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The CHATELAINE Book Awards 2023 Short List for Romantic Fiction
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Long List to the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Chatelaine Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
- Susan Bagby – Christmas Wish Upon A Star
- Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
- Kathryn Brown Ramsperger – A Thousand Flying Things
- K.S. Jones – Once In a Bluebonnet Moon
- Jeanette Watts – My Dearest Miss Fairfax
- Charles M. DuPuy – Rescue Man
- T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
- Morgan Sloan – Stableshoes
- Edie Cay – A Viscount’s Vengeance
- Kathleen Stone – Hey Jude
- Gail Avery Halverson – A Sea of Glass
- Hope Gibbs – Where the Grass Grows Blue
- Betty Codd – Agatha
- Alice McVeigh – Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
- George T. Arnold – Old Mrs. Kimble’s Mansion
- Bonnie Rose Ward – Loving Beth
- Catherine Tinley – A Laird for the Highland Lady
- Carmela Dutra – Love Extra Credit
- KB Taylor – Hattie’s Family: Through the Eyes of a Dairymaid
- Suzanne Baginskie – Dangerous Revenge- Book 2 of The FBI Affairs Series
- S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Fish Scales
- Rose Prendeville – Mistress Mackintosh and the Shaw Wretch
- Wendy Rich Stetson – Heartsong Hills
- Yvonne Korshak – Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
- Marie Jones – Those We Seek
- Eve M. Riley – The Outcast
- Carol Van Den Hende – Always Orchid
- KD Sherrinford – Song for Someone
- Nancy Herkness – Royal Caleva: Gabriel
- Evie Alexander – Love ad Lib
- Kelly Miller – A Dutiful Son
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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the Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CHATELAINE Book Awards is:

Operation Mom:

My plan to get my Mom a life and a man

by Reenita Malhotra Hora

See the full list of Chatelaine 2022 Winners here

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

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Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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November 8, 2023
ACTS Of SUPREMACY: A Cautionary Indictment of America’s Military Justice System by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III – Military Justice System, Military Memoirs, Military History
Acts of Supremacy: A Cautionary Indictment of America’s Military Justice System by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III, edited by Dominic McFarland Martin, is a unique treatise about one man’s court-martial in the spring of 1990.

This work details how an admiral set in motion the events that would lead to his subordinate’s court-martial, and how that subordinate – the author – fought to be exonerated. The author, now a retired naval officer, explains to readers how the current system of military justice came to be, claiming it to be beyond the laws and constitution of the United States, and what can be done to start fixing it.

“A central idea advanced in this work is that America’s military discipline system is extra-constitutional (unconstitutional, or outside the constitution) and extralegal (outside the law), and that it is purely a function of command wherein military commanders practice absolutism, giving them a free hand to treat their underlings as ‘so many chickens,’” Fitzpatrick says.

He continues, “If a given military rule bears any resemblance to the scope and operation of the US Constitution, it is simply a matter of that commander’s passing whim.”

Fitzpatrick goes into the history of military justice in this country, even to how it was formed with the Founding Fathers:

“ ‘John Jay told George Washington this much: “Let Congress legislate. Let others execute. Let others judge.” The bedrock foundation of the Constitution was a separation of powers in times of peace and tranquility. Little known, though, and terribly unappreciated is that the founders further provided that in times of national emergency or dire threat, all power must migrate to and reside in an ‘energetic executive.’ In other words, the Constitution is situational, and its structure and power are tied directly to particular levels of threat that the country may face.”

“Therefore, there is nothing particularly ‘judicial’ about America’s military government under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ),” Fitzpatrick explains, holding that the code is nothing more than “flimsy artifice” and indeed, that it is used to “hide in total darkness the very serious real-world abuses visited upon US servicemen.”

“A country’s character is measured by the way it treats its veterans.” —Unknown

Fitzpatrick concludes, “It follows that those not bound by constraints of the Constitution and those who deny constitutional protections to others cannot be trusted to defend the Constitution. Individuals and groups who deny these protections are most certainly suspect and represent a greater danger to the country than America has ever faced.”

Fitzpatrick’s unique, deep-dive work is an eye-opening look at the military justice system and how it has been used and abused throughout the years.
November 8, 2023
AIR BOAT: Love is an Adventure (Book 1 of the Special Forces Connection) by Jacek Waliszewski – Romance, Action & Adventure, Suspense

For readers interested in a unique romance, Air Boat: Love is an Adventure by Jacek Waliszewski offers a distinctive cast of characters and tense excitement in the sky.

Air Boat brings together a former Special Forces soldier, Luke, who prefers to keep to himself, an independent and sarcastic female pilot, Stella, and a three-legged Husky named Saint who marches to the beat of his own drum. These captivating characters embark on a fast-paced, page-turning tale.

Author Jacek Waliszewski starts this romantic adventure with a suspenseful scene of a vintage plane barreling towards the Twin Cities, accompanied by two F-16 fighter jets, before setting the stage for the two main characters to meet. The mystery of this scene will stick in the reader’s mind, drawing them forward with stark curiosity that only grows in excitement.

Saint, the wandering Husky mix, brings these two together, with sparks quickly flying between their strong personalities. Luke is not one to share much about his personal life or history, but the wounds Stella sees on his shoulder indicate trauma from his time deployed with the Green Berets. Unlike some common counterparts in a romance, Stella is a strong, competitive woman who is not likely to fall for anyone – nor give them the last word.

After the two spend some time together (axe throwing at a local bar), Luke takes Stella up on an offer to learn to fly the small commuter planes that Stella and her father, Pierre, use for their airboat business of ferrying people across the west (Montana, Alaska, and Minnesota are some of the locales). As the attraction between Luke and Stella grows, an opportunity to fly together turns into a terrifying situation which brings the story full circle.

This adventure romance has fine detail and intrigue, as the author draws from his own time as a Green Beret.

Air Boat is an exhilarating and fast-paced adventure that romance and adventure fans will love.

The story will continue, as Air Boat is the first in a five-part Special Forces Connection series, two of which will be coming out in 2024. Readers will eagerly await more by Jacek Waliszewski.

November 6, 2023
PETALS by Anna Casamento Arrigo – Poetry Collections, Family Life, Memory

Anna Casamento Arrigo tells of longing, memory, and lingering pain through verdant imagery and mythological metaphor in Petals, a poetry collection.

Poems such as “Life Speaks Loudly” and “Time Too Quickly” establish a focus on the ever-changing seasons, and the power of time to both take away from someone and transform them. Arrigo’s work here is a remembrance of those things gone to the past, both the beautiful and the awful. “A Slow Dance in the Summer Rain” shows the weight of loving memories, while “Treading” reaches for the dreams of childhood, before they were stamped out by the struggles of life.

These poems use vibrant sensory descriptions – especially of the natural world – which ground the heightened emotions to allow readers to connect with them. In fact, readers can listen to some of these poems in musical form on Arrigo’s YouTube channel.

Petals grapples with family and identity in “Who Am I” & “Nonno’s Orchard”, grief over a lost father in “Daddy’s Flower”, and a yearning for connection in “Wrapped in Your Heart”. These themes meld with one another to give a complete sense of loss. Certain intimate details, such as a specific jacket or kind of flower, recur throughout the book. Readers will begin to recognize these motifs, creating a familiarity that will open them to deeper sorrow and joy.

Arrigo explores a sense of being adrift in the world, unsure of even one’s own self.

“Hey Child!” and “More than Now” insist that, even while adrift, there is a powerful urge to act – to take in the world. “My Naked Soul” dalliances with the very cosmos, while “Hollow Men” and “The Reality” use mythology to interrogate how people see themselves, and whether their eyes are clear when they do so.

This sense of interrogation continues, growing into the biblical reckoning of “The Gatekeeper” and the menace of “The Red Knight”. Greed, injustice, and faith intertwine in these poems as Petals sets its sights on those who have used and abused their fellow people and the world around them.

A strong rhythm carries Petals along, with a back-and-forth of long lines and short, as well as comforting and tumultuous emotion.

Arrigo uses occasional formatting changes to make poems such as “The Night Warrior” striking while maintaining a broadly consistent style.

The likewise consistent through-line of reminiscence lends itself well to stark tonal shifts, as these poems hold tight to memories of love, fear, and grief alike. “Sounds and Silent Seas” calls out to the past, asking it to open a path of reunion while indulging in the beauty of what once was. “TOO!” speaks instead of escape, flying away from the darkness of childhood.

And yet, a person can’t let memory consume them, not while they have a present. “Now” stands as an answer to the past – for all of its wonderful and terrible power, it only exists through the lens of what is now.

Through careful description and dedication to the impact of memory, Petals creates a cohesive and affecting collection of poems.

November 3, 2023
WAGES Of EMPIRE by Michael J. Cooper – Historical Fiction, WWI, Action & Adventure
Michael J. Cooper’s latest historical fiction novel, Wages of Empire, draws readers into the perilous journey of sixteen-year-old Evan Sinclair and his father into WW1. On this path, their lives will intersect with such historical figures as TE Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, the Arab nationalist Faisal ibn Hussein, the proto-Nazi and advisor to the German kaiser Guido von List, and Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

Set in the summer of 1914 we find Evan living in the American southwest where his father moved the family from England for his Oxford sabbatical. Evan struggles to cope with his mother’s death in childbirth and yearns to escape his father’s controlling grip. As war breaks out in Europe, Evan decides to leave home and join the fight, without telling his father.

By the time Clive realizes Evan is missing, the war is in full swing. Clive returns to England to search for Evan and reactivates his commission at the War Office in London. There, Clive uses every means available to find Evan. Meanwhile, Evan has made his way across the Atlantic and into France with the hope of joining the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), but instead he is arrested by the Paris police as a possible German collaborator. He escapes, but by mistake, crosses into occupied Belgium where he barely survives a German artillery barrage with poison gas. Joining the Flemish resistance, he is badly wounded after helping to flood the lowlands, a deciding factor in stopping the German army. After recovering in a BEF hospital in France, Evan begins a romance with a beautiful young nurse just before he is discharged to return to England by hospital ship.

Cooper masterfully weaves a compelling narrative that includes fictional and historical characters with high stakes in the conflict. Wages of Empire takes us from Whitehall in London to the Western Front in Flanders, where we glimpse a world of imperial power where massive casualties result from outdated military tactics in the face of new wartime technologies. Cooper also provides an intimate look into the German Kaiser’s machinations in the conflict and his intentions for the Holy Land.

The Kaiser, who anticipates victory in the war, has sent his agents to facilitate his rule in Jerusalem as Holy Roman Emperor with dominion over Arabia’s rich oil reserves and control of the Suez Canal. And from his throne on the Temple Mount, he plans to extend a vision of German-Nordic racial supremacy throughout the world. Woven into this challenge, we glimpse a covert fellowship of Guardians of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. This mysterious and clandestine community is aware of the Kaiser’s intentions and dedicated to stopping him.

With gripping tension, Cooper keeps readers on the edge of their seats as the stakes are raised with each turn of events. Will Evan and Clive be reunited? Will they survive the war? These questions and more are left echoing in the reader’s mind long after the story’s conclusion.

Michael J. Cooper’s Wages of Empire is a must-read blockbuster for history buffs of all ages. The novel’s masterful storytelling will leave readers wanting more. Available for pre-order now.
November 1, 2023
THE GIRL WHO RECYCLED 1 MILLION CANS by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, Jessica Alexanderson – Children’s Environmentalism Books, Picture Books, Climate Change

The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans, by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, & Jessica Alexanderson, is perfectly written for children between three and eight years old.

Eye-catching colorful graphics by Adam Trask, fun characters, and a wonderfully lighthearted storyline uphold this book’s message of protecting the environment. Both children and adults will feel empowered to help our planet one can at a time.

An adventurous young girl named Ellie wants to buy a Unicorn. To earn the money she needs, Ellie plans to collect and recycle one million cans. But she soon realizes that her plans may need to take a different track. Together with her community of friends, who show great teamwork and perseverance, environmental lessons continue on with fantastic results.

Few books do such a fine job of combining so many life lessons while still keeping the learning lighthearted and fun.

This is a refreshing tale of environmental hope, and an all-around winner for both children and adults to learn that you can help the planet through something as simple as recycling metals.

One of the coauthors, Jessica Alexanderson, has provided book readings at schools and libraries and has built a fun hands-on program to learn more about metals and recycling.

She has supported many metal recycling fundraisers at not only local schools here in Washington State, but in several other states around the U.S. as well. Jessica recently coordinated a can recycling competition at nine different schools in eight different states.

You can visit the Scrap University Kids website to purchase this wonderful book, learn more about recycling metals, and get started on making a positive difference for our planet! kids.scrapuniversity.com

October 30, 2023
The 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Long List for Early Readers & Picture Books
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 Long List for the 2023 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 all 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers entries to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Little Peeps Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
- Michele L. Sayre – The Unluckiest Leprechaun by Far (Happy Tails)
- Ginger Smith – The Magic Blanket
- Cheryl Carpinello – Grandma Tales 3: Vampires in the Backyard and A Fish Tale
- Janet Earnest-Jenkins – Hoppin’ Hankaroo-Zoo Adventure
- Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
- George M. Johnson – Sophia’s Secrets
- Donna L. Huntriss – Bowerbirds!
- Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
- Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
- Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
- W. B. Murph – Molly’s Miracle
- Hugh Pittman – Chika’s Mysterious Phone
- TK Sheffield – Nellie’s Island, a tiny filly from a small farm earns her “filly esteem” while working among giant draft horses on Mackinac Island
- Michael Dow, RN, MS – Nurse Florence® for Beginning Readers: Help, I’m Bleeding!
- Joy K. Ball – Winnie’s Christmas Treasure Hunt
- Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
- Brenda Wilson Huddleston – Liam & Little Tail
- Cynthia C. Huijgens – Polar Bear and the UFO
- David Lane – I Have Questions, Lots and Lots of Questions: A True Story of Christmas
- Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
- Miranda Sada – Wings of Glitter
- Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
- Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
- O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
- Grace Wolf – May I Sit At Your Table?
- Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
- Victoria Smith – Tuxedo Baby and His Annoying Cousins
- Liana Somerset – Detective Buster Cuffs: Catching the Treat Snatcher
- Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
- Carolyn Wild – Jacob Sheep: Do You Have A Little Lamb?
- Michele L. Sayre – The Not So Funny Bunny (Happy Tails)
- Carolyn Wild – I Like Ducks: All Year Long
- Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
- Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
- Katrina Johnson – Captain Patch and the Treasure of the Sea Gods
- Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
- Miki Taylor – Bentley’s Fantabulous Idea
- Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
- Johnny Marfia – Marco & Me
- Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
- Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
- Tzuri King & Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed the War Over
- Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
- Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
- K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
- Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
- Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
- Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
- Carolyn Wild – This Kitten; Has Blue Eyes
- Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
- Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
- David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – Mr Moon Mr Moon
- Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
- Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
- Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
- Carolyn Wild – Big Dogs Little Dogs: On The Farm
- TK Sohal and Ms. Raman Kaur – Twin Adventures
- Lori Keenen Smith – Lorlee and the Light
- Anna Casamento Arrigo – What Little Girls Can Do!
- Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
- Geraldine Moran and Illustrated by Daniella Banco – The Moon Child
- Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
- Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
- Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
- Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
- Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
- Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
- Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
- Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
- Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
- Dominique Ellis – The Wisdom Tree: A Father’s Love
- T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
- Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
- Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
- Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

Ravens Roost

by Maggie Bates

See the Full List of 2022 Little Peeps Winners here

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Books. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025.

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Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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October 28, 2023
The Goethe 2023 Short List for Late Historical Fiction
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The other three Historical Fiction Genres are the Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction, the Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Goethe Late Historical Fiction Long List to the 2023 Goethe Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2023 Goethe Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the Goethe 2023 CIBAs.
- Pat Wahler – The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O’Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll
- J. Stanion – My Place Among Them: A Novel
- Sandra Wagner-Wright – Ambition, Arrogance & Pride: Families & Rivals in 18th Century Salem
- Janis Robinson Daly – The Unlocked Path, A Novel
- Lindsey S. Fera – Muskets and Masquerades
- Jerena Tobiasen – Tsarina’s Crown
- Colleen Coyne – The Unintended Heiress
- Mitzi Zilka – Water Fire Steam
- Jeff Schnader – The Serpent Papers
- Miriam Polli – Birds Of Passage
- Patrick Greenwood – Sunrise in Saigon
- Jodi Lea Stewart – The Gold Rose
- Chris Black – Chameleon
- Lisa Voelker – The Spoon
- Nichole Louise – Raven Rock
- Susanne Dunlap – The Courtesan’s Daughter
- Robert Brighton – The Unsealing
- Gary Born – The File
- Robert W Smith – A Long Way from Clare
- Carrie Hayes – Naked Truth or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit
- David Calloway – If Someday Comes
- Michael Miller – High Bridge – Matilda and Grover Battle Learned Ignorance
- Susanne Dunlap – The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard
- Nina Romano – Dark Eyes
- Susanne Dunlap – The Adored One
- Alexandru Czimbor – The Soul Machines
- Wendy Long Stanley – The Treason of Betsy Ross
- Linda Ulleseit – The River Remembers
- Ed Davis – Last Professional
- Loretta Miles Tollefson – There Will Be Consequences
- Don Jacobson – The Sailor’s Rest
- Dean Cycon – Finding Home (Hungary, 1945)
- Leslie K Simmons – Red Clay, Running Waters
- William Maz – Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
- Linda Rosen – The Emerald Necklace
- T. M. Brown – The Last Laird of Sapelo
- Nicole Evelina – Catherine’s Mercy
- Jeanette Watts – My Dearest Miss Fairfax
- J.L Oakley – The Brisling Code
- Joan Koster – Censored Angel: Anthony Comstock’s Nemesis
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GOETHE Awards is:

Eleonora and Joseph:

Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment

by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues

Click here to see the 2022 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025.

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For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 18 – 21, 2024! Register Today!

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October 27, 2023
A STORY Of WHOA by Chris Corbett – Children’s Determination Books, Picture Books, Children’s Emotion & Feelings Books

In A Story of Whoa, Chris Corbett shows one way that parents can explain the often loud and frightening problems of the world to children, and how anyone can make a difference.

Whoa watches the news every night with his father, where tragedy, injustice, and cruelty so often take center stage. Seeing these terrible things happening on TV, Whoa decides the time has come to step up. With his father’s support, he learns every martial art he can, ready to do battle with the toughest challenges in the world!

With patience and encouragement for Whoa’s many KERPOWS!!!, his father helps him discover that fighting injustice often goes beyond physical strength.

The story’s simple narrative voice carries reader through with ease and comfort. Corbett does an excellent job understanding the difficulty of talking to kids today about what they might see on the news, and then brings it home by showing the kids that they can help make the world a better place.

Illustrations from Richardo Galvao delight and pair perfectly with the story, helping put each page in context. Personified depictions of Tragedy, Injustice, and Cruelty add a charming sense of personality and fun to a serious topic.

A Story of Whoa offers an empowering story to help children deal with major problems. Maybe, like Whoa, we can all make the world a better place.

October 27, 2023
The 2023 Ozma Book Awards Short List for Fantasy Fiction
The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2023 CIBAs OZMA division.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Long List to the 2023 Ozma Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
- Derek Wachter – Crete
  Ben G. Price – Ogden
- Jenn Lees – The Quest: Arlan’s Pledge Book Two
- Nicholas Varner – Seasons of the Blue Pearl
- Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm: Book One: The Scales of Balance
- L.R. Braden – Of Mettle and Magic
- A.S. Norris – The Wayward Mage: The Adventures of Jack Wartnose
- Lilla Glass – The Unseen
- Ross Hightower – Argren Blue
- John Diaz – Rogues of the Crosslands: Azoria’s Blade
- Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
- Amber Kirkpatrick – Until the Rising
- Charles Allen – The Order of the Red God
- Jaime Castle & Andy Peloquin – Black Talon
- Crystal D. Grant – Shadowcast
- Ekta R. Garg – In the Heart of the Linden Wood
- L.L. Gray – Shadows and Relics
- Richard C. Brusca – The Time Travelers
- AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Sahon
- D. K. Willis – The Unexpected
- Celaine Charles – Seam Keepers
- McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
- D.A Mucci – Ignatius and the Battle at Dinas Affaraon
- David V. Mammina – The Angels of Resistance
- Dale Griffin – The Last Lion of Karkov
- Jonathan Uffelman – Book of Leprechauns: The Lore Gatherers
- PM Black – The Solar Realm – Silver Slayer
- K.M.Messina – Gemja – The Message
- Omayra Vélez – Ultima Skylar
- PJ Devlin – The Chamber
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
- L. Ryan Storms – Temper the Dark
- Alex B. Harper – Of Light and Nightmares: The Ashes of Magic Trilogy, Volume I
- S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 OZMA Awards is:

Soar a Burning Sky

By Steven Michael Beck

See the full list of 2022 Ozma Award Winners here.

The 2023 OZMA Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2024 OZMA Book Awards are open now. Enter here!

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