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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 Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

The 2020 SOMERSET Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner were announced by Gail Noble-Sanderson 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 SOMERSET Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

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

Congratulations to all!

  • Sara Stamey – Pause
  • Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights 
  • Candi Sary – Magdalena
  • Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
  • T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
  • Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
  • Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
  • Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
  • Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
  • Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers

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

Gregory Erich Phillips for

A Season in Lights

Cover for A Season in Lights by Gregory Erich Phillips

Blue and Gold Grand Prize 2020 Somerset Winner Badge for A Season in LIghts by Gregory Erich Phillips

The 2021 SOMERSET 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 SOMERSET Book Awards are open until the end of November. 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.