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The PARANORMAL 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Supernatural Fiction
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements.

The 2021 PARANORMAL Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner were announced by M.J. Simms-Maddox on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- J. W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls The Strings
- Kaylin McFarren – Annihilation
- K.T. Anglehart – The Wise One
- J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
- Miki Mitayn – The Conscious Virus
- Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10: The Crystal Skull
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards is:

The Devil Pulls The Strings

J. W. Zarek

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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!

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The 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 3, 2022
The 2021 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – CIBAs FINALISTS 2021
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. These books have advanced to the Long List Level of Achievement in the 2021 CIBAs.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Short List to the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards 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 Paranormal Book Awards FINALISTS!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
- Robert Herold – Moonlight Becomes You
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- Catori Sarmiento – But the Wicked Shall Perish
- Elizabeth Crowens – The Time Traveler Professor – Book Three: A War in Too Many Worlds
- J. W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls The Strings
- Kaylin McFarren – Annihilation
- K.T. Anglehart – The Wise One
- JP McLean – Blood Mark
- J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
- Henry Anderson – Cape Misfortune
- Miki Mitayn – The Conscious Virus
- John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
- Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10: The Crystal Skull
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Moon
These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction!

Note: If you are an author who entered sequential titles into a division, we may have moved the latest book into next year’s CIBAs so that it would not be in competition with the earlier book in the series. We also suggest that you check out our Series Book Awards.

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 PARANORMAL Awards was Kaylin McFarren for Soul Seeker

Click here to see the 2020 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural 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.

Save the Dates! June 23 – 26, 2022! 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 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
March 2, 2022
The 2021 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – CIBAs Short List 2021
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. These books have advanced to the Long List Level of Achievement in the 2021 CIBAs.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Long List to the 2021 Paranormal 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 FINALISTS of the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
- Robert Herold – Moonlight Becomes You
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- Catori Sarmiento – But the Wicked Shall Perish
- Elizabeth Crowens – The Time Traveler Professor – Book Three: A War in Too Many Worlds
- J. W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls The Strings
- Kaylin McFarren – Annihilation
- K.T. Anglehart – The Wise One
- AJ Thibault – Ghost Town
- JP McLean – Blood Mark
- J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
- Henry Anderson – Cape Misfortune
- Miki Mitayn – The Conscious Virus
- John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
- Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10: The Crystal Skull
- PJ Devlin – The Chamber
- Susan Lynn Solomon – What’s Past is Prologue
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- D. J. Adamson – Into the Storm
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Moon
These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards novel Supernatural Fiction!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 PARANORMAL Awards was Kaylin McFarren for Soul Seeker

Click here to see the 2020 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural 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.

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 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction – CIBAs Long List 2021
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. These books have advanced to the Long List Level of Achievement in the 2021 CIBAs.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction entries to the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2021 Paranormal 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 (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 SHORT LIST of the 2021 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Kaylin McFarren – Annihilation
- Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
- Robert Herold – Moonlight Becomes You
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- Diamond Ligues – The Bird of Hermes Shall Get its Wings
- Catori Sarmiento – But the Wicked Shall Perish
- Elizabeth Crowens – The Time Traveler Professor – Book Three: A War in Too Many Worlds
- J. W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls The Strings
- K.T. Anglehart – The Wise One
- AJ Thibault – Ghost Town
- JP McLean – Blood Mark
- J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
- Henry Anderson – Cape Misfortune
- Miki Mitayn – The Conscious Virus
- John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
- Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
- Ryan Young – The Shepherd’s Duty
- Susan Lynn Solomon – What’s Past is Prologue
- J.D. Belcher – The Inescapable Consequence
- James G. Robertson – The Ripper
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- D. J. Adamson – Into the Storm
- Jim Gish – Snake Prayers
- Juju – The Costly Wish
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Moon
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 PARANORMAL Awards was Kaylin McFarren for Soul Seeker

Click here to see the 2020 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards for Supernatural 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.

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.
November 16, 2021
The MADWOMAN of PREACHER’S COVE by Joy Ross Davis – Paranormal Ghost Thrillers, Occult Fiction, Witch/Wizard Thrillers

Award-winning author, Joy Ross Davis’ latest work, The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove, ventures beyond the paranormal into the surreal. Like Medusa on a bad hair day, the lives of characters are intertwined and twisted in a snaky snarl of conflicting human desires, terrifying inexplicable events, and the lingering afterlives of ancient, supernatural beings.

Davis gifts us with a 21st-century legend, replete with mythological themes and creatures, and snippets of folklore and superstition melded with documented vagaries of weather, obscure herpetology, and creates a mystical potion worthy of Circe. In other words, Davis gives us a thrilling read!

Rumors about suspicious deaths have put Preacher’s Cove, Alabama, a small, historic town notorious for powerful, killer storms, on the map. Hap Murray, Huntsville’s Channel 12 field reporter, with family ties to the Cove, arrives in town on assignment, armed with only limited knowledge of the town’s history of inexplicable deaths. The rumors speculate that the local pastor may be involved.

Hap meets the beautiful, provocative owner of Cove’s Inn, Libby Arbuckle, when he first arrives. She is a woman with many secrets—a woman with a history. When Libby, along with Chief of Police Riggs, join Hap in the search for the truth, their ensuing relationship proves integral to Hap’s investigation.

During his stay, Hap experiences supernatural events that sometimes make him question his sanity, and he already has issues. Like PTSD, he is plagued by periodic, severe headaches accompanied by fragmented, bizarre visual and auditory hallucinations along with phatomasia, he smells things that are not there, which renders him anxious, fearful, and confused. These are never far from his mind, along with the guilt he feels over losing the love of his life and their child through his own failure to act.

Little does Hap know that the affliction and emotional angst he experiences are pieces of the puzzle he’s challenged to solve. Or, that when Preacher’s Cove welcomes him, a chain of events are triggered that change the shape of residents’ lives forever, in ways that no one could ever predict.

Joy Ross Davis has crafted an eerie, twisted plot where reality is warped—slightly out of focus, keeping the reader off-balance and engaged. The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove satisfies dreamers’ needs for a taste of magic, the desire for good to triumph over evil, and the reassurance of a benevolent all-powerful being that is always available.

The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove won Grand Prize in the CIBAs for Paranormal Fiction.

October 20, 2020
PATH of the HALF MOON by Vince Bailey – Historical Fantasy, Supernatural Thrillers, Historical Thrillers

After being charged with burglary and attempted arson, fifteen-year-old African American boxer, Curtis Jefferson, has been sent to Fort Grant, a juvenile detention area in Arizona in Vince Bailey’s Path of the Half Moon.

All of the creepy stories and whispered warnings about the former US military outpost used by the US cavalry to eliminate the Apache a hundred years ago pale in comparison to the truth Curtis finds there. Curtis faces racism from both inmates and guards, to make matters worse, he is also very aware of the presence of something not of this world. He quickly discovers (though he doesn’t want to admit it) that he is sentient to the fort’s bloody past atrocities. As the site where Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches were slaughtered, the fort seems to be a crossroads where past and present meet. From mournful coyotes to hundreds of circling vultures, Curtis can’t escape the strange visions and events inside and outside the fort. When he attracts the unwanted attention of Harvey Huish, an inmate with unusual abilities, Curtis creates a powerful enemy bent on revenge and humiliation.

A major theme of the novel is the power of language.

It appears in numerous aspects of the plot from the Apache cursing the white man’s cunning use of his complicated and deceitful tongue to Randy’s appreciation of Howard Cosell’s elevated vocabulary. The frame-story technique within the novel establishes the concept of storytelling and the influence of words. Curtis’s story is narrated by Vince, Curtis’s new friend, who relays it to the reader at the same time Curtis is telling him. As a natural-born storyteller, Curtis is the storyteller in town, and Vince sees the story as a treasure, a jewel, that Curtis has seen fit to share with him and thus sees himself as somehow honored in receiving the tale. Vince values the story as more than just words; it makes him more significant for having heard it. Though the story is unbelievable at times, Curtis does what all great storytellers do – he creates a suspension of disbelief, granting the listener the right to believe, to feel that “[a]ll things are possible,” an idea repeatedly given by various characters within the story. Through the telling, Curtis finds solace in giving his outlandish tale an authentic voice.

The theme of language also appears later in the character of Will Farnsworth, Harvey’s tortured attorney. As the newest and most talented attorney in the firm that represents the Huish family, Will has been given the unachievable task of pacifying Harvey during his imprisonment at Fort Grant. Like many lawyers, Will uses words in “purposed profusion,” trying unsuccessfully to befriend Harvey and later intimidating him with language. He attempts to use his words as weapons, rather than tools for communication, a failure which leads to his enslavement to the abhorrent Harvey.

Another aspect of the novel is the blurring of time.

The sinister fort itself is one part of this theme because it seems to exist in two time periods, its tragic past and its purposeful present. Curtis repeatedly sees images of days past that cross into his present-day 1960s. In fact, his first day at the fort, he witnesses a hanging from the Indian uprising days. Later, Curtis crosses this boundary himself and crosses paths with a murdered Apache boy. The Headmaster, Roy Whitcomb, known by all as the Lieutenant, never leaves the fort but is stuck it seems within Fort Grant’s time loop, effectively becoming “the man in the maze,” the Pima tribal emblem. He is forever trapped within the maze’s limitations and obstacles, unable to make the right choices and find his way into the next plane, the gift of a better existence. The very retelling of Curtis’s story symbolizes this blurring of time as well. During the entire story, Vince’s watch remains fixed when Curtis begins his tale, time seemingly suspended along with his disbelief.

Path of the Half Moon won First Place in the CIBA 2018 Paranormal Awards for supernatural novels.

August 23, 2020
The SHORTLIST for the PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural and Paranormal Fiction – the 2018 CIBAs
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural , weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman) , magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards!

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALIST positions of the 2018 PARANORMAL Book Awards novel competition for Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. SHORTLISTERS please click here to access the digital badge and for information about book stickers.

The Official 2018 PARANORMAL Book Awards SHORTLIST List!

Congratulations to:
- Christine Grabowski – Dickensen Academy
- T. L. Augury – Witches Brew
- Vince Bailey – Path of the Half Moon
- K.A. Banks – Anthesteria
- A. P. Caruso – Open Clarity
- Gina Detwiler – Forsaken
- Lydia Staggs – Zera
- Jeny Heckman – The Sea Archer
- Nick Korolev – The 13th Child
- Franklin Posner – Suburban Vampire Ragnarok
- Linda Watkins – Storm Island: A Kate Pomeroy Mystery
- Elaine Williams Crockett – Do Not Ask
- M. Goldsmith and A. Malin – The House of Fire
- London Clarke – The Meadows
- Joy Ross Davis – Peaches and Lace
- Joy Ross Davis – Countenance
- C.A. Larmer – Do Not Go Alone (A Posthumous Mystery 2)
- Anne Francis Scott – Lost Souls
- Gurpreet Kaur Sidhu – Storm: It’s a curse to remember
- Claudia Herring – Obsessions of a Djinni
- C.A. Larmer – Do Not Go Gentle
- Joy Ross Davis – The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove
- D.B. Sieders – Raising the Dead
- Olivia Bernard – The Balance and the Blade
- Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mr. Hitchcock
- Andrea Murray – Something New
Information about the #CIBAs Long Lists and Short Lists and Announcement Rounds.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2018 Long List (aka the Slush Pile Survivors) to the Shortlist. We incorporate the Long List when the judges request an additional round of judging to accommodate the number and/or quality of entries received. These entries are now Shortlisted and are in competition for the 2018 PARANORMAL SemiFinalist positions. The Semi-Finalists positions will compete for the coveted First Place Category Winners of the 2018 PARANORMAL Book Awards.

Grand Prize Ribbons!

The 2018 First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize winners will be announced at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony that will be held during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Ceremony and Banquet.

All Shortlisters and SemiFinalists will be acknowledged at CAC19.

The First Place Category winners will automatically be entered into the PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The 16 CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse. First Place Category and Grand Prize Awards will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Awards Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, Bellingham, Washington.
January 29, 2019
What Goes Bump in the Night? October Spotlight on the PARANORMAL Awards, of course…by Sharon Anderson, Horror Writer
October isn’t just for OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction

… October helps us answer the burning questions, What’s under the bed? Who’s hiding in the closet? Is our house built on a graveyard? Is that a ghost or did you just poke holes in the new set of sheets? Did you just say ‘ALIEN’?

Here we settle in on my favorite time of the year.

Every October, poor Ichabod Crane races through Sleepy Hollow, fearing for his head. We carve out Jack O’Lanterns and set them burning on our porches to light the way for trick or treaters. We decorate our homes in spider webs and skeletons and all sorts of creepy crawlies. Now is the time of year we binge on all things haunted, possessed, inexplicable, unseen.

Why?

Because we are thrilled by the experience of riding high on candied apples and candy corn and relish being frightened – just a little – especially when we know the thing we’re frightened of is just a story, some tale we tell over and over at this time of year. Because this is the season when it’s perfectly acceptable to scream.

We’re ready. Are you?

Welcome to the PARANORMAL Book Awards!

Send us your stories of dark places, alien abductions, magic and magical beings, the supernatural, vampires & werewolves, angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, weird otherworldly tales… and gothic horror stories. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards – the CIBAs.

But don’t wait too long. The deadline for the Paranormal Awards is October 31, 2018. Enter here, and don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Travel with me through the Paranormal Awards Hall of Fame…

The 2017 PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize for Supernatural Fiction is awarded to:

Van Ops – The Lost Power is a story in which “Alexander the Great’s obscure Egyptian weapon has been lost for eons. Can Maddy Marshall and covert agent Bear Thorenson find the ancient weapon in time to stop fragile post-Cold War peace from being forever shattered?”

Avanti Centrae is the author of the international award-winning VanOps thriller series. Her work has been compared to that of James Rollins, Steve Berry, Dan Brown, and Preston/Child’s Pendergast series.

2017 Paranormal Book Awards First Place Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:
- Willow’s Discovery by Joanne Jaytanie
- Virtuous Souls by Pamela LePage
- Rea by Lydia Staggs
- A Pocketful of Lodestones, Time Traveler Professor Book 2 by Elizabeth Crowens
- Dark Water by Chynna Laird
The 2016 PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize:

Almost Mortal “Blending the high-octane thrust of a contemporary legal thriller with the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “Almost Mortal” cleaves a new, inventive niche in the legal thriller genre. This fast-paced legal thriller will leave the reader hungering for more. A terrific read!”

Christopher Leibig is a novelist and a criminal defense attorney. He thinks about Fiction like this…”Fiction, while by its definition invented, need not tell that lie. In fiction, the devil is everywhere. And everyone has their story.”

2016 Paranormal Book Awards First Place Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:
- Archidamus by Janet K. Shawgo
- The Well by Colleen Golden
- Raven’s Redemption by John D Trudel
- Corralling Kenzie, Book 4 of The Winters Sisters by Joanne Jaytanie
The 2015 PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize:

The Aurora Affair (retitled as Mobius) “… is a story about a skeptical heroine who discovers that her love affairs
are the key to harnessing her own power to influence the world—for better if she does it right, or for worse if she fails.”

Carolyn Haley “… is a freelance writer and editor who lives in rural Vermont. I write a mix of commercial copy, articles for regional and national publications, and edits diverse projects in fiction and nonfiction.” She writes award-winning novels in her spare time.

2015 Paranormal Book Awards First Place Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:
- Shaila Patel – Soulmated
- Paula Cappa – Greylock
- Diana Green – Bronze Fox
- Kayla Hampton – The Assassin
- Gail Siler, Ph.D. – Decoding the Butterfly Promise
- Sabina Khan – Realm of the Goddess
- Karen Musser Nortman – The Time Travel Trailer
- Andy Kutler – The Other Side of Life
- D.L. Koontz – Edging through the Darkness
- K. J. McPike – XODUS (Souls Untethered Saga, Book 1)
- Michael Schmicker – The Witch of Napoli
- Gothic: K.C. Finn – The Book of Shade
- Linda Watkins – Return to Mateguas Island
- Aphrodite Anagnost & Robert P. Arthur – Passover
The 2014 PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize:

An Ex to Grind in Deadwood is a wickedly funny paranormal mystery romance series that takes place in its namesake city in South Dakota.

Ann Charles, USA Bestselling Author

Ann Charles “…lives in the beautiful Northern Arizona mountains with her clever husband, charming kids, and an incredibly sassy cat. After many years and several colleges, she managed to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington.”

2014 Paranormal Book Awards First Place Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:
- Stephen Cost for The Fall
- Linda Watkins for Mateguas Island
- Norman L. Johnson for Disappeared
- John Trudel for Raven’s Run
- Alan Burke for Jesse
- D.L. Koontz for Crossing into Mystic
- Lisa Voisin for The Angel Killer
- Nikki Broadwell for Just Another Sunset
- Jennifer Kohout for Storm
- Sara Stamey for Islands
The 2013 PARANORMAL Book Awards Grand Prize:

The Watcher is a story where “…ancient history is only the beginning.”

Lisa Voisin “… spent her childhood daydreaming and making up stories, but it was my love of reading and writing in her teens that drew her to Young Adult fiction.”

2013 Paranormal Book Awards First Place Winners for Supernatural Fiction Novels are:
- Spirit Legacy by E.E. Holmes
- Poe, Nevermore by Rachel M. Martens
- The Immortal American by L. B. Joramo
- The Dream Jumper’s Promise by Kim Hornsby
- Montana Mustangs by Danica Winters
- The Third Option by Ben A. Sharpton
- Witch’s Malice by David Hutchison
- Dancing on the Dark Side by Mairin Fisher-Fleming
2012 1st Place Winner in the Paranormal Awards,

Sacred Fires is a well written and crafted romantic paranormal novel with elements of intrigue and suspense along with a story set in a lush locale with mystic Aztec undercurrents. Greenfeder has succeeded in writing a fast-paced romantic suspense novel that is refreshingly different.

Catherine Greenfeder “… continues to pursue her dream of getting her work published. To date, she has had five novels including a western historical, two adult paranormal novels, and two young adult paranormal novels published. She anticipates a few short stories and another young adult novel published in the near future.”

Who will win the PARANORMAL Book Awards Blue Ribbons for 2018?

Submit your works today!

The last day for submissions into the 2018 Paranormal Book Awards is August 31, 2018.

Click here for more information and submission form!

Don’t Delay! Enter Today!
October 25, 2018
The PARANORMAL Awards for Supernatural Fiction 2016 First Place Category Winners
The Paranormal Awards Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

Congratulations to the 2016 Paranormal Awards First In Category Award Winning Supernatural Fiction Novels:
- Paranormal Award Winning Authors: Joanne Jaytanie, Janet K. Shawgo, and John Trudel
  
  Adventure/Mystery/Thriller: Archidamus by Janet K. Shawgo
- What Lies Beyond: The Well by Colleen Golden
- Strange and Unexplained: Almost Mortal by Christopher Leibig
- Supernatural Powers: Raven’s Redemption by John D Trudel
- Paranormal Romance: Corralling Kenzie, Book 4 of The Winters Sisters by Joanne Jaytanie
CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Leibig, author of the PARANORMAL GRAND PRIZE winner — Almost Mortal!

The 2016 Paranormal Short-Listers competed for these First Place Category Positions. These First Place Category Award Winners’ novels have competed for the Paranormal Grand Prize Award for the 2016 Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. These winners were announced and recognized at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash., on April 1st, 2017.

The First In Category award winning titles will receive an award package including a complimentary Chanticleer Book Review of the winning title, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.

Congratulations to those whose works made the Paranormal Awards 2016 FINALISTS and SHORT-LISTERS lists.

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2017 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Fifteen different genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.

We are now accepting entries into the 2017 Paranormal Awards. The deadline is October 31st, 2017 Click here for more information or to enter.

More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to the 2017 Chanticleer Novel Writing Competition winners! Fifteen different genres to enter your novels and compete on an international level.
April 6, 2017
PARANORMAL Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction 2016 Short List (Semi-Finalists)
These titles are in the running for the 5 First Place Book Awards for the 2016 PARANORMAL Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

The Paranormal Book Awards Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Writing Competitions.

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other worldly stories, super humans, magical beings and supernatural entities, vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, Fairy, Magical systems and elements, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The First Place Category Positions in the Paranormal Awards are: Adventure/Mystery/Thriller, Paranormal Romance, Magical Beings & Creatures, Strange and Unexplained, and Supernatural Powers.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to FINALISTS LIST and now has moved forward to the SHORT LIST of the 2016 Paranormal Book Awards. They are now 2016 Paranormal Semi-Finalists as they compete for the limited First Place Category Positions of the 2016 Paranormal Book Awards in the last rounds of judging.

Congratulations to these authors for their works moving up from the 2016 Paranormal Finalists to the Short List (Semi-Finalists). These novels will now compete for the First Place Category Positions!
- Angella Cormier & Pierre C Arseneault – Oakwood Island
- Derek Swannson – Crash Gordon and the Illuminati Underground
- Alex E. Carey – Fire’s Love
- Jessie Kwak – Shifting Borders
- John D Trudel – Raven’s Redemption
- Ian M. Smith – Trace
- Janet K. Shawgo – Archidamus
- Joanne Jaytanie – Corralling Kenzie, Book 4 of The Winters Sisters
- A.M. Manay – She Dies at the End (November Snow Book 1)
- Carl S. Plumer – Shadows of Death
- Harper L. Jameson – The Spirit
- Ben Sharpton – 2nd Sight
- Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian
- Christopher Leibig – Almost Mortal
- Colleen Jiron/Colleen Golden – The Well
All Short Listers in attendance to CAC17 will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

Good Luck to all of the Semi-Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category positions.

The PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 PARANORMAL Awards Book Awards writing competition. Please click here for more information.

More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners! Enter today!
February 11, 2017