Tag: CIBAs Book Awards

  • 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's 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.

    Blue and Gold badge for the finalists of the Hearten award

    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!

    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

    Running Away from the Circus Cover

    blue and gold badge recognizing Running Away From the Circus by Nove Meyers for winning the 2023 Hearten Grand Prize

    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!

     

  • The Humor and Satire Awards 2024 Semi-Finalists for Humorous and Allegorical Fiction

    The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Satire, Humor and Allegory Fiction. The Humor and Satire 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  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. 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 2024 HUMOR & SATIRE SHORT LIST to the 2024 Humor and Satire Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Humor & Satire 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2024 Humor and Satire Book Awards novel competition for Humorous, Satirical and Allegorical Fiction!

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

    • Ariel Peckel – Bertram’s Emporium of Things People Say
    • T.C. Morrison – Who Put the Bots in the Tort$?
    • Jeffrey Hope – Real Spies Don’t Use Rowboats
    • Nancy Mccabe – The Pamela Papers a Mostly E-Pistolary Story of Academic Pandemic Pandemonium
    • Kt Nalla – I Scream We All Scream
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey the Curious History of the Girl Who Destroyed Time
    • Neal Rabin – Flat
    • Bill Burkland – The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus
    • DM Baronov – Arthur an Actuarial Odyssey
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Bye Bye Blackbird
    • JP Rieger – Sunscreen Shower
    • Julie L. Brown – No One Will Save Us: A novel
    • Daniel Lawrence Abrams – Immortality Bytes: Digital Minds Don’t Get Hungry
    • D.C. Cameron – Dysfunctional Regulatory Bodies: Cowpies and Lies
    • Ben Gonshor – The Book of Izzy
    • Alexander Boldizar – The Man Who Saw Seconds
    • Colette Tajemna – The Corpse in the Trash Room
    • John Young – Getting Huge
    • Dan Kopcow – Madcap Serenade
    • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose
    • Patrick Finegan – Toys in Babylon

    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 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

    Quantum Consequence

    By Mike Murphey

    blue and gold badge recognizing Quantum Consequence by Mike Murphey for winning the 2023 Humor and Satire Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 HUMOR & SATIRE Book Award Winners for Humorous Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Humor and Satire Book Awards for Humorous 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!

     

  • The 2024 Chatelaine Book Awards Finalists for Women’s Fiction and Romance

    The 2024 Chatelaine Book Awards Finalists for Women’s Fiction and Romance

    book award for Romance Novels The Chatelaine AwardsThe Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Romantic 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  from the 2024 CHATELAINE Romantic Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2024 Chatelaine 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  Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE & GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!

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

    • Reenita M. Hora – Vermilion Harvest – Playtime at the Bagh
    • Jenn Bouchard – Considering Us
    • John W. Feist – Edged in Purple
    • Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – A Cup of Revenge
    • Davalynn Spencer – Covering Grace
    • Nancy Herkness – Royal Caleva: Luis
    • Deborah SwensonTill My Last Day, Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy
    • Jo Morgan Sloan – The Key
    • Laurel Osterkamp – The Side Project
    • George T. Arnold – The Heart Beneath the Badge
    • Sonja N. Griffing – Chasing Noelle
    • Linda Broday – Winning Maura’s Heart
    • Melissa Collings – The False Flat
    • Karen Janowsky – Her Name Was Lola
    • S.G. Blaise – Meddling Mages

    Blue and Gold Finalist Badge for the Chatelaine Awards

    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 Chatelaine Grand Prize Winner

    A Sea of Glass

    By Gail Avery Halverson

    blue and gold badge recognizing A Sea of Glass by Gail Avery Halverson for winning the 2023 Chatelaine Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Chatelaine Book Award Winners for Romantic Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic 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!

     

  • The Chaucer 2024 Semi-Finalists for Early Historical Fiction

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottomThe 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 2024 CHAUCER Short List to the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards SEMI-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, hosted by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Early Historical Fiction!

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

    • Laura Gwendolyn Hill – The Saxon Sword the Song of Artemis Book One
    • Dean Cycon – A Quest for God and Spices
    • Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Remain Vigilant
    • Julie L. Brown – No One Will Save Us: A novel
    • Patrice Hapke – Summer of the Bear
    • Jessica Russell – Hot Winter Sun
    • J.C. Corry – The Storyteller’s War
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court
    • Jessica Tvordi – The Schoolmaster
    • Malcolm David Logan – The Wind in the Embers – A Story of the Fall of Rome
    • C.V. Lee – Betrayal of Trust
    • Roxana Arama – The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
    • Chuck Locklear – A Storm Coming
    • Logan D. Irons – Sands of Bone
    • Johnny Teague – The Lost Diary of Mary Magdalene
    • Jean Gill – Among Sea Wolves
    • Peggy Joque Williams – Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles
    • M.N. Stroh – Rise of Betrayal
    • John D. Cressler – Merchants of Iniquity
    • Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677
    • Lisa Llamrei – Feather of Ma’at

    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 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner

    The Merchant From Sepharad

    By James Hutson-Wiley

    blue and gold badge recognizing The Merchant from Sepharad by James Hutson-Wiley for winning the 2023 Chaucer Grand Prize

     

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chaucer Book Awards for Early Historical 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!

  • The 2024 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Finalists for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!

    The 2024 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Finalists for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries. The M&M 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 “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 from the 2024 M&M Semi-Finalists to the 2024 M&M 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE of the 2024 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards novel competition for Cozy Mysteries!

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

    • Charlotte Stuart – In$urance to Die For (A John Smith Mystery Book 2)
    • Patrick E. Craig – The Boy In Blue Denim
    • Nancy Raven Smith – Bushwhacked in the Outback – A Land Sharks Cozy Mystery Adventure
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Graven Images
    • Jennifer S. Alderson – Collecting Can Be Murder
    • Kris Courtney – Florida Retirement Is Murder
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – A Cup of Revenge – A Drew Davies Railway Mystery – Book 2
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Bye, Bye Blackbird
    • Roxanne Dunn – Murder Richly Deserved
    • Jeanne Matthews – If Two Are Dead
    • M. K. Graff – Death in the Orchard: A Trudy Genova Mystery
    • Aaron Woolsey – The Butler Did It
    • Timothy Stecker – The Moth
    • Christine Knapp – Murder on the Books
    • Margaret A. Blenkush – Welcome to Bellechester
    • Mary Seifert – Creeps, Cache & Corpses
    • Kathleen Donnelly – Hunting The Truth
    • Lyndsay Constable – The Puzzled Heiress
    • Steve Lindahl – Ginger’s Shoes
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Sherlock and The Tiger: Book 2, The Egg and More
    • Jonny Thompson – The Limestone Manor
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Forest
    • Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Conceit
    • Sharon Lynn – Death Takes a Fall: A Cotswold Crimes Mystery

    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 M&M Grand Prize Winner

    A Haunting at Linley

    By Michelle Cox

    Blue and gold badge recognizing A Haunting at Linley by Michelle Cox for winning the 2023 Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy Mysteries.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 M&M 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!

  • The Chaucer 2024 Short List for Early Historical Fiction

    The Chaucer 2024 Short List for Early Historical Fiction

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottomThe 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 2024 CHAUCER Long List entries to the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Chaucer 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, hosted by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Early Historical Fiction!

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

    • Laura Gwendolyn Hill – The Saxon Sword the Song of Artemis Book One
    • Mark Kraver – The Willow
    • Dean Cycon – A Quest for God and Spices
    • Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Remain Vigilant
    • Ursula Werner – Magda Revealed
    • Julie L. Brown – No One Will Save Us: A novel
    • Patrice Hapke – Summer of the Bear
    • Jessica Russell – Hot Winter Sun
    • J.C. Corry – The Storyteller’s War
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court
    • Jessica Tvordi – The Schoolmaster
    • Malcolm David Logan – The Wind in the Embers – A Story of the Fall of Rome
    • C.V. Lee – Betrayal of Trust
    • Roxana Arama – The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy
    • Chuck Locklear – A Storm Coming
    • Logan D. Irons – Sands of Bone
    • Johnny Teague – The Lost Diary of Mary Magdalene
    • Jean Gill – Among Sea Wolves
    • Peggy Joque Williams – Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles
    • M.N. Stroh – Rise of Betrayal
    • John D. Cressler – Merchants of Iniquity
    • Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677
    • Catherine Hughes – In Silence Cries the Heart
    • Lisa Llamrei – Feather of Ma’at

    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 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner

    The Merchant From Sepharad

    By James Hutson-Wiley

    blue and gold badge recognizing The Merchant from Sepharad by James Hutson-Wiley for winning the 2023 Chaucer Grand Prize

     

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chaucer Book Awards for Early Historical 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!

     

  • 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's 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! 

    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!

    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

    Running Away from the Circus Cover

    blue and gold badge recognizing Running Away From the Circus by Nove Meyers for winning the 2023 Hearten Grand Prize

    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!

     

  • The 2024 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!

    The 2024 M&M Mystery and Mayhem Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries!

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries. The M&M 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 “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 from the 2024 M&M Short List to the 2024 M&M 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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards novel competition for Cozy Mysteries!

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

    • Valerie Taylor – A Whale of a Murder
    • ML Barrs – Parallel Secrets
    • Claire Dowley – Mud
    • Charlotte Stuart – In$urance to Die For (A John Smith Mystery Book 2)
    • Patrick E. Craig – The Boy In Blue Denim
    • TK Sheffield – Model Ghost
    • Nancy Raven Smith – Bushwhacked in the Outback – A Land Sharks Cozy Mystery Adventure
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Graven Images
    • Jennifer S. Alderson – Collecting Can Be Murder
    • Ann Philipp – The Zucchini Fairy Murder
    • Kris Courtney – Florida Retirement Is Murder
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – A Cup of Revenge – A Drew Davies Railway Mystery – Book 2
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Bye, Bye Blackbird
    • Roxanne Dunn – Murder Richly Deserved
    • Jeanne Matthews – If Two Are Dead
    • M. K. Graff – Death in the Orchard: A Trudy Genova Mystery
    • Aaron Woolsey – The Butler Did It
    • Timothy Stecker – The Moth
    • Shannon Bennett Riester – Heists and Horoscopes
    • Christine Knapp – Murder on the Books
    • Lorenzo Petruzziello – The Taste of Datura
    • Margaret A. Blenkush – Welcome to Bellechester
    • Mary Seifert – Creeps, Cache & Corpses
    • Robert Sells – An Affair with Murder
    • Kathleen Donnelly – Hunting The Truth
    • TK Sheffield – Model Wave
    • Tracy Carter – Lawyers, Dogs, and Money
    • D.R. Ransdell – Dervla Alarms the Nanas
    • Lyndsay Constable – The Puzzled Heiress
    • M. S. Spencer – In the Crosshairs: The Body on Leffis Key
    • Chris Chan – Nessie’s Nemesis
    • Steve Lindahl – Ginger’s Shoes
    • Rolynn Anderson – When Winds Howl
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Sherlock and The Tiger: Book 2, The Egg and More
    • Jonny Thompson – The Limestone Manor
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Forest
    • Zaida Alfaro – In the Key of Dead: A Miami Music Mystery
    • Kari Bovee – The Pryce of Conceit
    • L. J. Aldon – Riddle of the Haunted Hoard
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Fourth Position
    • Sharon Lynn – Death Takes a Fall: A Cotswold Crimes Mystery

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    Congratulations once more to the 2023 M&M Grand Prize Winner

    A Haunting at Linley

    By Michelle Cox

    Blue and gold badge recognizing A Haunting at Linley by Michelle Cox for winning the 2023 Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy Mysteries.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 M&M 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!

     

  • The 2024 Harvey Chute Awards Short List for Business and Enterprise

    Three Black stripes on a yellow badge CIBA BadgeThe Harvey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 motivational, strategy, technology guides, social media, finance, investing & money, communications, marketing, business, and economics. We will put these books to the test and choose the best among them.
    See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2024 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Harvey Chute Semi-Finalists. 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 Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

     

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

    • Ben Peterson – Engage Your Destiny
    • Brian Lambert Phd – The AI Lead
    • Ross Brand – Livestreaming Digital Media Predictions Volume Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change
    • Richard Weylman – 100 Proven Ways To Acquire And Keep Clients For Life
    • Matthew Sekol – ESG Mindset: Business Resilience and Sustainable Growth
    • Roger Spitz – Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
    • Jenny Li Fowler – Organic Social Media: How to Build Flourishing Online Communities
    • Anastasia Karklina Gabriel – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
    • Zontee Hou – Data-Driven Personalization: How to Use Consumer Insights to Generate Customer Loyalty
    • Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
    • Kori Reed – Men-in-the-Middle Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority
    • Neal Schaffer – Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Digital First Marketing Playbook
    • Steve Waddell, MBA, PMP – Valuepreneuers: The New Rules for Building Products, Growing Your Business, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream
    • Diana Peterson-More – Courageous Communication: A Return to Civility
    • Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
    • Celia Soonets – The Wheel of 8 Fears of Entrepreneurs
    • Nick Barter & Christopher Fleming – Future Normal: 8 Questions to Create Businesses Your Children will be Proud Of
    • Adam Bennett – Great Change – The Way to Get Big Strategy Done
    • Jacqui Clarke – Stop Worrying About Money

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Harvey Chute Awards is:

    Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

    By Nancy Harhut

    blue and gold badge recognizing Using Behavioral Science in Marketing by Nancy Harhut for winning the 2023 Harvey Chute Grand Prize

     

    See the full list of 2023 First Place Harvey Chute Winners here!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business and Enterprise 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!

     

  • The 2024 Mind and Spirit Awards Long List for Enlightening Non-Fiction

    Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA Badge

    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

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's 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! 

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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

    Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

    Blue and Gold badge recognizing Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success by Dr Kelly Rabenstein for winning the 2023 Mind and Spirit Grand Prize

    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!