The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – the Semi-Finalists for the SOMERSET Division of the 2020 CIBAs

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The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards?

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST to the 2020 SHORT LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS. 

Congratulations to the following titles who have advanced to the 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS!

  • Susan Dobson – Boomerang
  • Sara Stamey – Pause
  • R Barber Anderson – Jumeau
  • Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights
  • Candi Sary – Magdalena
  • Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
  • T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
  • Patrick M. Garry – The Donor
  • Katherine Johnson – Grit & Granite
  • Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
  • Catherine Hamilton – Victoria’s War
  • Pierce Koslosky Jr. – A Week at Surfside Beach
  • John Danenbarger – Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise
  • Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
  • Dan V. Jackson – Rainbow Bridge
  • Kathleen M. Rodgers – The Flying Cutterbucks
  • Abbe Rolnick – Founding Stones
  • Liana Gardner – Speak No Evil
  • Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers
  • Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
  • Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
  • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
  • Joanne Kukanza Easley –Sweet Jane

NOTE: Some titles have been transferred to the Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire, Allegory, Humor, and Alternative Histories (non-SciFi).

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction. 

The 2020 CIBA FINALISTS will be announced at VCAC 21, April 22 – 24, 2021. 

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction?

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

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We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Somerset Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is November 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

Please click here for more information.

Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

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