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  • The 2025 Mind and Spirit Long List for Spirituality and Enlightenment

    Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA BadgeThe 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 2025 Mind & Spiri Non-Fiction entries to the 2025 Mind & Spirit Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2025 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 (CAC26).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 28 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 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

     

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 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 2025 CIBAs.

    • Amy L. Bernstein – Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears Finding Inspiration
    • Andy Becker – “Grandy Let’s Play!”: Reflections on the Joy Blessings and Wonder of Grandparenting
    • Andy Chaleff – Dying To Live: Finding Life’s Meaning Through Death
    • Anne Jeppesen – When Life Came Knocking
    • Charlotte Swift – Glow Up: Self-Love and Spirituality for Teens
    • Cheryl Lynn – Washing the Inside of the Cup: My Journey of Walking in the Spirit
    • D. H. Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe: a Son’s Message From the Great Beyond
    • Danielly Kaufmann – The Age of Digital Spirit
    • Diane Marie Taylor – I’m on Assignment: an Alternative View of Past Lives, the Impact on Our Current Lives, Soul Mates, World History, and the Akashic Records
    • G.W. Evans – Heaven’s Hill: Meeting Your Loved Ones on the Other Side
    • Dr. James Manning – Deeply Human the Science and Soul of Emotional Healing
    • J.D. Pincus Ph.d. – The Emotionally Agile: Brain Mastering the 12 Emotional Needs That Drive Us
    • Julianna Lindsey – Radiant Longevity a Physician’s Protocol for Living Your Best Life
    • Keith and Erin Ramachandran – Mental Health, Strong Marriage
    • Lara Sanderson – Mātrikā’s Muse: a Journey To Awakening Through the Senses
    • Linda A. Lavid – Personal Archetypes for Stress Relief: a Holistic Guide
    • Marie-Eve Dawood – Jesus Shrank My Dating Pool: Holding Out for a Godly Man When It Feels Like You’ve Missed the Boat
    • Marti Tote – A Whisper in the Wings
    • Natalie Saar – Becoming 1 Better: 100 Simple Changes To Improve Your Life 1 at a Time
    • Paul O’Neill – Letters To a Young Teacher: Wisdom for Those Who Guide Others
    • Rev. Robyn Accetturo, Lcsw – I Am the Reluctant Messiah and So Are You
    • Stavo Mustang Craft – Auto Antenna: an Enchanted Guide To Santa Fe & Vague Blueprint To the Cosmos
    • Terri Harford – New Body, Old Soul
    • Timeout A. Taumu – The Magnificence of the 3
    • Tyrone Polastri – Dancing on the Edge: Moving Through Life with Power, Dignity, and Effectiveness

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

    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 2024 Mind & Spirit Awards is:

    Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present

    By Marijke McCandless

    Naked in the Now Cover

     

    See the full list of 2024 First Place Mind and Spirit Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Spiritual Non-Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!

     

  • The 2025 SEA Shorts Awards Short List for Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas

    The SEA Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The SEA Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Short Form Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction and Essays. 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 from the 2025 SEA SHORTS LONG LIST to the 2025 SEA Shorts Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 SEA Shorts Award Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 SEA Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

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

    • AJ Skelly – Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor
    • C. V. Lee – Her Noble Groom
    • Catherine Brown – Purrfect Revenge
    • Cathryn Devries – Son of Osivirius
    • Charlie Robinson – Bow Tie Sex a Serious Scientific Study
    • Chell Linn Araya – Don’t Talk To Strangers
    • Christopher Macdonald – The Wobbly Man
    • David Fitz-Gerald – A Pioneer Christmas Beyond the Oregon Trail
    • Dr. Gregory Steinberg – No More To Lose Till Death Do Us Part
    • Gail Heath – Minuet
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – All Is Fair
    • Grace Haygood – A Love To Call Home
    • J. L Oakley – Mr. Brown Reads
    • Jackson Kuhl – The Island of Small Misfortunes
    • Jalon J Jakab – Inside the Walls
    • Jamie Kirkpatrick – The Dreamcatcher
    • Joseph Kovler – At the Corner of Hitler and Goering
    • Julia Marie Davis – Catbird
    • K. E. Adamus – To Outwit the Fate
    • Katherine Smith Dedrick – Tangled Verdict
    • Kathleen Kaska – The Diary of Simone Lablanc
    • Kregg P.J. Jorgenson – An Accidental Muse
    • Lasse Toft – 70 Things You Can Do While Being Hospitalized
    • Linda Harris Sittig – B-52 Down the Night the Bombs Fell From the Sky
    • Maggie Enriquez – The Rebirth of a Phoenix
    • Marie Sutro – For the First Time
    • Marie Sutro – Not the North Pole
    • Marie Sutro – You Oughta Know
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Anarose and Medusa’s Curse
    • Morris Hoffman – Boy of Heaven
    • Murray Eiland – Mount Zephon Gateway To Mot
    • Murray Eiland – Philosopher of Fire
    • Paisley Summer – The Movie Theatre
    • PJ Devlin – Original Sins
    • Richard Leslie Brock – Cephalonia
    • Richard Leslie Brock – The Atonements
    • Ruud Richardson – The Spy: A Short Story
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – The Life & Times of Sarah Good Accused Witch
    • Sarena Straus – The Patchwork Man
    • T.O. Paine – The Abduction
    • TK Sheffield – Horse Thief: A Nomad Vet with a Score To Settle Takes on Horse Thieves in a Midwest Showdown
    • TK Sheffield – The Glitching Ghoul: AI Terror at a Writer’s Retreat

    Congratulations once more to the 2024 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    Something About Lizzy

    By Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

    Something About Lizzy cover by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

    Click here to see the full list of 2024 SEA Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 SEA Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Novellas, and Essays!

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!

  • The 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction

    The 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude WarnerThe Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 GERTRUDE WARNER Middle Grade entries to the 2025 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Gertrude Warner 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, CAC26.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

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

    • Alex Paul – Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals Book 8 the Slave Rebellion
    • Almendra Vila – Mission Red Beetle
    • Ann Huchingson – The Watchwood Inheritance
    • Assaf Becker – Three Quarters of a Bucket of Milk
    • Brent Golembiewski – The Boy the Cube and the Elf
    • Carolyn Armstrong – Make Way for Monarchs Eco Warriors Book 3
    • Daniel Wolfman – The Forest Cat and the Fire Monster
    • Debbie Noble Black – The Old Secret at Hotel Oregon
    • Diana Davis – Liv Forever Never Say Zombie
    • Diana Schaffter – Armando and the Amazing Animal Race
    • Donna Galanti – Loon Cove Summer
    • Dorothea N Buckingham – Forgotten Oath
    • Eli Kern – Brother of Chaos
    • Eliza Kelley and Debra Whiting Alexander – Eliza Jane Finds Her Dog Squad
    • Faisal Mirza – Porsche the Frog Adventures Porsche Goes Hiking
    • Gary Gabel – The Constitution Kids
    • Hans Ness – Rolo on the Planet of the Cats
    • J.F. Mccarney – A Not So Misfit Odyssey
    • Jason Colpitts – Miss Adventures Misadventures
    • Jeffrey Hope – Real Spies Don’t Use Rowboats
    • Joseph J. Ridgway – Ava’s Dream
    • Julie A. Swanson – North of Tomboy
    • Kira Bruner – Nora and the Nightmare King
    • Lawrey Goodrick – Half-Life the AA Battery Adventure
    • Lee Y. Miao – Take a Shot Kipp
    • Lynne Howard – Dylan Dover Orion’s Quest
    • N. Degen – Ray Taylor and the Torn and Tattered Treasure Map
    • Nancy F. Goodfellow – Special
    • Nina Wachsman – Battery Boy
    • P. Lynn Halliday – Disaster Around the Bend
    • Paul Cicchini – The Central Park Irregulars
    • Ruth Amanda – Cried the Raven
    • Silvia Acevedo – Mail-Order Monsters Crash Course
    • Steven Joseph – Snoodles in Space Escape From Zoodletraz
    • Sue C. Dugan – Morse Code
    • Tim Chapman – Outcasts
    • Tim Chapman – The Song of the Bees
    • Trevor Pacelli – Summer of the Fruit Virus
    • V.N. Mcirvin – The Story of Small Things

    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.

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    Congratulations once more to the 2024 Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner

    Back to Bainbridge

    By Norah Lally

    Back to Bainbridge Cover

    Click here to see the full list of 2024 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 17 – 19, 2026! 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  and discover why!

  • The 2025 Little Peeps Long List for Picture and Children’s Books

    Two little chicks, fresh from their eggThe Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Children’s Fiction. The Little Peeps 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 stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2023 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 LITTLE PEEPS entries to the 2025 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Little Peeps 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, CAC26.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Children’s Fiction!

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

    • Alison Frenz – I Bet I Can Make You Yawn
    • Amy B. Mccoy – Katie Finds Her Voice: A Story About Autism
    • Andrew Woolnough – Nuts About Dinosaurs
    • Andy M Riley – Finding Hanna’s Happy Place
    • Angelina Natale – Peanut and Butter: A Sky View Farm Adventure
    • Ann P. Borrmann – You Little Monkey
    • Ann P. Borrmann – Never Take a Pirate’s Pearls
    • Anna Gerrodette – Wild Rides with Pedal and Blaze
    • Anne Polli – Mason the Magnificent
    • Antonia Blackmore & illustrated by Sarah P Sharpe – Figgles & Flo the Elephant in the Room
    • Ben St. James – Cowboy Cooper and the Ghost Town
    • Brandon Moore – Bridget Kimble Learns Self Control
    • Bridgetta Tomarchio – Monsters Don’t Say Meep Even the Tiniest Roar Can Make the Biggest Difference
    • Brittany Petish- Sally the Brave
    • Cal Lopez & Natalia Ulloa – Humans Are Awesome: A Kid’s Guide to Staying Smarter Than AI
    • Carrie A. Buck – Ivy Learns to Share
    • Christine Kessides – Tail Tale Too
    • Corey Turner – Cloudy Days
    • David Waugh – Benny the Lost Balloon
    • Deborah L. Staunton – Owls Can’t Sing
    • Dzvinka Hayda – The Legend of the Dipper
    • Ellissa Schwartz – This Day I Hold Dear
    • Everett Livingston – The Story of You
    • G.R. Foster – The Puppy That Wanted to Be a Flower
    • Gail Heath – Miracle on the Mountain: An Appalachian Christmas
    • Glenda Keiper – Clancy McFancy and the Tree with Bright Green Leaves
    • Gretchen K. Webber – Beanie the Weenie
    • J.W. Zarek – Bella Brown Visits a Bee Farm
    • J.W. Zarek – Bella Brown’s Messier Than Messy Room
    • J.W. Zarek – Bella-Brown Grandma’s Missing Butterfly Locket
    • J.W. Zarek – The Stomp-Clomp-Clump Monster Above the Bed
    • Jane Xu – Can Pandas Be Koalas Too
    • Jessica A. Macpherson – The Little Things We Do
    • Jessica Mcanelly – Birdie’s Picnic Party a Tasty Take on Food Safety
    • Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel – The Angry Vacuum
    • Kate Shooltz – Kate the Earthling
    • Kelly Curtin and Molly Hallinan – Molly and Potato
    • Kenneth Brown – Saving Private Brown
    • Kim P. Chesney – A Mysterious Night at the Library
    • Kim Sloan – Billy Bob’s Adventures Learning the 50 States
    • Kristen J Anderson – Lorelei the Lorelei: The Problem with Science Fairs, Cicadas, and Sewers
    • Kristy Whilden – Alice’s Colorful New World
    • Laura Ball – Albert the Donkey Solves a Mystery
    • Leslie Calimeri – One Day with Dinosaurs
    • Lisa Mueller – Dot’s Spots
    • Lolisa Marie Monroe – Dungoolee
    • Lori Hoffman Penna – Catawampus the Story of a Crooked Cat
    • Lori Orlinsky – Being Middle
    • M.D. Mcalister – Phin York and the Giants of Wintercoombe
    • Mark Anthony King – Trigger the Dog That Thought He Was a Horse
    • Michele L Sayre – The Long Lazy Summer Wonders of Childhood Beyond
    • Michelle Mcalister – Carolina Is a Knight
    • Michelle Mcalister – Gilly Green Will Sing
    • Michelle Mcalister – Nighttime for Everyone
    • Michelle Mcalister – Snelliot the Bold
    • Mike Darcy – Little Joe and the Big City
    • Mike Stonecypher – There’s a Girebra in the Forest
    • Miki Taylor – Bentley Finds a Hippopotomonsterous
    • Mr. Steve – Fishing Is Fun
    • Mr. Steve – The B Hive
    • Nicole Metas – Hemi Bunny Finds a Mommy
    • Olga Podoprigora – The Banana From Space and Other Stories From Riverstone
    • Once Upon a Dance – Bellyrina
    • Paloma Williams – Milo’s Big Beautiful Journey
    • Pamela Gray Willcox – Tux the Little Emperor
    • Patty York Raymond – There Was a Tenacious Teacher Who Scarfed Down a Sticker
    • Payton Lynch – The Journey To You
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – W Is for Winnipeg a Little Architect’s ABC
    • Robin Currie – How Do You Sleep
    • Ruth Amanda – Ess-Car-Go!
    • Sally Kashner – River Song
    • Sally Kashner – The Night Has a Secret
    • Sherry Roberts – Amica Helps Zoe
    • Sherry Roberts – Just Call Me Pardner
    • Shlomo Goldman – Ryder the Spider Discovers the Body
    • Svetlana Kitik – Mother’s Mega Marrow: a Gardening for Kids Nature Storybook About Growing Food, Sharing, and Outdoor Learning
    • Sydney Roubian – Scarecrow Finds a Heart
    • Tamara Neal – I Know Why the Red Bird Talked
    • Thomas Anthony – Walter the Polar Bear
    • TK Sheffield – Nellie’s Island Small Hooves Big Heart Island Adventures Start
    • Tom Morency – Doris the Dragon
    • Vassi Rombis – Luna the Little Witch the Magic of Teamwork
    • Victoria Fletcher – Lovely Locks of Gold
    • Wanda Carter Roush – The Jellybean Gospel the Born-Again Bunny

    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.

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    Congratulations once more to the 2024 Little Peeps Grand Prize Winner

    Island Moon

    By Ruth Amanda

    Click here to see the full list of 2024 Little Peeps Book Award Winners for Children’s Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Little Peeps Book Awards for Children’s Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!

     

  • Five Days Remain: The Series, Collections, Nellie Bly, and Military and Front Line Awards call!

    The 2025 CIBAs Close Soon!

    Don’t let your book miss out!

    Only 5 days left to submit your books to these prestigious CIBA Divisions and embark on an extraordinary journey to success.

    The Chanticleer International Book Awards provide ongoing recognition that amplifies authors’ digital footprints through high-traffic website features, social media promotion, newsletter spotlights, and long-tail marketing that continues promoting winners throughout the year and beyond!

    The Series, Collections and Anthologies, Nellie Bly and Military and Front Line Awards are still open!

    Best Book Grand Prize for the Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards

    Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Series Awards!

    • Karen Inglis – Secret Lake Mystery Adventures
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Chronicles of Chaos
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – Salem Stories
    • Taryn R. Hutchison – A Cold War Trilogy
    • Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Murder
    • J.L. Oakley – The Jossing series
    • Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina Series
    • Mike Murphey – Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed
    • Rose Prendeville – Brides of Chattan

    And a huge round of applause to our 2024 Series Grand Prize Winner:

    A Vengeful Realms

    By Tim Facciola

    A Gold Ribbon dividing this section from the next

    Collections and Anthologies is our Newest Division, recently split off of the SEA Shorts Award!

    SEA Shorts now covers Short Stories, Essays and Novellas together, and Collections and Anthologies is for exactly that, Multi-Story Collections and Multi-Author Anthologies!

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      The Nellie Bly Award for Journalistic and Research-Based Non-Fiction

      • Carla Conti – Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir
      • Kori Reed – Men-in-the-Middle Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority
      • Bonnie Bley – Stolen Voices: Missing and Murdered in Big Horn County
      • Sarah Towle – Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands

      And a huge round of applause to our 2024 Nellie Bly Grand Prize Winner:

      The Sing Sing Files

      One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and A 20 Year Fight For Justice

      By Dan Slepian

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      Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Military and Front Line Awards for Service to Others Non-Fiction!

      • Roderick S. Haynes – Unauthorized Disclosures a Navy Memoir of the 1980s
      • David Huntley – The B-17 Tomahawk Warrior: a WWII Final Honor
      • Patrick Hogan – Coincidence, You Say?
      • Shari Biery – It’s Your Turn How To Rediscover Yourself Prioritize Your Well-Being Thrive with Purpose
      • Max Lauker & Antonio Garcia – Number 788: My Experiences in Swedish Special Operations – Preparing for NATO and the War on Terror
      • Bibi LeBlanc – Wings of Freedom – The Story of the Berlin Airlift | Flugel der Freiheit – Die Geschichte der Berliner Luftbrucke

      And a huge round of applause to our 2024 Military and Front Line Grand Prize Winner:

      Memoirs From The Front Lines

      Four States, Two Years, One Pandemic

      By Kim Sloan

      Memoirs from the Frontlines cover by Kim Sloan

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      The CIBAs provide a ladder to success with a range of achievement tiers and expert long tail marketing strategies. From the highly anticipated Long List to the prestigious Overall Grand Prize Winner, the CIBA lists energize both authors and readers, maximizing your digital footprint and expanding your fan base.

      We are always eager to support the Best Books through the CIBAs. Join the ranks of celebrated authors who have already taken this critical step in their publishing.

      Your book deserves to be discovered, celebrated, and shared with the world. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your talent and gain valuable exposure at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 17-19, 2025) where Winners from all 28 Book Award Divisions will be announced and honored.

      In a world hungry for good books, your story deserves to be heard. Submit now and leave a lasting impression.

      Let’s celebrate exceptional storytelling together!

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      Your book deserves to be discovered

      Enter Today!

    • The 2025 Global Thriller Short List for High Stakes Suspense

      The 2025 Global Thriller Short List for High Stakes Suspense

      Global ThrillerThe Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction. The Global Thriller Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

      These titles have moved forward from the 2025 GLOBAL THRILLER High Stakes Thriller Fiction Long List to the 2025 Global Thriller Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Global Thriller Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

      We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Thriller Fiction!

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

      • Alexandra Pugachevsky – I Rodion
      • Angela Greenman – The Child Riddler
      • Anne Louise Girodet – Plan A
      • Avanti Centrae – The Picasso Job a Phoenix Thriller
      • Brad M Meslin – The Moldavian Gambit
      • C.W. James – Mission Red Scythe a James Vagus Teen Espionage Thriller
      • Dave Mckeon – Sabotage
      • David R Leng – Echoes of Fortune the Search for Braddock’s Lost Gold
      • Dheepa R. Maturi – 108 an Eco-Thriller
      • Ellis K. Popa – Dawn To Dusk
      • Ernesto H Lee – Action This Day
      • J.L. Spears – Daemon Protocol
      • James Alan Mcgettigan – The Altered Moon Dust Cosmos Book 1 the Second Edition
      • Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
      • Kevin Hwang – The Regression Strain
      • Kevin Miller – High End
      • L.M. Weeks – Bottled Lightning
      • M. E. Schuman – The Catalyst
      • M. E. Schuman – Where the Sleeping Lady Lies
      • Michael Maloof – Relentless
      • Ralph R. Rick Steinke – Vital Mission a Jake Fortina Series Love Story
      • Randall Krzak – Mission Yemen Xavier Sear Thriller Book 2
      • RK Jack – Devourer From Beyond
      • Stephanie Bretherton – The Fire in Their Eyes
      • Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Warrior Pose
      • T. D. Severin – Deadly Vision
      • T.O. Paine – The Crisis
      • Thomas Lapham – Beyond the Signal
      • Thomas M. Wing – Against All Enemies

      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.

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      Congratulations once more to the 2024 Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner

      A Blanket of Steel

      By Timothy S. Johnston

      Click here to see the full list of 2024 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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    • The 2025 M&M Short List for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries

      The 2025 M&M Short List for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries

      Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British 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.)

      These titles have moved forward from the 2025 M&M Long List to the 2025 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 M&M Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

      We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards novel competition for Cozy Mysteries!

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

      • Beth Riner – Odd Job Annie
      • Bill Cusano – The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club the Ghost and the Key
      • C.B. Wilson – Puppied To Death
      • Charlotte Stuart – In$urance Blues: A John Smith Mystery Book 3
      • Carolyn Summer Quinn – The Mystery From Way Back When
      • Christine Knapp – Murder at First Light
      • Connie Berry – A Collection of Lies
      • Connie Berry – A Grave Deception
      • D. J. Adamson – Without a Doubt
      • Diane Weiner – The Deadly Reveal
      • Elizabeth Crowens – Round Up the Unusual Suspects
      • Ellis Elliott – A Witch Awakens a Fire Circle Mystery
      • George Petersen – The Summer of Haight
      • Jane Bitomsky – An Inquest of Eels
      • John W. Feist – Ship of Perils
      • Jolie Tunnell – Shadows in Chinatown
      • Joy Ann Ribar – Shake-Speared in the Park
      • Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
      • Kate Damon – Jury Duty Is Murder
      • Kathleen Donnelly – Killer Secrets
      • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Faust
      • Kathryn Gauci- Murder in the Garden of Enchantment: The Constantinople Diaries. A Madame Theodosia Mystery
      • Kathryn Lane – Murder in Monte Carlo
      • KD Straus – To Be True
      • L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
      • Laurel Martin – Her Last Few Days
      • Laurel Martin – The Lowlands a Missing Couple a Family Desperate To Find Them
      • Leta Serafim – The Nameless Dead
      • Louisa West – Baby Got Ghost
      • Lyn Squire – Fatally Inferior
      • M. K. Dean – A Nose for Death
      • M. S. Spencer – Railroad Ties the Marmion Grove Murders
      • Maggie Parks – Knocked Off in Nederland
      • Marshall Highet and Bird Jones – The Washashore
      • Mary Seifert – Airplanes, Atlanta & an Assassin
      • Mary Seifert – Juleps, Jockeys & Justice
      • MJ Mac – Betrayed on the Promenade
      • ML Barrs – Parallel Secrets
      • Patrick E. Craig – 3 X 3
      • Sandy Zelka – Blood Red Poppy
      • Shannon Bennett Riester – The Lottery Aspect
      • Sharon Lynn – The Romantic
      • TJ Stecker – Redacted
      • Wanda Brunstetter and Martha Bolton – The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie’s Biscuits

       

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      Congratulations once more to the 2024 M&M Grand Prize Winner

      If Two Are Dead

      By Jeanne Matthews

      Click here to see the full list of 2024 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy Mysteries.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 M&M Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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    • The 2025 Clue Short List for Thriller/Suspense

      The 2025 Clue Short List for Thriller/Suspense

      Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

      These titles have moved forward from the 2025 CLUE Long List to the 2025 Clue Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Clue Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

      We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Suspense and Thriller!

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

      • A.J. Mccarthy – The Boy on the Dock
      • Aja Holland – Casco Bay
      • Ana Manwaring – Kickback
      • Arthur Coburn – Murder in Concrete
      • Ashley Thomas Sheikh – Kentucky Blood: Book I of the Kentucky Blood Series
      • Avanti Centrae – The Picasso Job: A Phoenix Thriller
      • Becky Anyanwu – Mind the Blinds
      • Brian Cuban – The Body Brokers
      • Carlo J. Emanuele – The Sins We Inherit
      • Cathi Stoler – No Good Time: A Nick Donahue Adventure
      • Charlotte Stuart – Unicorns Can Be Deadly a Discount Detective Mystery 5
      • Cheryl Campbell – Bodies in the Bayou
      • Chris Chan – Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History
      • Dan Ramm – Long Branch: Never Let the Truth Stand in the Way of a Good Story
      • Danielle M. Wong – Tiny Wild Things
      • David Tenenbaum – Premonition
      • Dwight Holing – The Thunder Head
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – The Dark and Evil Sky
      • Ellis K. Popa – Awaken the Dawn
      • Francesco Paola – Left on Rancho
      • Frank J. Edwards – Doctor Witch
      • Holly Harrison – Death in the Land of Enchantment
      • Jack Luellen – Someone Had to Lie
      • Jeannée Sacken – The Women Who Stand Between
      • Jl Spears – Daemon Protocol
      • Joe Salerno – The Decision
      • Julie Lomax – A Pawn’s Game
      • Kd Sherrinford – The Whistle of Revenge
      • Kevin Hwang – The Regression Strain
      • Kit Karson – Savage Malice
      • Larry Weindruch and Richard A. Yach – Nicky V: A Chicago Crime Story
      • Leslie Liautaud – Butterfly Pinned
      • Marian Exall – Loners
      • Matthew John Parker – The Lost Last Prophecy
      • Melanie Anagnos – Nightswimming: A Jamie Palmieri Mystery
      • Michael Wendroff – What Goes Around
      • Mike Van Horn – The Ivy Leaguers
      • Miriam Verbeek – The Bank
      • Nannette Potter – Deception’s Edge
      • Otho Eskin – Black Sun Rising
      • Paty Jager – Crapshoot
      • Paty Jager – Wolverine Instincts
      • Paul Levine – Midnight Burning
      • Phillip Vega – Death in Utopia
      • Sarah P. Blanchard – Grabtown
      • Sean Hagerty – Cabal
      • Sheila Sharpe – Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief
      • Stephen G. Eoannou – After Pearl
      • Stephen J Wallace – Hazardous Lies
      • Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Warrior Pose
      • T.O. Paine – The Crisis
      • Tamar Anolic – This Side of the Law
      • Theresa Janson – Reservations: A Samantha Wright Crime Series
      • TJ Stecker – Redacted

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      Congratulations once more to the 2024 Clue Grand Prize Winner

      Enemies Domestic

      By John DeDakis

      Enemies Domestic Cover by John DeDakis

       

      Click here to see the full list of 2024 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Clue Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

      April 17 – 19, 2026! Save the Date for Registration!

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    • The 2025 Chaucer Long List for Early Historical Fiction

      The 2025 Chaucer Long List for Early Historical Fiction

      A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottomThe Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Historical (Pre- 1750) Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

      The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward from all of the 2025 Chaucer entries to the 2025 Chaucer Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Chaucer Award Short List. Short listers compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

      We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction!

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

      • Adam Alexander Haviaras – A Dragon Among the Eagles a Novel of the Roman Empire
      • Albert A. Bell Jr. – Archippos the Trembler a Novel of Ancient Sparta
      • Anne M. Beggs – By Arrow and Sword Book Two Dahlquin Series
      • Barbara Stark-Nemon – Isabela’s Way a Novel
      • Bryce Gibby – Esta
      • Chuck Locklear – The Pines Know
      • Elizabeth Clifford Murphy – The Faithful Harlot
      • Erryn Lee – What Remains
      • Fawn Brokaw Doyle – Salt People of the Cloud Houses the Story of Sarah Rapalje and Dutch Manhattan
      • Gregory Michael Nixon – Diomedes in Kyprios
      • Gregory Michael Nixon – The Diomedeia: Diomedes, The Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
      • Helena P. Schrader – The Tale of the English Templar
      • J. M. Elliott – Of Wind and Wolves
      • J. Susanne Wilson – The Death and Life of Iphigenia
      • J.C. Corry – The Storyteller’s Reputation: Geoffrey Chaucer Reluctant Spy
      • Jane Bitomsky – A Foundling’s Lot
      • Janet Wertman – Nothing Proved
      • Jay A. Cornils – A Litany of Angels
      • Jean K. Dudek – The Scent of Bright Light
      • K.M. Butler – The Raven and the Dove
      • Keira Morgan – The Importance of Wives
      • Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Caterina by Moonlight
      • Lisa Llamrei – Quest for Ma’at
      • Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Be Worthy in Honor Book II of the Epic of Hotspur
      • Lizzie Jenks – Devil in Our Hearts
      • Logan D. Irons – City of Wolves
      • Marc Ladewig – The King of the Wood
      • Marcia Maxwell – I, Christine a Novel
      • Michael J. Cooper – The Rabbi’s Knight
      • Michaela Riley – Labyrinth of Shadows the Witch’s Rebirth Part I
      • Nina Wachsman – The Courtesan’s Pirate
      • Rachel Elwiss Joyce – Lady of Lincoln
      • Richard G Nixon – The Legend of Fingerless Will Nixon the Scottish Borderlands 1508-1509
      • Sarah V. Barnes – She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe Book One
      • Sarah V. Barnes – A Clan Chief’s Daughter: She Who Rides Horses Book Two
      • Sonya Van De Graaff – The Painter From Seville

      Congratulations once more to the 2024 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner for Historical Fiction

      Maid of Honor

      Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court

      By Rozsa Gaston

      Click here to see the full list of 2024 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction!

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

      April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 2025 Mind and Spirit Hall of Fame for Mindfulness and Enlightenment

      Looking for Balance in your Life?

      The Mind & Spirit Awards are here for you

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      Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction

      At the heart of the Mind & Spirit Awards is a celebration of transformation and enlightenment. It embraces the power of words to uplift, inspire, and guide, creating a ripple effect that resonates with readers on a soulful level. This division acknowledges the significance of the mind-spirit connection, delving into the realms of spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, and self-discovery.

      Let’s celebrate the Grand Prize Winners of the Mind and Spirit Awards

      Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present
      By Marijke McCandless

      Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present offers a playful yet impactful guide for those seeking vitality and inspiration. Through short, refreshing practices, readers explore vulnerability, authenticity, and self-compassion, fostering deeper connections with themselves and others. By committing to just minutes of daily practice, this book cultivates sustainable awareness and self-inquiry, rejuvenating one’s sense of vitality and joy. With an emphasis on mindfulness and emotional intelligence, it provides accessible tools to shift mindsets and embrace the present moment with curiosity and delight.

      Buy it here!

      Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success
      By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

      Do you often feel that you sabotage your personal and work relationships? In Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success, Dr. Kelly Rabenstein teaches readers exactly what psychological techniques will help them strengthen and maintain their interpersonal connections.

      Dr. Rabenstein is a licensed psychologist offering her extensive knowledge of how to make sound, conscious changes in mindset and perspective to help you thrive in relationships across the board. If a person can thrive, then they can be fully authentic to themselves and to those who surround them.

      Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success follows the structure of thoughtful explanations and emotional explorations, followed by insightful exercises at the end of each chapter to help readers understand and improve both their workplace culture and personal interactions. These questions reveal where we stand and how to develop a more balanced life.

      Dr. Rabenstein lays out the deceptively simple key to emotional success: a combination of awareness, education, and empathy.

      Read More Here

       

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      A Sky of Infinite Blue
      By Kyomi O’Connor

      “It’s my armor,” Kyomi O’Connor realizes, as she sees herself continuing life as normal after her husband dies of cancer.

      Grief brings with it many companions: childhood trauma, memories of difficult seasons of life, triumphant moments of growth, epiphanies, healing, love. In A Sky of Infinite Blue, Japanese immigrant Kyomi O’Connor allows grief to open her heart to the lessons of her past.

      In particular, she recognizes emotional armor that since childhood, she has built up, torn down, and built up again. Through her relationship with her husband, her devoted Buddhist practice, and her trust in her “Self,” Kyomi makes meaning of her life and redeems her darkest memories. Readers walk through these memories with her as the book shifts between past and present.

      Kyomi is deeply guarded as a child.

      She struggles to deal with her family’s dysfunction, gradually learning to distance herself emotionally as a means of protecting herself. She fashions her armor, wearing it for years. But, after immigrating to the US, she finds a reason to begin taking it off.

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      Enlighten Up
      By Beth Gibbs

      Beth Gibb’s Enlighten Up! Finding Clarity Contentment and Resilience in A Complicated World is not a simple how-to book, but rather an invitation to begin a journey of self-discovery.

      This journey follows the “five-layer method,” based on the Upanishads, a 3,000-year-old East-Indian wisdom tradition. After a quick history lesson on the pursuit of self-awareness, Gibbs walks readers through the five layers of achieving it, for a happy and fulfilling life. Throughout the book, Gibbs includes breaks for mindfulness and grounding exercises to get the most out of each section.

      Gibbs writes about the assumption that the goal of enlightenment is to, “suppress or eliminate their emotions, live everlasting bliss, and face every situation with equanimity,” and how that assumption is unrealistic.

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      Exit The Maze
      By Dr. Donna Marks

      Exit The Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure by Dr. Donna Marks is a welcoming and comprehensive enchiridion of untapped wisdom that offers a step-to-step guide to getting out of any form of addiction.

      No one sets out to become an addict; it catches us off guard. An addiction can happen quickly or slowly and can affect anyone regardless of intelligence, social class, ethnic group, or religion. With pitch-perfect prose, Dr. Donna Marks invites readers into the root causes of different forms of addiction, while offering pragmatic and evidence-based solutions that are bound to yield results.

      Buoyed by the personal experiences of the author along with numerous case studies, Dr. Marks further offers deep insights into the inadequacies of traditional treatment models. For example, she notes that most rehab centers lack adequate staffing and overstep the limits of their capabilities. Another example is the famous 12 steps of fighting addiction which she believes do help to stop a behavior and develop a solid support system, however, she also sees that the program falls short.

      Read More Here

       


      Now that you’re set on your next reads, what are you waiting for? The only way to join this amazing list of Mind & Spirit Winners is to submit today!

      Those who submit and advance will have the chance to win the Overall Grand Prize of the CIBAs and $1000!

       

      Be Part of the Legacy: Join the Illustrious Roster of Winners

      As the deadline for the 2025 Mind & Spirit Awards arrives, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the exceptional achievers.

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