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The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Denise Ditto Satterfield on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the GERTRUDE WARNER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GERTRUDE WARNER Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to all!

  • Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon
  • Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
  • J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, Book 1 of The Mer-Prince Adventures
  • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
  • Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
  • Jay Spenser – The Phantom Airplane Mystery
  • Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck: Keeper of the Meadow

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

Fishing for Luck

by Murray Richter

Fishing for Luck Cover

Fishing for Luck Grand Prize Badge

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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The 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today! 

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!