Tag: Chanticleer Authors Conference

  • The 2023 JOURNEY Book Awards WINNERS for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    The 2023 JOURNEY Book Awards WINNERS 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. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here

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

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

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

    • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad and Me

    • Antonia Deignan – Underwater Daughter: A Memoir of Survival and Healing

    • Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family

    • Barbara Wolf Terao – Reconfigured: A Memoir

    • Sarah Martin – Dear Psychosis,

    • Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir

    • Erika Shepard – Trans-Formations: From Field Boots to Sensible Heels 

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

    Barbed: A Memoir

    By Julie Morrison

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

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

     Team Chanticleer

  • The 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards WINNERS for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

    The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

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

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

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

    • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus

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

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

    • Tony Jeton Selimi – A Path to Excellence

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

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

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

    Running Away From the Circus

    By Nove Meyers

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

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

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

    Team Chanticleer! 

     

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

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

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

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

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

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

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

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

    • Rebecca Olmstead – Dreams and Illusions

    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles

    • Patrick E. Craig – The Quilt That Knew

    • E. W. Finke – Coyote’s Wail

    • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley

    • Lyn Squire – Immortalised to Death

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

    A Haunting at Linley

    A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

    by Michelle Cox 

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

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

    The Chanticleer Team

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

    Nellie Bly AwardsThe Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Journalistic Non-Fiction, Investigative Works,  and Indepth Reports on Issues and Societal Topics. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Longform Journalism, Investigative Works, . We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

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

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

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

    • Tessa Floreano – Italians in the Pacific Northwest

    • Meghan Elizabeth Kallman & Josephine Ferorelli – The Conceivable Future

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

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

    • Qin Sun Stubis – Once Our Lives

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

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

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

    Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

    by Paul Kix

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

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

     Team Chanticleer

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

    The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

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

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

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

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

     

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

    • Paper Lantern Writers – Unlocked

    • Elizabeth Rau – The Good Slope

    • Mack Little – Shelter in a Hostile World

    • Seán Thomas Dwyer – Tiptoeing Past the Dragon

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

    • JuJu – The Costly Wish

    • Gary Baysinger – A Kind of Homecoming

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

      Shelter in a Hostile World

      by Mack Little

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

      Team Chanticleer

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

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

      I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA BadgeThe I & I Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Instruction and Insight non-fiction that are self-help, how-to, guides, or explanatory. In non-fiction works, the author assumes responsibility (in good faith) for the truth, accuracy, people, places, or information presented.  The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

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

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

       

      Instruction & Instight Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge

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

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

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

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

      • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

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

         

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

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

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

       

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

      The Chanticleer Team

    • The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards WINNERS for Middle Grade Fiction

      The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

      The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (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.

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

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

      Congratulations to all!

      • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion

      • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble

      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout

      • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name

      • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)

      • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat

      • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

      • Sue C Dugan – SOS

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

      EXOSTAR: The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1

      By Rae Knightly

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

      Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

      The Chanticleer Team

    • The 2023 CLUE Book Awards WINNERS for Suspense/Thrillers

      The 2023 CLUE Book Awards WINNERS for Suspense/Thrillers

      Clue Awards for Suspense Thriller NovelsThe Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

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

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

      Blue and Gold Clue 1st place badge

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

      • Kevin G. Chapman – The Other Murder

      • Daniel V. Meier Jr. – Guidance to Death

      • Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Saint Bloodbath

      • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley

      • Jode Millman – The Empty Kayak

      • Raymond Paul Johnson – The Raven Society: Conspiracy Ignited

      • Margaret Mizushima – Standing Dead: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

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

      The Other Murder

      By Kevin G. Chapman

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

      Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

      Team Chanticleer 

    • The 2023 OZMA Book Awards WINNERS for Fantasy Fiction

      The 2023 OZMA Book Awards WINNERS for Fantasy Fiction

      The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction.

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

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

      OZMA 1st Place Blue and Gold Badge

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

      • Lilla Glass – The Unseen

      • Charles Allen – The Order of the Red God

      • Jaime Castle & Andy Peloquin – Black Talon

      • Jonathan UffelmanBook of Leprechauns: The Lore Gatherers

      • PJ Devlin – The Chamber

      • Tim FacciolaA Vengeful Realm: Book One: The Scales of Balance

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

      A Vengeful Realm  Book One: The Scales of Balance

      By Tim Facciola

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

      Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

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

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

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

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

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

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

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

      Team Chanticleer! 

       

    • The 2023 Mind & Spirit Book Award WINNERS for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

      Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA Badge

      The Mind and Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Mind and 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 enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy.  See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

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

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

       

      Congratulations to the FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS of the Mind & Spirit Book Awards for Spirituality and Enlightenment, a division of the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Kelly Bulkeley – The Spirituality of Dreaming: Unlocking the Wisdom of Our Sleeping Selves

      • Pierre Pradervand – The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment – A guide to discovering your personal path

      • Maureen Kane – A Guide Back to You

      • Kasey J. Claytor – The Money Map, A Spiritual Guide for Financial Success

      • Melo Calarco – Beating Burnout, Finding Balance

      • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

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

          Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

          By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

           

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

          Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

          PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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          A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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

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

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

          Team Chanticleer!