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  • The Chaucer 2022 Short List for Early Historical Fiction

    The Chaucer 2022 Short List for Early Historical Fiction

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottom

    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 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Long List to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    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 April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
    • Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
    • Aaron Mead – Neither Slave nor Free
    • Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
    • David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
    • GK Johnson – The Zealots
    • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
    • A. M. Linden – The Valley: Book Two of the Druid Chronicles
    • Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
    • Patricia Bernstein – A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower
    • Meredith Allard – Down Salem Way
    • Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
    • Amy Maroney – Sea of Shadows
    • Amy Maroney – Island of Gold
    • Kelly Evans – Unfinished: The Inspired Life of Elisabetta Sirani
    • Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
    • Eileen Stephenson – Imperial Passions – The Great Palace
    • Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
    • M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
    • Cindy Burkart Maynard – Finding the Way
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
    • Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
    • Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
    • Mack Little – Daughter of Hades
    • Prue Batten – Reliquary – Book One of The Peregrinus Series
    • Alexander Geiger – Immortal Alexandros 
    • Anna Belfrage – The Castilian Pomegranate
    • Andrew Rowen – Columbus and Caonabó: 1493-1498 Retold

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is Too Soon the Night by James Conroyd Martin

    Too soon the night cover

    Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

    Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

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

    Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

    For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!

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

  • The Chaucer 2022 Long List for Early Historical Fiction

    The Chaucer 2022 Long List for Early Historical Fiction

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottom

    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 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction entries to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    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 April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
    • Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
    • Aaron Mead – Neither Slave nor Free
    • Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
    • David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
    • Daniel V. Meier, Jr. – Bloodroot
    • GK Johnson – The Zealots
    • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
    • Tonya Ulynn Brown – The King’s Inquisitor
    • A. M. Linden – The Valley: Book Two of the Druid Chronicles
    • Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
    • Patricia Bernstein – A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower
    • Lee Swanson – A Dangerous Journey Home
    • Meredith Allard – Down Salem Way
    • Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
    • Brigitte Goldstein – Princess of the Blood – A Tapestry of Love and War in 16th-Century France
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
    • Amy Maroney – Sea of Shadows
    • Amy Maroney – Island of Gold
    • Karen Martin – Dancing the Labyrinth
    • Kelly Evans – Unfinished: The Inspired Life of Elisabetta Sirani
    • Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
    • Eileen Stephenson – Imperial Passions – The Great Palace
    • Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
    • M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
    • Cindy Burkart Maynard – Finding the Way
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
    • Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
    • Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
    • Mack Little – Daughter of Hades
    • Prue Batten – Reliquary – Book One of The Peregrinus Series
    • Alexander Geiger – Immortal Alexandros 
    • Anna Belfrage – The Castilian Pomegranate
    • Andrew Rowen – Columbus and Caonabó: 1493-1498 Retold

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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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 2021 CHAUCER Awards is Too Soon the Night by James Conroyd Martin

    Too soon the night cover

    Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

    Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

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

    Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

    For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!

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

  • Got a Mystery? Get a Clue! Suspense/Thriller Awards open until the end of September!

    Fall into a good book with us this September as we walk down the Chanticleer Clue Book Awards Hall of Fame.

    the Clue Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

    It doesn’t take a sleuth to realize the best way to have your work to be discovered is by submitting it to the Clue Book Awards Program!

    Just take a look at some of these incredible authors who have won the past Clue Awards!

    The 2021 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Shelley Nolden for The Vines

    The Vines Cover

    Born and raised in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, Shelley Nolden headed east after matriculating from the University of Minnesota. After living in New York City for five years while working in finance, she and her husband decided they weren’t meant for city life and moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey.

    Shelley’s debut novel, The Vines, was released on March 23, 2021. Her obsession with forbidden North Brother Island in New York City’s East River, as well as her personal health history and passion for equality, heavily influenced the creation of this historical fiction thriller.

    You can read more about North Brother Island here.

    See the full list of 2021 Clue Winners here.

    The 2020 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Chris Karlsen for A Venomous Love.

    Detective Rudyard Bloodstone is facing the most bizarre crime spree of his career as a copper on the Victorian streets of London. Someone is using a poisonous Cape cobra as a weapon.

    What begins as a simple robbery scheme turns deadly when a wealthy businessman is killed via cobra attack, the crimes go from strange to deadly. Rudyard (Ruddy) and his partner, Archie Holcomb, have few clues and no idea what would cause such a change in the criminal’s behavior.

    Chris Karlsen was born and raised in Chicago. A retired police detective, Karlsen spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. Her desire to write came in my early teens. After retiring, she pursued that dream. She writes three different series: Knights in Time (Paranormal Romance), (Romantic Thriller), and the newest is The Bloodstone Series. Each series has a different setting and some cross time periods.

    She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and five wild and crazy rescue dogs.

    See the full list of 2020 Clue Winners here.

    The 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Joanne Jaytanie for Salvaging Truth.

    Famed marine biologist and researcher Claudia Rawlings is presumed dead. When Claudia’s research vessel goes down, her daughter Riley goes on a desperate search to discover what happened, eventually turning to Dagger Eastin, co-owner of Hunters and Seekers a marine salvage business. Dagger soon realize this isn’t a simple search and reclaim mission when someone takes a shot at him during an exploratory dive with Riley.

    Former Navy SEALs, Dagger, and his partners Kaleb LaSalle and Stone Garrison are the definitions of relentless, and they quickly become embroiled in the investigation that has caught the attention of some very influential people, all seeking Claudia’s important research. And while Riley learns that her mother has left behind clues to her missing research, the Hunters and Seekers pull out all the stops to help and protect her. The wild scavenger hunt sends Dagger and Riley on a trip to discover the truth, but Russian spies, big oil cronies, and psychopathic hitmen lurk around every corner.

    Joanne was born and raised in Sherburne, New York, a quaint village surrounded by dairy farms and rolling hills. From the moment she could read she wanted to explore the world. During her college years, she slowly crept across the country, stopping along the way in Oklahoma, California, and finally Washington State, which she now proudly calls home. She lives with her husband and Dobermans, in their home located on the Olympic Peninsula with a panoramic view of the Olympic Mountains.

    Joanne writes romantic suspense, paranormal, mystery-thriller, supernatural suspense, and contemporary romance. She loves to submerge herself in the world of her characters, to live and breathe their lives and marvel at their decisions and predicaments. She enjoys a wide variety of books including paranormal, suspense, thriller, and of course romance.

    See the full list of 2019 Clue Winners here.

    The 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Timothy Burgess for California Son

    California Son, the second installment in the Liam Sol Mystery series by Timothy Burgess, presents another action-packed mystery for protagonist Liam Sol to solve. Honorably discharged after his tour of duty in Vietnam, Liam returns to his primarily Hispanic neighborhood of Baja La Bolsa, a coastal town near LA, California, where trouble finds him.

    In his role as a journalist, Liam takes interest in the daily pleas of a Hispanic mother to find her son’s murderer, pleas that the mostly white La Bolsa Police seem to ignore. After an article he writes in hopes of renewing interest in the case appears in La Bolsa Tribune, the mother is found dead in her apartment. No stranger to death or violence, Liam soon finds himself on the personal side of a hunt for the killer of not only the son but also the mother.

    Growing up in Southern California, Tim Burgess was always fascinated by the 1960s surf culture. Though he was only a child, he could tell this was not a Beach Blanket Bingo world. Beneath the innocent surface of the sun and the sand lurked a dark and dangerous undercurrent. The setting, he realized, would be perfect for a mystery series. The Never-Ending Swell and California Son are the first two books in the Liam Sol Mystery Series.

    Tim grew up in West Covina, CA. and graduated from Cal Poly, Pomona–Go Broncos!

    See the full list of 2018 Clue Winners here

    And the 2017 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Kaylin McFarren for Twisted Threads

    Interested in a holiday cruise? Surround yourself with luxury, romance, secrets and multiple murders while traveling through the Caribbean with author Kaylin McFarren in her new sexy, action-packed book, Twisted Threads. There is only one assignment for a Japanese crime lord’s favorite assassin: take out a dastardly couple in less than ten days. But can Akira Hamada complete her mission without losing her head and heart during her most steamy and complicated hit thus far?

    It isn’t part of the assignment to fall in love with someone close to murder suspects, Sara and Paul Lyons, but then Akira has never been bound by rules. Devon returns Akira’s feelings with all his being. However, there are notorious secrets between them, and now this surging romance is putting his life at risk as well. With no avenue for escape, multiple disappearances and murders increase the onboard tension. And that’s not all. Descriptions of the steamy scenes behind closed doors are beyond intense, with exhilarating adult situations and language.

    Kaylin McFarren has received more than 60 national literary awards, in addition to a prestigious Golden Heart Award nomination for Flaherty’s Crossing – a book she and her oldest daughter, New York Times/USA Today best-selling author Kristina McMorris, co-wrote in 2008. Prior to embarking on her writing journey and developing the popular Threads psychological thriller series, she poured her passion for creativity into her work as the director of a fine art gallery in the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon; she also served as a governor-appointed member of the Oregon Arts Commission.

    See the full list of 2017 Clue Winners here

    Again, a huge congratulations to Shelley Nolden, the most recent Clue Grand Prize Winner. We are honored to continue to promote and celebrate the winning books of the CIBAs.

    Have an excellent Suspense/Thriller? The Clue Awards closes at the end of September! Submit today!

    Chanticleerians in the News? We love celebrating our Chanticleer Authors! Anytime you have something to crow about, email us at info@ChantiReviews.com to let us know!

  • Part Three of Three Official Postings of the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs) Overall Grand Prize and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners

    We are deeply honored and excited to continue to announce the 2021 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) with our third and final of three official postings.

    CIBA Grand Prize Ribbons!

    The winners were recognized at the CIBA ceremonies held on June 25th, 2022 in-person and by ZOOM webinars  at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

     

    The CIBA announcements were made LIVE with Chanticleerians participating and interacting from around the globe and North America.

    Raising our glasses to cheer the CIBA Winners!

    We want to thank all of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 25 CIBA Divisions. Without your labors of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist. THANK YOU!

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

     

    We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2019—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division. The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

    This post will recognize the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the

    Seven Non-Fiction Divisions:

    Journey, Hearten, Harvey Chute, Mind and Spirit, I & I, Military & Frontline and Nellie Bly

    along with the FIRST Winners for the 

    Short Story, and Book Series Awards,

    and concluding with the 

     OVERALL 2021 GRAND PRIZE WINNER 

    for the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards 

    For the Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards, please click here for Part 1.

    For the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards, click here for Part 2.

    Journey Narrative Non-Fiction

    The JOURNEY Book Awards for

    Narrative Non-Fiction, Memoirs, and Biographies 

    Grand Prize Winner is

     

    BETTER OFF BALD: A Life in 147 Days

     

    The Journey First Place Category Winners are:

    • Rosie McMahan – Fortunate Daughter: A Memoir of Reconciliation
    • Rosemary Keevil – The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction
    • Heather Haldeman – Kids and Cocktails Don’t Mix: A Memoir
    • Kathleen Lockyer – The Broken Wing Dance — Love, loss, trauma and how nature led me back to my wild self
    • C.L. Olsen – The Home for Friendless Children  

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

     

    The INSTRUCTION and INSIGHT Book Awards

    for How-To Guides, Travel Guides, Cook Books, Self-Help, and Enlightenment

    Grand Prize Winner is 

     

    THE BLACK FOSTER YOUTH HANDBOOK by Angela Quijada-BanksBlack Foster Youth Handbook Cover

    The I & I  First Place Category Winners are:

    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls
    • Geraldine Clouston and Susan Weintrob – indieBRAG Eat, Read & Dream Cookbook
    • Jim & Jessica Braz – Baby Out of Wedlock
    • Phoebe Walker – Freedom Found – Productive and Joyful Living In Spite of Chronic Pain
    • M. J. Simms-Maddox, Ph.D. – A Handbook for Emerging and Seasoned Authors        

    Congratulations to the Inaugural 

    AWARD WINNERS for the

    Military and Front Line Book Awards

    of the CIBAs

    The MILITARY & FRONT LINE Book Awards

    for Service to Others Non-Fiction 

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Dear Bob Military & Front Line Grand Prize Badge

    DEAR BOB: Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondance with the G.I.s of World War II by Martha Bolten with Linda Hope

    Dear Bob Cover

    The Military & Front Line  First Place Category Winners are:

    • Vicki Cody – Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home
    • Grover Nicodemus Street RN, Sandra de Abreu Guidry-Street MD, & Ja-ne de Abreu – Chasing the Surge: Life as a Travel Nurse in a Global Pandemic
    • Margaret Thomson – The World Looks Different Now
    • Burl Harmon – Combat Missions
    • George Farag – Unbecoming My Father’s Son: A Memoir

    Nellie Bly Awards

    The NELLIE BLY Book Awards

    for Investigative and Long Form Journalism Non-Fiction 

    Grand Prize Winner is

    America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Nellie Bly Grand Prize Badge

     

    AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN SUFFRAGISTS: Virginia and Francis Minor
    by Nicole Evelina

    America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Cover

    The Nellie Bly First Place Category Winners are:

    • Dori Jones Yang – When the Red Gates Opened
    • Dr. Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s Clinic
    • Abe Streep – Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana
    • Janice S. Ellis, Ph.D. – Advancing the Good Society:  Real Advocacy Journalism in Action

    Three Black stripes on a yellow badge CIBA Badge

    The HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards

    for Business & Enterprise Non-Fiction 

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Beyond Balancing the Books Harvey Chute Grand Prize Badge

    BEYOND BALANCING THE BOOKS by George Marino

    Balancing the Books Cover Image

     

    The Harvey Chute First Place Category Winners are:

    • 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

    Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards

    The MIND & SPIRIT Book Awards

    for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Grand Prize Badge for Enlighten Up by Beth Gibbs

    ENLIGHTEN UP! by Beth Gibbs

     

    The Mind and Spirit First Place Category Winners are:

    • Mike Lutz – Jesus Speaking
    • Reagan J. Pasternak – Griffin’s Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies
    • Tammy Green – Living Without Skin: Everything I Never Knew About Fierce Vulnerability
    • Starr Regan DiCiurcio – Divine Sparks: Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World    

    The HEARTEN Book Awards

    for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction

    Grand Prize Winner is

    2021 Heart Grand Prize Badge for DAWGS by Diane Trull and Meredith Wargo

     

    DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
    By Diane Trull and Meredith Wargo

    Cover of DAWGS

     

    The Hearten First Place Category Winners are:

     

    The SHORT STORY Book Awards

    for the CIBA Short Story Collections

    Grand Prize Winner is

    New York Give me your best or your worst Shorts (collections) Grand Prize Badge

    NEW YORK: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst by Elizabeth Crowens

    New York Give me your best or your worst cover

     

    The Shorts First Place Category Winners are:

     

    • Leah Angstman – Shoot the Horses First
    • Susannah Dawn – I’m Not What I Used To Be, Yet I Am Who I’ve Always Been – Excerpts From My Journey
    • Domenick Venezia – The Edwerd Chronicles
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – Through a Glass Darkly 
    • Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles 

    The SHORT STORY Book Awards

    for Short Stories, Novelettes, and Novellas

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Grand Prize Badge for Toni Ann Johnson's Homegoing

     

    HOMEGOING by Toni Ann Johnson

    Homegoing Cover

    The Shorts First Place Category Winners are:

     

     

    • Gina Detwiler – Before: Jared’s Story
    • M. K. Wiseman – Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel
    • Elizabeth Wolf – The Royal Foetus: A very short novel based on the very short life of King Louis XVII
    • Lindy Miller – Sleigh Bells on Bread Loaf Mountain
    • Vicky Oliver – A Valentine to my Mothers and Other Dubious Role Models
    • Kourtney Spadoni – In The Underwood

     

    The BOOK SERIES Book Awards

    for Fiction Series

    Grand Prize Winner is

    THE GUINEVERE’S TALE TRILOGY by Nicole Evelina

    The three books in the Guinevere's Tale Trilogy

    Daughter of Destiny, Camelot’s Queen, and Mistress of Legend

     

    The Series First Place Category Winners are:

     

    Ozma Book Awards for Series – Fantasy Fiction

    • M. K. Wiseman – The Bookminder series

    Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Series – Young Adult

    • Pamela Beason – Run for Your Life

    Chatelaine Book Awards for Series – Romantic Fiction

    • Janet K. Shawgo – Look For Me Series

    CLUE Book Awards for Series – Thriller/Suspense

    • Kaylin McFarren – Threads

    Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards for Series – Mysteries / Cozy and Not-so-Cozy

    • Amy S. Peele – A Transplant Medical Murder Mystery series

      Laramie Book Awards for Series – Americana / Western Fiction

      • E. Alan Fleischauer – JT Thomas’s Series – Western series

       

      CONGRATULATIONS to ALL! 

      The 2021 CIBA Overall Grand Prize Winner

      And NOW for the 

      2021 CHANTICLEER INT’L BOOK AWARDS

      BEST BOOK

      and

      OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER

      The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

      THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

      by J.W. Zarek

      J.W. Zarek will also be awarded $1,000 USD in recognition of her 2021 BEST BOOK of the YEAR – Chanticleer International Book Awards – Sponsored by Chanticleer Reviews & Media. 

      A Chanticleer Review of The Devil Pulls the Strings will be featured in the in the Chanticleer Reviews OnWord Magazine (print and epub) along with other promotional and marketing opportunities along with an interview with the author, J.W. Zarek.

      Thank you J.W. Zarek for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards. We look forward to receiving future work in our CIBAs.

      CONGRATULATIONS J.W. Zarek! 

      Six Grand Prize Winners with J.W. Zarek, the 2021 Overall Grand Prize Winner!

      From all of us at Chanticleer International Book Awards and Chanticleer Reviews. 

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      For the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards, click here for Part 2.

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      We have exciting news for the Chanticleer Community on the horizon so do stay tuned!  

      You know you want a coveted Chanticleer Reviews Blue Ribbon! 

      Submit your works (manuscripts or novels published after or on January 1, 2019, are accepted) to the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards today! Entries are being accepted into the 2022 CIBAs in all 18 fiction divisions and seven non-fiction divisions. 

      Be sure to register early for the 11th Chanticleer Authors Conference that will start on April 23rd, 2023 with the 2022 CIBA banquet and ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 25th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

      Be well. Stay Healthy. Take Care!

      An email will go out to all 2021 CIBA award winners prior to October 30, 2022, with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated many times before “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”

      As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

      We need good books, now more than ever!

      The Chanticleer Reviews Team

    • Part Two of The 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs) Overall Grand Prize and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners

      Part Two of The 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs) Overall Grand Prize and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners

      We are deeply honored and excited to continue to announce the 2021 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) with our second of three official postings.

      The winners were recognized at the CIBA ceremony held on June 25th, 2022 In-Person and broadcast live via ZOOM at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

       

      The CIBA announcements were made LIVE with Chanticleerians flying in and watching from around the globe and North America.

      We cheered on the CIBA winners with our drink of choice, whether in-person or Virtual!

      Btw, Kiffer’s favorite Champagne!

      We want to thank all of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 25 CIBA Divisions. Without your labors of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist. THANK YOU!

      A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

       

      We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2021—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division. The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

      This post will recognize the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards.

      For the Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards, please click here for Part 1.

      For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Book Awards, place click here for Part 3

      Coveted Chanticleer Blue Ribbons!

      We are honored to present the

      2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards

      Grand Prize Winners 

      The 2021 CIBA Winners! 

       

       

      Western Pioneeer Civil War Fiction Award

      The LARAMIE Book Awards for

      American, Western, Pioneer, Civil War, and First Nation Novels

      The Grand Prize Winner is

      TOM SAWYER RETURNS by E.E. Burke

       

      The Chaucer Awards for Historical Novels

      The CHAUCER Book Awards for

      Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 

      Grand Prize Winner is

      Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

       

      TOO SOON THE NIGHT by James Conroyd Martin

      Too soon the night cover

       

      • 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

      Post 1750s Historical Fiction Award

      The GOETHE Book Awards for

      Post-1750’s Historical Fiction 

      Grand Prize Winner is

      After the Rising Goethe Grand Prize Badge

      AFTER THE RISING by Orna Ross

      After the Rising Cover

       

      • Ron Singerton – The Refused
      • Drema Drudge – Victorine
      • Lee Hutch – Molly’s Song
      • Adele Holmes, M.D. – Winter’s Reckoning
      • Mike Jordan – The Freedom Song
      • Michelle Rene – Maud’s Circus

      Ernest Hemingway looking off to the right

      The HEMINGWAY Book Awards for

      20th Century Wartime Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is

      EO-N Hemingway Grand Prize Badge

       

      EO-N by Dave Mason

      EO-N Cover

       

      • Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Far On The Ringing Plains
      • Marian Exall – Daughters of War
      • Marina Osipova – Too Many Wolves in the Local Woods
      • Richard Alan Schwartz – The Soldier: A Novel of the Vietnam War Era
      • Jerena Tobiasen – The Emerald, Book II of The Prophecy    

       

      Romance Fiction Award

      The CHATELAINE Book Awards for

      Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is

      The Long Desert Road Chatelaine Grand Prize Award Badge

       

      THE LONG DESERT ROAD by Alex Sirotkin

      The Long Desert Road Cover

       

      • Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath, Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
      • Valerie Taylor – What’s Not Said — A Novel
      • Evie Alexander – Highland Games
      • Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra
      • Kana Wu – No Secrets Allowed
      • Emma Lombard – Discerning Grace
      • John W. Feist – The Color of Rain

       

      The MARK TWAIN Book Awards

      for Humor and Satire

      Grand Prize Winner is

      Certified Mark Twain Grand Prize Badge

       

      CERTIFIED by Roger Wilson-Crane

      Certified Cover

       

      Blue and Gold Mark Twain First Place Winner Badge for Best in Category

      • Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
      • Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
      • Lou Dischler – My Only Sunshine: Getting Straight with the Bomb
      • Andy Becker – The Kissing Rabbi: Lust, Betrayal, and a Community Turned Inside Out
      • Anne Pfeffer – Binge  

      The SOMERSET Book Awards

      for Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is

      Lies in Bone

       

      LIES IN BONE by Natalie Symons

      Lies in Bone Cover

       

      Blue and Gold Somerset First Place Winner Badge for Best in Category

      • Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
      • Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
      • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
      • Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
      • Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
      • Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
      • M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met

       

      Congratulations to ALL!

      We will email each winner with more information about their prize packages and more information.

      Be sure to FOLLOW and LIKE us Facebook and on Twitter @ChantiReviews

      Not seeing your Division? Try the links below!

      For the Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards, please click here for Part 1.

      For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Book Awards, place click here for Part 3

      And the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE for the 2021 CIBAs!

      Stay Tuned for Part 3 which will announce the Overall Grand Prize Winner!

      We are now accepting entries into the 2022 and 2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards.

      Click here for more information and submission deadlines: https://test.chantireviews.com/contests/

      As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please email us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com — We will try our best to respond within 3 business days.

      Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 2021 CIBA Winners! – The Chanticleer Team

    • The 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs) Overall Grand Prize and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners | Part One of Three

      We are deeply honored and excited to announce the 2021 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). The Finalists were recognized at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Ceremonies, and the First Place Category and Grand Prize Winners were announced June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

       

       

      The 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference and the 2021 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony took place over June 23-26,  2022, with the CIBA Banquet happening on June 25th. Each year, Chanticleerians from around the globe come together to celebrate and cheer each other on at the annual CIBA banquet and awards evening at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether that is situated on beautiful Bellingham Bay, Washington State.

      Meeting in-person for the first time since lockdown began brought such joy into our lives. The ability to celebrate, hug, and learn together with the extra space provided by the Hotel Bellwether made this a truly unforgettable experience. Champagne was poured and shared as the 2021 CIBA Grand Prize Division Award Winners were announced. Thank you to all who joined us in-person and virtually to make the CIBA Ceremonies a success!

      The 2021 Grand Prize Winners in attendance!

      After two virtual conferences, it was a joy and pleasure to feel the energy of an in-person crowd! It was amazing to have such a marvelous event with presenters like Cathy Ace, Judy Gaman, Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, Jessica Morrell, Nicole Evelina, Jodé Millman, Oriana Leckhert, Diane Garland, and more!

      We are already excited and gearing up for our next conference in nine short months! Save the date for CAC23 April 27-30, 2023.

      At the June 25th, 2021 Ceremonies, we were overjoyed to recognize the 18 Fiction and 7 Non-Fiction CIBA Divisions for the First Place Category and Grand Prize Winners!

      First of all, we want to thank all of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 25 CIBA Divisions. Without your labors of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist. THANK YOU!

      A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

       

      We want to thank all of the authors and publishers who participated in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs). Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increases exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2019—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division.

      The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division. Promotional Stickers are available to those who have advanced in the CIBA Tiers of Achievement here. 

      A Recap of the CIBA Selection Process

      • The 2021 CIBAs have 18 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-fiction Divisions.
      • First Place Category award winners were selected for each one of the 25 divisions from an overall field of titles that progressed to the Premier FINALIST Division Level from the Division Semi-Finalists positions from the Shortlists, the Long List, and the infamous beginning slush pile rounds.
      • One Grand Prize award winner was selected from the First Place Category Award Winners for the 25 CIBA divisions.
      • One Overall Grand Prize award winner was selected from the 25 divisions of Grand Prize Award Winners

      This post will recognize the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for Cygnus, Ozma, Paranormal, Global Thrillers, M&M, Clue, Little Peeps, Gertrude Warner, and Dante Rossetti Book Awards.

      For the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards, click here for Part 2.

      For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Awards, click here for Part 3

      THANK YOU to CAC22 SPONSORS and FRIENDS

       

       

      CIBA Grand Prize Ribbons!

      We are honored to present the

      2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards

      Grand Prize Winners 

      The 2021 CIBA Winners! 

      Cygnus Award for Science Fiction

      The CYGNUS Book Awards

      for Science Fiction Novels

      Grand Prize Winner is 

       

      A WAR IN TOO MANY WORLDS by Elizabeth Crowens

       

      • J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings 
      • Sarah Lahey – Nostalgia Is Heartless, Book Two 
      • Akosua Sankofa – Monmouth Deep
      • Rhett C. Bruno – Vicarious  
      • Steven Seril – The Destroyer of Worlds: ‘An Answer to Every Question’
      • Charlene Newcomb – Echoes of the Storm    

       

      The OZMA Book Awards

      for Fantasy Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is 

      Plague of Flies Grand Prize Badge

       

      PLAGUE OF FLIES: Revolt of the Spirits by Laurel Anne Hill

      Plague of Flies Cover

       

      • David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
      • Allegra Pescatore – Where Shadows Lie
      • L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
      • J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
      • KC Cowan – Asa’s Redemption             

      Paranormal Fiction Awards

       

      The Paranormal Book Awards

      for Supernatural Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is

      The Devil Pulls the Strings Paranormal Grand Prize Badge

      THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS by J.W. Zarek

      The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

      The GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards

      for High Stakes Thrillers, Lab Lit, and Suspense Novels

      Grand Prize Winner is

      Grand Prize Badge for Ron McManus The Chameleon

      THE CHAMELEON by Ron McManus

      • 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)
      • Andrew Kaplan – Blue Madagascar 

      Clue Awards for Suspense Thriller Novels

      The CLUE Book Awards

      for Thrillers, Suspense, Legal, Detective, and Procedural Crime Novels

      Grand Prize Winner is 

      Grand Prize Badge for Shelley Nolden The Vines

       

      THE VINES by Shelley Nolden

      The Vines Cover

       

      Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

      The M & M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

      for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

      Grand Prize Winner is

      Ophelia's Room M&M Grand Prize Badge

      OPHELIA’S ROOM by Michael Scott Garvin

       

      Ophelia's Room Cover

      • Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure
      • Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
      • Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
      • Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her CrownChasing Cleopatra 

      Two little chicks, fresh from their egg

      LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards for

      Early Readers and Picture Books

      Grand Prize Winner is 

      VICTORIA AND THE BIG BRAVE BREATH by Andrea Vaughan

       

      The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

      GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards

      for Middle Grade Fiction

      Grand Prize is

      FISHING FOR LUCK by Murray Richter

      Fishing for Luck Cover

       

      • Sean March – Little Wade and Watchtower: Abigail and the Great Gang Trap
      • J. B. Spector – The Sunlit Curse, The Mer-Prince Adventures
      • Ben Gartner – Sol Invictus
      • Jay Spenser – The Barn Owl Mystery
      • Gloria Two-Feathers – Buck: Keeper of the Meadow
      • Didem Saracel – Story of Carbon            

      Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

      The DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards

      for Young Adult Fiction

      Grand Prize Winner is

      TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Badge

      TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan by Blue Spruell

      TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Cover

       

      • P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
      • Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
      • Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
      • Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again
      • Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
      • Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest  

      Congratulations to ALL!

      We will email each winner with more information about their prize packages and more information.

      Be sure to FOLLOW and LIKE us Facebook and on Twitter @ChantiReviews

      Not seeing your Awards Division? Check out the links below!

      For the Laramie, Chaucer, Goethe, Hemingway, Chatelaine, Mark Twain, and Somerset Awards, click here for Part 2.

      For the Journey, Hearten, Nellie Bly, I&I, Mind & Spirit, Harvey Chute, Military & Frontline, Series, and Shorts Awards, click here for Part 3

      And the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE for the 2021 CIBAs!

      We are now accepting entries into the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards.

      Click here for more information and submission deadlines: https://test.chantireviews.com/contests/

      As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please email us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com — We will try to respond within 3 business days.

      Thank you for joining us in celebrating the 2021 CIBA Winners! – The Chanticleer Team

    • The I&I 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Instruction & Insight Non-Fiction

      The I&I 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Instruction & Insight Non-Fiction

      I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

      The I & I Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Instruction and Insight non-fiction that are self-help, how-to, guides, or explanatory. In non-fiction works, the author assumes responsibility (in good faith) for the truth, accuracy, people, places, or information presented.  The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

      The 2021 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction First Place Category Winners and the I&I Grand Prize Winner were announced by Tana Hope on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

      This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the I&I BOOK AWARDS for Instruction & Insight First Place Category Winners and the I&I Grand Prize Winner.

       

      Instruction & Instight Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge

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

      • Angela Quijada-Banks – The Black Foster Youth Handbook
      • Geraldine Clouston and Susan Weintrob – indieBRAG Eat, Read & Dream Cookbook
      • Jim & Jessica Braz – Baby Out of Wedlock  
      • M. J. Simms-Maddox, Ph.D. – A Handbook for Emerging and Seasoned Authors
      • Phoebe Walker – Freedom Found – Productive and Joyful Living In Spite of Chronic Pain
      • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls   

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 I&I Awards is:

      The Black Foster Youth Handbook

      by Ángela Quijada-Banks

      Black Foster Youth Handbook Cover

      Black Foster Youth Handbook I&I Grand Prize Badge

       

      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 I&I 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 I&I 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!