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The 2025 Chaucer Short List for Early Historical Fiction
The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Historical (Pre- 1750) Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward from the 2025 Chaucer Long List to the 2025 Chaucer Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Chaucer Award Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Adam Alexander Haviaras – A Dragon Among the Eagles: a Novel of the Roman Empire
- Anne M. Beggs – By Arrow and Sword: Book Two Dahlquin Series
- Barbara Stark-Nemon – Isabela’s Way: a Novel
- Bryce Gibby – Esta
- Chuck Locklear – The Pines Know
- Elizabeth Clifford Murphy – The Faithful Harlot
- Erryn Lee – What Remains
- Fawn Brokaw Doyle – Salt People of the Cloud Houses: the Story of Sarah Rapalje and Dutch Manhattan
- Gregory Michael Nixon – Diomedes in Kyprios
- Gregory Michael Nixon – The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire
- Helena P. Schrader – The Tale of the English Templar
- J. M. Elliott – Of Wind and Wolves
- J. Susanne Wilson – The Death and Life of Iphigenia
- J.C. Corry – The Storyteller’s Reputation: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy
- Janet Wertman – Nothing Proved
- Jean K. Dudek – The Scent of Bright Light
- K.M. Butler – The Raven and the Dove
- Keira Morgan – The Importance of Wives
- Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Caterina by Moonlight
- Lisa Llamrei – Quest for Ma’at
- Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Be Worthy in Honor: Book II of the Epic of Hotspur
- Logan D. Irons – City of Wolves
- Marcia Maxwell – I, Christine: a Novel
- Michael J. Cooper – The Rabbi’s Knight
- Michaela Riley – Labyrinth of Shadows: the Witch’s Rebirth Part I
- Nina Wachsman – The Courtesan’s Pirate
- Rachel Elwiss Joyce – Lady of Lincoln
- Richard G Nixon – The Legend of Fingerless Will Nixon: the Scottish Borderlands 1508-1509
- Sarah V. Barnes – She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe Book One
- Sarah V. Barnes – A Clan Chief’s Daughter: She Who Rides Horses Book Two
- Sonya Van De Graaff – The Painter From Seville
Congratulations once more to the 2024 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner for Historical Fiction

Maid of Honor

Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court

By Rozsa Gaston

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction!

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 16 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
December 17, 2025
The 2025 Hearten Short List for Inspiring and Uplifting 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 in the judging rounds from the 2025 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2025 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2025 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC26).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 28 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 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Short List authors and their works in the 2025 CIBAs.
- Alia Luria – Geri O Shimasu: Adventures of a Baka Gaijin
- Andy Becker – Grandy Let’s Play: Reflections on the Joy Blessings and Wonder of Grandparenting
- Barb Drummond – I Finally Have the Smoking Hot Body I Have Always Wanted Having Been Cremated
- Brent Larsen – You Make My Heart Giggle Dad-isms the Wisdom and Wit of Dad
- Candace Macphie – Finding Color
- Cerridwen Fallingstar – Rocket in My Pocket: Defying Gravity with Levity, From the Frontiers of Space… To the Frontiers of Consciousness
- Charlene Pell – In This Altered Body: A Survivor’s Story of Resilience and Love
- Christine Amoroso – Bare Naked in Public: A Memoir
- Cynthia Waine Brandt – Song of the Cardinal: A True Story of Miracles and Magic After Heartbreaking Loss
- Doug Cameron – My Tarzan Tree and Other Farm Boy Memories
- Dr. Deb Miller – Forget the Fairy Tale and Find Your Happiness
- Jeff Richards – Nothing Left To Lose: Or How Not To Start a Commune
- Jennifer Celeste Briggs – Watching Sarah Rise: a Journey of Thriving with Autism
- Julie Ryan Mcgue – Twice the Family: a Memoir of Love Loss and Sisterhood
- Kate Grant – No Woman Left Behind: a Journey of Hope To Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth
- Kathy Sechrist – Sara’s Redemption: a Journey of Courage Resilience and Hope
- Kay Brooks – Behind the White Beard Dale Ballew’s Story
- Kee Kee Buckley – Seeking Shama: Me, My Dog, and the Road To Inner Peace
- Maggie Enriquez – The Rebirth of a Phoenix
- Margie Crowe Wildblood – Because He Loved Me
- Marti Tote – Up Grief Creek Without a Paddle
- Patricia Eagle – Dog Love Stories the Canines Who Changed Me
- Rabei A. Wazzeh – The Masterpiece of Nature
- Rhona Morrison – From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships: Navigating life’s troubled waters with resilience and hope
- Ricardo Jose Gonzalez-Rothi – The Mango Chronicle
- Robert Macauley – Because I Knew You: How Some Remarkable Sick Kids Healed a Doctor’s Soul
- Stacey Hettes – Dispatches From the Couch
- Sue Vana – Shaken by God’s Love From Fear To Favor in Grief’s Upside-Down World
- Tammy Dietz – Falling From Disgrace
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 2024 Hearten Awards is:

Elk Love: A Montana Memoir

By Lynne Spriggs O’Connor

See the full list of 2024 First Place Hearten Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 16 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
December 16, 2025
The 2025 Journey Short List for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2025 Journey Non-Fiction Long List to the 2025 Journey Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2025 Journey Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC26).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 28 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 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2025 CIBAs.
- Amanda Carrasco – Becoming the Brave One
- Amy Mackin – Henry’s Classroom: a Special Education in American Motherhood
- Ana Hebra Flaster – Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio To a New Hampshire Mill Town
- Anne Abel – High Hopes
- Anselm Ezemson – Chasing Closure: a Life on the Edge of Belonging
- Baldur Einarsson – Ice and Fire: Thawing a Murderer’s Heart
- Barbara Jenkins – So Long As It’s Wild
- Beth Granger – Born and Razed: Surviving the Cult Was Only Half the Battle
- Brandi Dredge – Girl Uncoded: a Memoir of Passion Betrayal and Eventual Blessings
- Brian J. Quattlebaum – A Mad Box of Rain
- Carl Gorham – My Life in a Garden: Love, Loss, and Mulch: a Single Dad Seeks Answers in Nature
- Carol Odell, LICSW – Girl Groomed: a Therapist’s Memoir of Trauma
- Carolyn Saletto – One Hazel Green Eye
- Casey Mulligan Walsh – The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted Everything I Feared
- Chanchal Garg – Unearthed: the Lies We Carry & the Truths They Bury
- Cheryl Landes – The Best I Can Do: A True Story of Navigating the Complexities of Mental Illness and Homelessness
- Christine Amoroso – Bare Naked in Public: a Memoir
- Cynthia Moore – Dancing on Coals: a Memoir of an Overperformer
- Cynthia Waine Brandt – Song of the Cardinal: a True Story of Miracles and Magic After Heartbreaking Loss
- Damien Thompson – And Then I Would Fly
- Debbie Hartung – The Factory of Maladies: Seven Days on a San Francisco Psych Ward
- Deborah M. Foster – What’s So Bad About Being Poor: Our Lives in the Shadows of the Poverty Experts
- Diane C Pomerantz Ph.D. – Lost in the Reflecting Pool: Surviving Narcissistic Emotional Abuse
- Emily Sayre Smith – Smartass: Memoir of a Mouthy Girl
- Franke James – Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me
- Gavin O’Donnell – Father’s Day
- Heidi Yewman – Dumb Girl
- Hendrika De Vries – Open Turns
- Jacquelyn Dickey – The Dash
- Jane Cafarella – Cleaved: a Story of Loss, Legs, and Finding Family
- Janine Kovac – The Nutcracker Chronicles
- Jennifer Celeste Briggs – Watching Sarah Rise a Journey of Thriving with Autism
- Julie Randall – Patient 71: an Inspiring True Story of a Mother’s Love That Fueled Her Fight To Stay Alive
- Kathy Sechrist – Sara’s Redemption: A Journey of Courage Resilience and Hope
- Kelly-Anne Kerley – Breaking Up with My Wheelchair
- Lucie Frost – How the Hell Did I Not Know That: My Midlife Year From Couch To Curiosity
- Marti Tote – Can You Ride a Raindrop To the Ocean
- Mary Garden – My Father’s Suitcase
- Mary Jumbelic M.D. – Speak Her Name
- Mia Bolton – As We Bloom: Wisdom From Extraordinary Everyday Women & Gender Nonconforming People
- Mitchell Raff – Little Boy I Know Your Name
- Nin Mok – Suddenly Silent and Still
- Peter Flom – Twice as Weird: A Memoir about Twice Exceptionality
- PJ Hamilton – From the Piney Woods 2nd Edition
- Robert Carney – Unscarred
- Robert Macauley – Because I Knew You: How Some Remarkable Sick Kids Healed a Doctor’s Soul
- Ryan Mcdermott – Downriver: Memoir of a Warrior Poet
- Sondra R. Brooks – Not Good Enough Girl: A Memoir of an Inconvenient Daughter
- Stacey Hettes – Dispatches From the Couch
- Steven Simmons Shelton, MA, JD – Memoir of a Mangled Mind: How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities
- Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee – Pushing Miles: A chronicle of Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Mettle
- Wilma Macliver – Life Behind the Masks
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 2024 JOURNEY Awards is:

Unfollow Me

By Kathryn Caraway

See the full list of 2024 First Place Journey Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Journey Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
December 8, 2025
The 2025 Collections and Anthologies Long List
The Collections and Anthologies Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Story Collections. The Collections and Anthologies Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Collections and Anthologies Awards discovers the Best New Short Form Collections in Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction, Poetry Collections and Multi-Author Anthologies. 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 from all of the 2025 Collections and Anthologies entries to the 2025 Collections and Anthologies Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Collections and Anthologies Award 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Collections and Anthologies Book Awards novel competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Aj Watson – False Sight
- Brittany Micka-Foos – It’s No Fun Anymore
- Carol Van Den Hende – Dear Orchid
- Chad Boles – Adrift in Skinny Water
- Charlie Steel – Three Days Under the Sun and Other Tales of the Old West
- Christy Matheson – The Horned Women and Other Stories Contemporary Retellings of Irish Fairy Tales
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- David C. Metz – Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers Stories
- Dreena Collins – Life Lines and Other Stories
- Jalyn Renae Fiske – Side Quest Stories
- Janet K. Shawgo – My Sister’s Quilt
- Jason Colpitts – The Meaning of Beauty and Other Short Stories Anthology
- Jess Anselment – Strong Heart a Story of Coming Home
- John Bukowski – Shadows and Dust
- Jude Berman – Shot a Dictionary of the Lost
- Julia Marie Davis – Catbird
- Kat Farrow – Dark Threads a Gathering of Dark Fantasy Tales Vol. 1
- Lee Orlich Bertram – Insistence Persistence and Resistance
- Linda Lee Keenan – Dancing with Angels True Stories of the Unexpected
- Lisa Clute – Monsters Under the Magnolias
- Maggie Enriquez – The Rebirth of a Phoenix
- Mary Paula Hunter – Can I Have a Hug First
- Nancy Joie Wilkie – The River Keeper and Other Tales
- Natia Khaduri – And You Cannot Tell Me Why I Must Not Love You Anymore
- Olga Podoprigora – The Banana From Space and Other Stories From Riverstone
- Paris Rosemont – Barefoot Poetess
- Radu Guiasu – A Good Day and Other Mostly Humorous Stories and Lists
- Rich Elliott – The Secret History of Famous People
- Stephen C. Pollock – Exits
- Theresa Griffin Kennedy – We Learned To Live in the Castle Stories
Congratulations once more to the 2024 SEA Shorts Grand Prize Winner

Dream Rut

By Dr. Yumiko Shimabakuro

Illustrated by Jieyu Deng

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Collections and Anthologies Book Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Fiction Collections, Poetry Collections, and Anthologies!

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 5, 2025
The 2025 Somerset Long List for Literary & Contemporary Fiction
The Somerset Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes to compete in the Somerset Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 Somerset entries to the 2025 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Adam Strassberg – December on 5C4
- AG Flitcher – Wasp Oil
- AK Logan – Masks of Silence
- Allie Cresswell – The Cottage on Winter Moss
- Anna Binder Reardon – Wethersfield Road
- Anne Freeman – The Time After Now
- Anne Heinrich – Violet Is Blue
- Art Young – Downeyoshun
- B.E. Kennedy – County Kildare
- BL Smith – The Unpleasantness on Orchard
- Brian Hackett – Leaving Naples
- Bruce J. Berger – Forgiven a Novel
- Carolyn Summer Quinn – The Mystery From Way Back When
- Catherine Matthews – Roadside Sisters
- Chadwick Wall – The Fertile Crescent
- Cheryl Grey Bostrom – What the River Keeps
- Chip Jacobs – Later Days
- Christopher Woods – Some Rainbow
- Chuck Locklear – Being Hope
- Curtis Andrew Burton – Bloom a Novel
- Dan Schorr – Open Bar a Novel
- Daniel Oakman – Fire in the Head
- Dave Pearce – Fighters of Fire
- David Galef – Where I Went Wrong
- Debz Hobbs-Wyatt – If Crows Could Talk
- Dennis D. Skirvin – The Gentlemen’s Club and the Great Ferris Wheel
- Elizabeth A. Tucker – The Pale Flesh of Wood
- Elizabeth Conte – Life of Her
- Francis-Adrien Morneault – The Light of Faded Stars
- George Petersen – The Summer of Haight
- Gregg Brandalise – The Death of Us All
- Isaac Thorne – Tab’s Terrible Third Eye
- J.J. Cheng – Phoenixa the Nest a Mystical Quest for the Cheng Legacy
- Jacci Turner – Love Virus
- Jane Ward – Should Have Told You Sooner
- Jimmy Cela – Hotel Bahnhof
- Jude Berman – The Vow a Novel
- Judith Jackson-Pomeroy – Weight of a Woman
- Julie Hammonds – Blue Mountain Rose a Novel in Five Acts
- Kathleen Stone – Missing From Me
- Kipling Knox – How To Love in a World Like This
- Leslie A. Rasmussen – When People Leave a Story of Love Lies and Finding the Truth
- Linda Paul – Fabricated
- LK Quinn – The Toffee Man and the Kingdom of Ends
- Lya Badgley – The Thirty-Fifth Page
- Magdalena & Ashe Stevens – Fragments
- Mark A. Gibson – Roses in December Hamilton Place Book II
- Mark Mustian – Boy with Wings
- Maxsense Maximus – Two Euro Candles a Memoir of Faith Trauma and Quiet Miracles
- Michelle Daniel – A Scarlet Mind
- Natia Khaduri – I Forgave You
- Peter Gooch – Seren
- R. B. Shifman – Paper Airplane Broken Bones
- Radu Guiasu – The Faraway Mountains
- Rick Lenz – Mit Out Sound
- Robert L Jones – 1911
- Robert L Jones – Hope
- Robert L Jones – Hopeless
- Robin Merle – A Dangerous Friendship
- Ruby Soames – Homewrecked
- S.E. Beathan – Nothing Lost
- Sam Martin – Bitterblue
- Sarah E. Pearsall – The Summer Knows
- Shawn Hays and Stephen Hays – What Light Was
- Steve Schlam – The Harvesting of Haystacks Kane
- Su Chang – The Immortal Woman
- Susan Ellison Busch – Chance at Life
- Susan Poole – Out of The Crash
- Suzanne Uttaro Samuels – Seeds of the Pomegranate
- Terri Hanauer – The Lightness of Rain
- Thomas Trabulsi – The Fire Service of Sachem City
- Tong Ge – The House Filler
- Trisha T Pritikin – Then Came the Summer Snow an Atomic Age Hero’s Journey
- Tudor Alexander – The Last Patient
- Wendy J. Dunn – Shades of Yellow
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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Somerset Grand Prize Winner

Vermilion Harvest

By Reenita Malhotra Hora

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Somerset Book Awards.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 discover why!
December 3, 2025
The 2025 Chatelaine Long List for Romance Fiction
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Romance and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 CHATELAINE entries to the 2025 Chatelaine Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Chatelaine 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romance and Women’s Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Allison G. Smith – New Tenant
- Amanda Nelson & Lisa-Marie Potter – Just What the Doctor Hired
- Ann Dunbar – Áine’s Salvation
- Anne M. Beggs – By Arrow and Sword: Book Two Dahlquin Series
- Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 4 Slating Magic Hour
- Charlene Tess & Judi Thompson – Angel’s Heart
- Crystal Charlotte Cc Lane – Kevin and Katherine in the Next Lifetime
- Crystal Charlotte Cc Lane – Shilpa’s Blue Crayon
- D.J. Pratt – Prima Nocta: A Mystical Quest for Love
- E.L. Deards – The Lavender Blade
- Elizabeth Conte – Chosen Mistress
- Emily A. Myers – You Can Feel It in the Silence
- Eve M Riley – The Escape
- Eve M Riley – The Game
- Hanna Park – The Scald Crow
- Jerry Madden – Steel Valley: Coming of Age in the Ohio Valley in the 1960s a Love Story
- Jourdana Webber – Unconventionally Elle
- Kathleen Brehony – The Third Act
- Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
- Kinsey Wiseman – The Election
- Lizzie Jenks – Devil in Our Hearts
- Louisa West – Gwen Lee and the Trident of Poseidon
- Manmohan Sadana – Fleeting Moments, Eternal Memories
- Margaret Porter – Sequins and Starlight
- Melanie King-Smith – Gihigugma Ace of Hearts
- Milfy – The Italian Affair: A Midlife Romance
- Nancy Herkness – Royal Caleva Raul
- Patricia Grayhall – A Place for Us
- Patrick E. Craig – When the Hummingbirds Danced in the Honeysuckle Sky
- Rhone Atleshen – Gaslight
- S.E. Beathan – Nothing Lost
- S.E. Reichert – No Words After I Love You
- S.G. Blaise – Eldryan Elders
- Sharon Shipley – December and Mae
- Shawn Hays and Stephen Hays – What Light Was
- Sue C. Dugan – Forever Ever Always
- Susan Bagby – Sweet Ridge Hearts
- Susan W. Green – Crystal Lake Christmas
- Tammy Mannersly – A Garland at Bitterbark Creek
- Tasha Zima – The Making of a Storm
- Tatiana Mcclintock – Boyband Love Escapades
- Tina Sloan – Chasing Czars
- Tori Ross – Baked and Burned
- Wanda Penalver Bevan – The Rains of Wishton
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Congratulations once more to the 2024 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner

The Key

By Jo Morgan Sloan

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Chatelaine Book Award Winners for Romance Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Chatelaine Book Awards.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 discover why!
November 19, 2025
The 2025 I&I Long List for Instruction & Insight
The Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I 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 HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2025 I&I Non-Fiction entries to the 2025 I&I Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the I&I Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC26).

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 18th, 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 SHORT LIST of the 2025 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Guiding and How-to Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2025 CIBAs.
- Albert Jung – What’s Your Name
- Alejandra Acuña – Stones, Flowers, and Lessons Learned
- Ana María López Jimeno – Vademecum of English: a Complete Reference Guide for Teachers and Learners
- Andrew Cooper – The Ethical Imperative: Leading with Conscience To Shape the Future of Business
- Ashlee Piper – No New Things
- Darryl Arrington, PhD – Epilogue: Now We Rise Above the Trafficking Experience
- Dawn Madelon Barclay – Vacations Can Be Murder: a True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide To New England
- Evan M. Butterfield – Copyright for Creatives: a Practical Guide To Copyright Law for Creative People Who Make Stuff
- Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Mba Jd – Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement Retention Satisfaction
- Holly Thorton – The Hardest Help: Supporting a Loved One Through Addiction
- Jack Wolf – Critical Thinking for Go-Getters
- Jerome Puryear – The Art of Thinking: Critically with Clarity for Optimal Health Your Longevity Is Determined by How You Think
- Judy Taylor – Magpie Times Marshmallow World
- Kathleen Lockyer – Wild Inside: How Nature Protects Your Child’s Mental Health and Restores Yours
- Leslie Bains – Birds, Monarch Butterflies, and Short Hikes in the Santa Barbara Area
- Luella Goethals – Resonance Chakra Balance and the Law of Attraction
- Léonie Rosenstiel – They’re Coming for Your Elders and Your Inheritance: Ways To Protect Your Family Mitigate the Damage and Change the System
- Stephen Rue – Must: Becoming the Person You Are Meant To Be
- Tak Salmastyan – The Life’s Theater: Book One: Echoes That Suffocate, Art and Essays
- Tissa Richards – Rethinking Resilience: Fueling Your Competitive Advantage
- Tony Jeton Selimi – Climb Greater Heights
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 2024 I&I Awards is:

Success With Hydrangeas

By Lorraine Ballato

See the full list of 2024 First Place I&I Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 I&I Book Awards for Guiding and Helpful Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 discover why!
November 17, 2025
The 2025 Mind and Spirit Long List for Spirituality and Enlightenment
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 2025 Mind & Spiri Non-Fiction entries to the 2025 Mind & Spirit Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2025 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 (CAC26).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 28 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 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 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 2025 CIBAs.
- Amy L. Bernstein – Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears Finding Inspiration
- Andy Becker – “Grandy Let’s Play!”: Reflections on the Joy Blessings and Wonder of Grandparenting
- Andy Chaleff – Dying To Live: Finding Life’s Meaning Through Death
- Anne Jeppesen – When Life Came Knocking
- Charlotte Swift – Glow Up: Self-Love and Spirituality for Teens
- Cheryl Lynn – Washing the Inside of the Cup: My Journey of Walking in the Spirit
- D. H. Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe: a Son’s Message From the Great Beyond
- Danielly Kaufmann – The Age of Digital Spirit
- Diane Marie Taylor – I’m on Assignment: an Alternative View of Past Lives, the Impact on Our Current Lives, Soul Mates, World History, and the Akashic Records
- G.W. Evans – Heaven’s Hill: Meeting Your Loved Ones on the Other Side
- Dr. James Manning – Deeply Human the Science and Soul of Emotional Healing
- J.D. Pincus Ph.d. – The Emotionally Agile: Brain Mastering the 12 Emotional Needs That Drive Us
- Julianna Lindsey – Radiant Longevity a Physician’s Protocol for Living Your Best Life
- Keith and Erin Ramachandran – Mental Health, Strong Marriage
- Lara Sanderson – Mātrikā’s Muse: a Journey To Awakening Through the Senses
- Linda A. Lavid – Personal Archetypes for Stress Relief: a Holistic Guide
- Marie-Eve Dawood – Jesus Shrank My Dating Pool: Holding Out for a Godly Man When It Feels Like You’ve Missed the Boat
- Marti Tote – A Whisper in the Wings
- Natalie Saar – Becoming 1 Better: 100 Simple Changes To Improve Your Life 1 at a Time
- Paul O’Neill – Letters To a Young Teacher: Wisdom for Those Who Guide Others
- Rev. Robyn Accetturo, Lcsw – I Am the Reluctant Messiah and So Are You
- Stavo Mustang Craft – Auto Antenna: an Enchanted Guide To Santa Fe & Vague Blueprint To the Cosmos
- Terri Harford – New Body, Old Soul
- Timeout A. Taumu – The Magnificence of the 3
- Tyrone Polastri – Dancing on the Edge: Moving Through Life with Power, Dignity, and Effectiveness
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 2024 Mind & Spirit Awards is:

Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present

By Marijke McCandless

See the full list of 2024 First Place Mind and Spirit Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Spiritual Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
November 12, 2025
The 2025 SEA Shorts Awards Short List for Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas
The SEA Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The SEA Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Short Form Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction and Essays. 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 from the 2025 SEA SHORTS LONG LIST to the 2025 SEA Shorts Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 SEA Shorts Award Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2025 SEA Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- AJ Skelly – Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor
- C. V. Lee – Her Noble Groom
- Catherine Brown – Purrfect Revenge
- Cathryn Devries – Son of Osivirius
- Charlie Robinson – Bow Tie Sex a Serious Scientific Study
- Chell Linn Araya – Don’t Talk To Strangers
- Christopher Macdonald – The Wobbly Man
- David Fitz-Gerald – A Pioneer Christmas Beyond the Oregon Trail
- Dr. Gregory Steinberg – No More To Lose Till Death Do Us Part
- Gail Heath – Minuet
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – All Is Fair
- Grace Haygood – A Love To Call Home
- J. L Oakley – Mr. Brown Reads
- Jackson Kuhl – The Island of Small Misfortunes
- Jalon J Jakab – Inside the Walls
- Jamie Kirkpatrick – The Dreamcatcher
- Joseph Kovler – At the Corner of Hitler and Goering
- Julia Marie Davis – Catbird
- K. E. Adamus – To Outwit the Fate
- Katherine Smith Dedrick – Tangled Verdict
- Kathleen Kaska – The Diary of Simone Lablanc
- Kregg P.J. Jorgenson – An Accidental Muse
- Lasse Toft – 70 Things You Can Do While Being Hospitalized
- Linda Harris Sittig – B-52 Down the Night the Bombs Fell From the Sky
- Maggie Enriquez – The Rebirth of a Phoenix
- Marie Sutro – For the First Time
- Marie Sutro – Not the North Pole
- Marie Sutro – You Oughta Know
- Mary Ann Bernal – Anarose and Medusa’s Curse
- Morris Hoffman – Boy of Heaven
- Murray Eiland – Mount Zephon Gateway To Mot
- Murray Eiland – Philosopher of Fire
- Paisley Summer – The Movie Theatre
- PJ Devlin – Original Sins
- Richard Leslie Brock – Cephalonia
- Richard Leslie Brock – The Atonements
- Ruud Richardson – The Spy: A Short Story
- Sandra Wagner-Wright – The Life & Times of Sarah Good Accused Witch
- Sarena Straus – The Patchwork Man
- T.O. Paine – The Abduction
- TK Sheffield – Horse Thief: A Nomad Vet with a Score To Settle Takes on Horse Thieves in a Midwest Showdown
- TK Sheffield – The Glitching Ghoul: AI Terror at a Writer’s Retreat
Congratulations once more to the 2024 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

Something About Lizzy

By Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

Click here to see the full list of 2024 SEA Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 SEA Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Novellas, and Essays!

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
November 10, 2025
The 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction
The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2025 GERTRUDE WARNER Middle Grade entries to the 2025 Gertrude Warner Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2025 Gertrude Warner 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, CAC26.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2026 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2025 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Alex Paul – Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals Book 8 the Slave Rebellion
- Almendra Vila – Mission Red Beetle
- Ann Huchingson – The Watchwood Inheritance
- Assaf Becker – Three Quarters of a Bucket of Milk
- Brent Golembiewski – The Boy the Cube and the Elf
- Carolyn Armstrong – Make Way for Monarchs Eco Warriors Book 3
- Daniel Wolfman – The Forest Cat and the Fire Monster
- Debbie Noble Black – The Old Secret at Hotel Oregon
- Diana Davis – Liv Forever Never Say Zombie
- Diana Schaffter – Armando and the Amazing Animal Race
- Donna Galanti – Loon Cove Summer
- Dorothea N Buckingham – Forgotten Oath
- Eli Kern – Brother of Chaos
- Eliza Kelley and Debra Whiting Alexander – Eliza Jane Finds Her Dog Squad
- Faisal Mirza – Porsche the Frog Adventures Porsche Goes Hiking
- Gary Gabel – The Constitution Kids
- Hans Ness – Rolo on the Planet of the Cats
- J.F. Mccarney – A Not So Misfit Odyssey
- Jason Colpitts – Miss Adventures Misadventures
- Jeffrey Hope – Real Spies Don’t Use Rowboats
- Joseph J. Ridgway – Ava’s Dream
- Julie A. Swanson – North of Tomboy
- Kira Bruner – Nora and the Nightmare King
- Lawrey Goodrick – Half-Life the AA Battery Adventure
- Lee Y. Miao – Take a Shot Kipp
- Lynne Howard – Dylan Dover Orion’s Quest
- N. Degen – Ray Taylor and the Torn and Tattered Treasure Map
- Nancy F. Goodfellow – Special
- Nina Wachsman – Battery Boy
- P. Lynn Halliday – Disaster Around the Bend
- Paul Cicchini – The Central Park Irregulars
- Ruth Amanda – Cried the Raven
- Silvia Acevedo – Mail-Order Monsters Crash Course
- Steven Joseph – Snoodles in Space Escape From Zoodletraz
- Sue C. Dugan – Morse Code
- Tim Chapman – Outcasts
- Tim Chapman – The Song of the Bees
- Trevor Pacelli – Summer of the Fruit Virus
- V.N. Mcirvin – The Story of Small Things
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 2024 Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner

Back to Bainbridge

By Norah Lally

Click here to see the full list of 2024 Gertrude Warner Book Award Winners for Middle Grade Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2026 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2025 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2026 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 17 – 19, 2026! 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 and discover why!
October 31, 2025