Chanticleer Book Reviews

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  • The CLUE Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018

    The CLUE Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018

    Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

    We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 CLUE Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

     

     

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Clue Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

    Keith Tittle, the author of the 2016 CLUE award-winning A Matter of Justice announced the 2018 Clue Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

    PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Clue Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Clue Book Awards for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels First in Category Winners!

    • The Only One Left by Pamela Beason
    • California Son by Timothy Burgess
    • Facing The Dragon by Philip Derrick
    • Forgotten Rage by Melodie Hernandez
    • Do Not Ask by Elaine Williams Crockett
    • Scare Away the Dark: A Stone Suspense by Karen Dodd
    • The Blind Pool by Paul McHugh
    • Hong Kong Central by Marilynn Larew

    And now for the 2018 Clue Book Awards GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Mystery Suspense & Thriller Novels:

    California Son by Timothy Burgess

    took home the Clue Grand Prize Ribbon

     

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Clue award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the Clue Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Clue Book Awards is  September 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

     Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

     

  • The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018

    The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for Early Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs 2018

    Early Readers and Picture books

    We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 LITTLE PEEPS  Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

     

     

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

    Janet Oakley, the author of the 2016 GOETHE award-winning Jøssing Affair announced the 2018 Little Peeps Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

    PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Little Peeps Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers First in Category Winners!

    • Yoga Fox by Sylva Fae
    • Oscar’s Christmas Wish by Veronica Ruth Fischer
    • The Universe a Work of Art by Eva Newermann
    • Midnight The One-Eyed Cat by Sheree K. Nielsen & Pat Wahler
    • Tevye the Magical Theater Cat by Peggy Sullivan

    And now for the 2018 Little Peeps  Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Early Readers:

     

    The Tooth Collector Fairies: Home from Decay Valley by Denise Ditto

    took home the Little Peeps Grand Prize Ribbon

     

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of Little Peeps award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the  Little Peeps Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Little Peeps Book Awards is  September 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

     Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

  • The CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Romance Fiction AwardWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 CHATELAINE Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

     

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Chatelaine Book Awards for romantic fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs).

    Sharon Anderson, the author of the award-winning of Curse of the Seven 70s  and winner of the 2014 Chanticleer Novelette Competition for the Stone God’s Wife announced the 2018 Chatelaine Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

    PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Goethe Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction  First in Category Winners!

    • Allurement Westward by J.P. Kenna
    • Blame it on the Bet by L.E. Rico
    • Wrapped in the Stars by Elena Mikalsen
    • A Promise Given by Michelle Cox
    • Persuading Lucy by Felicity Beadsmoore/Tammy Mannersly

    And now for the 2018 Chatelaine Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Romantic Fiction:

    The House at Ladywell by Nicola Slade took home the 2018 Chatelaine Grand Prize Ribbon

     

     

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of CHATELAINE award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the  CHATELAINE Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards is August 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

     Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

  • The GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s for Historical Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The GOETHE Book Awards for Post-1750s for Historical Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Goethe Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Peter Greene, the author of Paladin’s War, the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017  Book Awards for Goethe Historical  Fiction (CIBAs),  announced the 2018 Goethe Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

     PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Goethe Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards for post-1750s Historical Fiction First in Category Winners

    • The Muse of Fire by Carol M. Cram
    • Mist-chi-mas: A Novel of Captivity by J.L. Oakley
    • The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm
    • Anna’s Home by Rosalind Spitzer
    • None of Us the Same by Jeffrey K. Walker
    • Behind the Scarlet Letter by Patricia Suprenant
    • The Pear Tree by K. M. Sandrick         

    And now for the 2018 GOETHE Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Post-1750s Historical Fiction

    The Lost Years of Billy Battles by Ronald E. Yates took home the Goethe Grand Prize Ribbon

     

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of GOETHE award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the  GOETHE Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 GOETHE Book Awards is June 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners.

     Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

     

  • The LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The LARAMIE Book Awards for Western Fiction Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction AwardWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Laramie Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Laramie Book Awards for Western Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Michelle Rene, the author of Hour Glass announced the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Laramie Book Awards for Western  Fiction (CIBAs),  announced the 2018 Laramie Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

     PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Laramie Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Laramie Book Awards for Laramie Book Awards Western Fiction First in Category Winners

    • Living Where the Rabbits Dance by Jr. R. Collins
    • Promise of Tomorrow  by TK Conklin
    • Chasing Demons   by John Hansen
    • A Female Doctor in the Civil War – Richard Alan
    • Splintered by Curt Locklear   

    And now for the LARAMIE Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Western Fiction

                                                   

    Blood Moon: A Captive’s Tale by Ruth Hull Chatlien took home the Laramie Grand Prize Ribbon. 

     

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the Laramie award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the  LARAMIE Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Laramie Book Awards is July 31, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

     

  • The CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Pre 1750 Historical Fiction AwardWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Chaucer Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Carol Cram, the author of The Towers of Tuscany announced the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 CHAUCER Book Awards for Historical Fiction (CIBAs),  announced the CHAUCER Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

     PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 CHAUCER  Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction First in Category Winners

    • Rebels against Tyranny: Civil War in the Crusader States by Helena P. Schrader
    • Mistress of Legend Book 3 by Nicole Evelina
    • Michael – Book Three of  The Triptych Chronicle by Prue Batten
    • Pelsaert’s Nightmare by Gregory Hansen
    • Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage
    • Stone Circle by Kate Murdoch 
    •  David & Avshalom — Life and Death in the Forest of Angels by Bernard Mann

    And now for the CHAUCER Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Pre-1750s Historic Fiction

    The SERPENT and The EAGLE  by Edward Rickford took home the CHAUCER Book Awards Grand Prize Blue Ribbon

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the CHAUCER award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 CHAUCER Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Chaucer Book Awards is June 30, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

  • The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Jesikah Sundin, the author of the Legacy: Biodome Chronicles the Grand Prize Winner of the 2015  Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction (CIBAs),  announced the First Place Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

     PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Award winners. Thank you!

    Congratulations to the 2018 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction First in Category Winners

    • Climb, Run, Drown by Cheryl G. Bostrom
    • Tookan Attack by Alex Paul
    • Reality Gold by Tiffany Brooks
    • 2nd Gen by Andrea and William Vaughan
    • Change of Chaos by Jacinta Jade
    • Sneaking Out by Chuck Vance
    • Soul Sacrifice by Susan Faw     

    And now for the Dante Rossetti Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Young Adult Fiction

    WHISPERS by Lynn Yvonne Moon took home the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult  Fiction

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the Dante Rossetti  Warner award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 Dante Rossetti Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards is May 31, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

     

  • The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Catergory Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers – Grand Prize and First Place Catergory Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Gertrude Warner Children's Chapter BooksWe are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Denise Ditto Satterfield, the author of the Bettina’s Best First Day, The Tooth Collector Fairies, Grand Prize Winner of the Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers (CIBA),  announced the First Place Award Winners at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

     PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Award winners. Thank you!

    2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers First in Category Winners

    • Keelic and the Pathfinders of Midgarth by Alexander Edlund
    • Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend by Cheryl Carpinello
    • The Portals of Peril by Jules Luther
    • From the Shadows by KB Shaw
    • Tallulah’s Flying Adventure by Gloria Two-Feathers
    • Vampire Boy by Aric Cushing
    • The Adventures of Rug Bug by Kay M. Bates

    Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2018 Gertrude Warner Book Awards! 

    And now for the Gertrude Warner Book Awards  GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Middle-Grade Readers

    Manuscript

    The PORTALS of PERIL by Jules Luther took home the Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle-Grade Readers

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the Gertrude Warner award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 Gertrude Warner Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards May 31, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

  • The M&M Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem – Grand Prize Division Winner and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The M&M Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem – Grand Prize Division Winner and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardM&M BOOK AWARDS for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs)

    We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 M&M Book Awards at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    Lawrence Verigin, the author of the Dark Seed thriller series and winner of CLUE and Global Thriller awards (CIBA),  announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2018 M&M Book Awards at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony. PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 M&M Book Award winners. Thank you!

    2018 M&M  Book Awards for Mystery and Mayhem  Fiction First in Category Winners

    • Bert Mintenko and the Minor Misdemeanors by B.L. Smith
    • Fiction Can Be Murder by Becky Clark
    • A Promise Given by Michelle Cox
    • Campari Crimson by Traci Andrighetti
    • Evil Under The Stars: The Agatha Christie Book Club 3 by C.A. Larmer
    • Hair Brained by Nancy J. Cohen
    • Blood on a Blue Moon:  A Sheaffer Blue Mystery by Jessica H. Stone / Stone Winkler  
    • Moriarty Takes His Medicine by Anna Castle     

    Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2018 M&M Book Awards! 

    And now for the M&M BOOK AWARDS GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction

     

            A PROMISE GIVEN by Michelle Cox took home the M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize Ribbon

     

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the M&M award winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 M&M Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions into the 2019 M&M Book Awards has been extended to May 15. 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please contact me directly at KBrown@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

  • JOURNEY BOOK AWARDS for Narrative Non-fiction – the Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    JOURNEY BOOK AWARDS for Narrative Non-fiction – the Grand Prize Winner and First Place Category Winners – 2018 CIBAs

    The JOURNEY BOOK AWARDS for Narrative Non-Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    We are excited and honored to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Winners for the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction at the annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards ceremony. This year’s ceremony and banquet were held on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 at the Hotel Bellwether by beautiful Bellingham Bay, Wash.

    We want to thank all of those who entered and participated in the  2018 Journey Book Awards.

    Susan Marie Conrad, the author of the previous Journey Grand Prize Winner, INSIDE: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage, announced the First Place Award Winners and the Grand Prize Winner for the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards at the Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and ceremony.  

    PublishDrive and Hindenburg Systems awarded additional prizes to the 2018 JOURNEY Book Award winners. Thank you!

     

    2018 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Nonfiction First in Category Winners

     

    • A Quest for Tears: Overcoming a Traumatic Brain Injury by Sean Dwyer
    • From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream by Janice S. Ellis
    • SoulStroller: experiencing the weight, whispers, & wings of the world by Kayce Stevens Hughlett
    • No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor – a memoir of a Mortuary Affairs Marine by GySgt L. Christian Bussler
    • Goodbye to Main Street by Dennis M. Clausen
    • HENRY: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America by Katrina Shawver
    • The Day the Musick Died by Cheryl Hughes Musick     

    Honorable Mention:  The Loose Ends Become Knots by Austin M. Hopkins

    Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners of the 2018 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

    And now for the JOURNEY Book Awards Grand Prize Winner

    From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream by Janice S. Ellis took home the 2018 JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Grand Prize Ribbon! 

     

    An email will go out to all First Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Winners with more information, the timing of awarded reviews, links to digital badges, and more before May 31st, 2019 (approximately four weeks after the awards ceremony). Please look for it in your email inbox.

    When we receive the digital photographs from the Official CAC19 professional photographer, Dwayne Rogge of Photo Treehouse, we will post the photographs of the JOURNEY winners on this page.

    Click here for the link to the 2018 JOURNEY Semi-Finalists.

    This post will be updated with photos and more information. Please do visit it again!

    The deadline for submissions has been extended for the  2019 JOURNEY Book Awards is May 15, 2019 Midnight (PST).

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.