The CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our Fiction Divisions and Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of the CIBA Divisions. 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 first look rounds from all 2025 Series Award entries to the 2025 Series Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Series Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Series Book Awards competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• Alexandra Pugachevsky – Lilou the Shadyside Chronicles
• Baer Charlton – Nash Running Bear Mysteries
• Bruce J. Berger – The Covo Family Saga
• Charlotte Stuart – John Smith Mysteries
• D. J. Adamson – Lillian Dove Mystery Series
• Daniel Greene – The Northern Wolf Series
• Daniel V. Meier Jr. – Frank Adams Detective Series
• Donald Firesmith – Hell Holes: The Complete Trilogy
• Elizabeth Klein – Elizion Series
• Emeryl Williams – The Chosen of Bryndir Trilogy
• Eve M. Riley – The Techboys Series
• Gay Yellen – Samantha Newman Mystery Series
• Helena P. Schrader – Bridge To Tomorrow
• J. M. Shaw – Callum Walker Series
• J. W. Zarek – Bella Brown Picture Book Series
• Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery Series
• JJ Winston – The Anniversary
• Katherine Smith Dedrick – The V-Files
• Kathleen Troy – Dylan’s Dog Squad
• L. P. Hoffman – The Third Peril Trilogy
• Lawrence Brown – Vaka Sevah
• Lucinda Brant – Falling Series Enchanting Georgian Fairytale Romances of Sorts
• Matt Ozanich – The Tears of Promises
• Michael J Cooper – Seasons of Empire
• Michael J. Bowler – The Lance Chronicles
• Michaela Riley – The Witch’s Rebirth
• Michele L. Sayre – Darke Realms
• Mim Eichmann – A Sparrow Alone Series
• Ralph R. Rick Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
• Rene Fomby – A Moose Mcgillicutty Mystery
• Robert C Littlewood – The Balance Wars
• Ruth Amanda – Caribbean Coral Carols
• Ryan J. Southworth – The Treeborn Trilogy
• Sarah V. Barnes – She Who Rides Horses
• Sherry Roberts – The Galaxy According To Cece
• Vito Dibarone – Botheration Matty Weber

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

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Series Grand Prize Winner

A Vengeful Realm

By Tim Facciola

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Series Book Award Winners.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Series Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 16 – 19, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference and discover why!

The CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of the CIBA Divisions. 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  from the 2024 Series Award SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Series Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Series Book Awards competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• John J. Spearman – Mercenary Navy
• Alan B. Gibson – Magic at Myers Beach
• Jule Selbo – Dee Rommel Mystery Series
• Evette Davis – The Council Trilogy
• Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
• Laurie Buchanan – Sean Mcpherson Novels
• Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
• April Sebree – Through the Woods
• Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
• Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery series
• J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
• Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
• Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
• Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
• D.V. Chernov – Nick Severs Mysteries
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die Series
• R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector
• Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm
• Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos

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

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Series Grand Prize Winner

Ghosts Along The Oregon Trail

By David Fitz-Gerald

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Series Book Award Winners.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Series  Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

The CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of the CIBA Divisions. 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  from the 2024 Series Award SHORT LIST to the 2024 Series Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Series Book Awards competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• John J. Spearman – Mercenary Navy
• Alan B. Gibson – Magic at Myers Beach
• Jule Selbo – Dee Rommel Mystery Series
• Evette Davis – The Council Trilogy
• Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
• Laurie Buchanan – Sean Mcpherson Novels
• Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
• April Sebree – Through the Woods
• M.K. Dean – The Ginny Reese Mysteries
• Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
• Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery series
• J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
• Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
• Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan
• Eve M Riley – The Techboys series
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
• Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
• Anika Savoy – Ungilded
• Michael J Bowler – The Lance Chronicles
• D.V. Chernov – Nick Severs Mysteries
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die Series
• R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector
• Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm
• Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos

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

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Series Grand Prize Winner

Ghosts Along The Oregon Trail

By David Fitz-Gerald

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Series Book Award Winners.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Series  Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

The CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of the CIBA Divisions. 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  from the 2024 Series Award LONG LIST to the 2024 Series Book Awards SHORT LIST.  The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Series Book Awards competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• Antonia Gavrihel – Back To One
• John J. Spearman – Mercenary Navy
• Alan B. Gibson – Magic at Myers Beach
• D. L. Wilburn Jr. – The God Protocol
• Jule Selbo – Dee Rommel Mystery Series
• Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Yoga Mat Mysteries
• Evette Davis – The Council Trilogy
• Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
• Laurie Buchanan – Sean Mcpherson Novels
• Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
• April Sebree – Through the Woods
• M.K. Dean – The Ginny Reese Mysteries
• Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
• Valerie Green – The McBride Chronicles
• Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery series
• J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
• Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
• Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan
• TK Sheffield – The Backyard Model Mysteries
• Eve M Riley – The Techboys series
• Steven Joseph – Snoodles Book Series
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
• Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
• Anika Savoy – Ungilded
• Michael J Bowler – The Lance Chronicles
• D.V. Chernov – Nick Severs Mysteries
• McKendree Long – The Superstition Gun
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die Series
• R.w. Meek – The Dream Collector
• Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm
• Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos

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

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Series Grand Prize Winner

Ghosts Along The Oregon Trail

By David Fitz-Gerald

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Series Book Award Winners.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Series  Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

The CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of the CIBA Divisions. 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 first look rounds from all 2024 Series Award entries to the 2024 Series Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Series Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Series Book Awards competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

• Samantha Schinder – The Deliverance Series
• Antonia Gavrihel – Back To One
• John J. Spearman – Mercenary Navy
• Elliott Foster – Panic River
• Alan B. Gibson – Magic at Myers Beach
• D. L. Wilburn Jr. – The God Protocol
• Jule Selbo – Dee Rommel Mystery Series
• Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Yoga Mat Mysteries
• Evette Davis – The Council Trilogy
• Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
• Laurie Buchanan – Sean Mcpherson Novels
• Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
• April Sebree – Through the Woods
• M.K. Dean – The Ginny Reese Mysteries
• Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
• Melrose McFadden – Major Bummer Murders
• Valerie Green – The McBride Chronicles
• Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery series
• J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
• A. Keith Carreiro – The Immortality Wars
• Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
• Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan
• Don Stuart – Washington Statehouse Series
• Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel – Emotional Intelligence Book Series
• TK Sheffield – The Backyard Model Mysteries
• Eve M Riley – The Techboys series
• Steven Joseph – Snoodles Book Series
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
• Ron Singerton – Sword of Rome
• Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
• Anika Savoy – Ungilded
• Michael J Bowler – The Lance Chronicles
• D.V. Chernov – Nick Severs Mysteries
• McKendree Long – The Superstition Gun
• Tamar Anolic – The Vanguard Warrior Trilogy
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die Series
• R.w. Meek – The Dream Collector
• Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm
• Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos
• Bert Entwistle – Leftover Soldiers
• D.F. Kennedy – So Help Me God
• J.C. Ahern – The Strategy series

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

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Series Grand Prize Winner

Ghosts Along The Oregon Trail

By David Fitz-Gerald

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Series Book Award Winners.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Series  Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical 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 the 2023 Series Book Awards Entries to the 2022 Series Book Awards Short List. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Series Semi-Finalists. Finalists are then 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 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finals of the 2023 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

• David Fitz-Gerald – Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail
• Eric J. Gates – The Cull
• CK Van Dam – On the Dakota Frontier
• Michele L. Sayre – Darke Realms
• Chuck Morgan – Crime
• Jode Millman – The Queen City Crimes Series
• John J Spearman – Perseverance Andrews
• John J Spearman – Halberd
• Sharon Michalove – Global Security Unlimited
• McKinley Aspen – Shadows in the Wind
• James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
• Holly Brandon – Chastity Series
• Mary Seifert – Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries
• Jeannée Sacken – The Annie Hawkins Series
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina
• Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners Series
• Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves
• Mark A. Gibson – Hamilton Place
• KD Sherrinford – Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler romantic mysteries
• Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Islands Series
• C.K. Donnelly – The Kinderra Saga
• McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
• Alice McVeigh – Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series
• Michele Kwasniewski – The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart
• Elizabeth R. Jensen – The Three Brothers Trilogy
• Sophia Alexander – The Silk Trilogy
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books
• AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque
• Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob
• Lucinda Brant – Roxton Foundation Series
• S. Lee Fisher – The Women of Campbell County
• Andrew Sweet – Reality Gradient
• Frank F. Weber – The Jon Frederick series
• E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West was Won then Lost Annihilation
• Elizabeth Woolsey – The Travels of Dr. Rebecca Harper
• Tom Burkhalter – No Merciful War
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Invisible Death
• Dave Lager – The Ro Delahanty Novels
• John J. Spearman – FitzDuncan
  
• Marieke Lexmond – The Madigan Chronicles
• Tony Johnson – The Story of Evil

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.

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Series Awards is:
The Curtis Jefferson Series
By Vince Bailey

Click here to see the 2022 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

The Chanticleer Authors Conference

Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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

Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical 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 the 2023 Series Book Awards Entries to the 2022 Series Book Awards Long List. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Series Short List. Semi-Finalists are chosen from the Short List. Finalists are then 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 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 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

• David Fitz-Gerald – Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail
• Eric J. Gates – The Cull
• CK Van Dam – On the Dakota Frontier
• Michele L. Sayre – Darke Realms
• Chuck Morgan – Crime
• Jode Millman – The Queen City Crimes Series
• John J Spearman – Perseverance Andrews
• John J Spearman – Halberd
• Sharon Michalove – Global Security Unlimited
• McKinley Aspen – Shadows in the Wind
• James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
• Holly Brandon – Chastity Series
• Mary Seifert – Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries
• Jeannée Sacken – The Annie Hawkins Series
• Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina
• Amy Wolf – The Spinners of Time
• Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners Series
• Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves
• Mark A. Gibson – Hamilton Place
• KD Sherrinford – Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler romantic mysteries
• Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Islands Series
• Tiffany Kahapea – Magic and Prophecies
• Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn
• C.K. Donnelly – The Kinderra Saga
• McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
• Alice McVeigh – Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series
• Michele Kwasniewski – The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart
• Hari Hyde – The Honeygate Chronicles
• Elizabeth R. Jensen – The Three Brothers Trilogy
• Sophia Alexander – The Silk Trilogy
• Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books
• AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque
• Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob
• Lucinda Brant – Roxton Foundation Series
• S. Lee Fisher – The Women of Campbell County
• Andrew Sweet – Reality Gradient
• Frank F. Weber – The Jon Frederick series
• E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West was Won then Lost Annihilation
• Elizabeth Woolsey – The Travels of Dr. Rebecca Harper
• Tom Burkhalter – No Merciful War
• E. Alan Fleischauer – Invisible Death
• Dave Lager – The Ro Delahanty Novels
• John J. Spearman – FitzDuncan
• James T. Hogg – Girl with a Knife Books
  
• Marieke Lexmond – The Madigan Chronicles
• Tony Johnson – The Story of Evil

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.

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 to the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Series Awards is The Curtis Jefferson Series By Vince Bailey

Click here to see the 2022 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

The Chanticleer Authors Conference

Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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

Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!