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Author: mike-murphey

The Humor and Satire 2022 CIBA WINNERS
The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire. The Humor and Satire Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Catherine Brown on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the Humor and Satire BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the Humor and Satire Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Daniel Eric Finkel – Mr. Taffle’s Pants of Insanity
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- Steven Mayfield – Delphic Oracle, U.S.A.
- Mike Murphey – The Outlaw Gillis Kerg … Physics, Lust and Greed Series
- Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Sushing Prize
- Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Humor and Satire Awards is:

DELPHIC ORACLE, USA

by Steven Mayfield

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

The Chanticleer Team
May 9, 2023
The SHORTS Book Awards 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Short Stories and Essays
The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, and Novellas. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

NOTE: We are posting the Novellas and Collected Works in a different post. These are Short Stories and Essays

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Reenita M. Hora on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the SHORTS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to the FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS of Individual Short Stories, Novellas, and Essays Awards, a division of the 2022 CIBAs.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!
- Mike Murphey – Old Man Baseball
- J.L. Oakley – Sons and Streams
- Leslie Wibberley – The Poison Garden
- Miriam Polli – Agathos
- Ray Dionne – Harvest Day
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards is:

Old Man Baseball

by Mike Murphey

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

Team Chanticleer!
May 5, 2023
THE OUTLAW GILLIS KERG: A Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed by Mike Murphey – Time Travel, Murder Mystery, Sci-fi Thriller

Be careful what you wish for, because it may turn on you in The Outlaw Killis Kerg by Mike Murphey.

It’s midway through the 21^st century, and time travel is spreading. Who doesn’t want to travel back in time to change their present? However, the best plans can often bring dire consequences. When those in the present invent time travel, then people in the future also have the same ability. What might the future impose on the past to change the course of humanity?

Marta Hamilton and Marshall Grissom believe their time-traveling days are soon coming to an end. But while vacationing on their boat, they’re attacked by a group of intruders; they leap into action to defend themselves, and after defeating their attackers they recognize one of them from the time travel office. Someone ordered this attack. The intrigue begins, energizing Marta and Marshall on a journey to overturn the political machinations of a powerful partnership between government and corporate power. Their search leads to the ultimate confrontation against the cult of vengeance and The Outlaw Gillis Kerg.

Despite the high stakes, Marta and Marshall keep their biting sense of humor.

When they discover a federal judge murdered, the clues indicate what they most feared. This murder was committed by an agent from the future, but how do you prove something like that? Marta and Marshall must find a way to do so, and catch the killer.

They are pushed, as a team, to risk their lives for the truth. Even when they realize they’re walking into a trap, they must move forward, with creative precautions. Marta and Marshall are a thrilling pair, diving into the storm, defying the forces against them, including those powerful opponents who sometimes act in unfamiliar, futuristic ways. Their challenging confrontations are an exciting read.

Author Mike Murphey has continued his epic Physics, Lust and Greed series with this fourth book that treats his readers to the same high level of action.

The author’s witty humor is laced throughout the dialogue, with pointed political satire. Readers will cheer for Marta and Marshall from the beginning, and find the other characters, including the US President, unique and entertaining. Some of these other characters may seem outrageous, but each follows their own motives.

Writing about all the past, present, and future actors invading different times could become overwhelming, but Murphey is very clear in his plotting and makes the action easy to follow.

Will Marta and Marshall prove the killer of the judge, come from the future? Can they catch that killer? How will they confront The Outlaw Gillis Kerg?

Mike Murphey’s series Physics, Lust and Greed was a Finalist in the Chanticleer 2021 Series Book Awards.

October 5, 2022