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The M&M 2022 Long List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries
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 entries to the 2022 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the next level of achievement in the CIBAs. 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 LONG LIST 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
- Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
- Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
- Charlotte Stuart – Not Me: Speluncaphobia, Secrets & Hidden Treasure
- Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
- M. A. Winslow – Cradle of Storms
- Sallie Barr Palmer – Name Your Poison
- Nicole Asselin – Concession Stand Crimes
- Tony Garritano – I Saw What I Saw: A Harmony Neighborhood Mystery
- AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Cytrus Moonlight
- Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
- Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
- Doug Dorsey – Kick Ball Slay: An Introduction To West Coast Swing…AND A Murder Mystery
- Cheryl Denise Bannerman – Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping
- Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
- Roxanne Dunn – Murder Undetected
- Susan Wingate – Gag Me: A Friday Harbor Novel
- Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
- Judy L Murray – Murder in the Master
- Jen Shieff – The Final Call
- Dime Sheppard – Crime Writer
- Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
- TJ Stecker – Dishonored
- Henry G. Brinton – Windows of the Heavens
- Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
- Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
- Gail Meath – Songbird
- Betty Jean Craige – Death in Potter’s Woods
- Kathleen Rhoads Carpenter – Summer’s Cloud Over Berry
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
- M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
- Carl and Jane Bock – Grace Fully
- Carl and Jane Bock – Day of the Jaguar
- Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
- M. K. Dean – An Embarrassment of Itches
- Ellen Butler – Pharaoh’s Forgery
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

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

“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.

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.
October 4, 2022
Got a Mystery? Get a Clue! Suspense/Thriller Awards open until the end of September!
Fall into a good book with us this September as we walk down the Chanticleer Clue Book Awards Hall of Fame.

It doesn’t take a sleuth to realize the best way to have your work to be discovered is by submitting it to the Clue Book Awards Program!

Just take a look at some of these incredible authors who have won the past Clue Awards!

The 2021 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Shelley Nolden for The Vines

Born and raised in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, Shelley Nolden headed east after matriculating from the University of Minnesota. After living in New York City for five years while working in finance, she and her husband decided they weren’t meant for city life and moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Shelley’s debut novel, The Vines, was released on March 23, 2021. Her obsession with forbidden North Brother Island in New York City’s East River, as well as her personal health history and passion for equality, heavily influenced the creation of this historical fiction thriller.

You can read more about North Brother Island here.

See the full list of 2021 Clue Winners here.

The 2020 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Chris Karlsen for A Venomous Love.

Detective Rudyard Bloodstone is facing the most bizarre crime spree of his career as a copper on the Victorian streets of London. Someone is using a poisonous Cape cobra as a weapon.

What begins as a simple robbery scheme turns deadly when a wealthy businessman is killed via cobra attack, the crimes go from strange to deadly. Rudyard (Ruddy) and his partner, Archie Holcomb, have few clues and no idea what would cause such a change in the criminal’s behavior.

Chris Karlsen was born and raised in Chicago. A retired police detective, Karlsen spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. Her desire to write came in my early teens. After retiring, she pursued that dream. She writes three different series: Knights in Time (Paranormal Romance), (Romantic Thriller), and the newest is The Bloodstone Series. Each series has a different setting and some cross time periods.

She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and five wild and crazy rescue dogs.

See the full list of 2020 Clue Winners here.

The 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Joanne Jaytanie for Salvaging Truth.

Famed marine biologist and researcher Claudia Rawlings is presumed dead. When Claudia’s research vessel goes down, her daughter Riley goes on a desperate search to discover what happened, eventually turning to Dagger Eastin, co-owner of Hunters and Seekers a marine salvage business. Dagger soon realize this isn’t a simple search and reclaim mission when someone takes a shot at him during an exploratory dive with Riley.

Former Navy SEALs, Dagger, and his partners Kaleb LaSalle and Stone Garrison are the definitions of relentless, and they quickly become embroiled in the investigation that has caught the attention of some very influential people, all seeking Claudia’s important research. And while Riley learns that her mother has left behind clues to her missing research, the Hunters and Seekers pull out all the stops to help and protect her. The wild scavenger hunt sends Dagger and Riley on a trip to discover the truth, but Russian spies, big oil cronies, and psychopathic hitmen lurk around every corner.

Joanne was born and raised in Sherburne, New York, a quaint village surrounded by dairy farms and rolling hills. From the moment she could read she wanted to explore the world. During her college years, she slowly crept across the country, stopping along the way in Oklahoma, California, and finally Washington State, which she now proudly calls home. She lives with her husband and Dobermans, in their home located on the Olympic Peninsula with a panoramic view of the Olympic Mountains.

Joanne writes romantic suspense, paranormal, mystery-thriller, supernatural suspense, and contemporary romance. She loves to submerge herself in the world of her characters, to live and breathe their lives and marvel at their decisions and predicaments. She enjoys a wide variety of books including paranormal, suspense, thriller, and of course romance.

See the full list of 2019 Clue Winners here.

The 2018 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Timothy Burgess for California Son

California Son, the second installment in the Liam Sol Mystery series by Timothy Burgess, presents another action-packed mystery for protagonist Liam Sol to solve. Honorably discharged after his tour of duty in Vietnam, Liam returns to his primarily Hispanic neighborhood of Baja La Bolsa, a coastal town near LA, California, where trouble finds him.

In his role as a journalist, Liam takes interest in the daily pleas of a Hispanic mother to find her son’s murderer, pleas that the mostly white La Bolsa Police seem to ignore. After an article he writes in hopes of renewing interest in the case appears in La Bolsa Tribune, the mother is found dead in her apartment. No stranger to death or violence, Liam soon finds himself on the personal side of a hunt for the killer of not only the son but also the mother.

Growing up in Southern California, Tim Burgess was always fascinated by the 1960s surf culture. Though he was only a child, he could tell this was not a Beach Blanket Bingo world. Beneath the innocent surface of the sun and the sand lurked a dark and dangerous undercurrent. The setting, he realized, would be perfect for a mystery series. The Never-Ending Swell and California Son are the first two books in the Liam Sol Mystery Series.

Tim grew up in West Covina, CA. and graduated from Cal Poly, Pomona–Go Broncos!

See the full list of 2018 Clue Winners here

And the 2017 Grand Prize Winner of the Clue Awards was Kaylin McFarren for Twisted Threads

Interested in a holiday cruise? Surround yourself with luxury, romance, secrets and multiple murders while traveling through the Caribbean with author Kaylin McFarren in her new sexy, action-packed book, Twisted Threads. There is only one assignment for a Japanese crime lord’s favorite assassin: take out a dastardly couple in less than ten days. But can Akira Hamada complete her mission without losing her head and heart during her most steamy and complicated hit thus far?

It isn’t part of the assignment to fall in love with someone close to murder suspects, Sara and Paul Lyons, but then Akira has never been bound by rules. Devon returns Akira’s feelings with all his being. However, there are notorious secrets between them, and now this surging romance is putting his life at risk as well. With no avenue for escape, multiple disappearances and murders increase the onboard tension. And that’s not all. Descriptions of the steamy scenes behind closed doors are beyond intense, with exhilarating adult situations and language.

Kaylin McFarren has received more than 60 national literary awards, in addition to a prestigious Golden Heart Award nomination for Flaherty’s Crossing – a book she and her oldest daughter, New York Times/USA Today best-selling author Kristina McMorris, co-wrote in 2008. Prior to embarking on her writing journey and developing the popular Threads psychological thriller series, she poured her passion for creativity into her work as the director of a fine art gallery in the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon; she also served as a governor-appointed member of the Oregon Arts Commission.

See the full list of 2017 Clue Winners here

Again, a huge congratulations to Shelley Nolden, the most recent Clue Grand Prize Winner. We are honored to continue to promote and celebrate the winning books of the CIBAs.

Have an excellent Suspense/Thriller? The Clue Awards closes at the end of September! Submit today!

Chanticleerians in the News? We love celebrating our Chanticleer Authors! Anytime you have something to crow about, email us at info@ChantiReviews.com to let us know!
September 16, 2022
The CYGNUS 2022 CIBAs Long List for Science Fiction
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction entries to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2022 Cygnus Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC23.

Save the Date! CAC23 is April 27-30, 2023 at the Hotel Bellwether

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
- Timothy S. Johnston – An Island of Light
- Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
- Charles Ross – The Future is a Memory
- Sebastian Dax – Grasp of Erebus
- J. N. Johnson – Pig
- Annie Williams – Maximized Entropy: Death of the Internet
- Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
- D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
- O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
- Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
- Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
- S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
- S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
- Steven Paul Terry – Star Revelations
- Michael Simon – Extinction
- Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
- Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
- Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
- Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
- PA Vasey – Harbinger
- Sandra J. Jackson – Dancing in the Wind, Book 3 Escape Series
- Dana Hayward – Entropy
- John J. Spearman – Pike’s Passage
- Steve Ramirez – The Great Migration
- E. R. Harris – Surf the Milky Way
- U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
- Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
- J. B. Christensen – Dylan McLeod-Vexor City
- Lucien Telford – The Sequence
- Kristopher Clewell – The Penrose Triangle
- Wilson Whitlow – Consent, Vol. 1: Erdos
- Chris Black – NORAD’s Ghost
- Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
- James McGill Jr – The Alien Agenda: The Earth is a Garden
- Prescott Harvey – In Beta
- Alex Usher – The Age Of Obsidian
- Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction.

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

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September 13, 2022
Stuck in the Middle with You – Defining the Middle-Grade Books Genre | The Gertrude Warner Awards
Just What Makes a Middle-Grade Book Middle-Grade?

While we aren’t actually “Stuck in the Middle” as the Stealers Wheel might say, we can always stand to learn a little more about the genres we write in.

The Stealers Wheel: Decent band? Sure! Middle Grade Authors? Not quite…

As many authors of literature meant for youth know, Middle Grade sits in that small spot between Children’s Literature and Young Adult – quite literally in the middle of these two genres. The target age for this work is 8-12 years old.

We have a couple of key recommendations for creating excellent work that will hold the attention of this tenacious age group.

The Middle Grade Basics

There are guidelines for every genre, and, while they can bend, if you find yourself breaking them regularly, you might need to double-check if you’re actually writing in the genre that’s best for you.

These suggestions will let people know your book fits in the Middle Grade Genre:
- Length of 30,000-50,000 words
- Content is clean with no profanity or sexual activity (crushes and first kisses are okay)
- The age of the main character is close in age to the reader, about 10-14 years old
- The story is immediate; characters may have minor interiority, but reactions to the world at large is the most important
- The story should feature experiences that the pre-teen and tween has experienced in their own lives even if the story is fantasy (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Percy Jackson and the Olympians) or real-life (Diary of a Wimpy Kid). Examples are: friendships lost and made, school experiences, family circumstances, and learning about the “wide world outside of oneself.”
- Is it a story that the reader (even if older) can place him/her self in? Total immersion.
There are some exceptions to these rules, especially in different genres, like Science Fiction and Fantasy, which both tend to have longer word requirements. However, following the convention of a genre doesn’t just show agents and editors that your work fits with what they can sell, it meets reader expectations.

If you have ever tried to find clothing and or gifts for this “tween” age, you know just how hard it is and how limited the selections are. And how hard it is to find something the tween will like as this is the age when they start to develop their own tastes and preferences.

Treat Your Readers with Respect

No one can spot someone talking down to them better than a Middle Grade Reader. They have a foolproof radar and can tell when authors are overexplaining or, worse, condescending to them.

Don’t put your readers to sleep!

Children ages 8-12 are smart and hungry for excellent writing! They are thoughtful, clever, and it’s worth it to tell them good stories.

This comes to having good beta readers and a solid Manuscript Overview to ensure you have a working plot before you move onto Line Editing and then the final polishing. Respecting your Reader and their time is the golden rule of any writing.

The Story Must Move

Stanley Yelnats in the movie adaptation of Holes is told he must either choose reform camp or jail for a crime he didn’t commit

That last bullet point in the basics section says the story is immediate.

Younger readers love action – your characters need to react and act in response to the world around them. Publisher’s Weekly quotes Scholastic associate publisher Abby McAden on the topic:

“Middle grade is for truly independent, confident readers, whereas chapter books are all about building that confidence. Stories that often revolve around friendship and deeper exploration of themes and emotions. Kids’ abilities to articulate their inner lives develop over time and are at least somewhat built on experiences they have had or are having. There’s a frame of reference a 10-year-old has that a seven-year-old doesn’t yet. Year over year, kids become ready to look around and explore alternate experiences, and I think middle grade is a giant leap forward in that process.”

And good authors will leap with them as those young readers dive into the larger world.

Read from the Best

The best way to begin and continue to excel in a genre is to read, read, read. Several attendees at the Chanticleer Authors Conference mentioned they had started reading the entire Finalist List for their Division, not just for the pure sake of pleasure, but to better understand what their peers where doing and what the competition really looked like.

Our 2021 Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner for Middle Grade Readers was Murray Richter’s book Fishing For Luck.

Read it Here!

Kevin’s awesome life consisted of three things: fantastic fishing, hanging out with his ever-pranking friends, and having fun with the coolest mentor ever. But when the scariest piece of his past resurfaces, his world changes. Will Kevin be able to find his voice and the courage to overcome things too evil to speak of, or will he lose his friends, family, and everything else important to him?

What Chanticleer has to say! Review is forthcoming!

A fast-paced novel of amazing sorts! A great book for young readers that will keep your head spinning and guessing what will happen next!

Need even more reads? See the full list of Gertrude Warner Winners here!

Got a Great Middle Grade Read?

Middle Grade Books
September 30, 2022
Enter Here

The Gertrude Warner Awards are open through the end of September! Submit today!
September 13, 2022
Awardingly August! Three CIBA Divisions Close in August! Don’t Miss Out!
Submitting your writing for a Book Award is pretty cool!

Maybe it won’t help you physically beat the heat, but it will help your book stand out when compared to others! From gold stickers to blue ribbons, the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) is a great step on your publishing journey.

In August we have three submission deadlines coming up:
We’ve worked hard to hit the ground running as things continue to open up and life continues its onward march! We now have work listed on Reedsy, The Writer Magazine, Writer’s Digest, AWP, Shaw Guides, and more! We are honored to be a trusted voice in the Writing Community, and can’t wait to keep fulfilling our mission of discovering today’s best books!

We want to take a moment to recognize the Grand Prize Winners of these extraordinary awards:

Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction

Blue Spruell’s TARŌ: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan

Adventure, classic tales, fantasy, and exciting action combine in TARŌ: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan, a well-poised debut novel by award-winning author Blue Spruell.

In the turbulent final decades of the sixteenth century, feudal Japan reeled in mayhem as the central hereditary dictatorship collapsed, and tyrannical powers fought to control the empire. TARO: The Legendary Boy Hero of Japan is the story of how one man revolutionized a nation by taking its reigns and forging a new destiny through his depths of compassion and determination.

See the full list of Dante Rossetti Winners here

Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Readers

Murray Richter’s Fishing for Luck

The review for this one is forthcoming, but it’s a fast-paced novel of amazing sorts! A great book for young readers that will keep your head spinning and guessing what will happen next!

See the full list of Gertrude Warner Winners here

Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction

Alex Sirotkin’s Long Desert Road

Alex Sirotkin’s debut novel, The Long Desert Road, navigates the emotional arcs of life in contrast with the greater expanse of the cosmos. Here a young woman must face her addictions while the people around her try to move beyond her backlash.

We meet Henry Spinoza, a 44-year-old quirky science writer. He ponders his life as half over, looks for the right woman, and wonders if there isn’t more to existence.

See the full list of Chatelaine Winners here

Why submit to the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program?

Don’t Delay! Enter today!

Book Awards are a great way to market indie and traditionally published books. Making sure to select a reputable Awards Program is key to having your Book Award (or Editorial Book Review) do the most for you!

While you can see the full list of CIBA Winner Benefits here, these are some of the best parts of the CIBAs. The highlights of the over $30,000 worth of Cash Prizes and Awards that go out are the $1000 for one Overall Grand Prize Winner; a host of benefits from our sponsors like Hindenburg, Kickstarter, and Lulu; Editorial Reviews for the Grand Prize Winners; and, of course, the coveted Blue Ribbon. On top of all that, your book will be posted on our high-traffic website at every tier where it advances. Even those who make the Long List join a longstanding community of writers

You Know You Want It

What do our authors have to say about it?

“I so appreciate your generosity of spirit and your wonderful gift for supporting writers.” – Dorothea L Bonneau

“Thanks to all the volunteers, readers and judges whose work make these awards possible.” – Darryl Wimberly, author of A Star in her Crown

“Thank you so much for the information, and to Chanticleer for the honor. I sincerely appreciate your formatting, the buildup and excitement that is generated by your tiered announcements and overall approach to the awards.” – Natalie Symons, author of Lies in Bone

“Thank you all for such hard work tonight! Very proud to have won the grand prize. You all did a wonderful job.” – Jaime Castle, co-author of The Luna Missile Crisis

“I’m so excited to have received First Place for the Goethe Awards for 20th Century Historical Fiction” – Pamela Jonas, author of For Love of Family: A Slovak Immigrant Novel

The CIBAs are waiting. Enter today!

SEPTEMBER SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE FAST APPROACHING!
- CLUE BOOK AWARDS SUSPENSE / THRILLERS
- Little Peeps Early Readers and Picture Books
The 2022 Division Award Grand Prize and First Place Winners for the each of the Divisions of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards will be ANNOUNCED on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, Bellingham, Wash.
August 17, 2022
The JOURNEY 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Overcoming Adversity Non-Fiction
The 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.

The 2021 JOURNEY Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the JOURNEY Grand Prize Winner were announced by Cami Ostman on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the JOURNEY BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the JOURNEY Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Rosie McMahan – Fortunate Daughter: A Memoir of Reconciliation
- Rosemary Keevil – The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction
- Andrea Wilson Woods – Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days
- Heather Haldeman – Kids and Cocktails Don’t Mix: A Memoir
- Kathleen Lockyer – The Broken Wing Dance — Love, loss, trauma and how nature led me back to my wild self
- C.L. Olsen – The Home for Friendless Children
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 JOURNEY Awards is:

Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days

Andrea Wilson Woods

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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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 2022 JOURNEY Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 9, 2022
The BOOK SERIES 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Genre Fiction
The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize outstanding series works in any of our 16 Divisions. 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 sixteen 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.

The 2021 BOOK SERIES Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the BOOK SERIES Grand Prize Winner were announced by Diane Garland on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the BOOK SERIES BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the BOOK SERIES Grand Prize Winner.

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

Ozma Book Awards for Series – Fantasy Fiction
- M. K. Wiseman – The Bookminder series
Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Series – Young Adult
- Pamela Beason – Run for Your Life
Chatelaine Book Awards for Series – Romantic Fiction
- Janet K. Shawgo – Look For Me Series
CLUE Book Awards for Series – Thriller/Suspense
- Kaylin McFarren – Threads
Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards for Series – Mysteries / Cozy and Not-so-Cozy
- Amy S. Peele – A Transplant Medical Murder Mystery series
Chaucer Book Awards for Series – Historical Fiction
- Nicole Evelina – The Guinevere’s Tale Trilogy
Laramie Book Awards for Series – Americana / Western Fiction
- E. Alan Fleischauer – JT Thomas’s Series – Western series
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 BOOK SERIES Awards is:

The Guinevere’s Tale Trilogy

by Nicole Evelina

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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The 2022 BOOK SERIES 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 2022 BOOK SERIES Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 8, 2022
The HEARTEN 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Uplifting & Inspiring 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.

The 2021 HEARTEN Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the HEARTEN Grand Prize Winner were announced by Judy Gaman on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 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 works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Fred Guttenberg – Find the Helpers
- Linda Morrow – Heart of This Family – Lessons in Down Syndrome and Love
- Lisa Dailey – Square Up: 50,000 miles in search of a way home
- Labar Laskie – Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
- Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo – DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
- Meg Nocero – Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 HEARTEN Awards is:

DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them

by Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo

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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The 2022 HEARTEN 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 2022 HEARTEN Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 8, 2022
The M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels
The 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)

The 2021 M&M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner were announced by Pamela Beason on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the M&M BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!
- Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure
- Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard
- Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
- Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
- Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:

Ophelia’s Room
by Michael Scott Garvin

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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The 2022 Mystery & Mayhem 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 2022 M&M Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 7, 2022
The NELLIE BLY 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Longform Journalism Non-Fiction
The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Journalistic Non-Fiction and Memoir. 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 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.

The 2021 NELLIE BLY Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the NELLIE BLY Grand Prize Winner were announced by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 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 2021 CIBAs.
- Dori Jones Yang – When the Red Gates Opened
- Dr Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s Clinic
- Nicole Evelina – America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor
- Abe Streep – Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana
- Janice S. Ellis, Ph.D. – Advancing the Good Society: Real Advocacy Journalism in Action
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

by Nicole Evelina

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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The 2022 NELLIE BLY 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 2022 NELLIE BLY Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 5, 2022