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The 2022 Paranormal CIBAs Finalists for Supernatural Fiction
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities, vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, and magical systems.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

Join us in cheering on these Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Daniela Valenti – The Ghosts of Evil (Book 3 of the Sentinel 10 series)
- Brooke Maddaleni – Let Me Go
- Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10, The Edge of Destiny
- David Fitz-Gerald – Caught in a Trance
- J.D. Toepfer – Route 666: Highway to Hell
- Novella Jean – The Bell Lady of Blairmont Manor
- Michael J. Grasso – A Dark Age Resurgent
- Joe Lyon – Temple of Valor: Astar’s Blade: Part Three
- Lloyd Jeffries – A Portion of Malice (Ages of Malice, Book I)
- Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: Book Two of The Bury Down Chronicles
- Kaylin McFarren – Requiem For A Queen
- Florence Tholozan – The Chinese Woman from the Painting
- Gina Detwiler – Forbidden
- Cass Kay – Legacy Witches
- Jenny Allen – Blood Lily
- Anika Savoy – The Ghost in Her
- Stu Jones – S.H.R.E.D. Gorgon Rising
- Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – Cold As Hell
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards and OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER of 2021 is:

The Devil Pulls The Strings

By J. W. Zarek

The 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2023 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 28, 2023
The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Short List to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 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 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Conon Parks – Everything That Was
- Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
- Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
- Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
- Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
- Linda Moore – Attribution
- Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
- Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
- Rebecca Miller – Touch
- Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
- Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
- Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
- Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
- Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
- Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
- Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
- Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
- Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
- Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
- Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
- Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
- Tom Stewart – Immortal North
- Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
- Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
- John Hansen – Hired Hand
- Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
- Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
- Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
- Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
- Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
- Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
- Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
- Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
- Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
- Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 28, 2023
The 2022 CIBAs Finalists CHATELAINE Book Awards for Romantic Fiction
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs)

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). 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 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Chatelaine Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Finalist authors on the and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Reenita Malhotra Hora – Operation Mom
- Valerie Taylor – What’s Not True
- Evie Alexander – Kissing Games
- Tonya Ulynn Brown – The King’s Inquisitor
- Carol Van Den Hende – Orchid Blooming
- Linda Cardillo – A Place of Refuge
- KC Cowan – The Bennets: Providence & Perception
- M. I. Dugast – Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart
- Josanna Thompson – A Maiden’s Journey
- Wendy Rich Stetson – Hometown
- Marie Jones – Those We Trust
- T.K. Conklin – Outlaw’s Redemption
- Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
- Suzanne Smith – Lilah’s Limit
- Eve M. Riley – The Refusal
- Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
- S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
- Gail Meath – Agustina de Aragón
- Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
- Kelly Miller – Captive Hearts
- J Fremont – Magician of Light
- Alice McVeigh – Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation
- Joy Ross Davis – The Hit Man’s Wife
- Cheri Champagne – The Charming Spy
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHATELAINE Awards is:
The Long Desert Road

by Alex Sirotkin

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 28, 2023
The 2022 HEMINGWAY CIBAs Semi-Finalists for 20th Century Wartime Fiction
The Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works for 20th Century Wartime Fiction. The Hemingway Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Hemingway Book Awards competition is named for Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Fiction Short List to the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Hemingway Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for 20th Century Wartime Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Dennis D. Skirvin – The Short-timer: A Story of Love and War
- Denise Frisino – Storms From A Clear Sky
- Iain Stewart – Knights of the Air: Book 4 EXILE
- Bob Van Laerhoven – The Shadow Of The Mole
- M.N. Snitz – The Price for Glory
- Robert W Smith – Running with Cannibals
- Kathryn Gauci – The Song of the Partisans: A Powerful and Unforgettable Novel of Resistance
- Kathryn Gauci – The Viennese Dressmaker: A Haunting Story of Wartime Vienna
- Teri M Brown – An Enemy Like Me
- Samrat Mitra – Laddie Roy
- Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Men Who Strove With Gods
- Peter Curtis – Pavel’s War Book Three
- Elizabeth St. Michel – On Prevailing Winds
- Michael J Cooper – Wages of Empire
- D.V. Chernov – Commissar: A Novel of Civil War Russia
- Helena P. Schrader – Moral Fibre
- Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles
- Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – The Scepter And The Isle
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The 2021 Grand Prize Winner for the Hemingway Awards is EO-N

by Dave Mason

Click here to see the 2021 Hemingway Book Award Winners for 20th c. WartimeFiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hemingway Book Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Please click here for more information.

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.

April 27 – 30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 28, 2023
The 2022 Ozma CIBAs FINALISTS for Fantasy Fiction
The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2022 CIBAs OZMA division.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Ozma Book Awards FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Linnea Tanner – Skull’s Vengeance
- Eva Doherty Gremmert – The Fairy Fort
- Philip Carlisle – Surviving Eros
- Glen Dahlgren – The House of Prophecy (the Chronicles of Chaos book 2)
- KC Cowan – Raeka’s Story
- J. L. Sullivan – From Brick & Darkness
- M. K. Wiseman – Magical Intelligence
- K.L. Kolarich – House of Bastiion
- Stavros Saristavros – Tome of Styx
- Steven Michael Beck – Soar a Burning Sky
- AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Cytrus Moonlight
- Helen Garraway – Sentinals Across Time
- J.L. Delavega – Smoke and Other Storms
- S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
- Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – Cold as Hell
- C.D. Allen – Seagrass Maggie
- Grayson W. Hooper – Shadebringer
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 OZMA Awards is:

Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846

by Laurel Anne Hill

The 2022 OZMA Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2023 OZMA Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 24, 2023
The 2022 LITTLE PEEPS CIBAs Finalists for Early Readers & Picture Books
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2022 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Little Peeps Early Readers Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Beth Bacon – The Panda Cub Swap
- Sara Tabibzadeh – Two Cherries
- Anthony C. Delauney – Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work
- Travis D. Peterson – Ada and the Helpers
- Helen M. Waters – A Story About Sprout
- Richard Ceasor – Grandma I Don’t Want To Go To Sleep: A Forever Love Tale
- Susan Conrad – Inside my Sea of Dreams: The Adventures of Kami and Suz
- Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey to the Oceans
- Cynthia C. Huijgens – A Fish Called Andromeda
- C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
- Valerie Ramer – Alastair McAllister Goes to School
- Peggy Sullivan – Montana Cats
- Danielle Diestl – Lily May and the Ruby Shoes Blues
- Maggie Bates – Ravens Roost
- Cheryl Denise Bannerman – The Gecko Without An Echo
- Anthony C. Delauney – Dash and Nikki and The Jellybean Game
- David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Lobster Tale
- Cindy L. Rodriguez – Three Pockets Full: A story of love, family, and tradition
- Abbe Rolnick – Bubbie’s Magical Hair
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath

by Andrea Vaughan

See the Full List of 2021 Winners here

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

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

IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 24, 2023
The 2022 Paranormal CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Supernatural Fiction
The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, and magical systems.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Short List to the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

Join us in cheering on these Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Eva Doherty Gremmert – The Fairy Fort
- Daniela Valenti – The Ghosts of Evil (Book 3 of the Sentinel 10 series)
- Nancy Canyon – Ghost Rocks
- Brooke Maddaleni – Let Me Go
- Jody Hadlock – The Lives of Diamond Bessie
- Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10, The Edge of Destiny
- David Fitz-Gerald – Caught in a Trance
- J.D. Toepfer – Route 666: Highway to Hell
- Novella Jean – The Bell Lady of Blairmont Manor
- Michael J. Grasso – A Dark Age Resurgent
- Joe Lyon – Temple of Valor: Astar’s Blade: Part Three
- Lloyd Jeffries – A Portion of Malice (Ages of Malice, Book I)
- Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: Book Two of The Bury Down Chronicles
- Kaylin McFarren – Requiem For A Queen
- Florence Tholozan – The Chinese Woman from the Painting
- Gina Detwiler – Forbidden
- T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
- Cass Kay – Legacy Witches
- Jenny Allen – Blood Lily
- Anika Savoy – The Ghost in Her
- Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
- Stu Jones – S.H.R.E.D. Gorgon Rising
- Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – Cold As Hell
- Nola Nash – Traveler
- Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards and OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER of 2021 is:

The Devil Pulls The Strings

By J. W. Zarek

The 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2023 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 23, 2023
The 2022 I&I CIBAs Short List for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction
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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 I&I Non-Fiction Long List to the 2022 I&I Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 I&I Semi-Finals. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 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-Finals of the 2022 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Tana Hope – Healthy Habits for Desk Potatoes
- Kenneth Nixon Jr. – Born Into Crisis
- John W. Feist – Pocket Japan: a concise guidebook for business travelers to Japan
- Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
- Kip and Pam Rosser – Vegetarian Tales From the Mushroom Rooms
- Natalie Dale, MD – A Writer’s Guide to Medicine. Volume 2: Illness & Injury
- Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
- Simran Sadana & Meena Iyer – Ramayana Through Ikebana
- Michael J. Freeman Ph.D. – Freeman Explains! The Things That Can Change That Should Be Changed
- Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
- Gene Berardelli – Schnooks, Crooks, Liars & Scoundrels: A Field Guide to Identifying Political Buffoons
- Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Dating While Autistic: Cut Through the Social Quagmire and Find Your Person
- Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Christopher H. Volk – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
- Daniel Shyti – American Gaslighting: How America Is Being Systematically Taught to Hate Itself
- Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
- Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. – Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal 2nd Edition
- Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
- Margaret Tran – The Actions
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
- D. Terrence Foster, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
- Tracy Cram Perkins – Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After
- Sandy Gerber – Emotional Magnetism – How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
- Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
- Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
- Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
- Daryl Potter – Even the Monsters. Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 I&I Awards is
Ángela Quijada-Banks for The Black Foster Youth Handbook

Click here to see the 2021 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions to the 2023 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

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See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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February 23, 2023
The 2022 HEARTEN CIBAs Short List for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2022 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 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 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
- Ed Norwood – Be a Giant Killer: Overcoming Your Everyday Goliaths
- Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, RELENTLESS
- Megan Whitmer – Mom Life Versus the Everyday Apocalypse
- Laura Whitfield – Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
- Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
- Randi Benator – Awaken to Your Calling: A Guide to Discovering Your Career Path and Life Direction
- Beverly J. Armento – Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
- C.J. Hudson – Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street
- Kim Fairley – Swimming for My Life
- Mark Berridge – A Fraction Stronger
- Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
- Mohan Ranga Rao – Inner Trek – Trek Himalayan
- Roselle Madrone – The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience
- Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
- Jackie Haines – Pinball, the Stray I Needed
- Laura Bartnick – Being Creative
- Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
- Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
- Linda C Wright – A Bittersweet Goodnight
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 HEARTEN Awards is
Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo for
DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them

Click here to see the 2021 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC24.

Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 27-30, 2023! 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.

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February 22, 2023
The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Short List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Long List to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Semi-Finalist. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 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 29th, 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 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Conon Parks – Everything That Was
- Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
- Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
- Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
- Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
- Linda Moore – Attribution
- Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
- Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
- Ja-ne de Abreu – The Energy Inside Valsin’s Choices
- Rebecca Miller – Touch
- Grace Marcus – Visible Signs
- Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
- Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
- Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
- Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
- Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
- David B. Seaburn – Give Me Shelter
- Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
- Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
- Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
- Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
- Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 2 Ambient Light
- Karen Heenan – Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression
- Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
- Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
- Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
- Tom Stewart – Immortal North
- Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
- Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
- John Hansen – Hired Hand
- Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
- Drema Drudge – Southern-Fried Woolf
- Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
- Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
- Barbara Francesca Murphy – Lucina’s Letters
- Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
- Peter McDade – Songs By Honeybird
- Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
- Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
- Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
- Gloria Mattioni – California Sister
- Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
- Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
- Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 22, 2023