The Mystery & Mayhem Awards ~ Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery Novel Book Awards ~2024
The search for 2025's best Cozy & Not-So-Cozy Mystery Fiction Books
Deadline Sept 30th, 2025
ENTER TO WIN the 2024 CIBA Overall Grand Prize of $1,000 USD for Best Book
or the 2025 M&M Book Awards Division Grand Prize plus other prizes including an Exclusive Chanticleer Book Review Package and Author Interview
More than $30,000 in prizes, promotions, services, and awards for Finalists, 1st Place Category Winners and Division Grand Prize Winners!
Enter to WIN the M&M Grand Prize of an Exclusive Chanticleer Book Review Package and Author Interview along with e-newsletter and social media promotion (Valued at $795) Exclusive for only CIBA Division Grand Prize Winners!
PLUS Additional prizes, services, and awards for FINALISTS, 1st Place Category Winners and Division Grand Prize Winners!
1st Place Category Positions will take home blue ribbons and prize packages, digital badges, & more!
The Finalists will be recognized on stage at the CIBA ceremony and will be eligible for prize packages & services, digital badges, etc.
Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring "mystery and mayhem", amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British 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)
The entry fee is $99 for Non-Members and $75 for The Roost at Chanticleer members per entry per category.
Email Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com for membership information or click here for more info about this exciting new Members-Only Community:
Prizes to be won: The 2025 M&M Division Grand Prize Winner will win the coveted Blue Ribbon and an Exclusive Chanticleer Book Review Package and Author Interview ($795 Value)
- The M&M Grand Prize Winner is named Chanticleer Reviews Best Cozy Mystery Fiction Book of the Year, and goes on to compete for the Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize Best Book of the Year
- The Overall Grand Prize Winner is named Chanticleer Reviews Best Book of the Year, and awarded the $1000 prize
- All Finalists will be recognized at the 2025 CIBA banquet and ceremony and the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference
- All First in Category Winning Titles will go on to compete for the Mystery & Mayhem (aka M&M) Grand Prize
- All Winners receive a Chanticleer Prize Package which includes a coveted ribbon and a whole assortment of goodies detailed below (winners outside the US pay a shipping & handling fee)
Approximately $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes each year! The Fine Print.
~$1000 for one lucky Overall Grand Prize Winner
~ Exclusive Chanticleer Book Review Package and Author Interviews for 25 Grand Prize Winners (valued at $795)
Currently accepting entries. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025.
What are you waiting for? Enter today!
The 2023 M&M Grand Prize Winner is A HAUNTING at LINLEY by Michelle Cox
Click here for the Full List of 2023 M&M Winners
The Chanticleer Prize Package includes:
- A Prize Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
- Digital Badges for display on your website or incorporation into book covers
- Book stickers to identify your print books to book store shoppers as they browse
In addition to all the ribbons and badges and cash awards we will be showering you with, you will also receive a powerful promotional boost from Chanticleer Reviews, with:
- Your name and book title announced on our high traffic website at the finalist stage, the category winner stage, the genre grand prize stage, and the overall grand prize stage, depending on how far you go in the competition
- Corresponding social media announcements of your contest advancements
- Corresponding newsletter announcements to our sizable email list
- If your winning title is reviewed by Chanticleer, it's review will be published in our Chanticleer Reviews Magazine
- Your book may also be seen and noticed by agents, publishers, Hollywood producers, and others within the publishing and entertainment industry who see our contests as a way to spot new and upcoming talent and original story ideas
The M&M Awards Categories are:
- Romantic Suspense
- Mystery Caper/Adventure
- Amateur Sleuth
- Classic/British Cozy
- Historical Mystery
- Animal Mystery
- Small Town Cozy Mystery
Each work submitted will be judged on the following criteria:
- Is the story compelling?
- Professionalism of editing and formatting
- Characterization
- Continuity of storyline
- Satisfying ending (not necessarily “happy”)
- Intriguing opening
- Uniqueness of story
- Writing craft
- World construct
- Premise
Eligibility Requirements:
- Novels may be Manuscripts, Self-published, Indie Published or Traditionally Published.
- E-pub,. Word Documents, and PDFs accepted.
- All published novels must have ISBN/ASIN designation, manuscripts are not required to have this designation at the time of submission.
- Entries must be in the English language.
- No erotica. No graphic violence, please.
- Published works before Dec. 31, 2020 will be disqualified.
- Novels must be 60,000 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 any division.
- Default winners will not be declared. CIBA Book Awards programs are based on merit and writing craft.
- Digital Files must be submitted in PDF or Word DOC format.
- Fees and Digital File must be received before September 30, 2025 midnight PST.
- Please read our Terms and Conditions page aka The Fine Print. Prizes and Award Packages may change without notice. By entering your work, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions.
Helpful Links
The entry fee is $99 for Non-Members and $75 for Chanticleer Community Members per entry per category. Email Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com for membership information or click here:
Previous Winners:
Click here for a list of ALL previous CIBA winners organized by Year
If you have any questions or concerns, please email: info@ChantiReviews.com
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