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The 2021 MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor and Satire – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
The Mark Twain Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire. The Mark Twain Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Mark Twain Humor and Satire Fiction Long List to the 2021 Mark Twain Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Mark Twain Book Awards novel competition for Humor and Satire!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Linda Stewart Henley – Waterbury Winter
- Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- Anne Pfeffer – Binge
- Chief John J. Mandeville – The Admiral of Bolivia
- Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
- Roger Wilson-Crane – Certified
- Barry Robbins – Oh Daddy Chronicles
- Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
- Andy Becker – The Kissing Rabbi: Lust, Betrayal, and a Community Turned Inside Out
- Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
- John Prather – The Jesus Nut
- Lou Dischler – My Only Sunshine: Getting Straight with the Bomb
- M. Funk – The Book of True Believer
- David Perlmutter – Orthicon
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Mark Twain Awards is Charlie Suisman for Arnold Falls

Click here to see the 2020 Mark Twain Book Award Winners for Humor and Satire.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Mark Twain Book Awards for Humor and Satire Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 15, 2022
The 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards for High Stakes Suspense – CIBAs Short List
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in High Stakes Thriller Fiction. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Global Thriller High Stakes Fiction Long List to the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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 (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
- E. R. Barr – Gods In The Ruins: A Vatican Archives Thriller
- Joe McNeil – Confronting the Enemy
- Dimple Patel Desai – The Lambda Factor
- Randall Krzak – Mission: Angola (Xavier Sear Thriller Book 1)
- Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington – Condition Black
- Norman M. Jacobs, MD, – A Divine Wind
- J Lawrence Matthews – One Must Tell The Bees
- Andrew Kaplan – Blue Madagascar
- Ron McManus – The Chameleon
- Kristie Clark – Dragon Clan
- Gordon Bickerstaff – Tears of Fire
- John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
- Roberta Seret – Treasure Seekers
- Kristie Clark – Killing Dragons
- Timothy S. Johnston – Fatal Depth
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards was William Maz for The Bucharest Dossier

Click here to see the 2020 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Global Thriller Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

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Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 15, 2022
The 2021 CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Long List to the 2021 Chatelaine Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25h, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Jayne Castel – Highlander Deceived
- Anna Gomez and Kristoffer Polaha – Moments Like This
- Valerie Taylor – What’s Not Said — A Novel
- Lindy Miller – Aloha With Love
- Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
- Evie Alexander – Highland Games
- M. C. Bunn – Where Your Treasure Is
- A.D. Brazeau – Love Between the Lines
- Chera Thompson & NF Johnson – A Time to Wander
- Brooke Skipstone – Crystal’s House of Queers
- Bobbi Groover – Inside the Grey
- Pierre G. Porter – 49 So Fine
- Elizabeth St. Michel – Surrender the Storm
- Susan Faw – Bone Dragon
- Kana Wu – No Secrets Allowed
- Chris Karlsen – The Ack Ack Girl
- John W. Feist – The Color of Rain
- Edie Cay – The Boxer and the Blacksmith
- Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things
- Frannie James – The Sylvan Hotel, A Seattle Story
- Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
- Adriana Girolami – The Zamindar’s Bride
- Phillip Vega – Searching for Sarah
- Emma Lombard – Discerning Grace
- F. E. Greene – In the Sweet Midwinter
- Kelle Z. Riley – Read My Lips
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHATELAINE Awards is Mary Ting for When the Wind Chimes

Click here to see the 2020 Chatelaine Book Award Winners for Romantic Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 14, 2022
The 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
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 all 2021 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Long List to the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane – Olympia: The Birth of the Games
- B.L. Smith – The Last Golden Light
- Alana White – Medici Man: The Hearts of All on Fire
- Griffin Brady – The Heart of a Hussar
- Leah Angstman – Out Front the Following Sea
- James Conroyd Martin – Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora (The Theodora Duology Book 2)
- Vivienne Brereton – The House of the Red Duke. Book One: A Phoenix Rising
- Virginia Crow – The Year We Lived
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
- Janet Wertman – The Boy King
- Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things
- Edward Rickford – The Bend of the River: Book Two in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
- Tim Schooley – The Wool Translator
- Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
- Gail Meath – Countess Jacqueline
- Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
- Amy Wolf – A Woman of the Road and Sea
- Toni Kief – Saints, Strangers and Rosehip Tea
- Kelly Nichols and Alyn Rockwood – Beyond the Dragonhead
- Ron Destro – The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 CHAUCER Awards is N.L. Holmes for Bird in a Snare

Click here to see the 2020 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 13, 2022
The 2021 HEMINGWAY Book Awards for 20th Century Wartime Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs
The Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works for 20th Century Wartime Fiction. The Hemingway Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Hemingway Book Awards competition is named for Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Fiction Long List to the 2021 Hemingway Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 17 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for 20th Century Wartime Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Judith Berlowitz – Home So Far Away
- Lorelei Brush – Chasing the American Dream
- Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – The Scepter And The Isle
- John Winn Miller – The Hunt for the Peggy C
- Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Far On The Ringing Plains
- Marian Exall – Daughters of War
- Carrie Kwiatkowski – Out of The Woods
- Shanna Hatfield – Sadie
- W. Hock Hochheim – The China Alamo
- Michael J Cooper – Sins of the Fathers
- Marina Osipova – Too Many Wolves in the Local Woods
- Marina Osipova – Push Me Off the Cliff
- Scott A. Porter – Here They Come
- Chris Karlsen – The Ack Ack Girl
- Kathryn Gauci – The Secret of the Grand Hotel du Lac
- Kathryn Gauci – The Blue Dolphin – A WWII Novel
- Dave Mason – EO-N
- Richard Alan Schwartz – The Soldier: A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
- Jerena Tobiasen – The Emerald, Book II of The Prophecy
Good luck to all in the next rounds.
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Click here to see the 2020 Hemingway Book Award Winners for 20th c. WartimeFiction.

The 2020 Grand Prize Winner for the Hemingway Awards is J. L. Oakley for The QUISLING FACTOR

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

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For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 10, 2022
The 2021 GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works 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 before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For 20th century Wartime Fiction, see our new Hemingway Awards here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Goethe Late Historical Fiction Long List to the 2021 Goethe 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 (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finals of the 2021 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
- Andrew Schafer, M.D. – Unclean Hands
- Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
- Margaret Rodenberg – Finding Napoleon: A Novel
- Anna Bullock – The Companion
- Margaret Porter – The Limits of Limelight
- Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
- Paula Butterfield – The Goddesses of Tenth Street
- Adele Holmes, M.D. – Winter’s Reckoning
- Tammy Pasterick – Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash
- Ron Singerton – The Refused
- Alice McVeigh – Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel
- Jodi Lea Stewart – Triumph, a Novel of the Human Spirit
- S. Lee Fisher – Becoming Olive W. – The Women of Campbell County: Family Saga: Book 1
- Drema Drudge – Victorine
- Sophia Alexander – Silk: Caroline’s Story
- Lorelei Brush – Chasing the American Dream
- Lee Hutch – Molly’s Song
- Orna Ross – After the Rising
- Alfred Nicols – Lost Love’s Return
- Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
- Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
- Jenni L. Walsh – A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache
- Dana Mack – All Things That Deserve to Perish
- Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good
- Lori McMullen – Among the Beautiful Beasts
- Mike Jordan – The Freedom Song
- Florence Reiss Kraut – How to Make a Life: a novel
- Kathleen Williams Renk – Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley
- Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus
- J. E. Dyer – Barons
- Judith Berlowitz – Home So Far Away
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Goethe Awards is Linda Ulleseit for The Aloha Spirit

Click here to see the 2020 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
January 30, 2022
The 2021 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – CIBAs Short List 2021
The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2021 CIBAs OZMA division.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Long List to the 2021 Ozma Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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 (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Joseph Riddle – The Seventh Talent
- Susannah Dawn – Battle for the Armor of God
- Jenn Lees – The Crossing. Arlan’s Pledge Book 1
- Susan Chapek – The Scarlet Mantle
- P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
- David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
- PJ Devlin – The Chamber
- Laurel Anne Hill – Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846
- James Priest – Kirins: The Seer of Serone
- Allegra Pescatore – Where Shadows Lie
- Anton Anderson – The Seekers: Soul Ties
- KC Cowan – Asa’s Redemption
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- J.P. Hostetler – Around Curiosity’s Edge: Hidden Meridians
- L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
- G.L. Cramb – Druid Quest: Maegics Heir, Book 1
- Mark A. Alvarez II – Dutybound: Light Wings Epic Vol. 1
- Susan Faw – Heart of Tunise
- Taylor Fenner – Monsters & Mist
- S.J. Hartland – The Last Seer King
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 OZMA Awards was Christpher Russell for Rebirth: Divinity’s Twilight

Click here to see the 2020 Ozma Book Award Winners for Fantasy Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

This will be a HYBRID conference available virtually and in-person with safety protocols in place.

We are offering a flexible Registration Program with Options for today’s challenging times.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!
January 28, 2022
The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards for Americana Fiction Short List – CIBAs 2021
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Laramie Americana Long List to the 2021 Laramie Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The 2021 Laramie Finalists will be selected from the Laramie Semi-Finalists.

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALS of the 2021 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
- Chase Pletts – The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
- Kimberly Burns – The Mrs. Tabor
- Leah Angstman – The Only Way to Cheat a Hangman
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Tommies
- Kalen Vaughan Johnson – Raid of Souls
- Catherine M. O’Connor – Dust Covered Lies
- Michael Eisenhut – Brothers of War, The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg
- Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
- Forest B. Dunning – Death at Lame Deer
- Will Astrike – The Knack and The Skills of Ezra Lacey – Series
- Samantha Specks – Dovetails in Tall Grass
- Kenneth Arbogast – Sorrow Ledge
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Kidnapped
- Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- Betty Willis – Texas Quest
- Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
- George T. Arnold – Wyandotte Bound
- Michael R. Frontani – Dante’s Forge
- Chris Bennett – Road to the Breaking
- Michael L. Ross – Across the Great Divide: Book 2 The Search
- Daniel Greene – Northern Hunt (Northern Wolf Series Book 2)
- Bryan Ney – Absaroka War Chief
Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is Rebecca Dwight Bruff for Trouble the Water, a Novel

Click here to see the 2020 Laramie Book Award Winners for Americana Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Laramie Book Awards for Americana and Western Fiction.

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For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
January 12, 2022
The 2021 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Short List 2021
The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Long List to the 2021 Clue 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 (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Congratulations to the 2021 CLUE Book Awards Short Listers!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Tom Galvin – The Auction
- Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry – The Family Tree
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – The Agency – Tablet of Destiny
- Alicia Dill – Beyond Sacrifice
- Tony Ollivier – The Amsterdam Deception
- J. Luke Bennecke – Waterborne
- Jane Rosenthal – Del Rio
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Exploded, A Buck Taylor Novel
- James A. Ross – Coldwater Revenge
- John Stafford – Call of Vengeance Series, Book 4: A Hand of Vengeance
- T.L. Bequette – Good Lookin’: A Joe Turner Mystery
- Ernesto H Lee – Flawed Beauty
- Amy S. Peele – Match: A Medical Murder Mystery
- Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
- Erik Foge – We Know Your Name
- Kevin G. Chapman – Fatal Infraction (Mike Stoneman Thriller #4)
- Rip Converse – Callie Awakens
- Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things
- D. J. Adamson – Into The Storm
- Roberta Seret – Gift of Diamonds
- Mary Keliikoa – Denied
- Lyle Howard – An Eye For An Eye
- Laurie Buchanan – Indelible: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book One
- Robert Honor – Bogart’s Hat
- Valerie J. Brooks – Tainted Times 2
- Shelley Nolden – The Vines
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Conspiracy: A Buck Taylor Novel
These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging for the Semi-Finalist Level.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 CLUE Awards was Chris Karlsen for A Venomous Love

Click here to see the 2020 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense/Thriller Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Clue Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
January 11, 2022
The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – CIBAs Short List
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The 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 and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. Looking for middle grade contests? Check out our Gertrude Warner Awards.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction Long List to the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalist. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-FInalists of the 2021 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
- Angela Yeh – A Phoenix Rises
- Shadow Bleak – Riot Shield
- B.L. Smith – The Last Golden Light
- M.J. Evans – The Sand Pounder: Love and Drama on Horseback in WWII
- Dan Rice – Dragons Walk Among Us
- Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
- Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
- E.A. Allen – Percy St. John and the Chronicle of Secrets
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- Susan Faw – Bone Dragon
- Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
- Rick Duffy – The Sigil Masters
- Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
- Strider K – Stone (former title: You Rock my Life)
- Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
- Jon Robinson – Sunshine and the Full Moon
- Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
- Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again
- Dennis D. Skirvin – The Treasure of Nonsense Woods
- Kourtney Spadoni – In The Underwood
- Rebecca Danzenbaker – The Color of My Soul
- John Thomas Everett – Aesop’s Fox
- L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
- Shay Siegel – Fractured
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is Dallas Woodburn for The Best Week That Never Happened

Click here to see the 2020 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Literature
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
January 10, 2022