Tag: CAC25

  • The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction

    The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction SHORT LIST to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

    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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

     

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalists List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
    • Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
    • Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
    • Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
    • David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
    • Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
    • Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
    • Ingrid McCarthy – I Stood Among the Ruins and Cried
    • Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
    • Jia Apple – The Tell
    • Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
    • Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
    • Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
    • Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
    • L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
    • Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
    • Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
    • Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
    • Christina Ford – In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt In The Pursuit of Happily Ever After
    • Glenda Goodrich – Solo Passage: 13 Quests, 13 Questions
    • Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
    • Jennifer Cramer-Miller – Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
    • Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
    • Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
    • Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
    • Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

    We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

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

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

    Running Away From The Circus

    By Nove Meyers

    Running Away from the Circus Cover

    blue and gold badge recognizing Running Away From the Circus by Nove Meyers for winning the 2023 Hearten Grand Prize

    See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

     

  • The 2024 Mind and Spirit Awards Long List for Enlightening Non-Fiction

    Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA Badge

    The Mind & Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction. The Mind & Spirit 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 Spirituality, Enlightenment, Self-Help, Mindfulness, Well-being, Meditation, Energy, and more.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2024 Mind & Spiri Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 Mind & Spirit Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Mind & Spirit Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

    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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Four Points by Sheraton sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

     

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Mind & Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Rhona Epstein – The Satisfied Guide To Eating Well
    • Kristin Sven Larsen – Joy of Being Mindfully Present
    • Wilma Macliver – Life Behind the Masks
    • Teri M Brown – 10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure
    • Jill Amy Sager – Guidance From the Universe Hopeful Messages for Everyday Challenges
    • Shari Biery – It’s Your Turn How To Rediscover Yourself Prioritize Your Well-Being Thrive with Purpose
    • Steven Joseph – Cranky Superpowers Life Lessons Learned From the Common Crankatsuris Chronicles
    • Bobby R. Patton, Rusalyn H. Andrews, Jennifer Page Daily – Keys To Healthy Communication
    • L.A. Mcmurray – God Is in the Odd the Ordinary and Outside Church
    • Lori Pappas – The Magic of Yes Embrace the Wise Woman Within
    • Thomas Weems – Unlocking Kabbalah a New Synthesis of Astrology Tarot and the Tree of Life
    • Dr Harry Somaraju – Anxiety To Ahh-Mazing in Days
    • Manisha Jane – Truth Was Once Taboo a Memoir of Self-Knowledge in the Age of Spiritual Sovereignty
    • Ann Michelle Mracek – Unpacking the Attic
    • Wendy B. Correa – My Pretty Baby Seeking Truth and Finding Healing
    • Juliana J Bruno – Reasons to Live: An Interactive Guide to Healing and Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts and How to Help Others Survive
    • Damian Fozard – Disbelief
    • G.E. Poole – Infrequent Frequencies Rare Resonance
    • Marijke McCandless – Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present
    • Joseph Clarke – SOL: supportive guidance for healing & awakening
    • Alicia M. Rodriguez – The Shaman’s Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery
    • Hilary Giovale – Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing, and Repair
    • Kimberly Harms – Are You Ready?: How to Build a Legacy to Die For
    • Tejas Hiremani – The Principles of Creation
    • Christin Collins – be. love.
    • Eileen Marlowe – The Call to Connect Spirit
    • Anne Kiehl Friedman – Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing
    • Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
    • Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
    • Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
    • Lisa Rhyne – Coming Out of the Metaphysical Closet

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

    We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

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

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

    Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

    By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

    Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

    Blue and Gold badge recognizing Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success by Dr Kelly Rabenstein for winning the 2023 Mind and Spirit Grand Prize

    See the full list of 2023 First Place Mind and Spirit Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Spiritual Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

     

  • The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Long List for Non-Fiction Guides

    The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Long List for Non-Fiction Guides

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA BadgeThe Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I 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 HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2024 I&I Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 I&I Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 I&I Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

    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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

     

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Guiding and How-to Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Margaret C Beeler – Tropetails: A Cocktail and Mocktail Book for Bookworms
    • Brooke Martin – Controlled Burn
    • Stephanie O’dea – Slow Living
    • Ross Brand – Livestreaming Digital Media Predictions Volume Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change
    • Lorraine Ballato – Success with Hydrangeas a Gardener’s Guide
    • Karen Gross – Mending Education Finding Hope Creativity and Mental Wellness in Times of Trauma
    • Mary Deal – Advanced Self-Hypnosis Techniques Hypno-Scripts Book
    • Tania Israel – Facing the Fracture How To Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation
    • Daniel C. Rodgers – Escape the Clock Your Program Guide for Financial Freedom and Early Retirement
    • John M. O’brien Ph.d. – Rudeness Rehab Reclaiming Civility in the Workplace and Your Home Space
    • Grace Torres-Hodges – Private Practice Solution Reclaiming Physician Autonomy Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship
    • Chris Chan – Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers
    • G.E. Poole – Infrequent Frequencies Rare Resonance
    • Elizabeth Fulgaro – Soul Care-Song Prayers: A Spiritual Practice Toward Resilience and Well-Being
    • Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen – The Job Well Done – The Queen’s Way To Successful Leadership
    • Katherine Fabrizio – The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter
    • Martess Amunette Dowling – Is He Ever Going to Leave His Wife?
    • Amy L Bernstein – Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration
    • Katie Myers – Being Seen
    • Kimberly Harms – Are You Ready? How to Build a Legacy to Die For
    • Lorda Dabresil – Solutions to Nursing Shortage in New York
    • Anna Brooke and Vindy Teja – WRITE! Your Guide to Revealing the Writer Within
    • Chris Chan with Patricia Meyer Chan – The Autistic Sleuth: Screen Portrayals of Detectives on the Spectrum in Sherlock Holmes Adaptations, The Millennium Trilogy, The Bridge, Death Note, … Dog in the Night-Time, and Other Productions
    • Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World
    • Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
    • Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
    • Natalie Kohlhaas – Hello Anxiety My Old Friend: Harness Your Invisible Superpower
    • Léonie Rosenstiel – Protecting Mama: Surviving the Legal Guardianship Swamp
    • Bob Dahms, MBA, CPA, CMA – Let’s Talk About This: 50 Things You Need to Know About Starting and Managing a Small Business
    • Douglas A. Burton – The Heroine’s Labyrinth: Archetypal Designs in Heroine-Led Fiction
    • Jacqui Clarke – Stop worrying about money
    • Angela Lomenzo – Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women
    • Lisa Rhyne – Coming Out of the Metaphysical Closet
    • Holly Swenson – Stop, Drop, Grow, & Glow
    • Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent For Organizational Growth

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

    We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

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

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

    Eating Together Being Together

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

    blue and gold badge recognizing Eating Together Being Together by Julian C E Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S Clauss-Ehlers for winning the 2023 Instruction and Insight Grand Prize

    See the full list of 2023 First Place I&I Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 I&I Book Awards for Guiding and Helpful Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

     

  • The 2024 Series Awards Long List for Fiction and Non-Fiction!

    A stack of books flying into the blue sky for the Book Series AwardsThe CIBA SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions and 7 Non-Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The 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 the CIBA Divisions. 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 first look rounds from all 2024 Series Award entries to the 2024 Series Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Series Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Series Book Awards competition!

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

    • Samantha Schinder – The Deliverance Series
    • Antonia Gavrihel – Back To One
    • John J. Spearman – Mercenary Navy
    • Elliott Foster – Panic River
    • Alan B. Gibson – Magic at Myers Beach
    • D. L. Wilburn Jr. – The God Protocol
    • Jule Selbo – Dee Rommel Mystery Series
    • Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Yoga Mat Mysteries
    • Evette Davis – The Council Trilogy
    • Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
    • Laurie Buchanan – Sean Mcpherson Novels
    • Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
    • April Sebree – Through the Woods
    • M.K. Dean – The Ginny Reese Mysteries
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
    • Melrose McFadden – Major Bummer Murders
    • Valerie Green – The McBride Chronicles
    • Jeff Nania – Northern Lakes Mystery series
    • J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
    • A. Keith Carreiro – The Immortality Wars
    • Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
    • Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan
    • Don Stuart – Washington Statehouse Series
    • Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel – Emotional Intelligence Book Series
    • TK Sheffield – The Backyard Model Mysteries
    • Eve M Riley – The Techboys series
    • Steven Joseph – Snoodles Book Series
    • Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
    • Ron Singerton – Sword of Rome
    • Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
    • Anika Savoy – Ungilded
    • Michael J Bowler – The Lance Chronicles
    • D.V. Chernov – Nick Severs Mysteries
    • McKendree Long – The Superstition Gun
    • Tamar Anolic – The Vanguard Warrior Trilogy
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die Series
    • R.w. Meek – The Dream Collector
    • Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos
    • Bert Entwistle – Leftover Soldiers
    • D.F. Kennedy – So Help Me God
    • J.C. Ahern – The Strategy series

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

    We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Series Grand Prize Winner

    Ghosts Along The Oregon Trail

    By David Fitz-Gerald

    Blue and Gold Badge recognizing Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail by David Fitz-Gerald for winning the 2023 Series Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Series Book Award Winners.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Series  Book Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

     

  • The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Short List for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction

    The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction LONG LIST to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

    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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

     

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Short List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
    • Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
    • Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
    • Wendy B. Correa – My Pretty Baby: A Memoir of Seeking Truth and Finding Healing
    • Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
    • David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
    • Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
    • Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
    • Ingrid McCarthy – I Stood Among the Ruins and Cried
    • Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
    • Jia Apple – The Tell
    • Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
    • Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
    • Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
    • Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
    • L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
    • Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
    • Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
    • Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
    • Christina Ford – In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt In The Pursuit of Happily Ever After
    • Glenda Goodrich – Solo Passage: 13 Quests, 13 Questions
    • Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
    • Jennifer Cramer-Miller – Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
    • Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
    • Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
    • Laura Hall – Affliction: Growing Up With A Closeted Gay Dad
    • Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
    • Louise Privette and Tristan Peigné – Dancing Through Life: A Memoir
    • Ben LeBoutillier – Practical Advice for a Better World
    • Kathleen Watt – REARRANGED: An Opera Singer’s Facial Cancer and Life Transposed
    • Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

    We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

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

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

    Running Away From The Circus

    By Nove Meyers

    Running Away from the Circus Cover

    blue and gold badge recognizing Running Away From the Circus by Nove Meyers for winning the 2023 Hearten Grand Prize

    See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

     

  • The 2024 Goethe Book Awards Short List for Late Historical Fiction

    The 2024 Goethe Book Awards Short List for Late Historical Fiction

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Post 1750 Historical Fiction. The Goethe 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 Victorian, Georgian, Regency, International History, 20th Century, and all the possible historical topics that an authors imagination can dream up for the Goethe Book Awards division. Our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Goethe Late Historical Fiction LONG LIST to the 2024 Goethe Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Goethe Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Late Historical Fiction!

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

    • Tessa Floreano – Murder & Matrimony in the Castello
    • Janis Robinson Daly – The Path Beneath Her Feet
    • Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
    • Jeanne Gehret – Secrets to the Wind
    • Donna Russo – Vincent’s Women: The Untold Story of the Loves of Vincent van Gogh
    • William Robert Reeves – The In-House Politician
    • Louis Trubiano – What Once Was Promised
    • Katherine Koch – The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – Sea Tigers & Merchants: A New American Generation
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – A Cup of Revenge
    • J.R. Holland – Vigilante Love Song
    • Susan Higginbotham – The Queen of the Platform: A Novel of Women’s Rights Activist Ernestine Rose
    • Brook Allen – West of Santillane
    • James Conroyd Martin – Napoleon’s Shadow Wife: A Novel of Countess Marie Walewska
    • Sean James – The Vengeful Kind
    • Georgina Hogue – Cloud Cap
    • Linda Ulleseit – Innocents at Home
    • Florence Reiss Kraut – Street Corner Dreams, A Novel
    • Paula Butterfield – Missing Mr. Moonlight
    • Reenita M. Hora – Vermilion Harvest – Playtime at the Bagh
    • Carolyn Summer Quinn – Until the Stars Align
    • Leo Daughtry – Talmadge Farm
    • Jeza Belle – Blood Rouge
    • John David Graham – Running As Fast As I Can
    • R. W. Meek – The Dream Collector, Book II “Sabrine & Vincent van Gogh”
    • Annette Gagliardi – Ponderosa Pines: Days of the – Deadwood Forest Fire
    • Sherry V. Ostroff – The Wall at the Sugar Factory
    • Alina Rubin – A Girl with a Knife
    • Alina Rubin – Abigail’s Song
    • M. B. Zucker – The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine
    • Heather Miller – Yellow Bird’s Song
    • João Cerqueira – Perestroika
    • Adrienne Stevenson – Mirrors & Smoke
    • Gail Ward Olmsted – Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip
    • C.M. Huddleston – Esther
    • Karen Lynne Klink – At What Cost, Silence? Book 1 of The Texian Trilogy
    • Diane Byington – Louise and Vincent
    • Jerry Madden – Steel Valley: Coming of Age in the Ohio Valley in the 1960s

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

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    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Goethe Grand Prize Winner

    If Someday Comes

    By David Calloway

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    Click here to see the full list of 2023 GOETHE Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Goethe Book Awards for Late Historical Fiction.

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    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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  • The 2024 Ozma Finalists for Fantasy Fiction!

    The 2024 Ozma Finalists for Fantasy Fiction!

    Ozma AwardsThe Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Magic, Steampunk and Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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. Our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward  from the 2024 OZMA Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS to the FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE AND GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Ozma Book Awards novel competition for Fantasy Fiction!

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

    • K.N. Salustro – A Whisper from the Edge of the World
    • Roxana Arama – The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
    • Curt Locklear – Treasure and Murder In Ireland
    • Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
    • Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle – An Unexpected Hero
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods
    • Kolton Fitz-Gerald – Leon Sharp: The Scourge of Night
    • J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
    • Susan Wands – High Priestess and Empress, Book Two, Arcana Oracle Series
    • R. M. Krogman – Liberation
    • James Malone – The Song of Theodore-Return to Rainbow Gardens
    • Ross Hightower & Deb Heim – Desulti
    • Erin Lark Maples – A Circle of Stars
    • Evette Davis – The Others
    • Ryan Schuette – A Seat for the Rabble
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Serpent’s Spell
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
    • Prue Batten – The Red Thread
    • S.G. Blaise – Meddling Mages
    • T.E. MacArthur – A Place of Fog and Murder
    • Shami Stovall – Academy Arcanist
    • J.A. Nielsen – The Claiming (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 1)

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

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    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Ozma Grand Prize Winner and Overall Grand Prize Winner

    A Vengeful Realm

    By Tim Facciola

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

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 OZMA Book Award Winners for Fantasy Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

  • The 2024 JOURNEY Awards Finalists for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    The 2024 JOURNEY Awards Finalists for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    Journey Narrative Non-Fiction CIBA BadgeThe Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey 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 the 2024 Journey Non-Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

    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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Four Points by Sheraton sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Finalist authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
    • Tamra McAnally Bolton – His 100th Year
    • Kirsten Throneberry – Guided: Lost Love, Hidden Realms, and the Open Road
    • Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays
    • Jennifer Gasner – My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis
    • Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
    • Karen Elizabeth Lee – The Village That Betrayed its Children
    • Anne Gately – Sunburnt – A memoir of sun, surf and skin cancer
    • Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
    • Ernestine Whitman – Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form
    • Jacqueline Acho – Cancer Culture: Fixing the Landscape by Infusing Empathy
    • Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
    • E. Adrienne Wilson – I’d Rather Be Dead Than Deaf: A Young Woman’s Journey with Liver Cancer
    • Lindsey Henke – When Skies Are Gray
    • Heidi Beierle – Heidi Across America – One Woman’s Journey on a Bicycle through the Heartland
    • Claudia Marseille – But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World
    • Mary Jumbelic, M.D. – Here, Where Death Delights
    • Tracy Mayo – Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self
    • Marsha Jacobson – The Wrong Calamity
    • David Vass – Liar, Alleged

    Blue and Gold Badge for the finalists of the Journey non-fiction awards

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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 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Barbed: A Memoir

    By Julie Morrison

    Journey Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction Grand Prize Badge for Barbed by Julie Morrison

    See the full list of 2023 First Place Journey Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Journey Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

    Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!

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  • The 2024 CYGNUS Awards Finalists for Science Fiction

    The 2024 CYGNUS Awards Finalists 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. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Cygnus Semi-Finalists to the FINALISTS. Finalists will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in Bellingham, WA at the beautiful Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE AND GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

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

    • Timothy S. Johnston – A Blanket of Steel
    • Janet Post – Vee: Shooting Star
    • Neil V. Young – Children of the Stars
    • Jeremy Clift – Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
    • Sean M. Tirman – Hounds of Gaia (The Marrower Saga, Book One)
    • Don Stuart – Darwin’s Dilemma
    • Sheri T. Joseph – Edge of the Known World
    • Alexandru Czimbor – Sentience Hazard
    • Peter Dingus – Deep Time
    • Jaime Castle – Purgatory
    • Jayson Adams – Ares
    • A. R. Black – No Man’s Land
    • John Be Lane – The Future Lies
    • Aaron Arsenault – The Climate Diaries: Book One: The Academy
    • Russell Klyford – Emergent Mars
    • S.G. Blaise – Meddling Mages
    • PJ Caldas – The Girl from Wudang
    • Thomas Weaver – Artificial Wisdom
    • Ellen Ricciutti – One Time or Another
    • Shami Stovall – The Half-Life Empire

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

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    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    The Shadow of War

    By Timothy S. Johnston

    Blue And Gold badge recognizing The Shadow of War by Timothy S. Johnston for winning the 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 3 – 6, 2025! Seating is Limited so Register Today!

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