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The Chaucer 2022 Short List for Early Historical Fiction
The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (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 in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Long List to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
- Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
- Aaron Mead – Neither Slave nor Free
- Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- GK Johnson – The Zealots
- Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
- A. M. Linden – The Valley: Book Two of the Druid Chronicles
- Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
- Patricia Bernstein – A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower
- Meredith Allard – Down Salem Way
- Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
- Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
- Amy Maroney – Sea of Shadows
- Amy Maroney – Island of Gold
- Kelly Evans – Unfinished: The Inspired Life of Elisabetta Sirani
- Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
- Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
- Eileen Stephenson – Imperial Passions – The Great Palace
- Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
- M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
- Cindy Burkart Maynard – Finding the Way
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
- Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
- Mack Little – Daughter of Hades
- Prue Batten – Reliquary – Book One of The Peregrinus Series
- Alexander Geiger – Immortal Alexandros
- Anna Belfrage – The Castilian Pomegranate
- Andrew Rowen – Columbus and Caonabó: 1493-1498 Retold
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is Too Soon the Night by James Conroyd Martin

Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
November 3, 2022
The M&M 2022 Short List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – a Division of the CIBAs
The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M Long List to the 2022 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Semi-Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles have advanced to the SHORT LIST of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
- Miriam Verbeek – The Website
- Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
- Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
- Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
- Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
- Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
- Nicole Asselin – Concession Stand Crimes
- Tony Garritano – I Saw What I Saw: A Harmony Neighborhood Mystery
- AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Cytrus Moonlight
- Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
- Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
- Doug Dorsey – Kick Ball Slay: An Introduction To West Coast Swing…AND A Murder Mystery
- Cheryl Denise Bannerman – Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping
- Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
- Roxanne Dunn – Murder Undetected
- Susan Wingate – Gag Me: A Friday Harbor Novel
- Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
- Judy L Murray – Murder in the Master
- Dime Sheppard – Crime Writer
- Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
- Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
- Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
- Gail Meath – Songbird
- Kathleen Rhoads Carpenter – Summer’s Cloud Over Berry
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
- M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
- Carl and Jane Bock – Day of the Jaguar
- Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
- M. K. Dean – An Embarrassment of Itches
- Ellen Butler – Pharaoh’s Forgery
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

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

“Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended!” – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023 for the 2022 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
October 27, 2022
The Chaucer 2022 Long List for Early Historical Fiction
The Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (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 in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction entries to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
- Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
- Aaron Mead – Neither Slave nor Free
- Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- Daniel V. Meier, Jr. – Bloodroot
- GK Johnson – The Zealots
- Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
- Tonya Ulynn Brown – The King’s Inquisitor
- A. M. Linden – The Valley: Book Two of the Druid Chronicles
- Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
- Patricia Bernstein – A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower
- Lee Swanson – A Dangerous Journey Home
- Meredith Allard – Down Salem Way
- Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
- Brigitte Goldstein – Princess of the Blood – A Tapestry of Love and War in 16th-Century France
- Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
- Amy Maroney – Sea of Shadows
- Amy Maroney – Island of Gold
- Karen Martin – Dancing the Labyrinth
- Kelly Evans – Unfinished: The Inspired Life of Elisabetta Sirani
- Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
- Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
- Eileen Stephenson – Imperial Passions – The Great Palace
- Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
- M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
- Cindy Burkart Maynard – Finding the Way
- Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
- Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
- Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
- Mack Little – Daughter of Hades
- Prue Batten – Reliquary – Book One of The Peregrinus Series
- Alexander Geiger – Immortal Alexandros
- Anna Belfrage – The Castilian Pomegranate
- Andrew Rowen – Columbus and Caonabó: 1493-1498 Retold
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is Too Soon the Night by James Conroyd Martin

Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

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

Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
October 6, 2022
The M&M 2022 Long List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries
The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M entries to the 2022 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the next level of achievement in the CIBAs. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles have advanced to the LONG LIST of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

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

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

“Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended!” – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023 for the 2022 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
October 4, 2022
The SOMERSET 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Literary & Contemporary Fiction
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

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

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

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Alex Sirotkin – The Long Desert Road
- Robert Gwaltney – The Cicada Tree
- Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
- Natalie Symons – Lies in Bone
- Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann, a historical novel
- Douglas Green – A Dog of Many Names
- Barbara Linn Probst – The Sound Between the Notes
- M. J. Simms-Maddox – The Mysterious Affair at the Met
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SOMERSET Awards is:

Lies in Bone

Natalie Symons

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The 2022 SOMERSET Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 SOMERSET Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 9, 2022
The JOURNEY 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Overcoming Adversity Non-Fiction
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

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

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

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

Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days

Andrea Wilson Woods

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The 2022 JOURNEY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

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

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 9, 2022
The HEARTEN 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

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

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

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

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

by Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The 2022 HEARTEN Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

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

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 8, 2022
The M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels
The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre. The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

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

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

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

Ophelia’s Room
by Michael Scott Garvin

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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

Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

The 2022 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 M&M Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

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

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Social Science, Data Driven Reporting, Equality and Justice, Ethics, Human Rights, and Activists Groups. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.

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

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

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

America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

by Nicole Evelina

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Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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The 2022 NELLIE BLY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

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

Don’t delay! Enter today!

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!
July 5, 2022
The SHORTS 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies
The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

NOTE: We are posting the Individual Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas in a different post. These are Collected Works

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

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

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.
- Leah Angstman – Shoot the Horses First for Americana Fiction
- Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles for 20th c. Wartime Fiction
- Susannah Dawn – I’m Not What I Used To Be, Yet I Am Who I’ve Always Been – Excerpts From My Journey for Personal Journey Non-Fiction
- Domenick Venezia – The Edwerd Chronicles for Magical Realism
- Elizabeth Crowens – New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst for Anthologies and Mixed Media
- Frances Howard-Snyder – Through a Glass Darkly for Contemporary Themes
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards is:

New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

by Elizabeth Crowens

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

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Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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The 2022 SHORTS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 SHORTS Book Awards are open until the end of December. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today!

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