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The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset 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 contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Short List to the 2021 Somerset Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. The Finalists will be chosen 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 the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Somerset Book Awards program for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

  • Ben Sharpton – The Awakening of Jim Bishop: This Changes Things
  • Adrian Spratt – Caroline
  • Linda Stewart Henley – Waterbury Winter
  • M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met
  • Anne Pfeffer – Binge
  • E. A. Coe – The Other Side Of Good
  • Margaret Ann Spence – Joyous Lies
  • Suzanne Kamata – The Baseball Widow
  • Vicki Volden – All the After
  • Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
  • Ruthie Stevens – You Can’t Blame the Flower
  • V.N. Writer – Who Stole My Hula Hoop?
  • Teng Rong – Brilliant White Peaks
  • Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
  • Ruth Hull Chatlien – Katie, Bar the Door
  • Dawn Newton – The Remnants of Summer
  • Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
  • Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
  • Sarah E Zilkowski – Beasts of War
  • Vanessa Carlisle – Take Me With You
  • Richard C. Brusca – In the Land of the Feathered Serpent
  • Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
  • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Café
  • Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
  • Sandra Vasoli – The Masterpiece Pursuit
  • Suzanne Simonetti – The Sound of Wings
  • John Hansen – Old Water
  • Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
  • John Hansen – Badger Creek
  • Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
  • Sue Phillips – You Oughta Know
  • Chera Thompson & NF Johnson – A Time to Wander
  • Cara Sue Achterberg – Blind Turn
  • Susan Lynn Solomon – Dancing Backwards
  • Debra Whiting Alexander – A River for Gemma
  • Anne Moose – House of Fragile Dreams
  • Jane Ward – In the Aftermath
  • Drema Drudge – Victorine
  • Malcolm Spicer – Freedom from Privilege
  • Rick Lenz – Hello, Rest of My Life
  • Gene Helfman – Beyond the Human Realm
  • Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things
  • Roberta Seret – Love Odyssey
  • Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
  • Florence Reiss Kraut – How to Make a Life: a novel
  • Susannah Marren – A Palm Beach Scandal
  • Mekiya Walters – Ashes, Ashes

    These titles and their authors will compete to advance to the FINALISTS Positions of the 2021 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. Good Luck to All!

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Somerset Awards is

    Gregory Erich Phillips

    for A Season in Lights

    Cover for A Season in Lights by Gregory Erich Phillips

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Somerset Winner Badge for A Season in LIghts by Gregory Erich Phillips

    Click here to see the 2020 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary 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.

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