The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Magic, Steampunk and Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. Our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward  from the 2024 OZMA Book Awards Short list to the SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• K.N. Salustro – A Whisper from the Edge of the World
  
• Susannah Dawn – Search for the Armor of God
  
• Helen Garraway – Sentinals Banished
  
• James McKenna – An October’s Journey: Poe’s Final Gift
  
• Roxana Arama – The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
• Jenn Lees – Of High Kings and Mages: Arlan’s Pledge Book Three
• Curt Locklear – Treasure and Murder In Ireland
• Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
• Charles Allen – A Graveyard of Ships
• Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle – An Unexpected Hero
• Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods
• Kolton Fitz-Gerald – Leon Sharp: The Scourge of Night
• Kolton Fitz-Gerald – Leon Sharp: The Tides of War
• Alan B. Gibson – Summer Storm (Magic at Myers Beach, Book 2)
• J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
• Susan Wands – High Priestess an Empress, Book Two, Arcana Oracle Series
• R. M. Krogman – Liberation
• James Malone – The Song of Theodore-Return to Rainbow Gardens
• Ross Hightower & Deb Heim – Desulti
• Erin Lark Maples – A Circle of Stars
• Evette Davis – The Others
• M.D. House – Crossroads of Awakening Memory
• Ryan Schuette – A Seat for the Rabble
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Serpent’s Spell
• S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
• Logan D. Irons – Oaths of Blood
• Prue Batten – The Red Thread
• S.G. Blaise – Meddling Mages
• W.B.J. Williams – Johnny Talon and the Goddess of Love and War
• T.E. MacArthur – A Place of Fog and Murder
• Shami Stovall – Academy Arcanist
• J.A. Nielsen – The Claiming
• David Scidmore – Aylun

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

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Ozma Grand Prize Winner and Overall Grand Prize Winner

A Vengeful Realm

By Tim Facciola

Click here to see the full list of 2023 OZMA Book Award Winners for Fantasy Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!