Tag: Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards

  • 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

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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 DANTE ROSSETTI CIBA Finalists for Young Adult Fiction

    The 2022 DANTE ROSSETTI CIBA Finalists for Young Adult Fiction

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionThe Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, and Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. For Middle Grade Fiction check out our Gertrude Warner Awards and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Dante Rossetti 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.

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

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

    • PJ Adair – The Viking Girl
    • Reenita Malhotra Hora – Operation Mom – My plan to get my mother a life and a man
    • Kristina Bak – Cold Mirage
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – Sighs of Fire
    • Michael J Cooper – Wages of Empire
    • Bird Jones – Blue-Eyed Slave
    • Glen Dahlgren – The House of Prophecy
    • Rebecca Garner – Why Won’t My Boobs Grow… and Other Annoyances
    • Brooke Maddaleni – Next Door
    • Steven Michael Beck – Soar a Burning Sky
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
    • Michael Bialys – The Chronicles of the Virago: Book III the Triumviratus
    • Tomm A. Boyer – The Deceived
    • Jennifer Alsever – Burying Eva Flores
    • J. L. Sullivan – From Brick & Darkness
    • Lenore Borja – The Last Huntress (Mirror Realm Series Book I)
    • Laurel Anne Hill – Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846
    • Jennifer Haskin – Princess of the Blood Mages
    • Shina Reynolds – A Light in the Sky
    • W.W. Marplot – Space Story
    • M.K. Lever – Surviving the Second Tier
    • Jeanne Roland – Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian
    • Avis M. Adams – The Incident
    • Tamara Hart Heiner – Year 1: Renegade

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Dante Rossetti Finalists for Young Adult Fiction

    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 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:

    TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan

    by Blue Spruell

    TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Cover

    Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Badge 2021 Taro by Blue Spruell

    The 2022 DANTE ROSSETTI 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 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards are open now. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

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

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

    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. 

  • 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 2022 SERIES CIBAs Short List for Genre Fiction

    A stack of books flying into the blue sky for the Book Series Awards

    The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical Fiction. 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 2021 Series Book Awards Entries to the 2022 Series Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Series 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 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

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

    • Amy S Peele – Medical Murder Mysteries
    • M.J. Evans – The Skullington Family
    • Richard Alan Schwartz – An American Journeys Novel
    • Charlotte Stuart – Macavity & Me Mysteries
    • Eileen Charbonneau – American Civil War Brides
    • Vince Bailey – The Curtis Jefferson series
    • Robin Elno – The Clown William Series
    • Ian Crouch – A Pyrrhic Victory
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne of Brittany Series
    • Davalynn Spencer – Front Range Brides
    • Tamar Anolic – Triumph of a Tsar
    • Miriam Verbeek – Songs of Si’Empra
    • Charlotte Stuart – Discount Detective Mysteries
    • Phil Bayly – Murder on Skis
    • Terry Birdgenaw – The Antunite Chronicles
    • Peter Curtis – The Kohut Trilogy
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Emlyn Goode Mysteries
    • Kathi Bjorkman – Third Eye Witness
    • T. P. Graf – The Life and Stories of Jaime Cruz
    • Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves

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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 Series Awards is Guinevere’s Trilogy – by Nicole Evelina

    The three books in the Guinevere's Tale Series by Nicole Evelina

    Mistress of Legend, Camelot’s Queen, and Daughter of Destiny

    Blue an Gold Series Grand Prize Badge for The Guinevere's Tale Trilogy by Nicole Evelina

    Click here to see the 2021 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. 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 2022 Laramie Book Awards Finalists for Americana Fiction

    The 2022 Laramie Book Awards Finalists for Americana Fiction

    Laramie Americana, Western Pioneer, Civil War Fiction Award

    The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre.  The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Laramie Americana Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Laramie Book Awards FINALISTS. 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. 

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2022 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

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

    • Pamela Nowak – Necessary Deceptions: The Women of Wyatt Earp
    • Shanna Hatfield – Distracting the Deputy
    • Bruce Gardner – Seeing Glory: A Novel of Family Strife, Faith, and the American Civil War
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – JTs World
    • Susan Higginbotham – John Brown’s Women: A Novel
    • Debra Whiting Alexander – A River for Gemma
    • Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
    • T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
    • Ed Davis – The Last Professional
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West Was Won then Lost… Decimation
    • Sophia Alexander – Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel
    • Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
    • Dena Smallwood – Syrie
    • Shanna Hatfield – Holiday Hope
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Ursula’s Inheritance
    • Daniel Greene – Northern Blood (Northern Wolf Series Book 3)

    Laramie Book Awards

     

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LARAMIE Awards is Tom Sawyer Returns by E.E. Burke

    Click here to see the 2021 Laramie Book Award Winners for Americana Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Laramie Book Awards for Americana Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

    For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

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

    CAC23 – Turn it up to 11! 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!

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

  • 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 HARVEY CHUTE CIBAs Short List for Business and Enterprise Non-fiction

    Business, Technology, and Enterprise Non-Fiction Guides and How-To Book Awards | Chanticleer Book Reviews

    The HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-fiction. The Harvey Chute Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring motivational, strategy, technology guides, social media, finance, investing & money, communications, marketing, business, and economics. We will put these books 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 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Awards SHORT LIST.  Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 Level of Achievement for the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business, Finance, and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

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

    • J.W. Huebner – The Irrelevant Old Brand: A Business Fable About Taking Your Brand from Mediocre to Must-Have
    • Melina Palmer – What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You
    • Bruce Graham – Unemployment and You
    • Melina Palmer – What Your Employees Need and Can’t Tell You
    • Joanne Griffin & Declan Foster – Humology
    • Christopher H. Volk – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
    • Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
    • Morag Barrett – You, Me, We: Why we all need a friend at work (and how to show up as one!)
    • Chad Carr – The Art and Science of Culture: The Power of Seeing What’s Hidden
    • Edmund Yeung – Winning Your Biggest Paycheck
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
    • Louise Carnachan – Work Jerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues
    • Asha Aravindakshan – Skills: The Common Denominator
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Harvey Chute Awards is George Marino for Beyond Balancing the Books

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    Click here to see the 2021 Harvey Chute Book Award Winners for Business & Finance Non-Fiction

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business & Finance. 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!

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  • 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

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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