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  • The CYGNUS 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction

    The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus 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 space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division.

    1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Sandy Lawrence 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 CYGNUS BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner.

    Cygnus Science Fiction 1st Place Blue and Gold CIBA Badge

    Join us in celebrating our First Place Category Winners in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards, a division of the CIBAs!

    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian

    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech

    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show

    • Dana Dargos & Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic

    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey

    • D.H. Ford – Rogue Reborn

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:

    The Last Lumenian

    By S. G. Blaise

    Thank you to all of the participants in the 2022 CYGNUS Book Awards program for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction! 

    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: 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.

    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. We thank you for participating in the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

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

  • The 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Shorts and Series!

    A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Finalists!

    CIBAs Badge general

    Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

    For our Shorts and Series Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 3 CIBA Division Lists we have for Longform work like collections, anthologies, and novellas; Short Prose like Short Stories and Essays; and Series. We will have a separate post for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

    All Finalists in attendance will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, and we will announce the Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 29th at the Chanticleer Banquet. We can’t express how excited we are to be able to do this in person with our fully vaccinated and boosted staff in a healthy metro area.

    Now let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    The remaining tiers are the First Place Winner, the Grand Prize Winners, and finally, the coveted Overall Grand Prize Winners. The Overall Grand Prize Winner takes home the $1000 and more! See the Book Award details here.

    Blue and gold finalist badge for the CIBAs

     

    Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists

    The Official 2022 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted April 29th, 2023.

    We have badges available starting with the Short List. If you need a digital badge reflecting your tier level, please email info@ChantiReviews.com with your division and rank, and we will send you one as soon as possible.

    The 11th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 27-30, 2023

    Don’t Delay, Register Today!


    Goodreads Icon

    Make sure your Award gets the attention it deserves on Goodreads.com 

    In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

    You want to list the Award for Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Winners, and be sure to include the year and what place you received. For example:

    The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist.

    Note from Goodreads: “To add a new award or edit an existing award, you’ll need help from one of our volunteer librarians or a staff member.” For assistance, post in the Goodreads Librarians Group.

    Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.


    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 CIBAs was J.W. Zarek’s book THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

    The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

    Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun! a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    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.

  • The 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Non-Fiction!

    A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs)

    2022 Non-Fiction Book Awards Finalists!

    CIBAs Badge general

    Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

    For our Non-Fiction Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 7 CIBA Divisions we have for Non-Fiction. We will have a separate post for Fiction and one more post for the Shorts Awards for both Individual Works and Collected Works, as well as the Series Book Awards.

    All Finalists in attendance will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, and we will announce the Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the Chanticleer Banquet.

    Now let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    The remaining tiers are the First Place Winner, the Grand Prize Winners, and finally, the coveted Overall Grand Prize Winners. The Overall Grand Prize Winner takes home the $1000 and more! See the Book Award details here.

     

    Blue and gold finalist badge for the CIBAs

    Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists

    The Official 2022 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted April 29th, 2023.

    We have badges available starting with the Short List. If you need a digital badge reflecting your tier level, please email info@ChantiReviews.com with your division and rank, and we will send you one as soon as possible.

    The 11th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 27-30, 2023

    Don’t Delay, Register Today!


    Goodreads Icon

    Make sure your Award gets the attention it deserves on Goodreads.com 

    In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

    You want to list the Award for Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Winners, and be sure to include the year and what place you received. For example:

    The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist.

    Note from Goodreads: “To add a new award or edit an existing award, you’ll need help from one of our volunteer librarians or a staff member.” For assistance, post in the Goodreads Librarians Group.

    Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.


    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 CIBAs was J.W. Zarek’s book THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

    The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

     

    Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun! a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    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.

  • 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! 

    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 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 CIBAs Finalists for Fiction!

    A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Finalists!

    Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

    For our Fiction Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 16 CIBA Divisions we have for fiction. We will have a separate post for Non-Fiction and one more post for the Shorts Awards for both longer works and collections as well as , as well as the Series Book Awards.

    All Finalists in attendance will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, and we will announce the Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 29th at the Chanticleer Banquet. We can’t express how excited we are to be able to do this in person with our fully vaccinated and boosted staff in a healthy metro area.

    Now let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

    The remaining tiers are the First Place Winner, the Grand Prize Winners, and finally, the coveted Overall Grand Prize Winners. The Overall Grand Prize Winner takes home the $1000 and more! See the Book Award details here.

     

    Blue and gold finalist badge for the CIBAs

    Now, presenting the links to the Fiction Awards Finalists

    The Official 2022 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted after April 29th, 2023.

    We have badges available starting with the Short List. If you need a digital badge reflecting your tier level, please email info@ChantiReviews.com with your division and rank, and we will send you one as soon as possible.

    The 11th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 27-30, 2023

    Don’t Delay, Register Today!


    A Brown lower case g -- the goodreads logo

    Make sure your Award gets the attention it deserves on Goodreads.com 

    In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

    You want to list the Award for Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) Winners, and be sure to include the year and what place you received. For example:

    The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist.

    Note from Goodreads: “To add a new award or edit an existing award, you’ll need help from one of our volunteer librarians or a staff member.” For assistance, post in the Goodreads Librarians Group.

    Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.


    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 CIBAs was J.W. Zarek’s book THE DEVIL PULLS THE STRINGS

    The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

     

    A Blue Button that invites you to enter the CIBAs saying "Enter Here to Win Book Awards Learn More"

    Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun! a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    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.

  • 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 SERIES CIBAs Finalists for Genre Fiction

    A stack of books flying into the blue sky for the Book Series AwardsThe CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical 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 Series Book Awards Short List to the 2022 Series 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 have room for 5 Category Winners. Like many divisions there are more categories in the Series Awards than there are First Place Positions, though judges will sometimes ask for more or less than five winners.

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

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

    Mysteries

    • Amy S Peele – Medical Murder Mysteries

    • Charlotte Stuart – Macavity & Me Mysteries

    • Charlotte Stuart – Discount Detective Mysteries

    • Phil Bayly – Murder on Skis

    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Emlyn Goode Mysteries

    Historical Fiction

    • Richard Alan Schwartz – An American Journeys Novel

    • Eileen Charbonneau – American Civil War Brides

    • Robin Elno – The Clown William Series

    • Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves for Laramie Book Awards

    • Ian Crouch – A Pyrrhic Victory

    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne of Brittany Series

    • Tamar Anolic – Triumph of a Tsar

    • Peter Curtis – The Kohut Trilogy

    Grab Bag Assorted Genres

    • Davalynn Spencer – Front Range Brides for Romance

    • M.J. Evans – The Skullington Family for Children’s Literature

    • Vince Bailey – The Curtis Jefferson series for Paranormal

    • Miriam Verbeek – Songs of Si’Empra for Fantasy

    • Terry Birdgenaw – The Antunite Chronicles for Young Adult

       

      Blue and Gold Badge for the Series Finalists

       

      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 Series Awards is Guinevere’s Trilogy – by Nicole Evelina

      The three books in the Guinevere's Tale Series by Nicole Evelina

      Mistress of Legend, Camelot’s Queen, and Daughter of Destiny

      Blue an Gold Series Grand Prize Badge for The Guinevere's Tale Trilogy by Nicole Evelina

      Click here to see the 2021 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. 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 SOMERSET CIBAs Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

      The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Finalists for Literary and 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.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards FINALISTS. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

      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

      These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

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

      • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
      • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
      • Linda Moore – Attribution
      • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
      • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
      • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
      • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
      • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
      • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
      • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
      • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
      • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
      • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
      • John Hansen – Hired Hand
      • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
      • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
      • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
      • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
      • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
      • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
      • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
      • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

      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 the next rounds of judging.

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

      Lies in Bone Cover

      Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

      Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is 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 I&I CIBAs Finalists for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

      The 2022 I&I CIBAs Finalists for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

      I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA BadgeThe I & I Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Instruction and Insight non-fiction that are self-help, how-to, guides, or explanatory. In non-fiction works, the author assumes responsibility (in good faith) for the truth, accuracy, people, places, or information presented. The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 I&I Non-Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 I&I Book Awards Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-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

      These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

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

      • Tana Hope – Healthy Habits for Desk Potatoes
      • Kenneth Nixon Jr. – Born Into Crisis
      • John W. Feist – Pocket Japan: a concise guidebook for business travelers to Japan
      • Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
      • Kip and Pam Rosser – Vegetarian Tales From the Mushroom Rooms
      • Natalie Dale, MD – A Writer’s Guide to Medicine. Volume 2: Illness & Injury
      • Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
      • Simran Sadana & Meena Iyer – Ramayana Through Ikebana
      • Michael J. Freeman Ph.D. – Freeman Explains! The Things That Can Change That Should Be Changed
      • Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
      • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Dating While Autistic: Cut Through the Social Quagmire and Find Your Person
      • Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
      • Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. – Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal 2nd Edition
      • Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
      • D. Terrence Foster, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
      • Tracy Cram Perkins – Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After
      • Sandy Gerber – Emotional Magnetism – How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
      • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
      • Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
      • Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World

      Blue and Gold Badge for the I&I Awards for Instructional and Insightful NonFiction

       

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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 2021 I&I Awards is
      Ángela Quijada-Banks for The Black Foster Youth Handbook

      Black Foster Youth Handbook Cover

      Click here to see the 2021 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

      We are now accepting submissions to the 2023 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

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

      a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the 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

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    • The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Finalists for Journalistic Non-Fiction

      The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Finalists for Journalistic Non-Fiction

      The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Long Form Journalistic and Investigative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards  (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. 

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction Short List to the 2022 Nellie Bly 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

      These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards  for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

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

      • Susan Lehmann – The Execution of Robert Butts
      • Steven W. Thrasher – The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
      • Brandi Collins-Dexter – Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political future
      • Rita Katz – Saints and Soldiers
      • Nicholas Chittick – A Prisoner’s Fight: The Pandemic as Seen From Inside the Illinois Department of Corrections
      • Lana Melman – Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel
      • Joshua Frank – Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
      • Jonathan Geoffrey Dean – Salt & Light; The Complete Jesus
      • Paul Pringle – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
      • Lyndsie Bourgon – Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
      • Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
      • Janice S. Ellis – USING MY WORD POWER: Advocating for a More Civilized Society, Book III in the Real Advocacy Journalism® series

      Blue and Gold badge for the Finalists of the Nellie Bly journalistic non fiction awards

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

      The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is Nicole Evelina for America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

      America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Cover

      Gold and Blue Badge for the Nellie Bly Awards Grand Prize Winner Nicole Evelina's book The Forgotten Suffragists

      Click here to see the 2021 Nellie Bly Book Award Winners for Journalistic Non-Fiction

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

      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!

      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