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Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

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 twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. For Middle Grade Fiction check out our Gertrude Warner Awards and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.

The 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peter Greene on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

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

 

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

  • P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
  • Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
  • Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
  • Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
  • Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
  • Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:

TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan

by Blue Spruell

TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Cover

TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Dante Rossetti 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 DANTE ROSSETTI 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 DANTE ROSSETTI 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 your patience and understanding.