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The 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Finalists – The CIBAs
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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Book Awards to the Finalists positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Announcing the 2021 Gertrude Warner Finalists for Middle-Grade Readers

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Mary K. Savarese – The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper
- 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
- KS Mitchell – The Mystery of the Golden Ball: Pen & Quin International Agents of Intrigue
- Jay Spenser – The Phantom Airplane Mystery
- Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck: Keeper of the Meadow
- Susan McCormick – The Antidote
- B.L. Smith – Serious Business on Albatross Lane
- Moira Siobhan – Dilly Cooper Hat-astrophe
- Emmett J Hall – RUNAWAY
- Dane S. Skorup – Kid Kingmaker
Good luck to All!
These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is Kelly Oliver for Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter

Click here to see the 2020 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction
- The Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Literature
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 10, 2022
The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers & Picture Books – CIBAs Finalists
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Finalists for the 2021 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Little Peeps Early Readers Book Awards to the FINALISTS positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Announcing the Little Peeps FINALISTS of 2021!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Great Engine Room Takeover
- Brooks Olbrys – Blue Ocean Bob Discovers His Purpose
- Peggy Sullivan – Shadow Walkers, The Secret Lives of the Shy Sisters
- Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Stars of Wonder
- Brenda Faatz & Peter Trimarco – Now What?
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey Through Our Solar System
- Katy McQuaid – Everybody Loves Grace: An Amazing True Story of How Grace Brings Love to Everyone She Meets
- Andrea Vaughan – Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath
- Kyle Poehls – From Nicholas To Christmas
- Deborah Serani – Sometimes When I’m Mad
- Vincent Kelly – All People are Beautiful
- Denise Ditto – Tooth Fairy Day Celebration
- Linda Harkey – The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow
- Dana Brackob – Molly: A Love Story
- Wanda Carter Roush – You Got This – A Tale of Courage
- Susan Faw – Poppy Ogopogo
These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is Masoud Malekyari for Great As A Button

Click here to see the 2020 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Early Readers Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Literature. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Youth Reader Fiction Awards, please see the following:
- The Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction
- The Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction
Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 10, 2022
The 2021 JOURNEY Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction – CIBAs Finalists 2021
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Journey Non-Fiction Short List to the 2021 Journey Book Awards Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2021 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Sherry Chapman – How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother’s Love and Unfathomable Loss
- Tracie White with Ronald W. Davis – The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist’s Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son
- Rosie McMahan – Fortunate Daughter: A Memoir of Reconciliation
- William Johnson – Snow Blind: Recovering After the Random Shooting
- Kathleen Lockyer – The Broken Wing Dance — Love, loss, trauma and how nature led me back to my wild self
- George Farag – Unbecoming My Father’s Son: A Memoir
- Renee K. Nicholson – Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness
- Sylvie Heyman – Beyond the Holocaust: An Immigrant’s Search for Identity
- Faith Fuller Wilcox – Hope Is a Bright Star: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning to Live Again
- Rosemary Keevil – The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction
- Andrea Wilson Woods – Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days
- Krista Nerestant – Indestructible: The Hidden Gifts of Trauma
- Jean-Philippe Soule – I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
- Meghan Caughey – Mud Flower
- C.L. Olsen – The Home for Friendless Children
- Heather Haldeman – Kids and Cocktails Don’t Mix: A Memoir
If you entered your work into the 2021 Journey Book Awards and do not see it on the list, please check our other non-fiction divisions, as the judges may have deemed that the work belongs in a different division. The many works that have been entered into the Journey Book Awards should have trigger warnings. This is why the judges requested the new division of the Hearten Book Awards for inspirational/uplifting works that overcome adversity. Other works may have moved to other divisions such as Nellie Bly Book Awards for Long Form Journalism or Essay, or our newest division Military and Front Lines Service Non-Fiction Awards. A few were moved the Shorts Division because they did not meet word count requirements.

These Works are now in the Running for the First Place and Grand Prize WINNERS of the Journey Awards!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 JOURNEY Awards is Karen Keilt for The Parrot’s Perch: A Memoir of Torture and Corrupti0n in Brazil

Click here to see the 2020 Journey Book Award Winners for Narrative Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Journey Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace.
May 9, 2022
The 2021 HEARTEN Book Awards for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction – CIBAs Finalists 2021
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Hearten Non-Fiction Short List to the 2021 Hearten Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Announcing the FINALISTS of the 2021 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Wendy Sanford – These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship across Race and Class
- Meredith Wargo – DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
- Carolyn Lee Arnold – Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir
- Leah Witman Moore – Loving You Big: Embracing the Unexpected
- Rod Baker – Unexpected Treasures – Running a Mental Health Nonprofit
- Linda Jamsen – Odyssey of Love: A Memoir of Seeking and Finding
- Meg Nocero – Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
- Jane Eden – Nail Soup
- Allison Hong Merrill – Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops
- Dennis J Kotchmar – The Joy of Searching, Buying, and Selling Antiques and Home Decor from France and England
- Fred Guttenberg – Find the Helpers
- Linda Morrow – Heart of This Family – Lessons in Down Syndrome and Love
- Lisa Dailey – Square Up: 50,000 miles in search of a way home
- Abe Streep – Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana
- Labar Laskie – Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
- Gerri Almand – Running from Covid in our RV Cocoon
These titles are in the running to be the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Good Luck to All!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 HEARTEN Awards is Judy Gaman for Love, Life, and Lucille

Click here to see the 2020 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace
May 9, 2022
2021 Military & Front Lines Book Awards – A New Non-Fiction CIBA Division — FINALISTS!
The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

NOTE: This is a NEW Non-Fiction Division as recommended by the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards judges. Digital Badges and Hi-Rez Badges will be available for the Military & Front Lines Book Awards by May 17, 2022. Please check back to this post to access the new badges.

All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 Military & Front Lines Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Marcus A. Nannini – Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolph Hitler into Power
- Burl Harmon – Combat Missions
- George Kohn – Vector to Destiny: Journey of a Vietnam F-4 Fighter Pilot
- Colonel Van H. Slayden, USAF, with Patrecia Slayden Hollis – Normandy to Nazi Surrender, Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot
- Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Black, White, and Gray All Over; a Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement
- Robert E. Lofthouse – Honor Through Sacrifice
- Jim Enderle – Fight, Flight, or Freeze: A Love Story
- Dr Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s Clinic
- Bruce Rowe, MD – Everything Under the Sun: A Family Doctor’s Reflections on Life, Love, Loss and Renewed Hope in Medicine
- George Farag – Unbecoming My Father’s Son: A Memoir
- Vicki Cody – Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home
- Grover Nicodemus Street RN, Sandra de Abreu Guidry-Street MD, & Ja-ne de Abreu – Chasing the Surge: Life as a Travel Nurse in a Global Pandemic
- Martha Bolton with Linda Hope – Dear Bob… Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of WW2
- Azim H. Jiwani, MD – Humanizing Medicine: Making Health Tangible
- Margaret Thomson – The World Looks Different Now
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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This is a new division of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards!

Soon we will be opening up this division for submissions for the 2022 CIBAs. Stay tuned!

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 9, 2022
VOICES of NAVAJO MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS: Portraits of Beauty by Kathy Eckles Hooker with photos by David Young-Wolff – Navajo History, Memoirs, Indigenous Culture

Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daughters: Portraits of Beauty by Kathy Eckles Hooker is a heartwarming work exploring the relationships between Navajo mothers and daughters, their connections with each other and their families, and their hopes and dreams for their children as they encounter a world far removed from their traditional lives.

In these insightful interviews with Navajo women—grandmothers, mothers, and daughters—the twenty-one families that the author spoke to talked about their backgrounds and histories. They contrasted how the elder women grew up compared to their daughters and granddaughters (such as the lack of amenities like electricity, running water, or internal combustion vehicles). And they explored the many ways that traditional matriarchal Navajo culture continues to enrich their lives today.

David Young-Wolff’s memorable, warm photographs of the interview subjects let us see the faces behind the stories. The charming presentations of the women, often with the backdrop of the land they grew up in and even of the family hogan, the traditional Navajo home, give the reader insight into the closeness between the generations and the natural and human environments that have shaped their lives.

The thoughtful tales these women tell are interspersed with painful reminiscences about points in American history that changed their culture’s ways of life. Events such as the Long Walk, in which more than 10,000 Navajo were forcibly marched by the US military to a reservation in what is now New Mexico, and the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, the judicial results from which echo even now.

In an outer society so dependent on cars, the elder women note how they were dependent on horse and buggy in their younger years. One woman recalls a memory of wonder when she saw a car for the first time. For some, water was only available by walking a certain distance to a well, and during times of drought, only used for feeding livestock or drinking.

In addition, they tell stories about life in traditional homes. Sometimes these women remember their homes warmly and sometimes not. One family speaks of the heartbreak of having a home destroyed and the pets and livestock killed by persons unknown, despite being on good terms with their neighbors.

The interviews in each case mention how the elders emphasized the need for education. But sometimes that “education” came in the form of abusive boarding schools that tried to erase native culture from the children they taught.

Language is an especially important issue discussed by the women, both young and old.

Only one of the families interviewed had a daughter who went to a boarding school that taught both Navajo and English. In the majority of cases, speaking Navajo was actively discouraged at the boarding schools. The disconnect of having to learn English to participate in the dominant American culture reflects on their lives and families even now.

Then there are stories about traditional ceremonies, specifically about the kinaaldá, a four-day ceremony celebrating the girl’s first menses. The women tell warm and humorous tales about what’s involved (including running every day for four days, each day longer, to make sure the young woman is strong enough to withstand what her life will entail), and they describe the trials and tribulations of baking a cake that family and friends will enjoy… but the girl herself cannot.

This book reveals how traditional culture has informed and continues to infuse the daily lives of Navajo women. Stories about arranged marriages, some expected and some a surprise (in one case only finding out the young woman is getting married the next day!), are eye-openers and provide food for thought.

One of the recurrent themes that shape these women’s stories is the question of how to support their children and how the next generations would be educated and grow to support themselves. The traditional art of weaving was a major or even sole source of income for a significant number of women in the book. Some of the elder women recount how they discouraged learning the art so that their daughters could do better than they did. In turn, some of the daughters mourned that they never learned the traditional art, feeling bereft of a connection to their ancestors.

Questions about what wisdom and skills we choose to pass along to our children are of course not unique to Navajo women; however, readers will enjoy Hooker’s way of illuminating this particular window into Navajo culture from the women who so graciously shared their journeys.

Voices of Navajo Mothers and Daughters: Portraits of Beauty by Kathy Eckles Hooker, is a deeply moving, must-read for mothers and daughters everywhere, and one book we highly recommended!

May 8, 2022
The 2021 I&I Book Awards for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction – CIBAs Finalists
The I & I Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Instruction and Insight non-fiction that are self-help, how-to, guides, or explanatory. In non-fiction works, the author assumes responsibility (in good faith) for the truth, accuracy, people, places, or information presented. The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 I&I Non-Fiction Short List to the 2021 I&I Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Congratulations to the I & I Finalists

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Aaron Taylor – Stretching Your Way to a Pain-Free Life: Illustrated Stretches for Sports, Medical Conditions and Specific Muscle Groups
- Angela Quijada-Banks – The Black Foster Youth Handbook
- Eleanor K. Smith and Margaret Pastor – One School’s Journey – Further Down the Path
- George Marino, CPA, CFP – Beyond Balancing the Books: Sheer Mindfulness for Professionals in Work and Life
- Brad Borkan and David Hirzel – Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results: How an Explorer, an Engineer and a Statesman Shaped our Modern World
- Geraldine Clouston and Susan Weintrob – indieBRAG Eat, Read & Dream Cookbook
- Jim & Jessica Braz – Baby Out of Wedlock
- Judy Taylor – Breaking the Boundaries: The Rug Hooking Artistry of Sharon Johnston
- Kaitlyn Jain – Passports and Pacifiers? Traveling the World, One Tantrum at a Time
- Kelly Tan Peterson, Dan Peterson, MD. – KETO BAKED
- M. J. Simms-Maddox, Ph.D. – A Handbook for Emerging and Seasoned Authors
- Phoebe Walker – Freedom Found – Productive and Joyful Living In Spite of Chronic Pain
- Sabbithry Persad – What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe
- Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls
- Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two
- Jan Kaa Kristensen – Splitting Up Without Falling to Pieces
- Melanie Choukas-Bradley – Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Vindy Teja – YOLO: Essential Life Hacks for Happiness
Good Luck to All!

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2021 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 I&I Awards is Wendela Whitcomb Marsh for Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success

Click here to see the 2020 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 7, 2022
The 2021 MIND and SPIRIT Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction – CIBAs Finalist List 2021
Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction

The Mind and Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Mind and Spirit Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Short List to the 2021 Mind and Spirit Book Awards Finalists! All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Mind and Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Mike Lutz – Jesus Speaking
- Tammy Green – Living Without Skin: Everything I Never Knew About Fierce Vulnerability
- Beth Gibbs – Enlighten Up!
- Starr Regan DiCiurcio – Divine Sparks: Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World
- Randi Benator – Awaken to Your Calling
- George Marino , CPA, CFP – Beyond Balancing the Books: Sheer Mindfulness for Professionals in Work and Life
- Bedri Cag Cetin Ph.D. – Sacred Life: Healing from the Virus in Consciousness
- Reagan J. Pasternak – Griffin’s Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies
- Carlo Pietro Sanfilippo – AfterLIFE, Waking up from My American Dream
- Ramzi Najjar – The YOU beyond you: The knowledge of the willing
- Judith Briles – When God Says NO – Revealing the YES When Adversity and Loss Are Present
- Meg Nocero – Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
- Richard Lui – Enough About Me
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 Mind and Spirit Awards is Dr. Donna Marks for Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure

Click here to see the 2020 Mind and Spirit Book Award Winners

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

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See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

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Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 7, 2022
The PERFECT PREDATOR: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson – Memoirs, Medical, Microbiology

The Perfect Predator is just the kind of edge-of-the-seat scientific/medical thriller that Robin Cook and Michael Crichton used to write, that nail-biting search to find the right treatment in the nick of time to prevent a pandemic from sweeping the world.

The difference here is that The Perfect Predator is a true story, and the pandemic that epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee fights on behalf of her husband is one that scientists have been warning about for decades. Her husband wasn’t even the first to be struck down by it – but he was the first to receive a cure that could save many others. If only the world heeds the warning made so clear in this spellbinding book.

On vacation in Egypt in late 2015, Strathdee’s husband contracted a stomach bug. Nothing he hadn’t had before and shrugged off, but this time was different. Somewhere along the way from the pyramids to the clinic to the first of several medevac flights, Thomas Patterson came into contact with one of the deadly, antibiotic resistant virus strains known as “superbugs” – and it decided he’d make an excellent host. At least until it killed him.

And it tried. Over and over again. From Egypt to Frankfurt Germany to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where the couple both worked. Where they had contacts in just the fields that they’d need in order for Steffanie to cobble together the ultimate “Hail Mary” pass. That it would be possible to send a killer, a virus killer, into Tom’s body to eliminate the deadly virus that would otherwise eradicate Tom Patterson’s life.

If it worked, it would be a miracle. But also a clarion call to whoever reads this book that a century of use and overuse of antibiotics has created these superbugs that can no longer be vanquished by what was once a miracle drug. And that if the research and medical establishments don’t get a handle on the problem and find methods of treatment that do not rely on antibiotics, the 1.2 million people who died from antibiotic resistant bugs in 2019 is only going to be the tip of a very large and deadly iceberg.

The Perfect Predator is a compelling story of scientific research that has a very human-centric story at its beating heart.

Steffanie’s memoir of what happened, to her husband, to her family, to her colleagues and to herself is beautifully written. It is also a story that is absolutely chock-full of the science behind everything she does. Not to worry! Steffanie’s writing style thoroughly explains the science without ever getting bogged down – and while making it accessible to any non-scientist reading this account.

And she never loses sight of the human face on all those details, not just what she is going through personally. While she needs to separate “Wife Steffanie” from “Scientist Steffanie” in order to get things done. It is very clear how difficult that is. She is also painstaking in giving credit and kudos to all those who made this journey possible.

The Perfect Predator is the story of one woman’s successful quest for a medical miracle. Any reader who enjoys medical and/or scientific thrillers will be right on the edge of their seat every step of the way. But it’s the warning at the center of the story that will chill those same readers to their bones.

The Perfect Predator by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson won 1st Place in the 2019 CIBA Journey Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoirs.

May 6, 2022
The 2021 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – The Finalists – CIBAs 2021
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 next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2021 Somerset Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2021 Somerset Book Awards program for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Ben Sharpton – The Awakening of Jim Bishop: This Changes Things
- M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met
- Anne Pfeffer – Binge
- E. A. Coe – The Other Side Of Good
- Margaret Ann Spence – Joyous Lies
- Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
- Teng Rong – Brilliant White Peaks
- Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
- Dan Schorr – Final Table: A Novel
- Dawn Newton – The Remnants of Summer
- Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
- Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
- Richard C. Brusca – In the Land of the Feathered Serpent
- Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Café
- Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
- Suzanne Simonetti – The Sound of Wings
- Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
- John Hansen – Badger Creek
- Sue Phillips – You Oughta Know
- Cara Sue Achterberg – Blind Turn
- Gene Helfman – Beyond the Human Realm
- Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
These titles and their authors will compete to advance to the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE Positions of the 2021 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. Good Luck to All!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Somerset Awards is

Gregory Erich Phillips

for A Season in Lights

Click here to see the 2020 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 5, 2022