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  • The 2023 Book Series Award WINNERS 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.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Diane Garland on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the SERIES BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

    Join us in congratulating the following award-winning authors and their works in the CIBAs

    Fantasy – OZMA

    • John J. Spearman – FitzDuncan

    Early Historical Fiction – CHAUCER

    • James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant

    Late Historical Fiction – GOETHE

    • Alice McVeigh – Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series

    20th Century Wartime Fiction – HEMINGWAY

    • Tom Burkhalter – No Merciful War

    Mystery – CLUE

    • Dave Lager – The Ro Delahanty Novels

    • Jode Millman – The Queen City Crimes Series

    Americana – LARAMIE

    • David Fitz-Gerald – Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail

    Contemporary/Literary – SOMERSET

    • Mark A. Gibson – Hamilton Place

    The Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 SERIES Awards is:

    Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail

    by David Fitz-Gerald

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Series Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    The Chanticleer Team

  • The 2023 HEMINGWAY Book Awards WINNERS for 20th Century Wartime Fiction

    Ernest Hemingway looking off to the rightThe 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. For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Robert W. Smith on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Seasons By Sheraton in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the HEMINGWAY BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the HEMINGWAY Grand Prize Winner.

    Join us in celebrating the following award-winning authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • J.L. Oakley – The Brisling Code

    • Kathryn Gauci – In the Shadow of the Pyrenees

    • Michael J Cooper – Crossroads of Empire

    • Ivan Luiz Hernandez – Isla Vulnerable

    • Linda Stewart Henley – Kate’s War

    • Kevin Miller – The Silver Waterfall: A Novel of the Battle of Midway

    • Jerena Tobiasen – Tsarina’s Crown

    • William McClain – Alice’s War

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Hemingway Book  Awards is:

    The Silver Waterfall:
    A Novel of the Battle of Midway

    by Kevin Miller

     

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Hemingway Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    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: 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. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    The Chanticleer Team

     

  • The 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards WINNERS 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. 

     1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Mohan Ranga Rao on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the HEARTEN BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the HEARTEN Grand Prize Winner.

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their award-winning works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus

    • Lisa Niver – Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty

    • Lally Pia – The Fortune Teller’s Prophecy: A Memoir of an Unlikely Doctor

    • Tony Jeton Selimi – A Path to Excellence

    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Some Things Are Simply Meant to Be

    • Aurita Maldonado – The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HEARTEN Awards is:

    Running Away From the Circus

    By Nove Meyers

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Hearten Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

    We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    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.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    Team Chanticleer! 

     

  • The M&M 2023 Book Award WINNERS for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M 2023 Book Award WINNERS for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe 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)

     1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Gail Halverson on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points By Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the M&M BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Purloined Portrait

    • Gail Grant Park – We Are Shadows: An Irish Ghost Story

    • Rebecca Olmstead – Dreams and Illusions

    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles

    • Patrick E. Craig – The Quilt That Knew

    • E. W. Finke – Coyote’s Wail

    • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley

    • Lyn Squire – Immortalised to Death

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:

    A Haunting at Linley

    A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

    by Michelle Cox 

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 M&M Finalists here! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

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

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    The Chanticleer Team

  • The 2023 Goethe Book Awards WINNERS for Late Historical Fiction

    The 2023 Goethe Book Awards WINNERS for Late Historical Fiction

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    The other three Historical Fiction Genres are the Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction, the Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Hemingway on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Seasons By Sheraton in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the GOETHE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the GOETHE Grand Prize Winner.

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Lisa Voelker – The Spoon

    • Robert W Smith – A Long Way from Clare

    • David Calloway – If Someday Comes

    • Mitzi Zilka – Water Fire Steam

    • Susanne Dunlap – The Adored One

    • Linda Ulleseit – The River Remembers

    • Nicole Evelina – Catherine’s Mercy

    • William Maz – Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GOETHE Awards is:

    If Someday Comes

    By

    David Calloway

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Goethe Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

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

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

    The Chanticleer Team

     

  • The 2023 NELLIE BLY CIBAs WINNERS for Journalistic Non-Fiction

    Nellie Bly AwardsThe Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Journalistic Non-Fiction, Investigative Works,  and Indepth Reports on Issues and Societal Topics. 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 Longform Journalism, Investigative Works, . 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. 

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Linda Brugger on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the NELLIE BLY BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the NELLIE BLY Grand Prize Winner.

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Tessa Floreano – Italians in the Pacific Northwest

    • Meghan Elizabeth Kallman & Josephine Ferorelli – The Conceivable Future

    • Paul Kix – You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

    • Roland Lazenby – Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson

    • Qin Sun Stubis – Once Our Lives

    • Trisha T. Pritikin – The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices from the Fight for Atomic Justice

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

    You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live:

    Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

    by Paul Kix

    You can see all of our amazing 2023 Nellie Bly Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

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

    NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

    Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

     Team Chanticleer

  • The 2023 Shorts Award WINNERS for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

    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.

    NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post. This Official Announcement is for Novellas and Collections.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by [enter] on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Seasons by Sheraton in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

    This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the SHORTS BOOK AWARDS for Collections and Anthologies First Place Category Winners and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Paper Lantern Writers – Unlocked

    • Elizabeth Rau – The Good Slope

    • Mack Little – Shelter in a Hostile World

    • Seán Thomas Dwyer – Tiptoeing Past the Dragon

    • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest

    • JuJu – The Costly Wish

    • Gary Baysinger – A Kind of Homecoming

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SHORTS Awards is:

      Shelter in a Hostile World

      by Mack Little

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

      Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

      NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

      Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

      Team Chanticleer

    • The 2023 CIBAs Paranormal Book Awards WINNERS 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, magical systems and elements.

      1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by S.G. Blaise on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points By Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash., sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

      This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner.

      Blue and Gold Paranormal 1st Place Best in Category CIBA Badge Image

       

      Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Lydia M. Hawke – Becoming Crone

      • Joe Lyon – The Molossus of Old Man Moyer: An Original Horror Novel

      • Jo Deniau – Hologram

      • Nola Nash – House of Mirrors

      • Claire Fraise – They Stay

      • Fionn Mac Meldrum – The Shadow of Banshee Hill

      • James McKenna – An October’s Journey: Poe’s Final Gift

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 PARANORMAL Awards is:

      Becoming Crone

      By Lydia M. Hawke

      You can see all of our amazing 2023 Paranormal Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

      Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

      Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

       

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

      NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

      Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

      The Chanticleer Team

    • The 2023 CIBAs I&I WINNERS for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

      The 2023 CIBAs I&I WINNERS for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

      I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA BadgeThe 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. 

       1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Civillia Winslow Hill on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. The CIBA Banquet and Ceremonies were sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

      This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the I&I BOOK AWARDS for Instruction & Insight First Place Category Winners and the I&I Grand Prize Winner.

       

      Instruction & Instight Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge

      Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers – Eating Together Being Together: Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom

      • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Relating While Autistic: Fixed Signals for Neurodivergent Couples

      • Andy Chaleff – The Connection Playbook: A Practical Guide to Building Deep, Meaningful, Harmonious Relationships

      • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

      • Jennifer M Sukalo – Claim Your SWAGGER: Stop Surviving and Start Thriving

         

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards is:

      Eating Together Being Together:
      Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom

      by Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

       

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

      Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

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

      NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

      Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

      The Chanticleer Team

    • The 2023 Humor and Satire Book Award WINNERS!

      The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire. The Humor and Satire 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. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by T.K. Conklin on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

      This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the Humor and Satire BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the Humor and Satire Grand Prize Winner.

      Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Mike Murphey – Quantum Consequence: Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5

      • Eileen O’Finlan – All the Furs and Feathers

      • Allyson Rice – The Key to Circus-Mom Highway

      • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair

      • Lou Dischler – The Rising

      • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansions

      • Tom Strelich – Water Memory

        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Humor and Satire Awards is:

        Quantum Consequence: Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5

        by Mike Murphey

        You can see all of our amazing 2023 Humor & Satire Finalists here! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

        Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

        PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

        Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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

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

        NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank  you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

        Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

        The Chanticleer Team