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Book Three of The Bury Down Chronicles is scheduled for release this winter! Cover Artist and Book Designer Tamian Wood is designing the book, and the award-winning voiceover artist Jan Cramer will narrate the audiobook. Editor Vinnie Kinsella has already completed his fantastic work! I am thrilled to have all these professionals collaborating on the publication of The Sisters of the Sorrows Cove and will announce the release date soon!
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The Lady of the Cliffs received the prestigious 2023 Chaucer Award for Dark Age, Medieval, and Renaissance Fiction
Megge of Bury Down has been named a finalist for the 2022 CIBA Chaucer Award, and the Lady of the Cliffs is a finalist in the category of Supernatural Paranormal Fiction.
Winners will be announced at the 2023 gala CIBA banquet and ceremony. Megge of Bury Down was the first-place winner of the 2021 CIBA award for supernatural paranormal fiction.
The book has also been longlisted for the 2022 CIBA Chaucer award for early historical fiction. That award will be announced in May 2023. Megge of Bury Down is a finalist for the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards4/19/2022 The CIBA for supernatural fiction will be announced at the Annual Authors Meeting in June. Best of luck to all finalists!
 The Chanticleer International Book Awards has longlisted Megge of Bury Down for a 2021 CIBA in the category of Supernatural Fantasy Fiction. Updates as they come in!
 The New York City Big Book Award® announces the 2021 Winners & Distinguished Favorites! New York, NY -- 2021 was a record year for books awarded due to the high level of quality and diverse books submitted. Again, NYC Big Book Award received book submissions worldwide, but great submissions from journalists, well established authors, small and large press as well as first time indie authors participated in high numbers. Entries were from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Cities such as Bangalore, Edmonton, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Seattle, Singapore, Vancouver, were among the entries. Winners were recognized globally from Australia, Cambodia, Canada, England, Germany, Lebanon, Queensland and the United States of America. Awarded books included The American Bar Association, Friesen Press, Gatekeeper Press, Greenleaf Book Group, Joggling Board Press, Story Merchant Books, and WildBlue Press. Quality children publishers such as Barefoot Books as well as Mango and Marigold press were awarded. Independent presses such as Brill, Goff Books, Koehler Books, Llewellyn Publications, ORO Editions, Routledge Publishers, Rowman & Littlefield, and She Writes Press took both winner and distinguished favorite awards. AuthorHouse, IngramSpark, KindleDirect, and SDP Publishing were among the self-publishing platforms. Lastly, Hachette Books, HarperCollins, MacMillan, and Penguin Random House were among the large publishers that entered. "We are elated to highlight these authors' books, recognize their excellence, and share their achievements." said awards sponsor Gabrielle Olczak. "We look forward to showcasing these titles to a larger audience." For more information, please visit: www.nycbigbookaward.com. https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/2020distinguishedfavorites Independent Press Award YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/c/IndependentPressAwardSpringNYCBigBookAwardFall Join us for Spring 2022, www.IndependentPressAward.com  Finalist for IBPA's Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book: Rowan Moon LLC, for Megge of Bury Down3/30/2021  Rowan Moon is deeply honored to announce that the Independent Book Publishers Association has named Rowan Moon a finalist in the Bill Fisher Awards for Best First Book for the enhanced edition of Megge of Bury Down.
Sincere thanks for this distinction, and the credit for this award, go to our independent collaborators: Editor Vinnie Kinsella, of Paper Chain Cover artist and book designer Tamian Wood, of Beyond Design International E-formatter Kimberly Hitchens "Hitch", of Booknook.Biz Audiobook narrator and producer Jan Cramer, of VoiceAnnouncements. Printer, wholesaler, and distributor, IngramSpark Your work accomplished this! Award Announcement: www.ibpabenjaminfranklinaward.com/winners-audiobook-fiction?fbclid=IwAR2oKMyiFT1kMABrwcz7Z9b6RAkAB0P1p_VscmGjCqi25dzADUiyvgJXorA |
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"THE LADY OF THE CLIFFS IS AN INTRICATE AND LUSH ADDITION TO THE HISTORICAL FANTASY GENRE
BY ONE OF THE LITERARY MAESTROS OF OUR TIME."
~ CHANTICLEER BOOK REVIEWS
"Megge is a protagonist easy to fall in love with, to root for, to worry about, and when dark forces enter her world, Kightlinger’s storytelling abilities shine."
~ David Anthony Durham, author of Pride of Carthage and the Acacia trilogy
mEGGE OF BURY dOWN
FIRST PLACE awards
2021 Independent Book Publishers
benjamin franklin award for best fiction audiobook
2021 Chanticleer International book Award FOR
Supernatural Paranormal fiction
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The Lady of the Cliffs
FIRST PLACE awards
2023 Chaucer Award for Dark Age, Medieval, and Renaissance Fiction
2022 CIBA Award for SUPERNATURAL PAranormal Fiction
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ADDITIONAL awards
The INDEPENDENT BOOK PUBLISHERS
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The independent Press
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mom's choice award
Megge of Bury Down GOLD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FAMILY-FRIENDLY MEDIA, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES |
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