The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Long List to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 20th, 2024, in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

The 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Short List

• Tomás Pérez-Zafón – Trotter and the Twins: The Magic of Imagination
• Sue C Dugan – SOS
• Gregory Saur – Drowning Hate
• Jenna L. Campbell – Camp Silversand and the Lost Heart of the Lake
• Gabriel Bietz – The Adventures of Arya and Krishna Betta Fish
• Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
• Hans Ness – Rolo the Pet Earthling
• Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
• Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
• V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
• Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
• Malinda Andrews – Awaken
• Marsha Klopmeier Tufft – The Buoyancy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures, Book 2
• Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
• Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
• Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
• J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: The Dark Messengers
• Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
• Eileen Hobbs – Under the Golden Rain Tree
• Caryn Rivadeneira – Frankinschool (Book 1): Monster Match
• Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
• Maxine Rose Schur – The Word Dancer
• Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
• J.T. Tenera – Erift’s Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest
• Paisley Summer – The Butterfly Nebulae
• Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
• David Nos – Kordan The Wizard
• Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
• Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
• Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
• Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
• Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
• Lynne Howard – Dylan Dover: Into The Vortex
• L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
• Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
• Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today! 

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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