Tag: Business of being a Writer

  • The 2025 Non-Fiction Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Short List

    The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Non-Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Non-Fiction.

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 CCDA Non-Fiction entries to the 2025 CCDA Non-Fiction SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 CCDA Non-Fiction FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Short List 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 19th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2025 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Non-Fiction Books!

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

    • Alan Sproles – Reforma-Therapy
    • Alan Sproles – The Place of Regeneration in Salvation
    • Elizabeth Jane Pryce – Untethered
    • Heidi Yewman – Dumb Girl: A Journey From Childhood Abuse to Gun Control Advocacy
    • Jeanne Basone – Hooray for Hollywood
    • Lee Pepper – Never Outmatched: Military Strategies to Lead Innovate and Win in the Modern Marketing Battlefield
    • Linda Lee Keenan – Dancing with Angels: True Stories of the Unexpected
    • Margaret Enriquez – The Rebirth of a Phoenix
    • Marie-Eve Dawood – Jesus Shrank My Dating Pool: Holding Out for a Godly Man When It Feels Like You’ve Missed the Boat
    • Marizelle Arce N.D. – Germs Are Not Our Enemy
    • Tony Jeton Selimi – Climb Greater Heights

     

    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 to Our First Grand Prize Non-Fiction Winner!

    Teaching in the Dark

    By Genet Simone

    Teaching in the Dark Cover

    Click here to see the rest of the 2024 Winners List.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for 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 17 – 19, 2026! 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 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) WINNERS for Non-Fiction

    The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Non-Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Non-Fiction.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Miranda Fozard on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Bellingham Yacht Club in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2024 LIST of the COVER DESIGN AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the COVER DESIGN Grand Prize Winner.

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

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

    • Anne Gately – Sunburnt: A Memoir of Sun Surf and Skin Cancer

    • Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays

    • Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country

    • Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me

    • Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light

    The Non-Fiction Cover Design CCDA Winners mentioned above

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 COVER DESIGN Awards is:

    Teaching in the Dark a Memoir

    By Genét Simone

    You can see all of our amazing 2024 Cover Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in May. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2024 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 14, 2025. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2024 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    The Chanticleer Team

  • NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Finalists for Non-Fiction

    The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Non-Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Non-Fiction.

    These titles have moved forward from the Short List of the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction Awards to the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction First Place and Grand Prize Winners. 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Non-Fiction Books!

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

    • Anne Gately – Sunburnt a Memoir of Sun Surf and Skin Cancer
    • Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays
    • Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country
    • Meredith Wargo – Dawgs a True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
    • Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
    • Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark a Memoir
    • Kathleen Watt – Rearranged an Opera Singers Facial Cancer and Life Transposed
    • Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light

     

    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!

    Who will be the First Grand Prize Winner for the Fiction CCDAs?

    Stay Tuned to find out!

    Click here to learn more about the Cover Design Awards.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for 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!

  • NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Short List for Non-Fiction

    The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Non-Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Non-Fiction.

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction Finalists List. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Short List 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Non-Fiction Books!

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

    • Anne Gately – Sunburnt a Memoir of Sun Surf and Skin Cancer
    • Judy Taylor – Magpie Times Marshmallow World
    • Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays
    • Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country
    • Kim Sloan – Memoirs From the Frontlines Four States Two Years One Pandemic
    • Meredith Wargo – Dawgs a True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
    • Karen Elizabeth Lee – The Village That Betrayed Its Children
    • Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
    • Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark a Memoir
    • Kathleen Watt – Rearranged an Opera Singers Facial Cancer and Life Transposed
    • Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light

    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!

    Who will be the First Grand Prize Winner for the Fiction CCDAs?

    Stay Tuned to find out!

     

    Click here to learn more about the Cover Design Awards.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for 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 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Shorts, Series, and CCDA Finalists!

    A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Shorts, Series, and CCDA Finalists!

    CIBAs Badge general

    Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

    For our Shorts and Series Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 3 CIBA Division Lists we have for Longform work like collections, anthologies, and novellas; Short Prose like Short Stories and Essays; and Series. We will have a separate post for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

    All Finalists in attendance will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, and we will announce the Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 5th at the Chanticleer Banquet. We can’t express how excited we are to be able to do this in person with our fully vaccinated and boosted staff in a healthy metro area.

    Now let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    The remaining tiers are the First Place Winner, the Grand Prize Winners, and finally, the coveted Overall Grand Prize Winners. The Overall Grand Prize Winner takes home the $1000 and more! See the Book Award details here.

    Blue and gold finalist badge for the CIBAs

     

    Now, presenting the links to the CCDAs, Series, and Short Awards Finalists

    The Official 2024 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted after April 8th, 2025.

    We have badges 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.

    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!

    The Annual Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 3-6, 2025

    Don’t Delay, Register Today!


    Make sure your Award 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.


    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 CIBAs was Timothy Facciola’s book A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing A Vengeful Realm: Scales of Balance Book 1 by Tim Facciola for Winning the 2023 Overall Grand Prize Award

    A Blue Button that invites you to enter the CIBAs saying "Enter Here to Win Book Awards Learn More"

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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    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.

  • The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Non-Fiction!

    The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Non-Fiction!

    Three Cheers for for the CIBAs 2024 Non-Fiction Book Awards Finalists!

    CIBAs Badge general

    Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

    For our Non-Fiction Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 7 CIBA Divisions we have for Non-Fiction. We will have a separate post for Fiction and one more post for the Shorts Awards and Series Awards.

    All Finalists in attendance will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, and we will announce the Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Chanticleer Banquet.

    Now let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    The remaining tiers are the First Place Winner, the Grand Prize Winners, and finally, the coveted Overall Grand Prize Winners. The Overall Grand Prize Winner takes home the $1000 and more! See the Book Award details here.

    Blue and gold finalist badge for the CIBAs

    Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists

    The Official 2024 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted after April 8th, 2025.

    We have badges 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.

    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!

     

    The Annual Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 3-6, 2025

    Don’t Delay, Register Today!


    Make sure your Award 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.


    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 CIBAs was Timothy Facciola’s book A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing A Vengeful Realm: Scales of Balance Book 1 by Tim Facciola for Winning the 2023 Overall Grand Prize Award

    A Blue Button that invites you to enter the CIBAs saying "Enter Here to Win Book Awards Learn More"

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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    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.

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