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Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Western, Pioneer, & Civil War Historical Fiction and First Nation Novels. The Laramie 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, the wild west, pioneering, Civil War, North American History, and First Nation Novels. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

The 2020 LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Janet Oakley 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 LARAMIE Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

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

Congratulations to all!

  • Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Trouble the Water, a Novel  
  • Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen 
  • James Kahn – Matamoros 
  • Daniel Greene – Northern Wolf
  • David Fitz-Gerald – She Sees Ghosts? The Story of a Woman Who Rescues Lost Souls 
  • Gerry Robinson – The Cheyenne Story   
  • J.B. Richard – Jesse   
  • Mike Shellenbergar – Quail Creek Ranch 
  • Mike Shellenbergar – Refuge 
  • J. Palma – The Chaffee Sisters   
  • Fred Dickey – Days of Hope, Miles of Misery – Love and Loss on the Oregon Trail

     

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LARAMIE Awards is:

      Rebecca Dwight Bruff for

      Trouble the Water, a Novel

      Cover of Trouble The Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

      Blue and Gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for the 2020 Laramie Awards awarded to Rebecca Dwight Bruff's Trouble the Water, a Novel

      The 2021 LARAMIE 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 2022 LARAMIE Book Awards are open until the end of July. 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.