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The LARAMIE 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Americana Fiction
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The 2021 LARAMIE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Jacquie Rogers on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the LARAMIE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LARAMIE Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!
- Chris Bennett – Road to the Breaking
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
- George T. Arnold – Wyandotte Bound
- Pamela Nowak – Never Let Go
- David Fitz-Gerald – The Curse of Conchobar: A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series
- Glen Craney – The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LARAMIE Awards is:

Tom Sawyer Returns

E.E. Burke

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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The 2022 LARAMIE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 LARAMIE Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
June 30, 2022
The LITTLE PEEPS 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Early Readers and Children’s Fiction
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 2021 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

The 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Janet Oakley on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the LITTLE PEEPS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the LITTLE PEEPS Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating 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
- Andrea Vaughan – Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath
- Denise Ditto Satterfield – Tooth Fairy Day Celebration
- Rebecca Dwight Bruff – Stars of Wonder
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath

by Andrea Vaughan

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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The 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
June 30, 2022
The GLOBAL THRILLER 2021 CIBA WINNERS for High Stakes Suspense
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in High Stakes Thriller Fiction. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point.

For other Mystery Divisions see our Clue Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels and our M&M Awards for Cozy-and-not-so-Cozy Novels.

The 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Peter Greene on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the GLOBAL THRILLER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GLOBAL THRILLER Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Timothy S. Johnston – Fatal Depth
- J Lawrence Matthews – One Must Tell The Bees
- Norman M. Jacobs, MD – A Divine Wind
- Randall Krzak – Mission: Angola (Xavier Sear Thriller Book 1)
- Ron McManus – The Chameleon
- Andrew Kaplan – Blue Madagascar
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is:

The Chameleon

Ron McManus
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 FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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The 2022 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. Thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
June 30, 2022
The HARVEY CHUTE 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Business & Finance Non-Fiction
The HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 motivational, strategy, technology guides, social media, finance, investing & money, communications, marketing, business, and economics. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Harvey Chute Book Awards?

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies June 23-26th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person. Looking for our other Non-fiction categories, then click here.

The 2021 HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the HARVEY CHUTE Grand Prize Winner were announced by Kiffer Brown on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the HARVEY CHUTE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the HARVEY CHUTE Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Stan Bernard, MD, MBA – Brands Don’t Win: How Transcenders Change Games
- Thomas Wideman – Welfare Cheese to Fine Caviar: How to Achieve Your Dreams Despite Your Upbringing
- Kate Dixon – Pay Up! Unlocking Insider Secrets of Salary Negotiation
- Cash Nickerson – Negotiating As a Martial Art
- George Marino CPA – Beyond Balancing the Books: Sheer Mindfulness for Professionals in Work and Life
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

Beyond Balancing the Books

by George Marino
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 FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

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The 2022 HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
June 29, 2022
2021 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards – Official Postings of First Place and Grand Prize Winners by Kiffer Brown
We are thrilled to announce the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Award Winners

There are many moving parts to a prestigious book awards program such as Chanticleer’s. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

Grand Prize Winners from earlier CIBAs. We haven’t received the photos yet from this year’s event from the photographer.

We will post the Official 2021 CIBA Winners at a rate of at least two per day (except for on July 4th, a national holiday in the U.S.) in the following order as they were announced at the CIBA Banquet and Awards Ceremony held In Real Life at the Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash. on Saturday, June 25th, 2022.

Reposted July 21, 2022 Three Links to the Official 2021 CIBA Announcements
Congratulations to ALL!

Previously Posted:

I am posting the links to the 2021 CIBA presentations for Saturday, June 25th CIBA Banquet and Ceremony below.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Chanticleer International

Book Awards Banquet & Ceremony

~The 2021 CIBAs~

The Hotel Bellwether ~ Bellingham, Wash.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS – 2021 Preliminary Announcement

Here is the link to the slide show presentation of the 2021 CIBA First Place Award Winners. You will need to scroll through the 26 divisions (91 slides).

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS – 2021 Preliminary Announcement

Here is the link to the slide show presentation of the 2021 CIBA Grand Prize Award Winners. You will need to scroll through the 26 divisions (89 slides).

The CIBA Ceremony was available In Real Life at the Hotel Bellwether and via ZOOM for those who registered. All IRL attendees have access to the Zoomed CAC22 sessions on ZOOM.

Again, we will be posting the Official List of 2021 CIBA Winners by division at a rate of at least two divisions per day.

Congratulations to ALL of the FINALISTS, First Place Winners, and Grand Prize Division Winners!

Stay tuned for the Official 2021 CIBA Division Announcements!

Looking forward to reading your newest works for the 2022 CIBAs.

We are honored and thrilled! More info to come!

Thank you, again, for your patience and understanding. They Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program is a labor of love for books and the authors who write them. Kiffer
June 29, 2022
The Chaucer 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Early Historical Fiction
The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, 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 Goethe Awards for Late Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

The 2021 CHAUCER Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner were announced by Nicole Evelina on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the CHAUCER BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CHAUCER Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- James Conroyd Martin – Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora (The Theodora Duology Book 2)
- John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane – Olympia: The Birth of the Games
- Janet Wertman – The Boy King
- Wendy J. Dunn – Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things
- Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Lines Between Us: A Novel
- Patricia Bracewell – The Steel Beneath the Silk
- James Hutson-Wiley – The Travels of ibn Thomas
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is:

Too Soon the Night

by James Conroyd Martin

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 FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

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We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
The 2022 CHAUCER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 CHAUCER Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
June 29, 2022
The CYGNUS 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The 2021 CYGNUS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Wendy Kendall on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner.
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- Sarah Lahey – Nostalgia Is Heartless, Book Two
- Akosua Sankofa – Monmouth Deep
- Rhett C. Bruno – Vicarious
- Elizabeth Crowens – A War in Too Many Worlds
- Steven Seril – The Destroyer of Worlds: ‘An Answer to Every Question’
- Charlene Newcomb – Echoes of the Storm
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

A War in Too Many Worlds

By Elizabeth Crowens

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 FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

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The 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards are open until the end of June. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
June 29, 2022
Celebrating Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program Levels of Achievement

The 2024 CIBAs Ceremony is April 5, 2025 at CAC25!
Don’t miss out!

Congratulations to each and every one of the Authors

whose works advanced to the

FINALIST Level of Achievement

in the 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards program!

Now let’s look at where we came from to make this happen.

Everyone who made it to the Long List had something that our readers saw as worthwhile, a reason to lift them out of the slush pile and post them to our site. The competition becomes steeper every year and any bit of the way up this pyramid is something to celebrate!

Making it to the FINALIST Level is indeed something to crow about!

Be sure to share your advancement on social media, as well as tagging us (@ChantiReviews) to help increase your digital footprint. This is our Twitter and this is our Facebook.

We have notified each FINALIST by email, by posts on the Chanticleer website, and on social media. Digital badges are available starting with the Short List. If you need a digital badge reflecting your tier level, please email info@ChantiReviews.com with your division and rank, and we will send you one as soon as possible.

Congratulations to the FINALISTS!

Advancing to the prestigious FINALIST stage is a huge accomplishment!

Being a Finalist means that your book truly stands out. The decisions of who moves on here are always difficult as the quality is so readily apparent. Thank you to everyone who is a Finalist for making the CIBAs a joy and a delight with your incredible words!

Now that is something to CROW ABOUT!

Make sure your Awards gets the attention it deserves on Goodreads.com

In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

You want to list the Award for Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Winners, and be sure to include the year and what place you received. For example:

The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist.

Note from Goodreads: “To add a new award or edit an existing award, you’ll need

help from one of our volunteer librarians or a staff member.” For assistance, post in the Goodreads Librarians Group.

Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.

Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun!

Join us! Register Today! Seating is Limited!

The official lists for First Place and Grand Prize Winners will begin posting on April 29th, 2025 after one more sweep.

Why wait? Register today!

June 7, 2022
The 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies – The FINALISTS – CIBAs 2021
The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Shorts Book Awards Short List to the 2021 Shorts 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–whether virtual or in-person.

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

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

These titles have advanced to the FINALIST stage of the 2021 Shorts Book Awards competition!
- Grendolyn Peach Soleil – The Mermaids Melt at Dawn for Fantasy and Myth
- Russ Colson – Kernels of Mind – for Philosophical SciFi
- Leah Angstman – Shoot the Horses First for Americana Fiction
- Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles for 20th c. Wartime Fiction
- Susannah Dawn – I’m Not What I Used To Be, Yet I Am Who I’ve Always Been – Excerpts From My Journey for Personal Journey Non-Fiction
- K. – Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories for Literary Love Stories
- Domenick Venezia – The Edwerd Chronicles for Magical Realism
- Elizabeth Crowens – New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst for Anthologies and Mixed Media
- Jeff Richards – Everyone Worth Knowing for Literary
- Maria Rybakova – Quaternity: Four Novellas From The Carpathians for Contemporary Themes
- Frances Howard-Snyder – Through a Glass Darkly for Contemporary Themes
- Judy Taylor – The Boy Who Wrote Poetry for Family Stories
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is Pierce Koslosky Jr. for A Week at Surfside Beach

Click here to see the 2020 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Shorts Book Awards. 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 and along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
May 12, 2022
The 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas (Individual Works) – The FINALISTS – CIBAs 2021
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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 Shorts Book Awards Short List to the 2021 Shorts 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.

NOTE: We are posting the Collected Works such as Short Story or Essay Collections and Anthologies in a different post.
These are Individual Works

These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2021 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, Novellas!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

Out of This World Fiction (Cygnus, OZMA, Paranormal)
- Susannah Dawn – Command of the Butterfly
- Gina Detwiler – Before: Jared’s Story
- Susan Faw – The Wizard of Bastion
Mysteries and Suspense (Mystery/Thriller/CLUE)
- Dalton Mire – A Chance to Serve
- M. K. Wiseman – Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel
The Historicals (Chaucer/Goethe/Hemingway)
- Kristie Clark – Dragon of the Sea
- Elizabeth Wolf – The Royal Foetus: A very short novel based on the very short life of King Louis XVII
- Breakfield and Burkey – Out of Poland
- Joy Ross Davis – The Sutler of Petersburg
- Nicole Evelina – Consequences
Somerset – Literary & Contemporary Fiction
- Toni Ann Johnson – Homegoing
- Mekiya Walters – Bathwater (or, The Miseducation of Ness Chairmonte)
- Frances Howard-Snyder – Face to Face
- Dalton Mire – A Minefield of Memories
- Grace Sikorski – How To Become a Mother
Box of Chocolates Assortment
- Lindy Miller – Sleigh Bells on Bread Loaf Mountain
- Jean-Jacques Jura – Acadian Chronicles: When Ancestors Look Down
- Barry Robbins – Oh Daddy Chronicles: The Tasting
Narrative Non-Fiction
- Lisa Lynn Veith – Gold Medal
- J. L. Oakley – Putting Things Away
- Vicky Oliver – A Valentine to my Mothers and Other Dubious Role Models
Graphic Stories
- Kourtney Spadoni – In The Underwood
- Clayton Marshall Adams – The Mask
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Shorts Awards for Short Stories is Robin Lee Lovelace for Savonne, Not Vonny

Click here to see the 2020 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Shorts Book Awards. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

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