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The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, and Short Story Collections and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction.

After several years of requests, the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards program now offers a division for Short Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction in 2020. Since it is a new division, we are still ironing out the proverbial wrinkles. However, it has proven to be quite popular, so we will continue to offer it in our book awards program. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

The 2020 SHORTS Book Awards Finalists and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Sharon Anderson on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

SHORT STORIES and NOVELETTES 

Historical Fiction (Chaucer/Goethe/Laramie/Hemingway) 

  • Kristie Clark – Dragon of the Sea
  • Vali Benson – Blood and Silver 
  • Grendolyn Soleil – Snow Dust and Boneshine: The Chronicles of Granny Witch
  • Marina Osipova – From Stalin with Love

Mystery & Suspense  (M&M/Clue)

    • J. J. Clarke – Dared to Fly 
    • Alan E. Fleischauer – Sherlock and the Tiger 
    • Joanne Jaytanie – Twice As Bad, Miss Demeanor, P. I.  Series

    Out of This World Fiction – Speculative Fiction

    • Robin Lee Lovelace – Savonne, Not Vonny 
    • Alexandrea Weis – Sisters of the Moon 
    • Matilda Scotney- Joy In Four Parts
    • Sarena Ulibarri – Inviting Disaster
    • Grendolyn Soleil – Snow Dust and Boneshine: The Chronicles of Granny Witch

      Contemporary/Literary/Satire (Somerset/Mark Twain) 

      • Susan Lynn Solomon – Reunion
      • V. P. Evans – N
      • V.P. Evans – W
      • Michelle Rene Magee – Danielle’s Inferno
      • Dennis M. Clausen – The Accountant’s Apprentice 

      Chatelaine

      • Joanne Jaytanie – Christmas Chemistry, Forever Christmas in Glenville, Book 3
      • Vicki Batman – Raving Beauty
      • Gail Meath – Fire Blossom 
      • Joanne Jaytanie – P.I. I LOVE YOU,  Miss Demeanor, P.I. Book I

       

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories is:

      Robin Lee Lovelace for

      Savonne, Not Vonny

      Cover of Savonne, Not Vonny by Robin Lee Lovelace

       

      FINALISTS for SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS are: 

      • Pierce Koslosky Jr. – A Week at Surfside Beach 
      • Lindy Ryan – Dead of Winter 
      • Janet Oakley – Hilo Bay Mystery Collection
      • Sean Thomas Dwyer – Voices I Hear
      • Susan Lynn Solomon – T’was the Season
      • Abbe Rolnick – Tattle Tales: Essays and Stories Along the Way

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is:

      Pierce Koslosky Jr. for

      A Week at Surfside Beach

      The cover of A Week at Surfside Beach by Pierce Koslosky Jr

      The 2021 SHORTS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2021 SHORTS Book Awards are open until the end of December. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.