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CHANTICLEER INT'L BOOK AWARDS - The CIBAs How it All Works: So you want to win the $1,000 cash prize for the Chanticleer International Book Awards Book Overall Grand Prize Best Book Award! We offer 25 Divisions of the CIBAs! 18 fiction divisions and 7 non-fiction divisions First, select the genre. Then select the category within the genre. Each genre book award has at least five categories in which you can win a 1st Place Category Ribbon package The Chatelaine Awards for Romance and Romantic Fiction The Somerset Awards for Contemporary, Literary & General Fiction including adventure, magic realism, and women's fiction The Laramie Awards for Western, Pioneer & Civil War, North American Western Fiction The Chaucer Awards for Early Period Historical Fiction: Pre-historic, Ancient, Dark Ages, Medieval, Renaissance, and World History The Goethe Awards for Late Period Historical Fiction: Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, turn of the century, and World History The Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction. The Mystery & Mayhem Awards (M&Ms) for Cozy Mystery Novels including amateur sleuth, adventure, caper, romantic suspense, and more The Clue Awards for Thriller and Suspense Novels: Crime, Police Procedural, Medical Procedural, Legal Procedural, detective, private eye, spy, espionage Global Thriller Awards for Lab Lit, Extreme Global Suspense, and James Bond type "end of the world" fiction. The Little Peeps Awards for children's literature and storybooks The Gertrude Warner Fiction Awards - Middle-Grade Fiction books, early chapter books The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young [...]

Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Writing Contest 2013 - The Clue Awards  Currently accepting entries. Deadline: July 31st, 2013. Enter Now The Clue  First Place Award Winning Authors  will receive: Award winning books will be placed on the Chanticleer Book Shelves (which sell and promote the winning titles). Our CBR Book Shelves are located in participating Independent Book Stores across the U.S. A coveted Chanticleer Book Review A CBR Blue Ribbon embossed with the Contest Name, Author Name, and Book Title to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals Digital award stickers for on-line promotion Adhesive book stickers Shelf-talkers and other promotional items Promotion in print and on-line media Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter The Clue Awards Categories are: Romantic Suspense Cozy/Amateur Sleuth Professional Sleuth Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Historical Mystery Mystery Caper/Adventure Mystery Crime Private Eye/Noir Legal/Medical/Police Procedural Each work submitted will be judged on the following criteria: Is the story compelling Professionalism of editing and formatting Characterization Continuity of story-line Satisfying ending (not necessarily “happy”) Intriguing opening Uniqueness of story Writing Craft Red Herrings Clues The Clue Awards - Published  Mystery Novels Division Eligibility Requirements Novels may be Self-published, Indie Published or Traditionally Published. E-pubbed Novels with ISBN designation will be accepted in the published division. All novels must have ISBN designation. Entries must be in the English language. Please note if BSE (British Standard English) is used instead of ASE. No erotica. No graphic violence, please. We are looking for [...]

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The Journey Awards for  Narrative Non-fiction Blue Ribbon Awards Writing Contest - 2014 Currently accepting entries. Deadline: January 31st, 2014; Two Divisions: Self-published, Indie Published, Traditionally Published Division and Completed Manuscripts Division Enter Now The Journey Awards First Place Award Winning Authors  will receive: Award winning books will be placed on the Chanticleer Book Shelves (which sell and promote the winning titles). Our CBR Book Shelves are located in participating Independent Book Stores across the U.S. A coveted Chanticleer Book Review A CBR Blue Ribbon embossed with the Contest Name, Author Name, and Book Title to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals Digital award stickers for on-line promotion Adhesive book stickers Shelf-talkers and other promotional items Promotion in print and on-line media Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter And the 1st Place Award winners will automatically be entered into the GRAND PRIZE AWARD for title of  The Best of the CBR Award Winning Books of 2013! The Journey Awards Categories are: Travelogue Experiences  Global Enlightenment Culinary/Hobby Experiences Volunteer Experiences True Action/Adventure An Era Memoir (Ex. "Larkrise to Candleford" by Flora Thompson) Personal Journey The Journey Awards for Published Narrative Non-Fiction  Division Eligibility Requirements Book may be Self-published, Indie Published or Traditionally Published. E-pubbed books will be accepted in this division if they have ISBN/AMZN Designation. All books must have ISBN designation. Entries must be in the English language. Please note if BSE (British Standard English) is [...]

Contemporary & Mainstream Novel Writing Contest 2013 – The Somerset Awards  Accepting entries beginning July 15, 2013. Deadline: October  31st, 2013. Enter Now The Somerset First Place Award Winning Authors will receive Award winning books will be placed on the Chanticleer Book Shelves (which sell and promote the winning titles). Our CBR Book Shelves are located in participating Independent Book Stores across the U.S. A coveted Chanticleer Book Review A CBR Blue Ribbon embossed with the Contest Name, Author Name, and Book Title to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals Digital award stickers for on-line promotion Adhesive book stickers Shelf-talkers and other promotional items Promotion in print and on-line media Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter Categories: Genre blending encouraged! Surprise us!  Each work submitted will be judged on the following criteria: Is the story compelling Professionalism of editing and formatting Characterization Continuity of story-line Satisfying ending (not necessarily “happy”) Intriguing opening Uniqueness of story Writing Craft Freshness -  is it new and notable The Somerset Awards – Published  Contemporary & Mainstream  Novels Division Eligibility Requirements Novels may be Self-published, Indie Published or Traditionally Published. E-pubbed Novels with ISBN designation will be accepted in the published division. All novels must have ISBN designation. Entries must be in the English language. Please note if BSE (British Standard English) is used instead of ASE. No erotica. No graphic violence, please. Young Adult Novels are accepted. We invite you to read about CBR’s [...]

Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Writing Contest 2013 - The Clue Awards  Currently accepting entries. Deadline: July 31st, 2013. Categories: Romantic Suspense Cozy/Amateur Sleuth Professional Sleuth Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Historical Mystery Mystery Caper/Adventure Mystery Crime Private Eye/Noir Legal/Medical/Police Procedural Each work submitted will be judged on the following criteria: Is the story compelling Professionalism of editing and formatting Characterization Continuity of story-line Satisfying ending (not necessarily “happy”) Intriguing opening Uniqueness of story Writing Craft Red Herrings Clues The Clue - Published  Mystery Novels Division Eligibility Requirements Novels may be Self-published, Indie Published or Traditionally Published. E-pubbed Novels with ISBN designation will be accepted in the published division. All novels must have ISBN designation. Entries must be in the English language. Please note if BSE (British Standard English) is used instead of ASE. No erotica. No graphic violence, please. We are looking for true cozy novels. Young Adult Novels are accepted. We invite you to read about CBR’s Dante Rossetti Awards for YA. Copyrighted works before Dec. 31, 2009 will not be accepted. Fees, Submission Forms and Novel must be received before July 31, 2013 midnight. Please read our Terms and Conditions page aka The Fine Print. Novels must be 30,000 plus words. You may enter in more than one category. However, each entry must be accompanied by the entry fee. You may enter more than one novel into a given contest. If none of the entries place in the final round, then it is possible that the judges will not award a 1st Place winner [...]

Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media has very little fine print aka "Terms and Conditions" for our Writing Contests and Book Awards. You must be over 18 years of age to enter Chanticleer Book Reviews writing competitions. COPYRIGHTS: Authors and Publishers retain sole rights to any works submitted to Chanticleer Reviews writing contests and competitions. Simple. We are not a publisher. We do not acquire the  publish rights of winning titles. Although, publishers and literary agents are interested in knowing about our winning titles and authors. REVIEW PRIZES: Grand Prize and 1st Place Category winners  prior to the  2020 CIBAs will receive a review of the winning title. If a manuscript was submitted, then it may be reviewed when the work is ready to publish. After the 2022 CIBAs, only the Fiction and Non-Fiction Grand Prize Winners will receive an Exclusive Chanticleer Book Review Package and Author Interview along with e-newsletter and social media promotion (Valued at $795). The Overall Grand Prize Winner for Best Book will receive all of this plus a $1,000 cash prize. CBR retains the right to publish our reviews of winning titles and any no-fee reviews. If the winning title has been previously reviewed by Chanticleer Reviews, a refund will not be given, but a transfer for another title by the same author will be made available Awarded Grand Prize Review Packages are non-transferable and are valid only for the award winning author. It may take up to a year to receive the [...]