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The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Semi-Finalists for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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 from the 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Short List to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Dante Rossetti Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies a Post-Dystopian Romantic Thriller
- Valerie Biel – Beyond the Cemetery Gate the Secret Keeper’s Daughter
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Jeff Hartman – How To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- C.E. Brown – Seeing Gray
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- M. Ch. Landa – Vandella: Resilience
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- D. K. Yamashiro – Anela’s Club
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maggie Hill- Sunday Money
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 11, 2025
The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Finalists for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards FINALISTS LIST. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE & GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Finalists List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
- Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
- David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
- Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
- Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
- Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
- Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
- Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
- Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
- Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
- Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
- Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
- Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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

Running Away From The Circus

By Nove Meyers

See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 11, 2025
The 2024 Shelley Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Paranormal Fiction!
The Shelley Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal Fiction. The Shelley Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Shelley Awards were formerly known as the Paranormal Awards. We are delighted to be able to honor the mother of science fiction with this award!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other-worldly stories, super humans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2024 Paranormal Book Awards!

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Shelley Supernatural Fiction SHORT LIST to the 2024 Shelley Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Shelley Book Awards novel competition for Paranormal Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Jennifer Anne Gordon – Pretty Ugly
- E.S. Magill – Magica Book Rise of the Cult
- Evette Davis – The Gift
- Charles Allen – Maid of the Feast
- Kristin Homer – A Taste for Fear
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves In
- Peter B. Dedek – Possessed
- Jenny Allen – The Lotus Tree Book 3 in the Lilith Adams Series
- C.W. James – Mindfield: a Paranormal Thriller for Teens
- Alexander Fernandez – Above the Ashes
- Gracie Dix – Vork Chronicles Welcome to Superhero School
- Keith Steinbaum – In Lieu of Flowers
- Tim Facciola – Ghosts of Rheynia
- Beth Castrodale – The Inhabitants
- AA DaSilva – Periphery
- Charles Allen – A Graveyard of Ships
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle – Vein Pursuits
- Evette Davis – The Others
- Brian Blackwood – Fractured
- Bradford Tatum – Hot Berry Punch
- LS Delorme – Bright Midnights
- Dennis D. Skirvin – Nicholas Knocker
- Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
- Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
- L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Haunted Hoard
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Paranormal Grand Prize Winner

Becoming Crone

By Lydia M. Hawke

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shelley Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 10, 2025
The Global Thriller 2024 Semi-Finalists for High Stakes Suspense
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction. The Global Thriller Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward from the Global Thriller Short List to the 2024 Global Thriller Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. The FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTs of the 2024 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Thriller Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Breakfield and Burkey – Enigma Forced
- Daniel R. Thrace – The First Civilization
- Timothy S. Johnston – A Blanket of Steel
- T.O. Paine – The Delusion
- Charlie Robinson – Heavy Hysteria
- V.P. Evans – The Rebirth
- Erik Foge – Between Methods and Madness
- Erik Foge – Horizons Without Boundaries
- Benjamin A. Sharpton – The 3rd Option
- Tony Ollivier – The Tokyo Diversion
- D.W. Layton – Otello’s Oil: A Saga of Blood and Oil
- Jordan Berk – The Timestream Verdict
- Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Change of Mission: A Jake Fortina Series Novel
- David Wickenden – The Origami Deception
- Ron Singerton – Ruptured
- Sheri T. Joseph – Edge of the Known World
- Keith Wilson – Mystery of the Blue Stone
- A.J. Landau – Leave No Trace
- Benjamin Spada – The Warmaker: a Black Spear novel
- Carla Seyler – A Place Unmade
- Thomas Roehlk – Red Deuce
- Randall Krzak – Frozen Conquest
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner

Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy

By Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 10, 2025
The 2024 Clue Finalists for Suspense/Thriller Fiction
The Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 CLUE SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Clue Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE & GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Suspense and Thriller!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pamela Beason – If Only
- Jeff Nania – Musky Run
- John DeDakis – Enemies Domestic
- Hannah D Sharpe – Between Lies and Revenge
- Meredith Forde – The Protectee
- M.K. Tod – That Was Then
- Lisa Malice – Lest She Forget
- Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Change of Mission: A Jake Fortina Series Novel
- Jeannee Sacken – The Rule of Thirds
- Sean Hagerty – Jones Point
- Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
- Dana J. Summers – Hell’s Heart
- Dave Lager – Revelations
- Carl Vonderau – Saving Myles
- Chris Chan – She Ruined Our Lives
- Ray Collins – The General’s Briefcase
- Shanessa Gluhm – A River of Crows
- Miriam Verbeek – The Forest
- Michael Pronko – Shitamachi Scam
- Steve Lazarus – Call Me Sonny
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Clue Grand Prize Winner

The Other Murder

By Kevin G. Chapman

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Clue Book Award Winners for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Clue Book Awards for Suspense and Thriller Mysteries.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 9, 2025
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Short List for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (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 from the 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Long List to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Dante Rossetti Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies a Post-Dystopian Romantic Thriller
- Valerie Biel – Beyond the Cemetery Gate the Secret Keeper’s Daughter
- C.W. James – The Tomb of Ptahmes
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Sally DiPaula – Captain Moretti’s Daughter
- Kelly Vincent – Ugliest
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Jeff Hartman – How To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
- John Daze – Rogues of the Crosslands Azorias Blade
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- C.E. Brown – Seeing Gray
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Kathryn Silver-Hajo – Roots of the Banyan Tree
- Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Leslea Wahl – Charting the Course
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- M. Ch. Landa – Vandella: Resilience
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- D. K. Yamashiro – Anela’s Club
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Rebecca A. Nagy – Phoenix Rising: Initiation
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maggie Hill- Sunday Money
- Joshua Witmyer – The Death of Capitalism
- Vito DiBarone – Botheration: Part One: The Missing Link
- Vito DiBarone – Botheration: Part Three: Epiphany
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 9, 2025
The Global Thriller 2024 Short List for High Stakes Suspense
The Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of High Stakes Thriller and Lab Lit Fiction. The Global Thriller Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward from the Global Thriller Long List to the 2024 Global Thriller Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Global Thriller Semi-Finalists. The FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTs of the 2024 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Thriller Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Breakfield and Burkey – Enigma Forced
- Daniel R. Thrace – The First Civilization
- Timothy S. Johnston – A Blanket of Steel
- T.O. Paine – The Delusion
- Charlie Robinson – Heavy Hysteria
- V.P. Evans – The Rebirth
- P.H. Ferrar – Nothing New Under the Sun
- Erik Foge – Between Methods and Madness
- Erik Foge – Horizons Without Boundaries
- Benjamin A. Sharpton – The 3rd Option
- Tony Ollivier – The Tokyo Diversion
- D.W. Layton – Otello’s Oil: A Saga of Blood and Oil
- Jordan Berk – The Timestream Verdict
- Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Change of Mission: A Jake Fortina Series Novel
- David Wickenden – The Origami Deception
- Ron Singerton – Ruptured
- Sheri T. Joseph – Edge of the Known World
- Keith Wilson – Mystery of the Blue Stone
- A.J. Landau – Leave No Trace
- Benjamin Spada – The Warmaker: a Black Spear novel
- Carla Seyler – A Place Unmade
- Thomas Roehlk – Red Deuce
- Randall Krzak – Frozen Conquest
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Global Thriller Grand Prize Winner

Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy

By Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Global Thriller Book Award Winners for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Thriller Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 7, 2025
The 2024 Shelley Short List for Paranormal Fiction!
The Shelley Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal Fiction. The Shelley Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Shelley Awards were formerly known as the Paranormal Awards. We are delighted to be able to honor the mother of science fiction with this award!

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird other-worldly stories, super humans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will put them to the test and discover the best among them for the 2024 Paranormal Book Awards!

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Shelley Supernatural Fiction LONG LIST to the 2024 Shelley Book Awards 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, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Shelley Book Awards novel competition for Paranormal Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Stephanie Edwards – Lowcountry Charm
- Jennifer Anne Gordon – Pretty Ugly
- E.S. Magill – Magica Book Rise of the Cult
- Evette Davis – The Gift
- Charles Allen – Maid of the Feast
- Kristin Homer – A Taste for Fear
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves In
- Peter B. Dedek – Possessed
- Jenny Allen – The Lotus Tree Book 3 in the Lilith Adams Series
- C.W. James – Mindfield: a Paranormal Thriller for Teens
- Alexander Fernandez – Above the Ashes
- Gracie Dix – Vork Chronicles Welcome to Superhero School
- Keith Steinbaum – In Lieu of Flowers
- Tim Facciola – Ghosts of Rheynia
- Beth Castrodale – The Inhabitants
- AA DaSilva – Periphery
- Anika Savoy – Mayhem in Disguise
- Charles Allen – A Graveyard of Ships
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle – Vein Pursuits
- Sharon Barnes – Shanghai Sunset
- Evette Davis – The Others
- Brian Blackwood – Fractured
- Mike Fiorito – For All We Know: A UFO Manifesto
- W.B.J. Williams – Johnny Talon and the Goddess of Love and War
- Sherri L Dodd – Murder Under Redwood Moon
- Bradford Tatum – Hot Berry Punch
- LS Delorme – Bright Midnights
- Dennis D. Skirvin – Nicholas Knocker
- Joy Ross Davis – The Singer Sisters
- Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
- L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Haunted Hoard
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Paranormal Grand Prize Winner

Becoming Crone

By Lydia M. Hawke

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Paranormal Book Award Winners for Supernatural Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shelley Book Awards for Supernatural Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 6, 2025
The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction SHORT LIST to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalists List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
- Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
- David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
- Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
- Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
- Ingrid McCarthy – I Stood Among the Ruins and Cried
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
- Jia Apple – The Tell
- Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
- Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
- L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
- Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
- Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Christina Ford – In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt In The Pursuit of Happily Ever After
- Glenda Goodrich – Solo Passage: 13 Quests, 13 Questions
- Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
- Jennifer Cramer-Miller – Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
- Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
- Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
- Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
- Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

Running Away From The Circus

By Nove Meyers

See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 3, 2025
The 2024 Mind and Spirit Awards Long List for Enlightening Non-Fiction
The Mind & Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction. The Mind & Spirit Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Spirituality, Enlightenment, Self-Help, Mindfulness, Well-being, Meditation, Energy, and more.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2024 Mind & Spiri Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 Mind & Spirit Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Mind & Spirit Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Four Points by Sheraton sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Mind & Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Rhona Epstein – The Satisfied Guide To Eating Well
- Kristin Sven Larsen – Joy of Being Mindfully Present
- Wilma Macliver – Life Behind the Masks
- Teri M Brown – 10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure
- Jill Amy Sager – Guidance From the Universe Hopeful Messages for Everyday Challenges
- Shari Biery – It’s Your Turn How To Rediscover Yourself Prioritize Your Well-Being Thrive with Purpose
- Steven Joseph – Cranky Superpowers Life Lessons Learned From the Common Crankatsuris Chronicles
- Bobby R. Patton, Rusalyn H. Andrews, Jennifer Page Daily – Keys To Healthy Communication
- L.A. Mcmurray – God Is in the Odd the Ordinary and Outside Church
- Lori Pappas – The Magic of Yes Embrace the Wise Woman Within
- Thomas Weems – Unlocking Kabbalah a New Synthesis of Astrology Tarot and the Tree of Life
- Dr Harry Somaraju – Anxiety To Ahh-Mazing in Days
- Manisha Jane – Truth Was Once Taboo a Memoir of Self-Knowledge in the Age of Spiritual Sovereignty
- Ann Michelle Mracek – Unpacking the Attic
- Wendy B. Correa – My Pretty Baby Seeking Truth and Finding Healing
- Juliana J Bruno – Reasons to Live: An Interactive Guide to Healing and Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts and How to Help Others Survive
- Damian Fozard – Disbelief
- G.E. Poole – Infrequent Frequencies Rare Resonance
- Marijke McCandless – Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present
- Joseph Clarke – SOL: supportive guidance for healing & awakening
- Alicia M. Rodriguez – The Shaman’s Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery
- Hilary Giovale – Becoming a Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing, and Repair
- Kimberly Harms – Are You Ready?: How to Build a Legacy to Die For
- Tejas Hiremani – The Principles of Creation
- Christin Collins – be. love.
- Eileen Marlowe – The Call to Connect Spirit
- Anne Kiehl Friedman – Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Lisa Rhyne – Coming Out of the Metaphysical Closet
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

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

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

Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

See the full list of 2023 First Place Mind and Spirit Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Spiritual Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
December 29, 2024