Tag: Essays

  • TAX MYTHBUSTERS: Don’t Fall Prey to the Tax Misconceptions by Lily Tran – Money Management, Taxes, Essays

     

    Tax MythBusters: Don’t Fall Prey to the Tax Misconceptions, compiled by tax professional Lily Tran with essays by other financial, tax, and accounting professionals, gives valuable insight into the myths of what can and cannot be claimed as a deduction for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

    This work provides tips and strategies to optimize tax planning and make the most of available deductions. As the foreword reminds the reader, “Knowledge is power when it comes to taxes,” adding that gaining a better understanding of the tax rules and regulations will allow you to “make smart financial decisions and protect yourself from unnecessary risks.”

    The essays that make up this work are short, succinct, and to the point about the pitfalls and challenges that face small business owners, framing these dangers as “myths.”

    Some of them are old myths disguised as new enticements, and Tran and her authors keep the reader wary about how fast money online works, the truth about influencer deductions, tax write-offs, and vehicle deductions. Knowing how these popular myths have transformed for the modern age is a must.

    The more intensive essays focus on complex and misleading parts of the tax code. Highlights include understanding the rules around reporting losses on the stock market (capital losses), issues around hiring contractors over employees, and even working to understand common myths found on TikTok. There are even myths discussing even including how to deal with cryptocurrency transactions. A better understanding of this collection will help anyone with questions get started on the right track.

    The essays in Tax MythBusters are both clear and comprehensive, offering knowledge that small business owners can use and understand comfortably.

    This collection avoids complex equations that might put off those who are less math-oriented, instead focusing on sage advice. Staying down to earth, all the advice and warnings that these professionals impart can be taken to heart. The information provided by Lily Tran’s Tax MythBusters: Don’t Fall Prey to the Tax Misconceptions will be invaluable for those seeking tax clarity.

     

    5 Stars! Best Book Chanticleer Book Reviews

  • The 2023 Shorts Award Long List for Short Stories and Essays

    The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, Novellas, Short Story 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Entries to the Shorts Book Awards Long List. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Shorts Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24). 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 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Note: These are for Short Stories and Essays. There is a separate post for Novellas, Collections, and longer Essays

    These titles are in the running for the Short List of the 2023 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Anthologies!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Catherine Brown – The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper
    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
    • Luray Embers – No Cat Is An Island
    • A.J. McCarthy – A Rock
    • A.J. McCarthy – The Strike
    • Brian Feutz – Pity the Peasants
    • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury: A Jane Austenesque short story
    • DL Fowler – Lincoln & the Dead
    • Brittany Eden – Candles in the Dark from Fantasea
    • Brittany Eden- Wishes
    • Logan D. Irons – Bridge of Kings
    • Sallie Barr Palmer – Conversation with a Vampire
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Sabbath
    • Marie Sutro – Son Down
    • Larry Sherrer – Spirit Letters
    • Jay Ashkinos – June 18th, 2292: To the Forgotten
    • PJ Devlin – Sea Purses
    • Morgan Sloan – The Awakening
    • Sharon E. Cathcart – Rose in Bloom
    • Margaret Arross – Secret Pass
    • S.M. Stevens – The Wallace House of Pain
    • Robert S Phillips – The Great River
    • George T. Arnold – Confession of a “Grammarholic”

    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 2022 SHORTS Awards is:

    God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

    by Lori Lee Peters

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards is:

    Old Man Baseball

    by Mike Murphey

    The Grand Prize for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

    See the full list of Shorts 2022 Winners here (Collections)

    And Here (Short Stories and Essays)

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Shorts Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    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!

  • The 2023 Shorts Award Long List for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

    The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas. 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.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Entries to the Shorts Book Awards Long List. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Shorts Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions.

    All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the Short List of the 2023 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections,  Novellas, and Essays!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Michele L. Sayre – A Ghoulish Good Time – Tales to Make You Scream
    • Seán Thomas Dwyer – Tiptoeing Past the Dragon
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Miami Vengeance: A Griffin Knight Conspiracy Mystery
    • Elizabeth Chesla – You Cannot Forbid the Flower
    • David Joseph – I Didn’t Know What to Say, So I Just Said Thanks
    • Louise Lenahan Wallace – The Windows of his Heart
    • Brittany Eden – Wishes
    • J. I. Rogers – The Korpes File Series – Short Stories: Vol 1
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Sabbath
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 4
    • D. C. Gomez – Recruited
    • Maziar Lahooti – Comanche & Djinn VS Grown-ups
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – The Nocturnal Devil: A Griffin Knight Mystery Thriller
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – The Windy City Terror: A Griffin Knight Horror Mystery
    • Vali Benson – Blood and Silver
    • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest
    • JuJu – The Costly Wish
    • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire and Wolves: A Tale of Etria
    • Ekta R. Garg – The Truth About Elves
    • Gary Baysinger – A Kind of Homecoming
    • Paper Lantern Writers – Unlocked
    • Celaine Charles – Stained Glass Secrets and Star Wishes
    • Scott Swanson – Philly’s Bridge And Other Northwest Stories
    • Charlie Aquavella – The Elevator – Forever Young
    • Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 3 Cinéma Vérité
    • Turtle – A Grading of the Human Species
    • Laurie Stevens – The Devil and Daniela Webster
    • Mack Little – Shelter in a Hostile World
    • Tori Ross – Rocks

    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 2022 SHORTS Awards is:

    God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

    by Lori Lee Peters

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards is:

    Old Man Baseball

    by Mike Murphey

    The Grand Prize for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

    See the full list of Shorts 2022 Winners here (Collections and Novellas)

    And Here (Short Stories and Essays)

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Shorts Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    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!

  • Don’t have time for a full book? The Shorts Awards Hall of Fame has Something for Everyone! Submissions Open Now!

    Short and Sweet? We want your prose today!

    The Shorts Awards are here to bring you excellence in Novellas, Story Collections, or Individual Short Stories and Essays

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    ***Got a Short to Share?***

    You’ve got until August 31st to share your Stories with us and Enter the 2023 CIBAs!

    For Short Prose and Collections

    Join us as we delve into the Hall of Fame for Grand Prize Winners of the Shorts Awards – a realm where short fiction goes beyond genre. Starting in with the 2021 winners while the reviews for 2022 are processed!

     

     

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    New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst
    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Prepare to be carried away to bustling, vivacious streets as you read Elizabeth Crowens’ New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst.

    This captivating literary anthology is a love letter to the great city from a group of brilliant artists and authors, which delves into the multifaceted lives of New Yorkers.

    Short fiction and a few poems describe the ins and outs of New York living. Murder mysteries, revenge, family struggles, family sagas, and, of course, the most important questions regarding real estate. Finding the perfect place to live in the city may be difficult, but this story brings into vivid relief the heart of what makes New York special: the people.

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    Homegoing
    By Toni Ann Johnson

    Homegoing by Toni Ann Johnson is an intimate portrait of a middle-aged African-American woman dragging herself hand over hand out of grief and despair.

    This story begins with her aching, echoing pain after the one-two punch of a miscarriage and the dissolution of her marriage. Her journey takes her back to the upper-middle-class white suburb where she grew up, through childhood memories that refuse to be denied and to, of all times and places, a funeral.

    Something and someone is supposed to be buried. Certainly the deceased. But quite possibly the woman who has held on to her losses and her grudges long enough to poison her own future.

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    Savonne, Not Vonny
    By Robin Lee Lovelace

    Robin Lee Lovelace evokes a world in which the mystical intertwines with the everyday in Savonne, Not Vonny, a coming-of-age story set in rural Louisiana.

    Nine-year-old Savonne lives in a small room at the back of Mama Gwen’s whorehouse, in Indianapolis in the ’60s. Her mama is one of the working girls, and her father is Mama Gwen’s own son. Savonne’s daddy dotes on her, and Mama Gwen loves Savonne like the daughter she never had; the two of them together make a loving home for Savonne, in the midst of their raucous brothel.

    By contrast, Savonne’s birth mother rarely pays her any mind. A “crazy-ass woman” with a temper “as hot as a Mississippi afternoon,” Coco is not at all opposed to beating the bejesus out of someone. In a fury one night, she does something that cannot be undone, and in her headlong flight out of town, she takes Savonne with her.

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    A Week at Surfside Beach

     

    A Week at Surfside Beach
    By Pierce Koslosky Jr.

    Vacationers from all walks of life converge on Portofino II-317C, South Carolina, a quaint blue beach house, in Pierce Koslosky Jr.’s short story collection, A Week at Surfside Beach.

    From May 30th-December 26th each group of people comes to stay one week at a time, to forget their cares of the big city, to work, to celebrate, or to simply get away. Surfside Beach has much to show them, including temperamental weather.

    The small town itself offers a charming supermarket where fishing supplies, whoopie pies, and local southern favorites can be found. The Christmas vacationers, the final of the thirteen beach house renters, struggle to find a tree in time; a real tree simply wouldn’t allow enough space for the family to sleep, and the fake tree would cost too much. But they find arts and crafts supplies in town, to fashion a paper Christmas tree during a day of rainy weather.

    Read More Here


    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SHORTS Awards for Collections is:

    God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

    by Lori Lee Peters

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories is:

    Old Man Baseball

    by Mike Murphey

    The Grand Prize for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

    You can see the full list of winners for longer work here and for shorter work here.

    Now that you’re set on your next reads, what are you waiting for? The only way to join this amazing list of Shorts Winners is to submit today!

    Those who submit and advance will have the chance to win the Overall Grand Prize of the CIBAs and $1000!

     

    Be Part of the Legacy: Join the Illustrious Roster of Winners

    As the deadline for the 2023 Shorts Awards approaches, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the exceptional achievers who have come before.

    Seeking avenues for your non-fiction prowess? Explore all our Divisions that provide platforms for various genres and styles.

    With over $30,000 in rewards and prizes given away every year, what are you waiting for? Submit today!

  • Spotlight on the 2023 Shorts Awards, a Division of the CIBAs!

    Times is short, and maybe your prose is too!

    The Shorts Awards close at the end of August!

    Submit your work by 8/31/23

    “Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”
    ― Neil Gaiman

    Neil Gaiman, author of Short Stories such as Trigger Warning
    Neil Gaiman

    The Shorts Awards: Celebrating the Power of Concise Storytelling

    The Shorts Awards, one of our newer divisions, have quickly become a cherished space for recognizing and celebrating the magic of short prose. While initially limited to fiction, the overwhelming demand from our authors prompted us to also embrace short non-fiction. As always, our commitment to meeting authors’ needs remains unwavering, and we’re thrilled to provide this platform for their literary achievements.

    Short Prose: Where Seeds of Creativity Flourish

    Short prose serves as both a starting point and a catalyst for literary journeys. It offers emerging writers a brilliant entryway to the world of publishing, allowing them to introduce their unique voices to readers. These brief narratives can often ignite the spark for larger projects, as exemplified by Robin Lee Lovelace’s Savonne Not Vonny, a hint of what was to come with her captivating collection A Wild Region. Lovelace’s brilliantly weird and magical tales tales of wonder and enchantment blossomed from the seed of short fiction.

    Robin Lee Lovelace with her Grand Prize Badge for Savonne, Not Vonny and with the cover of A Wild Region
    Robin Lee Lovelace with her excellent fiction

    Whether it’s mystery, romance, science fiction, or fantasy, short stories can transport readers across a spectrum of emotions and genres. This concise format becomes a canvas for authors to explore diverse themes and experiment with various narrative styles. Just as Karen Russell’s wonderful School for Girls Raised by Wolves provides the a launch point for her acclaimed novel Swamplandia short fiction often serves as the fertile ground where authors sow the seeds of larger tales.

    Capturing Moments, Echoing Emotions

    The succinct nature of short stories allows readers to hold an entire world in their hearts with a single reading. As Paolo Bacigalupi aptly noted, short fiction delivers targeted narratives—vivid hand grenades of ideas that explode in the reader’s mind, leaving an indelible mark. The brevity enables authors to encapsulate specific moments, emotions, and characters, resulting in stories that linger and provoke reflection. Indeed, while longer works may scatter across memory, short prose remains vivid and focused.

    “Short fiction seems more targeted – hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them. Long fiction feels more like atmosphere: it’s a lot smokier and less defined.”

    ― Paolo Bacigalupi

    Paolo Bacigalupi photo from Wikipedia
    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Evolving Ideas, Inspiring Creativity

    The evolution of ideas often commences in the realms of short fiction. Authors nurture fledgling concepts within these concise narratives, which may eventually flourish into extensive novels or novellas. The transformation of small tales into grand sagas speaks to the inherent power of short stories as seeds that germinate into larger, more intricate narratives.

    The Shorts Awards shine a spotlight on talented authors who are forging their paths through short prose. This division acts as a stepping stone for emerging writers, enabling them to connect with readers and gain recognition. Stories birthed within this realm can be the catalyst for a writer’s creative journey, ultimately leading to the exploration of diverse storytelling forms.

    As Ezra Pound once said, “Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics.” In a similar vein, short fiction celebrates the art of crafting narratives with precision, each word chosen with care and intention. The Shorts Awards showcase this brilliance, highlighting the power of brevity to ignite imagination, evoke emotions, and leave lasting impressions. Whether through fiction or non-fiction, these stories showcase the beauty of concise storytelling that resonates deeply within us.

    Discover the Short Treasures

    We invite you to explore the Shorts Awards section and immerse yourself in the world of captivating short stories and essays. Engage with these tales, share your experiences, and celebrate the remarkable journey that unfolds within each succinct narrative. We’re delighted to be able to recognize the excellent short stories, essays, novellas, and collections that come through these Awards. Sometimes, the little things really do matter the most.

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SHORTS Awards for Collections and Anthologies was: God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me by Lori Lee Peters

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories and Essays was Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

    The Grand Prize for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

    Reviews of each of these titles are forthcoming, and you can see the full list of Shorts Awards Winners here and here.

    All the 2022 Grand Prize Winners are pictured below! See them all here.

    Join the Grand Prize Winners and submit today!

    Join the amazing CIBA Winners today!

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  • The SHORTS 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Novellas, 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 Short Stories and Essays in a different post. This Official Announcement is for Novellas and Collections.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by T.K. Conklin on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the SHORTS BOOK AWARDS for Collections and Anthologies First Place Category Winners and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller

    • Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death

    • Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake

    • Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus

    • Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni

    • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

    • Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SHORTS Awards is:

      God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

      by Lori Lee Peters

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

      To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

      Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

      Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

      Team Chanticleer

    • The SHORTS Book Awards 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Short Stories and Essays

      The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, and Novellas. 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 Novellas and Collected Works in a different post. These are Short Stories and Essays

       1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Reenita M. Hora on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the SHORTS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

      Congratulations to the FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS of Individual Short Stories, Novellas, and Essays Awards,  a division of the 2022 CIBAs.

      Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

      • Mike Murphey – Old Man Baseball

      • J.L. Oakley – Sons and Streams

      • Leslie Wibberley – The Poison Garden

      • Miriam Polli – Agathos

      • Ray Dionne – Harvest Day

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards is:

      Old Man Baseball

      by Mike Murphey

      The Grand Prize for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

      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

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      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

      To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

      Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

      Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

      Team Chanticleer!

       

       

    • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Finalists for Short Stories and Essays

      The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, Novellas, Short Story 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.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Shorts Book Awards Short List to the 2022 Shorts Book Awards Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      NOTE: We are posting the Collections and Novellas in a separate post.

      These titles are in the running for First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories and Essays!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

      • Louise Lenahan Wallace – Mud on the Range
      • Susannah Dawn – The Case To Be Me
      • Brian Feutz – Masquerade
      • Linda Lee Keenan – The Sentinel
      • Mike Murphey – Old Man Baseball
      • Lloyd Jeffries – Buried in the Stars
      • Alice McVeigh – Capturing Mr Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Short Story
      • Miriam Polli – Agathos
      • Tom Durwood – Jayani’s Big Gamble
      • Ellen Notbohm – What She Thinks About When She Thinks About Shoes
      • Robert Phillips – The Dummy
      • Mekiya Outini – The Man Who Misspelled God
      • J.L. Oakley – Sons and Streams
      • Donna LeClair – I Am Human
      • George T. Arnold – Those phone calls
      • Claudia Carbonell – Hututu
      • Ray Dionne – Harvest Day
      • Suzanne Smith – Bullets and Bustles
      • Suzanne Smith – The Scalp Collector
      • Leslie Wibberley – The Poison Garden

      Shorts Finalist Badge for Short Prose, Novellas, and Collections

       

      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 2021 Shorts Awards for Short Stories is Toni Ann Johnson for Homegoing

      Homegoing Cover

      Shorts-chanticleer-grand-prize-2021 for Homegoing by Toni Ann Johnston

      Click here to see the 2021 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

      We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Shorts Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

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

      April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

      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!

      A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

    • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Finalists for Collections and Novellas

      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.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Short List to the Shorts Book Awards Finalists. All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post.

      These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Novellas!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

      • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
      • Kelly Evans – Stubborn: A Greek Comedy
      • Susan Lehmann – Southern Lies and Homicides, Tales of Betrayal and Murder
      • Susannah Dawn – I Am Who I’ve Always Been: Journey Excerpts
      • Dale L. Roberts – Infestate
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller
      • Chris Bennett – Advent – A Road to the Breaking Short Story
      • Sara Connell – Ghost House
      • Don Daglow – The Last One on the Run
      • Barry Robbins – The Trump Diaries 2024
      • Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus
      • Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni
      • Jacek Waliszewski – Air Boat – Love is an Adventure
      • W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller
      • Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake
      • Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death
      • Arthur Herbert – Lockdown: A Collection of Dark Tales
      • Mohan Ranga Rao – Geetha Essay – Domestic Work
      • Endy Wright – The Garden Plot Diaries
      • S A Melia – Aliens in Windsor
      • Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit
      • Mekiya Walters – Cassandra Says

      Blue and Gold finalists badge for the shorts award

       

      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. 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.

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

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is Elizabeth Crowens for
      New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

      New York Give me your best or your worst cover

      Blue and Gold Grand Prize badge for the Shorts Awards recognizing New York: Give Me your Best or Your Worst by Elizabeth Crowens

       

      Click here to see the 2021 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

      We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Shorts Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

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

      Don’t Miss out! April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

      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 10th annual conference and discover why!

      A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

       

    • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Short List for Collections and Novellas

      Shorts Badge, a small pencil on a blue background.

      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.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Entries to the Shorts Book Awards Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist Positions.  All FINALISTS 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 Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post.

      These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Novellas!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

      • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
      • Kelly Evans – Stubborn: A Greek Comedy
      • Susan Lehmann – Southern Lies and Homicides, Tales of Betrayal and Murder
      • Susannah Dawn – I Am Who I’ve Always Been: Journey Excerpts
      • Virginia Crow – Haunting Whispers of Highland Waters
      • Philip Derrick – Saigon Spring
      • Dale L. Roberts – Infestate
      • Walli Ann Wisniewski – Wanderings in Opera Shoes
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller
      • Chris Bennett – Advent – A Road to the Breaking Short Story
      • Sara Connell – Ghost House
      • Don Daglow – The Last One on the Run
      • Edward Morrow – Tree S.T.A.R.S: Dominion
      • Barry Robbins – The Trump Diaries 2024
      • Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus
      • Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni
      • Jacek Waliszewski – Air Boat – Love is an Adventure
      • Andrew Farkas – The Great Indoorsman
      • W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller
      • Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake
      • Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death
      • Arthur Herbert – Lockdown: A Collection of Dark Tales
      • Mohan Ranga – Geetha Essay – Domestic Work
      • Endy Wright – The Garden Plot Diaries
      • Suzanne Smith – The Mortal Vampire
      • S A Melia – Aliens in Windsor
      • Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit
      • Mekiya Walters – Cassandra Says

       

      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. 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.

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

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is Elizabeth Crowens for
      New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

      New York Give me your best or your worst cover

      Blue and Gold Grand Prize badge for the Shorts Awards recognizing New York: Give Me your Best or Your Worst by Elizabeth Crowens

       

      Click here to see the 2021 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

      We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Shorts Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

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

      Don’t Miss out! April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

      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 10th annual conference and discover why!

      A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23