The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (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. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2023 CIBAs OZMA division.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Ozma Fantasy Fiction entries to the 2023 Ozma Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Ozma Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the FINALIST positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners winners will be selected from the CIBA Finalists. Grand Prize Winners will be chosen from the First Place Winners.

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

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

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

The 2023 OZMA  Long Listers!

• Derek Wachter – Crete
• Ben G. Price – Ogden
• Leisl Kaberry – Titanian Awakenings: Shadow of Darkness
• Jenn Lees – The Quest: Arlan’s Pledge Book Two
• Philip Carlisle – Surviving Eros Book II
• Kathleen Stone – Heatherstone
• Nicholas Varner – Seasons of the Blue Pearl
• Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm: Book One: The Scales of Balance
• L.R. Braden – Of Mettle and Magic
• A.S. Norris – The Wayward Mage: The Adventures of Jack Wartnose
• A.S. Norris – The Forbearing Mage: The Adventures of Jack Wartnose
• Lilla Glass – The Unseen
• Ross Hightower – Argren Blue
• John Diaz – Rogues of the Crosslands: Azoria’s Blade
• Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
• Amber Kirkpatrick – Until the Rising
• Charles Allen – The Order of the Red God
• Jaime Castle & Andy Peloquin – Black Talon
• Crystal D. Grant – Shadowcast
• Ekta R. Garg – In the Heart of the Linden Wood
• L.L. Gray – Shadows and Relics
• Richard C. Brusca – The Time Travelers
• AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Sahon
• D. K. Willis – The Unexpected
• Celaine Charles – Seam Keepers
• McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
• D.A Mucci – Ignatius and the Battle at Dinas Affaraon
• David V. Mammina – The Angels of Resistance
• Dale Griffin – The Last Lion of Karkov
• Jonathan Uffelman – Book of Leprechauns: The Lore Gatherers
• PM Black – The Solar Realm – Silver Slayer
• K.M.Messina – Gemja – The Message
• Omayra Vélez – Ultima Skylar
• PJ Devlin – The Chamber
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
• L. Ryan Storms – Temper the Dark
• Alex B. Harper – Of Light and Nightmares: The Ashes of Magic Trilogy, Volume I
• S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada

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 OZMA Awards is:

Soar a Burning Sky

By Steven Michael Beck

The 2023 OZMA 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 2024 OZMA Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!