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We are deeply honored and excited to continue to announce the 2021 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) with our second of three official postings.

The winners were recognized at the CIBA ceremony held on June 25th, 2022 In-Person and broadcast live via ZOOM at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

 

The CIBA announcements were made LIVE with Chanticleerians flying in and watching from around the globe and North America.

We cheered on the CIBA winners with our drink of choice, whether in-person or Virtual!

Btw, Kiffer’s favorite Champagne!

We want to thank all of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 25 CIBA Divisions. Without your labors of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist. THANK YOU!

A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

 

We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2021—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division. The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

This post will recognize the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards.

For the Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards, please click here for Part 1.

For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Book Awards, place click here for Part 3

Coveted Chanticleer Blue Ribbons!

We are honored to present the

2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards

Grand Prize Winners 

The 2021 CIBA Winners! 

 


 

Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

The LARAMIE Book Awards for

American, Western, Pioneer, Civil War, and First Nation Novels

The Grand Prize Winner is

TOM SAWYER RETURNS by E.E. Burke

 


The Chaucer Awards for Historical Novels

The CHAUCER Book Awards for

Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 

Grand Prize Winner is

Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

 

TOO SOON THE NIGHT by James Conroyd Martin

Too soon the night cover

 

  • John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane – Olympia: The Birth of the Games
  • Janet Wertman – The Boy King
  • Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things
  • Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
  • Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
  • James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas

Post 1750s Historical Fiction Award

The GOETHE Book Awards for

Post-1750’s Historical Fiction 

Grand Prize Winner is

After the Rising Goethe Grand Prize Badge

AFTER THE RISING by Orna Ross

After the Rising Cover

 

  • Ron Singerton – The Refused
  • Drema Drudge – Victorine
  • Lee Hutch – Molly’s Song
  • Adele Holmes, M.D. – Winter’s Reckoning
  • Mike Jordan – The Freedom Song
  • Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus

Ernest Hemingway looking off to the right

The HEMINGWAY Book Awards for

20th Century Wartime Fiction

Grand Prize Winner is

EO-N Hemingway Grand Prize Badge

 

EO-N by Dave Mason

EO-N Cover

 

  • Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Far On The Ringing Plains
  • Marian Exall – Daughters of War
  • Marina Osipova – Too Many Wolves in the Local Woods
  • Richard Alan Schwartz – The Soldier: A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
  • Jerena Tobiasen – The Emerald, Book II of The Prophecy    

 

Romance Fiction Award

The CHATELAINE Book Awards for

Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction

Grand Prize Winner is

The Long Desert Road Chatelaine Grand Prize Award Badge

 

THE LONG DESERT ROAD by Alex Sirotkin

The Long Desert Road Cover

 

  • Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
  • Valerie Taylor – What’s Not Said — A Novel
  • Evie Alexander – Highland Games
  • Kana Wu – No Secrets Allowed
  • Emma Lombard – Discerning Grace
  • John W. Feist – The Color of Rain

 

The MARK TWAIN Book Awards

for Humor and Satire

Grand Prize Winner is

Certified Mark Twain Grand Prize Badge

 

CERTIFIED by Roger Wilson-Crane

Certified Cover

 

Blue and Gold Mark Twain First Place Winner Badge for Best in Category

  • Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
  • Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
  • Lou Dischler – My Only Sunshine: Getting Straight with the Bomb
  • Andy Becker – The Kissing Rabbi: Lust, Betrayal, and a Community Turned Inside Out
  • Anne Pfeffer – Binge  

The SOMERSET Book Awards

for Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction

Grand Prize Winner is

Lies in Bone

 

LIES IN BONE by Natalie Symons

Lies in Bone Cover

 

Blue and Gold Somerset First Place Winner Badge for Best in Category

  • Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
  • Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
  • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
  • Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
  • Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
  • Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
  • M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met

 


Congratulations to ALL!

We will email each winner with more information about their prize packages and more information.

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Not seeing your Division? Try the links below!

For the Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards, please click here for Part 1.

For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Book Awards, place click here for Part 3

And the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE for the 2021 CIBAs!

Stay Tuned for Part 3 which will announce the Overall Grand Prize Winner!

We are now accepting entries into the 2022 and 2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Click here for more information and submission deadlines: https://www.chantireviews.com/contests/

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please email us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com — We will try our best to respond within 3 business days.

Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 2021 CIBA Winners! – The Chanticleer Team