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Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter Books

The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of middle-grade readers, fiction and non-fiction, that compel children to read and explore. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

Named in honor of the author of the quintessential children’s series – The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about eight to twelve. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Adventure. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

(For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.)

The 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peggy Sullivan on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to all!

  • Robert C. Feol – A Journey to Mouseling Hollow   
  • Kelly Oliver – Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter
  • Catherine Grangaard – A Fairy’s Tails    
  • Poem Schway – The Infinity Pendant
  • Ruthy Ballard – Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
  • Ben Gartner – The Eye of Ra
  • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
  • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie Goes to the Moon

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

Kelly Oliver for

Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

Cover of Kassy O'Roarke Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver

Blue and Gold badge for the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner in Middle Grade Fiction, Kelly Oliver for Kassy O'Roarke, Cub Reporter

The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today! 

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.