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The 2021 NELLIE BLY Book Awards for Journalistic Non-Fiction – CIBAs Finalists 2021
The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Journalistic Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly 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 Social Science, Data Driven Reporting, Equality and Justice, Ethics, Human Rights, and Activists Groups. 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 2021 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction Short List to the 2021 Nellie Bly Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 Nellie Bly Book Awards novel competition for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Azim H. Jiwani, MD – Humanizing Medicine: Making Health Tangible
- Dori Jones Yang – When the Red Gates Opened
- Dr Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s Clinic
- Labar Laskie – Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
- Jim Lichtman – Trust and Confidence
- Angela Quijada-Banks – The Black Foster Youth Handbook
- Julie Ryan McGue – Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
- Martha Bolton with Linda Hope – Dear Bob… Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of WW2
- Daisy Hernández – The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease
- Nicole Evelina – America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor
- 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
- Susan Marie Conrad – Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage
Good Luck to All!

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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 NELLIE BLY Awards is William “Mecca” Elmore & Susan Simone for Prison from the Inside Out: One Man’s Journey from a Life Sentence to Freedom

Click here to see the 2020 Nellie Bly Book Award Winners for Journalistic Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

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

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
March 11, 2022
The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Semi-Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries
The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre. The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Short List to the 2021 M&M Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2021 M&M Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be announced and then recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Semi-Finalists!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Andrew Hunkins – Evil Alive
- Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
- Vicki Batman – Temporarily Out of Luck
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure
- Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow
- Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness
- Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter
- Traci Andrighetti – Marsala Maroon
- B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko
- Patricia Catacalos – Lurking in the Darkness (1832 Regency Book 4)
- Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts
- Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
- Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
- Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite
- Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues
- Patrick M. Garry – Through the Waves a Steady Path
- Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position
- Tony Kelsey – Once A Man Indulges
- Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery
- Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel
- Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies: Family Matters
- Diane Weiner – An Ear for Murder
- Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown
- Kelly Miller – Accusing Mr. Darcy
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

Click here to see the 2020 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

The M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2020

Grand Prize Winner is

THE DISCOVERY by Patrick M. Garry

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 M&M Awards writing competition.

Please click here for more information.

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

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
March 11, 2022
Learn to Professionally Produce your Audiobook on a Budget | A FREE LIVE Webinar – by HINDENBURG SYSTEMS
LEARN FROM THE BEST!

How to RECORD, EDIT, and PUBLISH YOUR AUDIOBOOK!

SAVE YOUR SEAT for Hindenburg’s FREE LIVE TRAINING SESSSION MARCH 21st

This is a Beginner Course for Those Who are Interested in Audio Book Creation

TELL YOUR STORIES

with the audio editor made for storytellers

From podcasting to radio and audiobook production, Hindenburg has all the tools you need to easily record, edit, and publish professional audio without the technical hassle. Spend more time doing what you love.

High audio quality is key to keeping listeners engaged! This workshop addresses the challenge of how to create immersive compelling audiobook productions through the use of “non-verbal” audio techniques.

If you are ready to take the quality of your audiobook production process to the next level, don’t miss out on this workshop. This hands-on workshop will help you streamline your production process from beginning to end as well as learn new audio techniques.

You can click on the link below to be taken directly to the Information and Registration Form for this FREE event.

March 21st: How to Record, Edit, and Publisher Your Audiobook

*Download the required workshop resources here.

The Format: Hindenburg senior trainers, including Jonathan Hurley, will perform and demonstrate skills to take your audiobook creation skills to the next level. Throughout the class learners will adjourn to virtual group tables to practice each skill.

Required Materials:
1. Hindenburg Narrator 30-day Trial – Download Link
2. Student Materials – Download Link
3. *Hindenburg 7-day Workshop Training Trial – Download Link
Kindly download and install your trial and student materials prior to your workshop.

Thank you again for your continued interest in Hindenburg products.

*Hindenburg typically allows (1) 30-day software evaluation trial per user. However, as a courtesy, Hindenburg is happy to provide you with a 7-day workshop training trial so that you may participate in hands-on portion of the workshop

This FREE 1.5-hour Webinar for Beginner Narrators will provide an overview of:
- How to create an immersive experience through “non-verbal” audiotechniques
- Ways to avoid mistakes and keep the work professional
- Basics of Hindenburg Pro
WHAT YOU WILL NEED IN ADVANCE of the FREE Hindenburg WORKSHOP WEBINAR
1. Register for the FREE webinar in advance so that you will receive the unique access link in your email. Click here
2. Download the required workshop materials here. (email Hindy at Events@Hindenburg.com prior to the workshop if you have trouble)
3. Before You Start on Monday, March 21st at 10 a.m. Pacific Time
  1. Install the Hindenburg trial license software. (30-day Trial link here)
  2. Wear headphones (with mic preferably)
  3. Download student material
Help is here! Hindy will have “office hours” with this learning lab. And HINDY experts and tutorials are available online 24/7.

*For 30 minutes prior to the session start time, Hindenburg staff will be available to assist you with trial license and course material downloads.

*Your FREE Hindenburg software and course materials must be downloaded, installed, and ready for use prior to the start of the session.

Yes this workshop will be recorded so you can watch it again! Join us (Kiffer and David) at this FREE audiobook webinar.

HINDENBURG HAS YOUR BACK

with customer support and also community

With video tutorials, live webinars, a vast knowledge base, and fast customer support, Hindenburg is here when you need them. They offer more than just support, they offer a thriving community of users who share your love for audio storytelling.

Chris Mottes, Hindy CEO, teaching podcast editing at Harvard University.

Knowledge of audio recording systems is a powerful tool in marketing your own work, from recording audiobooks for yourself, to helping friends record their work.

Record like a Professional

Don’t just take our word for it! Here is what PremiumBeat says about it this article.

“Why Hindenburg is the BEST Podcast Editing Software”

I found that Hindenburg’s workflow is lean, streamlined, and intuitive—they’ve trimmed all the fat and left only the good parts…it’s much more straightforward to use. –Logan Baker

Hindenburg will also present at the 10th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference

Register today for the Chanticleer Authors Conference, June 23-26, 2022. CAC22 will be LIVE and IN-PERSON with a Virtual Option to attend at the beautiful Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, WA. Find out why it’s the conference that Serious Authors recommend.

Participants of CAC22 will qualify for an EXCLUSIVE session with Hindenburg after the conference, and they frequently have digital perks for the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Winners.

The learning continues! Learn from the Best!
March 10, 2022
The 2021 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction – CIBAs FINALISTS 2021
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 2021 CIBAs OZMA division.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Short List to the 2021 Ozma Book Awards FINALISTS.

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists and announced at CAC22!

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the First Place Winners of the 2021 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Susannah Dawn – Battle for the Armor of God
- Jenn Lees – The Crossing. Arlan’s Pledge Book 1
- Susan Chapek – The Scarlet Mantle
- P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
- David Fitz-Gerald – Waking Up Lost
- Laurel Anne Hill – Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846
- James Priest – Kirins: The Seer of Serone
- Allegra Pescatore – Where Shadows Lie
- Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
- KC Cowan – Asa’s Redemption
- J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings
- J.P. Hostetler – Around Curiosity’s Edge: Hidden Meridians
- L. A. Thompson – Isle of Dragons
- G.L. Cramb – Druid Quest: Maegics Heir, Book 1
- Mark A. Alvarez II – Dutybound: Light Wings Epic Vol. 1
- Susan Faw – Heart of Tunise
- S.J. Hartland – The Last Seer King
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 OZMA Awards was Christpher Russell for Rebirth: Divinity’s Twilight

Click here to see the 2020 Ozma Book Award Winners for Fantasy Fiction.

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

Please click here for more information.

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

This will be a HYBRID conference available virtually and in-person with safety protocols in place.

We are offering a flexible Registration Program with Options for today’s challenging times.

June 23 – 26, 2022! 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 10th annual conference and discover why!

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!
March 7, 2022
How to Create and Edit an Audio Podcast FREE LIVE Webinar – by HINDENBURG SYSTEMS – LEARN FROM THE BEST!
LEARN FROM THE BEST!

How to RECORD, EDIT, and PUBLISH YOUR PODCAST!

SAVE YOUR SEAT for Hindenburg’s FREE LIVE TRAINING SESSSION in MARCH

Hindenburg’s Promise: Leave this 1-hour Hindenburg live training equipped with a basic technical understanding of how to record, edit, and publish your podcast in today’s most popular narrative platforms (Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, etc.)

Introduction To Podcast Editing on 14th March 2022

Click the link above to reserve your space on Monday, March 14th at 10 a.m. Pacific Time

Before and after the session starts, you will have access to a networking lounge where you can jump from table to table. There will also be a Speed Networking option at the top that you can join to meet new people.

This FREE 1-hour Webinar will provide an overview of:
- Podcasting with a Single Host (one microphone with one or two people)
- Round Table Recording (Panels)
- Conducting Phone and VOIP Interviews (aka – Zoom, Facetime, Hangouts, Skype)
- Sound Signature (Your “audio” brand for intro, extro, and background for your podcast)
- Publishing (hitting the airwaves around the globe)
- Q & A
WHAT YOU WILL NEED IN ADVANCE of the FREE Hindenburg WORKSHOP WEBINAR
1. Register for the FREE webinar in advance so that you will receive the unique access link in your email. Click here.
2. Download the required workshop materials here OR email Hindy at Events@Hindenburg.com before March 11th, 2022.
3. Before You Start on Monday, March 14th at 10 a.m. Pacific Time
  1. Install the Hindenburg trial license software.
  2. Wear headphones (with mic preferably)
  3. Download student material
Help is here! Hindy will have “office hours” with this learning lab. And HINDY experts and tutorials are available online 24/7.

*For 30 minutes prior to the session start time, Hindenburg staff will be available to assist you with trial license and course material downloads.

*Your FREE Hindenburg software and course materials must be downloaded, installed, and ready for use prior to the start of the session.

March 14 How to RECORD, EDIT, and PUBLISH a PODCAST Webinar

At 10am PST, March 14, 2022, Hindeburg Systems will be hosting a FREE webinar (and yes it will be recorded and can be sent to you) on how to record, edit, and publish your podcast. Learn from the best and how by clicking here. Be sure to let them know that Chanticleer sent you! Hindenburg often offers free perks and discounts to Chanticleer members.

Join us (Kiffer and David) at this FREE podcasting webinar as they sharpen their audio skills. Hindenburg Systems powers OnWord Talks podcasts!

Chris Mottes, Hindy CEO, teaching podcast editing at Harvard University.

Knowledge of audio recording systems is a powerful tool in marketing your own work, from running podcasts for yourself, to helping friends record their work.

Record like a Professional

Don’t just take our word for it! Here is what PremiumBeat says about it this article.

“Why Hindenburg is the BEST Podcast Editing Software”

I found that Hindenburg’s workflow is lean, streamlined, and intuitive—they’ve trimmed all the fat and left only the good parts…it’s much more straightforward to use. –Logan Baker

Hindenburg will also present at the 10th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference

Register today for the Chanticleer Authors Conference, June 23-26, 2022. CAC22 will be LIVE and IN-PERSON with a Virtual Option to attend at the beautiful Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, WA. Find out why it’s the conference that Serious Authors recommend.

Participants of CAC22 will qualify for an EXCLUSIVE session with Hindenburg after the conference, and they frequently have digital perks for the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Winners.

The learning continues! Learn from the Best!
March 2, 2022
The 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards for High Stakes Suspense – CIBAs Finalists
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in High Stakes Thriller Fiction. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Global Thriller High Stakes Fiction Short List to the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the FINALISTS of the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for International Suspense and Intrigue

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Avanti Centrae – The Doomsday Medallion
- E. R. Barr – Gods In The Ruins: A Vatican Archives Thriller
- Randall Krzak – Mission: Angola (Xavier Sear Thriller Book 1)
- Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington – Condition Black
- Norman M. Jacobs, MD, – A Divine Wind
- J Lawrence Matthews – One Must Tell The Bees
- Andrew Kaplan – Blue Madagascar
- Ron McManus – The Chameleon
- John Stafford – A Hand of Vengeance
- Roberta Seret – Treasure Seekers
- Kristie Clark – Killing Dragons
- Timothy S. Johnston – Fatal Depth
These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Fiction!

First Place and Grand Prize 2021 Global Thriller award winners will be announce at the CIBA Awards Ceremony and Banquet on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The CIBA Awards gala is hosted by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging for the First Place Positions and Grand Prize Winner of the 2021 Global Thrillers, a division of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards was William Maz for The Bucharest Dossier

Click here to see the 2020 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Global Thriller Book Awards for High Stakes Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

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

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
March 2, 2022
The 2021 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Semi-Finalists 2021
The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Short List to the 2021 Clue Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Congratulations to the 2021 CLUE Book Awards Semi-Finalists!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Tom Galvin – The Auction
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – The Agency – Tablet of Destiny
- Alicia Dill – Beyond Sacrifice
- Jane Rosenthal – Del Rio
- James A. Ross – Coldwater Revenge
- John Stafford – Call of Vengeance Series, Book 4: A Hand of Vengeance
- T.L. Bequette – Good Lookin’: A Joe Turner Mystery
- Ernesto H Lee – Flawed Beauty
- Amy S. Peele – Match: A Medical Murder Mystery
- Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
- Erik Foge – We Know Your Name
- Kevin G. Chapman – Fatal Infraction (Mike Stoneman Thriller #4)
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel
- Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things
- Rip Converse – Callie Awakens
- D. J. Adamson – Into The Storm
- Roberta Seret – Gift of Diamonds
- Lyle Howard – An Eye For An Eye
- Laurie Buchanan – Indelible: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book One
- Robert Honor – Bogart’s Hat
- Valerie J. Brooks – Tainted Times 2
- Shelley Nolden – The Vines
- Chuck Morgan – Crime Conspiracy: A Buck Taylor Novel
These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging for the Semi-Finalist Level.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2020 CLUE Awards was Chris Karlsen for A Venomous Love

Click here to see the 2020 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense/Thriller Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Clue Book Awards for Suspense/Thriller Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards

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

Save the Dates! June 23 – 26, 2022! 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.
February 22, 2022
The 2021 SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
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 the 2021 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Long List to the 2021 Somerset Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist Positions. The Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2021 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Ben Sharpton – The Awakening of Jim Bishop: This Changes Things
- Adrian Spratt – Caroline
- Linda Stewart Henley – Waterbury Winter
- Daniel Pare – No Matter The Price
- Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One
- M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met
- Anne Pfeffer – Binge
- Valerie Taylor – What’s Not Said
- E. A. Coe – The Other Side Of Good
- Margaret Ann Spence – Joyous Lies
- Suzanne Kamata – The Baseball Widow
- Vicki Volden – All the After
- Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
- Gary Lee Miller – Finding Grace
- Ruthie Stevens – You Can’t Blame the Flower
- V.N. Writer – Who Stole My Hula Hoop?
- Teng Rong – Brilliant White Peaks
- Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
- Ruth Hull Chatlien – Katie, Bar the Door
- Patrick Garry – Through the Waves a Steady Path
- Dan Schorr – Final Table: A Novel
- Dawn Newton – The Remnants of Summer
- Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
- Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
- Sarah E Zilkowski – Beasts of War
- Vanessa Carlisle – Take Me With You
- Richard C. Brusca – In the Land of the Feathered Serpent
- Bob Siqveland – Lines Through a Prism
- Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
- Joanne Kukanza Easley – Just One Look
- Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
- Tom Glenn – Secretocracy
- Sandra Vasoli – The Masterpiece Pursuit
- Suzanne Simonetti – The Sound of Wings
- John Hansen – Old Water
- Robert Steven Goldstein – Cat’s Whisker
- Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
- John Hansen – Badger Creek
- Eric Lotke – Union Made
- Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
- Sue Phillips – You Oughta Know
- Chera Thompson & NF Johnson – A Time to Wander
- Cara Sue Achterberg – Blind Turn
- K. – Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Dancing Backwards
- Debra Whiting Alexander – A River for Gemma
- Anne Moose – House of Fragile Dreams
- Jane Ward – In the Aftermath
- Linda Rosen – Sisters of the Vine
- Drema Drudge – Victorine
- Kathy Sechrist – Success Is The Best Revenge
- Rick Lenz – Hello, Rest of My Life
- Cinda K. Swalley – The Golden Hearts Club
- Shan Leah – Thieves, Beasts & Men
- Gene Helfman – Beyond the Human Realm
- Emily A. Myers – The Truth About Unspeakable Things
- Sarahlyn Bruck – Daytime Drama
- Roberta Seret – Love Odyssey
- Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
- Lynn McLaughlin – Jackson
- Jenn Bouchard – First Course
- Florence Reiss Kraut – How to Make a Life: a novel
- Susannah Marren – A Palm Beach Scandal
- C. Victorya Grace – Julip Lullabies and Silent Cries
- Mekiya Walters – Ashes, Ashes
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Somerset Awards is Gregory Erich Phillips for A Season in Lights

Click here to see the 2020 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

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

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 21, 2022
Jodé Millman to present a Session on “Protecting Your Artistic Rights” at Chanticleer Authors Conference | CAC22
We are delighted to welcome Jodé Millman to present “Protecting Your Artistic Rights” at CAC22!

Jodé Millman is a life long resident of Poughkeepsie, New York, which serves as the setting for her crime fiction. Her writing draws upon her many years as an attorney to capture the tensions that arise when a small community is rocked by tragedy.

Author of the best-selling SEATS: NEW YORK Theatre guidebook, her debut thriller, The Midnight Call was released by Immortal Works Publishing in 2019. The Midnight Call won the 2020 Bronze IPPY Award, the American Fiction Award for Legal Thriller, was short-listed for the 2019 Clue Award, and received the First Place Blue Ribbon as “Best Police Procedural” by Chantireviews.com.

Jode will present the following session at CAC 22: The Writer’s Law School: Protecting Your Artistic Rights
For writers, it’s difficult to obtain information about protecting your rights in your creative projects. And if you do, it’s difficult to decipher the “legalese.”

In this workshop designed for writers, we’ll cover the basics of copyrights, trademarks and key provisions of publishing contracts so that you’ll understand the fine print without having a law degree.

Details

In this session, you’ll learn:

The differences between Copyright, Trademarks, Patents and Service Marks

The Copyright Registration Process and the CASE law

What is the Public Domain?

What is the Fair Use Doctrine?

Which Business Entity is best for my writing career?

What are the Right of: Privacy, Libel and Slander?

The Anatomy of a Publishing Deal-Contract Basics

Resources to help you protect your rights
Read the review of The Midnight Call here!

Her new thriller, Hooker Avenue is being released by Level Best Books in April 2022.

Millman developed “The Writer’s Law School,” an educational program designed to inform writers and artists about how to protect their artistic rights. Jode has presented the program to international writing associations, arts organizations and libraries. The schedule for her session on Law and Writing is TBA.

Presently, she also co-hosts and co-produces Backstage with the Bardavon Podcast. The program invites the listener backstage for intimate conversations with musicians and performers appearing at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and UPAC in Kingston, NY. Find it wherever you listent o fine podcasts. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters In Crime, and Romance Writers of America.
February 18, 2022
The 2021 MARK TWAIN Book Awards for Humor and Satire – The Short List – CIBAs 2021
The Mark Twain Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire. The Mark Twain Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2021 Mark Twain Humor and Satire Fiction Long List to the 2021 Mark Twain Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Mark Twain Book Awards novel competition for Humor and Satire!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Linda Stewart Henley – Waterbury Winter
- Murray Richter – Fishing for Luck
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- Anne Pfeffer – Binge
- Chief John J. Mandeville – The Admiral of Bolivia
- Charlie Suisman – Hot Air
- Roger Wilson-Crane – Certified
- Barry Robbins – Oh Daddy Chronicles
- Pamela Hamilton – Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
- Andy Becker – The Kissing Rabbi: Lust, Betrayal, and a Community Turned Inside Out
- Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
- John Prather – The Jesus Nut
- Lou Dischler – My Only Sunshine: Getting Straight with the Bomb
- M. Funk – The Book of True Believer
- David Perlmutter – Orthicon
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 Mark Twain Awards is Charlie Suisman for Arnold Falls

Click here to see the 2020 Mark Twain Book Award Winners for Humor and Satire.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 Mark Twain Book Awards for Humor and Satire Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

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

VIRTUAL and IN-Person – June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.
February 15, 2022