Chanticleer Book Reviews is honored to announce the First Place Category Winners for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 for Suspense and Thriller Novels, a division of Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.
The CLUE Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The First Place Category Winners will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala held in late September 2015.
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Congratulations to The CLUE FIRST PLACE Category 2014 Award Winners:
- Historical: Rachel B. Ledge for The Red Ribbon
- Romantic Suspense: Mimi Barbour for Special Agent Francesca
- International Intrigue/World Events: Lawrence Verigin for The Dark Seed
- Contemporary Mystery/Suspense: Pamela Beason for The Only Clue
- Private Eye/Noir: Keith Dixon for The Bleak
- Police Procedural: Jode Susan Millman for The Midnight Call
- Spy/Espionage: Michelle Daniel for The Red Circle
- Psychological Thriller: Rebecca Nolen for Deadly Thyme
- Cozy/Amateur Sleuth: JoAnn Basset for I’m Kona Love You Forever
- True Crime: Gayle Nix Jackson for Orville Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film
Honorable Mention: Susan Holmes, Deadly Ties, A Waterside Kennels Mystery
CONGRATULATIONS!
To view the 2014 CLUE Finalists whose works made it to the short list, please click here.
Good Luck to the CLUE First Place Category Winners as they compete for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position!
The 1st Place Category Winners compete for the CLUE AWARDS 2014 GRAND PRIZE position. The 2014 CLUE category winner was announced at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala in September 2015. See the Grand Prize Winners.
The deadline for The CLUE Awards 2014 was September 30, 2014.
The deadline for The CLUE Awards 2015 is September 30, 2015.
GRAND PRIZE Overall CLUE Awards 2013 Winner is:
Clyde Curley for Raggedy Man
To view the 2013 CLUE Award Winners, please click here.
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Thank you so much! I’m humbled and more than thrilled and speechless and well, not altogether speechless, but hopping around yelling “yippee” probably doesn’t count much either. THANK YOU!!
This was a wonderful surprise. I’m floating!! Thanks so much…
Hi Mimi, I do hope that you will make it down to the awards ceremony and the Chanticleer Conference. Congratulations!
Woo Hoo! (I’m so classy) 🙂
Ooo! Congratulations to Mimi Barbour! for 1st place romantic suspense. Special Agent Francesca is knocking it out of the park.
I am honored to have my debut novel “The Serpent’s Disicple” make the finalists list! It’s been an amazing journery.
Thank you so very much! I’m so excited that a book about my grandfather is garnering such great awards! Thank you for him. Thank you for me!
Well thank you very much! Delighted to be in such esteemed company!