Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the Cygnus Awards 2013, a genre division of the Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Award Writing Competitions.

Sci-Fi Fantasy ContestsThe Cygnus Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Mythological, and Steampunk fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer Book Reviews Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Competitions.

First Place Overall Genre Winner for the Cygnus Awards 2013 is:

Bennett R. Coles, Virtues of War

First Place Category Winners for the Cygnus Awards are:

Science Fiction: Citadel 7, Earth’s Secret by Yuan Jur

Military Sci-fiction: Virtues of War by Bennett R. Coles

Young Adult/Steampunk: The Lotus Effect by Bridget Ladd

Paranormal: Celia’s Heaven by Nancy Canyon

Mythological: Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota

Women’s Fantasy/SciFi: The Maiden Voyage of the Mary Ann by Linda Reed

Fantasy: Ragnarok: Demon Seed by E. Bishop

  • All First Place Category winners of the Cygnus Awards 2013 competed for Overall 1st Place for the Cygnus Awards.
  • 1st Place Overall Genre winners went on to compete for the position of Chanticleer Book Reviews Grand Prize Blue Ribbon 2013.
  • The deadline for submitting entries to the Cygnus Awards 2013 was Jan. 31, 2013, midnight.
  • The deadline for The Cygnus Awards 2014 was Jan. 31, 2014.
  • The deadline for The Cygnus Awards 2015 is Jan. 31, 2015.

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media retains the right to not declare “default winners.” Winning works are decided upon merit only. Please visit our Contest Details page for more information about our writing contest guidelines.

CBR’s rigorous writing competition standards are why literary agencies seek out our winning manuscripts and self-published novels. Our high standards are also why our reviews are trusted among booksellers and book distributors.

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