    • Michael Dow, RN, MS – Nurse Florence® for Beginning Readers: Help, I’m Bleeding!
    • Joy K. Ball – Winnie’s Christmas Treasure Hunt
    • Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
    • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – Liam & Little Tail
    • Cynthia C. Huijgens – Polar Bear and the UFO
    • David Lane – I Have Questions, Lots and Lots of Questions: A True Story of Christmas
    • Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
    • Miranda Sada – Wings of Glitter
    • Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
    • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
    • O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
    • Grace Wolf – May I Sit At Your Table?
    • Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
    • Victoria Smith – Tuxedo Baby and His Annoying Cousins
    • Liana Somerset – Detective Buster Cuffs: Catching the Treat Snatcher
    • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Carolyn Wild – Jacob Sheep: Do You Have A Little Lamb?
    • Michele L. Sayre – The Not So Funny Bunny (Happy Tails)
    • Carolyn Wild – I Like Ducks: All Year Long
    • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
    • Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
    • Katrina Johnson – Captain Patch and the Treasure of the Sea Gods
    • Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
    • Miki Taylor – Bentley’s Fantabulous Idea
    • Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
    • Johnny Marfia – Marco & Me
    • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
    • Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
    • Tzuri King & Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed the War Over
    • Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
    • Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
    • K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
    • Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
    • Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
    • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
    • Carolyn Wild – This Kitten; Has Blue Eyes
    • Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
    • Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Mr Moon Mr Moon
    • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
    • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
    • Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
    • Carolyn Wild – Big Dogs Little Dogs: On The Farm
    • TK Sohal and Ms. Raman Kaur – Twin Adventures
    • Lori Keenen Smith – Lorlee and the Light
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – What Little Girls Can Do!
    • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
    • Geraldine Moran and Illustrated by Daniella Banco – The Moon Child
    • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
    • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
    • Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
    • Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
    • Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
    • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
    • Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
    • Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
    • Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
    • Dominique Ellis – The Wisdom Tree: A Father’s Love
    • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
    • Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
    • Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
    • Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Ravens Roost 

    by Maggie Bates

    Raven's Roost CoverThe Little Peeps 2022 Grand Prize Badge for Ravens Roost by Maggie Bates

    See the Full List of 2022 Little Peeps Winners here

     

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Books. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The CIBAs 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Long List

    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 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction entries to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 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 (CAC24).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20st, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    The 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Long List

    • Tomás Pérez-Zafón – Trotter and the Twins: The Magic of Imagination
    • Sue C Dugan – SOS
    • Carrie Sword – The Gospel of the Reindeer
    • Gregory Saur – Drowning Hate
    • Jenna L. Campbell – Camp Silversand and the Lost Heart of the Lake
    • Gabriel Bietz – The Adventures of Arya and Krishna Betta Fish
    • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
    • Hans Ness – Rolo the Pet Earthling
    • Jason Colpitts – Corrine and the Secret Mountain Colony
    • Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
    • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
    • V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
    • Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
    • Malinda Andrews – Awaken
    • Marsha Klopmeier Tufft – The Buoyancy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures, Book 2
    • Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
    • Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
    • Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
    • J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: The Dark Messengers
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
    • Mel Sobolewski – Second Chances Moonlight Mile Ranch
    • Eileen Hobbs – Under the Golden Rain Tree
    • Caryn Rivadeneira – Frankinschool (Book 1): Monster Match
    • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
    • David Swindell – The Wonderful Friendship
    • Maxine Rose Schur – The Word Dancer
    • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
    • Nikita Kapoor – Pack of the Lost – The Uninviting Forest
    • J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest
    • Paisley Summer – The Butterfly Nebulae
    • Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
    • Rae Marsh – Love, Maggie-Chronicles of 3rd Grade
    • David Nos – Kordan The Wizard
    • Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
    • Ryan OBrien – Adventures Through the Magic Portal
    • Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
    • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
    • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
    • Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
    • Lynne Howard – Dylan Dover: Into The Vortex
    • L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
    • Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
    • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

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

    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.

    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

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

    MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

    by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

    Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner's book Mystery Force Volume 1 took home the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Award

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • ROHAN And NYRA And BIG SISTER’S BET by Anthony C. Delauney – Children’s Money & Savings Books, Picture Books, Children’s Educational Books

     

    Continuing his series of important financial lessons told through fun stories, Anthony C. Delauney teaches readers about greed and gambling in Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet.

    Rohan eagerly waits for his big sister to return home from school for the weekend. Nyra brings home a challenge for Rohan in the form of a game. For every catch of the ball, Rohan will earn one dollar, but if he drops the ball at any point, he will lose it all. Rohan has tons of fun catching the ball over and over, thinking of all the things he will be able to buy with each added dollar. Will Rohan decide to keep the game going even when he becomes tired, or will he stop while he is ahead? Read Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet to find out!

    The lesson at the heart of the story is an important one, for children and adults alike. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of taking risks.

    Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet highlights the importance of thinking through your decisions. Of course, one must sometimes take risks, but should do so thoughtfully.

    With illustrator Chiara Civati’s whimsical artwork and Deluaney’s simple yet attention-grabbing rhyming, Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet is a children’s book not to miss! Check out the other books in the series: Dash and Nikki and the Jellybean Game and Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work.

     

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