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Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. The Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 

 

Congratulations to the M&M 2020 Semi-Finalists!

Congratulations to these authors for their works that advanced from the 2020 M & M Book Awards Short List!

  • Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
  • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies    
  • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
  • Sigrid Vansandt – A Ghost’s Tale
  • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
  • Cindy Sample – Dying for a Double       
  • Elaine Orr – Demise of a Devious Suspect
  • D.R. Ransdell – Substitute Soloist
  • P.K. Adams – Silent Water
  • Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
  • Kate Vale – Unanswered Questions
  • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
  • Maria Ostrowski – Yet From Those Flames No Light
  • Prudence Ambergast – The Mystery at Fig Tree Hall
  • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
  • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery        
  • Traci Andrighetti – Galliano Gold
  • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
  • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kegs
  • Rita M Boehm – Missing on Maple Street
  • Mark Daniel Seiler – Shave Ice Paradise
  • Nicole Asselin – Murder at First Pitch
  • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
  • Mary Alice Kressler – Not So Silent Night
  • Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
  • Lucinda Brant – Deadly Kin: A Georgian Historical Mystery
  • Carl and Jane Bock – The White Heron
  • Molly Flewharty – Short Line to Death
  • Betty Jean Craige – Saxxons in Witherston 

Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 M&M Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy Mystery Novels. 

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

     

    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

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