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The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).
Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.
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 eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure we will put them to the test and choose the best Middle-Grade Books among them. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SHORTLIST.
These titles have been Shortlisted for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Fiction
- Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails
- Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
- Jason Burrell – Ricky and the Abnormals
- Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
- Pastel Gwendolyn Schway – Empire of Embers
- Laura Gerhardt Schonberg – Joker
- Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
- Gregory Saur – Best Shot Forward
- Molly Valentin – Francie is Afoot!
- Wendy Leighton-Porter – The Shadow of the Witchfinder
- Ian C Douglas – The Particle Beast
- Carolina Ugaz-Moran – Aline and the Blue Bottle
- Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
- Jay Spenser –The Phantom Airplane Mystery
- Tricia L McDonald – The Sally Squad: Pals to the Rescue
- Carmela Dutra – Little Katie and the STEAM Team
- Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon
- John Middleton – Dillion and The Skeleton Hall
- William X. Adams – Alien Body
- Catherine M. O’Connor – Throwing the World
- Alison Rice – Chasing Snow
- Frank Saraco – Life in the Grand Pause
- Suzanne Lowe – The Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket
- Richard Groseclose – Henry Castlewaite and the Portrait of Doom
- Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
- Julie Lavender – Mrs. Amazing and The Seed
- Andres Faza – Hishi-mochi in the Sky
- Kling – CLI- The Colt
These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction.
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers?
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.
We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Gertrude Warner Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.
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As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.
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