The Official List of the Chanticleer 2013 Grand Prize Winners of the Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions

We are excited and honored to have announced the the grand prize award winners at the Inaugural Chanticleer Authors Conference’s  Awards Banquet held on Saturday, Sept. 20th, 2014 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

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The Chanticleer Grand Prize Award 2013 for
Overall Best Book:

The Prodigal by Michael Hurley

Michael Hurley was awarded the $1,000.00 Grand Prize Cash Award and the gorgeous Chanticleer Grand Prize Blue Ribbon along with his digital badge and golden stickers.

Photo: Elaine Dillon

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The Chanticleer Genre Grand Prize 2013 Winners are as follows:

The Cygnus Grand Prize for SciFi and Fantasy Fiction 2013 was awarded to: 

Virtues of War
by Bennett Coles

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The Journey Grand Prize Ribbon for Narrative Non-fiction 2013 was awarded to:

 More Faster Backwards, Rebuilding David B
by Christine Smith

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The M&M Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction 2013 was awarded to:

Fatal Induction
by Bernadette Pajer

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The Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Ribbon for YA Fiction 2013 was awarded to:

The Borealis Genome
by Thomas P. Wise and Nancy Wise

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The Chaucer Grand Prize Ribbon for Historical Fiction 2013 was awarded to:

Propositum
by Sean Curley

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The Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon for Western, Pioneer, Civil War Fiction 2013 was awarded to:

Unbroke Horses
by Dale B. Jackson

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The Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon for Women’s Fiction and Romantic Fiction 2013 was awarded to:

Choices
by Kate Vale

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The CLUE Grand Prize Ribbon for Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Fiction was awarded to:

Raggedy Man

by Clyde Curley

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The Paranormal Grand Prize Ribbon for Paranormal/Supernatural Fiction was awarded to:

The Watcher
by Lisa Voisin

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The Somerset Grand Prize Ribbon for Literary, Contemporary, & Mainstream Fiction was awarded to:

Individually Wrapped
by Jeremy Bullian

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Now this is something to CROW about!

We invite you to read the Chanticleer editorial book reviews of these stellar works. The reviews will be published on our website and in the Chanticleer Reviews online magazine. If they are not currently posted, they will be coming soon!  

We are currently accepting works into the CBR International Blue Ribbon Writing Competitions.