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The CYGNUS 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Sandy Lawrence on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating our First Place Category Winners in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards, a division of the CIBAs!
- S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
- Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
- Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
- Dana Dargos & Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
- Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
- D.H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:

The Last Lumenian

By S. G. Blaise

Thank you to all of the participants in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards program for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction!

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!

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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
May 3, 2023
Last Chance to Register + UPDATE for CAC 23 & 2022 CIBAs & Locals’ Day & Book Fair – WHEW! – Kiffer Brown
The LATEST NEWS about the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference!

Last Chance to Register

Maggie Marr’s Workshop on Thursday: Books to Film & TV: What every author should know

LOCALS’ Day – Sunday, April 30th*

*included with CAC 23 registrations

featuring

11- 1 p.m. Tips for Writing with Film In Mind Workshop – Lisa Gruell Spicer

1:10 p.m. Feng Shui for Writers with Tana Hope

2 p.m. ChatGPT – What is it? How does it work? And what does it mean for Content Creators – David Beaumier & Argus Brown

3 p.m. Nuts & Bolts of Publishing – Ask Kiffer Anything Session

Participate in the Book Fair managed by Village Books

Sunday – Ballroom 1 – 5 p.m.

Book Fair is FREE and Open to the Public with FREE PARKING

Door Prizes, Raffles, Meet Authors – Win PRIZES

Author Speed Dating – Meet with Authors Against the Clock – 90 seconds. Participants can win PRIZES!

What’s Your Genre? Mystery? SciFi? Romance? Non-Fiction, Adventure? YA? Middle-Grade? Fantasy? Historical? Paranormal? Suspense?

We’ve got ’em!

Join Jessica Alexanderson as she reads The GIRL WHO RECYCLED 1 Million Cans

There will be prizes and activities for the youngsters! Bring your aluminum cans into recycle.

Proceeds from recycling the cans goes towards refurbishing a playground!

Author / Entertainer Daniel Finkel is doing

a Musical Number from his refreshingly original book

Mr. Taffle’s Pants of Insanity

PLUS BOOKS are FOR SALE

In other news about CAC23

The CAC 23 Schedule is UP

FREEBIES THAT WILL BE GIVEN AWAY to LUCKY CAC23 Registrants
- Three LUCKY Registered Attendees will WIN a PLOTTR PRO Lifetime Licenses valued at $299 each. Become a PLOTTR PAL!
- LIBRO.FM is giving away ten bundles of 2 Credits to LUCKY CAC23 Registrants!
- Three PITCH HONING Sessions with Kiffer Brown
- More gifts and prized to be announced.
More info to come! The Chanticleer Team
April 24, 2023
The 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Shorts and Series!
A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Finalists!

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 29th 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.

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.

Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists
The Official 2022 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted April 29th, 2023.

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 11th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 27-30, 2023

Don’t Delay, Register Today!

Goodreads Icon

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 2021 CIBAs was J.W. Zarek’s book THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

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

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.
April 5, 2023
The 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Non-Fiction!
A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs)

2022 Non-Fiction Book Awards Finalists!

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 for both Individual Works and Collected Works, as well as the Series Book 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 29th, 2023 at the Chanticleer Banquet.

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

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.

Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists
The Official 2022 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted April 29th, 2023.

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 11th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 27-30, 2023

Don’t Delay, Register Today!

Goodreads Icon

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 2021 CIBAs was J.W. Zarek’s book THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

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

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.
April 5, 2023
The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Finalists for Collections and Novellas
The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Short List to the Shorts 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 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post.

These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Novellas!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
- Kelly Evans – Stubborn: A Greek Comedy
- Susan Lehmann – Southern Lies and Homicides, Tales of Betrayal and Murder
- Susannah Dawn – I Am Who I’ve Always Been: Journey Excerpts
- Dale L. Roberts – Infestate
- Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
- Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller
- Chris Bennett – Advent – A Road to the Breaking Short Story
- Sara Connell – Ghost House
- Don Daglow – The Last One on the Run
- Barry Robbins – The Trump Diaries 2024
- Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus
- Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni
- Jacek Waliszewski – Air Boat – Love is an Adventure
- W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller
- Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake
- Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death
- Arthur Herbert – Lockdown: A Collection of Dark Tales
- Mohan Ranga Rao – Geetha Essay – Domestic Work
- Endy Wright – The Garden Plot Diaries
- S A Melia – Aliens in Windsor
- Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit
- Mekiya Walters – Cassandra Says
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is Elizabeth Crowens for
New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

Click here to see the 2021 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Shorts Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Please click here for more information.

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

Don’t Miss out! 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 10th annual conference and discover why!
March 27, 2023
The 2022 SERIES CIBAs Finalists for Genre Fiction
The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Series Book Awards Short List to the 2022 Series 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 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Note: We have room for 5 Category Winners. Like many divisions there are more categories in the Series Awards than there are First Place Positions, though judges will sometimes ask for more or less than five winners.

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

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

Mysteries
- Amy S Peele – Medical Murder Mysteries
- Charlotte Stuart – Macavity & Me Mysteries
- Charlotte Stuart – Discount Detective Mysteries
- Phil Bayly – Murder on Skis
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Emlyn Goode Mysteries
Historical Fiction
- Richard Alan Schwartz – An American Journeys Novel
- Eileen Charbonneau – American Civil War Brides
- Robin Elno – The Clown William Series
- Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves for Laramie Book Awards
- Ian Crouch – A Pyrrhic Victory
- Rozsa Gaston – Anne of Brittany Series
- Tamar Anolic – Triumph of a Tsar
- Peter Curtis – The Kohut Trilogy
Grab Bag Assorted Genres
- Davalynn Spencer – Front Range Brides for Romance
- M.J. Evans – The Skullington Family for Children’s Literature
- Vince Bailey – The Curtis Jefferson series for Paranormal
- Miriam Verbeek – Songs of Si’Empra for Fantasy
- Terry Birdgenaw – The Antunite Chronicles for Young Adult
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Series Awards is Guinevere’s Trilogy – by Nicole Evelina

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

Click here to see the 2021 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Please click here for more information.

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.

Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!
March 24, 2023
Chanticleer Authors Conference – Update and Latest Info by Kiffer Brown
Learn from the Best at CAC 23!

~Book to Film Workshop – What Every Author Needs to Know~

~How to Use Magazine Features to Promote Your Works~

~Travel Writing – How To and Breaking In to the Business~

~Podcasting for Authors~

~Narrative Fiction Podcasts vs Audiobooks~

~Decoding the Amazon Algorithm~

~Outlining Your Books, Pacing & Plotting, Genre Specific Editing~

~Kickstarter Publishing – Primer and How-To ~

~Exercising and Building Good Movement Habits for the Writing Life~

~BookBub and Book Funnel Selling Platforms~

~Increasing Your Email List and Expanding Your Readership~

~Book Covers that Sell~

~ChatGPT – What is it and What does it mean for authors and content creators~

~Multi-Channel Marketing for Authors ~

~How to be Your Own Book Publicist~

~Alphabet Soup (SEO, ISBNs, BISAC, Meta-Data) for Book Distribution and Discovery~

and many more sessions on the marketing and business side of being an author and publisher

Don’t Delay – Register Today!

Only Four Weeks until the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

and the

2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards Banquet and Ceremony

Join us at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether on beautiful Bellingham Bay!

There are FIVE different registration packages available!
1. Book to Film 3-Hour Workshop with Maggie Marr, Atty – Creative Representation
2. 3-Day All Inclusive Registration with CIBA Ceremony and Banquet with options for discounted Book to Workshop, Companion Pass Option, and CIBA Dinner Guest option.
3. 2-Day Registration Pass with Awards Banquet – Saturday and Sunday & Book Fair
4. “Locals” Basic Day Pass for Saturday and Sunday Registration – No Awards Banquet. Book Fair included
5. CIBA Banquet and Ceremony Only for Saturday Evening
Join Us for the Crowning Event

of the

Chanticleer Authors Conference

the CIBAs Annual Banquet and Ceremony

The Icing on the Cake, the Crowning Event, the Highlight of the conference is the CIBA Banquet and Awards Ceremony that is held on Saturday evening of the conference.

The CIBA Banquet and Ceremony

First, we start with a cocktail hour (five-thirty in the afternoon with a cash bar, complimentary appetizers are served at six o’clock in the evening.

Most every one is dressed to impress – either “in brand,” posh, or “after-five” special. Of course, this is Bellingham, so there will always be those who bring out their best fleece and wool socks!

The ceremony photographer is set-up to take complimentary headshots, group photos, and, of course, photograph the ceremony announcements and presentations. After the event, he continues with division group photos, winner photos, cheering sections photos—a lot of photos—that attendees may download digitally for free!

Our CAC23 photographer is Dwayne Rogge of PhotoTreeHouse Photography, Bellingham, WA.

FINALIST attendees are given a Finalist Ribbon to attach to their name badge upon registration pick-up—btw.

Also, there are many different lodging options for different budgets and needs. Click here for more info

Who will take home the coveted Chanticleer Blue Ribbons?

At seven o’clock in the evening, each attendee is handed a ceremony program with all the Finalists listed by division.

Next, we are seated for a lovely dinner catered by the Hotel Bellwether. Acknowledgements, a short keynote presentation, and recognition of the Finalists in attendance during the salad course.

Then we enjoy the Northwest inspired dinner prepared by the Hotel Bellwether’s Executive Chef Marcello Mazzoleni.

After dinner, coffee and dessert (the cash bar stays open the entire time!) are served and we begin the announcements for the Division First Place Award Winners. We have a small break and photo opportunities.

Next, we announce the Division Grand Prize Winners. And, finally, the Overall GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2022 CIBAs!

More photos are taken!

At the end of the glorious evening, we all head to the Hotel Bellwether’s fireside bar to gather and enjoy each others company and congratulate the winners.
March 24, 2023
The 2022 HEARTEN CIBAs Finalists 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 Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Hearten 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 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
- 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
- Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
- Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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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.

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.

Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

Featuring: Book to Screen expert and attorney Maggie Marr
March 10, 2023
The 2022 HEMINGWAY CIBAs 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 Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Hemingway 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 Winner of the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for 20th Century Wartime Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following 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 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
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 to the next rounds of judging.

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!
March 10, 2023
The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Finalists for Journalistic Non-Fiction
The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Long Form Journalistic and Investigative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (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 2022 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction Short List to the 2022 Nellie Bly 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 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Susan Lehmann – The Execution of Robert Butts
- Steven W. Thrasher – The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
- Brandi Collins-Dexter – Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political future
- Rita Katz – Saints and Soldiers
- Nicholas Chittick – A Prisoner’s Fight: The Pandemic as Seen From Inside the Illinois Department of Corrections
- Lana Melman – Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel
- Joshua Frank – Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
- Jonathan Geoffrey Dean – Salt & Light; The Complete Jesus
- Paul Pringle – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
- Lyndsie Bourgon – Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
- Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
- Janice S. Ellis – USING MY WORD POWER: Advocating for a More Civilized Society, Book III in the Real Advocacy Journalism® series
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Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is Nicole Evelina for America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

Click here to see the 2021 Nellie Bly Book Award Winners for Journalistic Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. 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 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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