Tag: Chanticleer Authors Conference

  • The 2022 HEARTEN CIBAs Short List for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

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

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2022 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2022 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

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

    • Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
    • Ed Norwood – Be a Giant Killer: Overcoming Your Everyday Goliaths
    • Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, RELENTLESS
    • Megan Whitmer – Mom Life Versus the Everyday Apocalypse
    • Laura Whitfield – Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
    • Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
    • Randi Benator – Awaken to Your Calling: A Guide to Discovering Your Career Path and Life Direction
    • Beverly J. Armento – Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
    • C.J. Hudson – Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street
    • Kim Fairley – Swimming for My Life
    • Mark Berridge – A Fraction Stronger
    • Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
    • Mohan Ranga Rao – Inner Trek – Trek Himalayan
    • Roselle Madrone – The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience
    • Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
    • Jackie Haines – Pinball, the Stray I Needed
    • Laura Bartnick – Being Creative
    • Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
    • Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
    • Linda C Wright – A Bittersweet Goodnight

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 HEARTEN Awards is
    Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo for
    DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them

    Cover of DAWGS, the 2021 Grand Prize Winner for the Hearten Awards

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize Badge for the 2021 Hearten Awards, won by DAWGs

    Click here to see the 2021 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC24. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    Featuring: Book to Screen expert and attorney Maggie Marr

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 JOURNEY CIBAs Finalists for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    The 2022 JOURNEY CIBAs 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 Semi-Finalist Journey Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Journey Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23). The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Sandi Paris – Catching Rain
    • Michael Wohl – In Herschel’s Wake
    • Ashe and Magdalena Stevens – Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War
    • Norris Comer – Salmon in the Seine: Alaskan Memories of Life, Death, & Everything In-Between
    • Laura Whitfield – Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
    • Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
    • Roselle Madrone – The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience
    • D. Terrence Foster, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
    • Mark Berridge – A Fraction Stronger
    • Joseph G. Krygier with Victor Breitburg – A Rage To Live: Surviving The Holocaust So Hitler Would Not Win
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Simone Yemm – Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels: The Girl with the Eating Disorder
    • Philip Lister – A Short Good Life: Her Father Tells Liza’s Story of Facing Death
    • M. E. Schuman – The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun
    • Meredith O’Brien – Opening The Door: My Journey Through Anorexia To Full Recovery
    • Susan Frances Morris – The Sensitive One
    • Amelia Zachry – Enough – A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood
    • Carolyn DiPasquale – Reckless Grace: A Mother’s Crash Course in Mental Illness
    • Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
    • Gabriel Bron – The Journey Home: Portraits of Healing
    • Catherine Ehrlich – Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage
    • Denise Collins – What Happened to John

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

     

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days

    Andrea Wilson Woods

    The 2022 JOURNEY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 JOURNEY Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

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

  • 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER CIBAs Finalists 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Semi-finalists to the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Winner of the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

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

    The 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Finalists

    • Joy A. Burke – Surviving Christmas
    • Cicek Bricault – KyRose Takes A Leap
    • Sam Hooker & Lindy Ryan – Hemlock N Glitter
    • S.P. O’Farrell – Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London
    • J.K. Pinsel – KAZI
    • Alex Paul – The King’s Armada: Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 6
    • Bo Gannon – Rabbit Tracks – The Trail to Gettysburg
    • Ana Cortes – Marco, Pablo, & Olivia: Fútbol Tryouts
    • Ben Gartner – People of the Sun
    • PJ McIlvaine – Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts in the Closet
    • Jon & Di Nelson – Spooky Stuff – Back Pocket Summer Camp Tales
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Universe
    • Christian A. Shane – Salmon Survivor
    • Ted Neill & Suzi Spooner – Mystery Force Volume 1: Books 1-3 of the Mystery Force Series
    • Ellen Dee Davidson – WIND
    • Tamra Andrews – Mirror Child: Book One: The Woolgatherer
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • JK Noble – HALE: The Rise of the Griffins
    • J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures

    Blue and Gold badge for finalists of Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade fiction

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards was:

    Fishing for Luck

    by Murray Richter

    Fishing for Luck Cover

    See the full list of 2021 Gertrude Warner Winners here

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

     

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 CLUE CIBA Finalists for Suspense/Thrillers

    The 2022 CLUE CIBA Finalists for Suspense/Thrillers

    Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe 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).

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Clue Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

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

    • Marie Sutro – Dark Obsessions
    • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Dream
    • Martin Roy Hill – Upriver
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes, a Babs Norman Mystery
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Spree, A Buck Taylor Novel
    • Kevin G. Chapman – Dead Winner
    • Michael Stockham – Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer
    • Michael Pronko – Azabu Getaway
    • Saralyn Richard – Bad Blood Sisters
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • Bryan Cassiday – Knot of Fear
    • Danielle M. Wong – Last Liar Standing
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Arthur Herbert – The Bones of Amoret
    • Britt Lind – Malevolence – A Hollywood Mystery
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • Paul Attaway – Eli’s Redemption
    • Paul Attaway – Blood in the Low Country
    • Lisa Towles – Ninety-Five
    • Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
    • Susan Wingate – When You Leave Me
    • Alexandrea Weis – Have You Seen Me?
    • Jodé Millman – Hooker Avenue
    • Brian Cuban – The Ambulance Chaser
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Exploded, A Buck Taylor Novel

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

    Blue and Gold badge for the clue finalists for suspense/thriller

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CLUE Awards was:

    The Vines

    by Shelley Nolden

    The Vines Cover

    Clue Grand Prize Badge for The Vines by Shelley Nolden

    See the full list of 2021 winners here!

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 CLUE Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

  • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Short List for Collections and Novellas

    Shorts Badge, a small pencil on a blue background.

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

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Entries to the Shorts Book Awards Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist Positions.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Novellas!

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

    • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
    • Kelly Evans – Stubborn: A Greek Comedy
    • Susan Lehmann – Southern Lies and Homicides, Tales of Betrayal and Murder
    • Susannah Dawn – I Am Who I’ve Always Been: Journey Excerpts
    • Virginia Crow – Haunting Whispers of Highland Waters
    • Philip Derrick – Saigon Spring
    • Dale L. Roberts – Infestate
    • Walli Ann Wisniewski – Wanderings in Opera Shoes
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller
    • Chris Bennett – Advent – A Road to the Breaking Short Story
    • Sara Connell – Ghost House
    • Don Daglow – The Last One on the Run
    • Edward Morrow – Tree S.T.A.R.S: Dominion
    • Barry Robbins – The Trump Diaries 2024
    • Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus
    • Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni
    • Jacek Waliszewski – Air Boat – Love is an Adventure
    • Andrew Farkas – The Great Indoorsman
    • W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller
    • Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake
    • Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death
    • Arthur Herbert – Lockdown: A Collection of Dark Tales
    • Mohan Ranga – Geetha Essay – Domestic Work
    • Endy Wright – The Garden Plot Diaries
    • Suzanne Smith – The Mortal Vampire
    • S A Melia – Aliens in Windsor
    • Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit
    • Mekiya Walters – Cassandra Says

     

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

    New York Give me your best or your worst cover

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize badge for the Shorts Awards recognizing New York: Give Me your Best or Your Worst by Elizabeth Crowens

     

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

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

    Please click here for more information.

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

    Don’t Miss out! April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

    Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Short List for Short Stories and Essays

    The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, Novellas, Short Story Collections and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Shorts Book Awards entries to the 2022 Shorts Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    NOTE: We are posting the Collections and Novellas in a separate post.

    These titles are on the Short List of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories and Essays!

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

    • Louise Lenahan Wallace – Mud on the Range
    • Susannah Dawn – The Case To Be Me
    • Susannah Dawn – The Hiroshima Gambit
    • Susannah Dawn – On The Run With Meagan Wise
    • Brian Feutz – Masquerade
    • Henry Kuhlman – Carno
    • Linda Lee Keenan – The Sentinel
    • Mike Murphey – Old Man Baseball
    • Lloyd Jeffries – Buried in the Stars
    • Alice McVeigh – Capturing Mr Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Short Story
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – The Leak
    • Miriam Polli – Agathos
    • Tom Durwood – Jayani’s Big Gamble
    • Ellen Notbohm – What She Thinks About When She Thinks About Shoes
    • Robert Phillips – The Dummy
    • Mekiya Outini – The Man Who Misspelled God
    • J.L. Oakley – Sons and Streams
    • Donna LeClair – I Am Human
    • George T. Arnold – Those phone calls
    • Claudia Carbonell – Hututu
    • Ray Dionne – Harvest Day
    • Suzanne Smith – Bullets and Bustles
    • Suzanne Smith – The Scalp Collector
    • Leslie Wibberley – The Poison Garden
    • Mekiya Walters – The Cavemen

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Shorts Awards for Short Stories is Toni Ann Johnson for Homegoing

    Homegoing Cover

    Shorts-chanticleer-grand-prize-2021 for Homegoing by Toni Ann Johnston

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

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

    Please click here for more information.

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

    April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

  • The M&M 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    Agatha Christie's image for the M&M Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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 in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M Semi-Finalists to the 2022 M&M Book Awards FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles have advanced to the FINALS of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

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

    • Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Website
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
    • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
    • Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
    • Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
    • Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
    • Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
    • Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
    • Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
    • Gail Meath – Songbird
    • E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
    • M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

     


    Congratulations to Michael Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Mystery and Mayhem M&M Grand Prize Winner Michael Scott Garvin's book Ophelia's Room

    Ophelia's Room Cover

    “Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended! – Chanticleer Reviews

    Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023  for the 2022 CIBA winners.

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

    Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Short List for Journalistic Non-Fiction

    Nellie Bly Awards

    The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Long Form Journalistic and Investigative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards  (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Social Science, Data Driven Reporting, Equality and Justice, Ethics, Human Rights, and Activists Groups. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Nellie Bly Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS position of the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards  for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

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

    • Susan Lehmann – The Execution of Robert Butts
    • Steven W. Thrasher – The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
    • Brandi Collins-Dexter – Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political future
    • Rita Katz – Saints and Soldiers
    • Joanne Griffin & Declan Foster – Humology
    • Lana Melman – Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel
    • Joshua Frank – Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
    • Jonathan Geoffrey Dean – Salt & Light; The Complete Jesus
    • Paul Pringle – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
    • Nicholas Chittick – A Prisoner’s Fight: The Pandemic as Seen From Inside the Illinois Department of Corrections
    • Lyndsie Bourgon – Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
    • Christopher Burns – Networks Rising: Thinking Together in a Flatter World
    • Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
    • Janice S. Ellis –  Using My Word Power: Advocating for a More Civilized Society, Book III: Patriotism & Politics. 

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

    America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Cover

    Gold and Blue Badge for the Nellie Bly Awards Grand Prize Winner Nicole Evelina's book The Forgotten Suffragists

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

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

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

    April 27 – 30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 MIND and SPIRIT CIBAs Short List for Enlightenment and Well-Being 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 (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Mind and Spirit Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Enlightenment, Spirituality, and Mindfulness Non-Fiction!

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

    • Ananta Ripa Ajmera – The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self
    • Grieg de la Houssaye – The Energy To Thrive
    • Grieg de la Houssaye – Turn On Your Energy
    • Nico Marceca and illustrated by Karen Sue Chen – The One Week Journal
    • Kaleb Thompson – Peace in the Midst of the Storm
    • Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland – Knowing You
    • Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP – Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness
    • Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide to Heal from Emotional Abuse and Build Healthy Relationships
    • D Terrence Foster. M.D – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
    • Felicia Pizzonia – Mind Candy: The Code to Program Your Subconscious Mind to Achieve Any Goal
    • Rick Soshensky – The Music Therapy Studio: Empowering the Soul’s Truth
    • Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
    • Margaret Tran – The ACTIONS
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Jocelyn Jones – ARTIST: Awakening the Spirit Within
    • Daryl Potter – Even the Monsters. Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 Mind and Spirit Awards is Beth Gibbs for Enlighten Up!

     

    Blue and Gold Mind and Spirit Badge for Enlighten Up! by Beth Gibbs

    Click here to see the 2021 Mind and Spirit Book Award Winners

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony on April 29, 2023, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 27 – 30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 I&I CIBAs Long List for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

    The 2022 I&I CIBAs Long List for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

    The 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. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 I&I Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 I&I Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 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 (CAC23).

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

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

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Tana Hope – Healthy Habits for Desk Potatoes
    • Kenneth Nixon Jr. – Born Into Crisis
    • John W. Feist – Pocket Japan: a concise guidebook for business travelers to Japan
    • Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
    • Kip and Pam Rosser – Vegetarian Tales From the Mushroom Rooms
    • Natalie Dale, MD – A Writer’s Guide to Medicine. Volume 2: Illness & Injury
    • Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
    • Simran Sadana & Meena Iyer – Ramayana Through Ikebana
    • Michael J. Freeman Ph.D. – Freeman Explains! The Things That Can Change That Should Be Changed
    • Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
    • Gene Berardelli – Schnooks, Crooks, Liars & Scoundrels: A Field Guide to Identifying Political Buffoons
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Dating While Autistic: Cut Through the Social Quagmire and Find Your Person
    • Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
    • Christopher H. Volk – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
    • Daniel Shyti – American Gaslighting: How America Is Being Systematically Taught to Hate Itself
    • Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
    • Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. – Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal 2nd Edition
    • Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
    • Margaret Tran – The ACTIONS
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
    • D. TERRENCE FOSTER, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
    • Tracy Cram Perkins – Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After
    • Sandy Gerber – Emotional Magnetism – How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
    • Jennifer Browdy – Purposeful Memoir as a Quest for a Thriving Future
    • Linda Kolsky – Heavenly Hindsights: How One Mother Found Meaning in Life After the Death of Her Child
    • Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
    • Daryl Potter – Even the Monsters. Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression

    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 2021 I&I Awards is
    Ángela Quijada-Banks for The Black Foster Youth Handbook

    Black Foster Youth Handbook Cover

    Click here to see the 2021 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

    We are now accepting submissions to the 2023 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.