2019 Overall Chanticleer Best Book Award Annual Grand Prize $1,000.00

More than $30,000 in cash and prizes awarded annually! 

And no, you do NOT have to be present to win! But, it is a lot more fun!

I recently attended the Mystery Writers of America Sleuthfest Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. Excellent presentations and a great group of talented writers. The agents and editors in attendance (all from well-known publishers and agencies) were not only familiar with Chanticleer Writing Competitions, but they were also clearly impressed that my mystery, Blood on a Blue Moon, is a semi-finalist in the Murder and Mayhem category. Gave me a huge helping of cred and opened more than a few doors.

Thanks a gazillion, Chanticleer!!! Jes

Jessica H. Stone, PhD   jessicahstone.com

The  Chanticleer International Book Awards program is challenging but rewarding!

• Winning and placing in a Chanticleer writing contest will help promote your work and your author platform.
• Gives you something to post about, something to encourage interactions from followers as they congratulate you and re-share your accomplishments.
• Win badges for your website, and reviews to add to your book cover design, to help your book stand out when readers are making that all important purchasing decision.
• Show potential readers, agents, publishers that your book has passed a test of quality and readability that can help your book jump off the shelves at bookstores and increase book sales or open doors to agents and publishers.
• Contest submission deadlines help you meet your deadlines for your publishing goals.
• Finalists and winners get active promotion from Chanticleer across our social media platforms and our high traffic website, as well as our mail list of thousands.
• Join our Chanticleer family – form relationships and bonds with other winners, especially if you attend our Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala where winners gather from all over the world.
• Just plain have fun!

Laura Wolfe, author of BARN SHADOWS 

 I discovered Barn Shadows has been shortlisted in the Chanticleer Paranormal Book Awards! It was a thrilling boost to learn that my little book made it through the slush pile and onto the shortlist. Even if it doesn’t win first place (the winner will be announced on April 21st), the fact that it made it onto the shortlist of twelve books provided me with much-needed validation. Additionally, letting potential readers know that a book has been nominated gives an author something new to promote and might encourage readers to choose one book over another. With over 2,000,000 books published each year, every advantage counts…These awards do more than just boost an author’s ego. They provide validation, encouragement, recognition, and differentiation in an industry that is so often full of negativity and rejection. I encourage other indie authors to enter their books in whatever writing competition is appropriate for them.

Book Awards for Novels – published and unpublished manuscripts

• The Chanticleer Genre Writing Competitions for Novels & Manuscripts. The entry fee is $99 per submission per category. Members of the The Roost, a Chanticleer Online Community may enter for $75 per entry.  (Little Peeps  entries are $55). Entries compete for book awards at the following levels: First in Category, Genre Grand Prize, and Chanticleer Grand Prize. (Cash awarded, see contest for details)

Winning a book award is an effective way to distinguish your work in the eyes of readers, agents, and publishers.

What are you waiting for?

Enter today for your chance to add a book award to your marketing toolkit.

Your book could be a winner!