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  • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Short List for Collections and Novellas

    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

     

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    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!

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    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The CIBAs Goethe 2022 Finalists for Late Historical Fiction

    The CIBAs Goethe 2022 Finalists for Late Historical Fiction

    Goethe Post 1750s Historical Fiction Award

    The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    The other three Historical Fiction Genres are the Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction, the Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Goethe Late Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Goethe 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 WINNERS of the 2022 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

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

    • Jenny Brav – The Unbroken Horizon
    • Eric Schumacher Ramirez – Children of Kings
    • Jeff Winstead – The Last Battle of the Revolution
    • Daniel V. Meier, Jr. – Blood Before Dawn
    • Pat Benedict Jurgens – Falling Forward: A Woman’s Journey West
    • Jody Hadlock – The Lives of Diamond Bessie
    • Rita Bozi – When I Was Better
    • Brigitte Goldstein – Court of Miracles
    • Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann
    • Susanne Dunlap – The Portraitist
    • Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
    • Robert W. Smith – Running with Cannibals
    • Todd M. Johnson – The Barrister and the Letter of Marque
    • Julieta Almeida Rodrigues, Ph.D. – Eleonora and Joseph. Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment
    • Leslie Johansen Nack – The Blue Butterfly, A Novel of Marion Davies
    • James D. Nealon – Confederacy of Fenians

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBAs 2021 Goethe Awards is: After the Rising & Before the Fall by Orna Ross

    After the Rising and Before the Fall CoverGoethe 2021 Grand Prize Winner Badge for After the Rising by Orna Ross

    Click here to see the 2021 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

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

    Please click here for more information.

    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!

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

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

  • The Chaucer 2022 Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    The Chaucer 2022 Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottom

    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 Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer First Place Winners! Winners and 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 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 FIRST PLACE WINNERS 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
    • 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
    • Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
    • Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
    • Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
    • Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
    • M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
    • 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

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

    Too soon the night cover

    Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

    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.

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    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 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    The 2022 CYGNUS CIBAs Finalists for SciFi

    Cygnus Award 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. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 CYGNUS Science Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards Finalists! FINALISTS will be 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 First Place Winners of the 2022 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

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

    • Jay Hartlove – The Insane God
    • Melissa Diyab – Crossing Over
    • Dana Dargos, Said Al Bizri – Einstein in the Attic
    • D. H. Ford – Rogue Reborn
    • O.E. Tearmann – Deuces Are Wild
    • Lou Dischler – Mona’s Odyssey
    • Ash Bishop – Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.
    • S.G. Blaise – The Last Lumenian
    • S.G. Blaise – True Teryn
    • Nik Frank-Lehrer – Future Show
    • Sydney Raeburn-Power – The Sleepers
    • Dimple Desai – The Lambda Factor
    • Isaac Petrov – The Advent of Dreamtech
    • PA Vasey – Harbinger
    • Fulmer/Proto Dagg – Terminus
    • Joanna Evans – Sinai Unhinged
    • Prescott Harvey – In Beta
    • Bryn Smith – Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

    A War in Too Many Worlds

    By Elizabeth Crowens

    Click here to see the 2021 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 CYGNUS  Book Awards for Science Fiction.

    Please click here for more information.

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

    IN-Person – 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 M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    The M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

    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.

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

     

    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

      Ophelia's Room Cover

      Ophelia's Room M&M Grand Prize Badge

      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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      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!

    • The DANTE ROSSETTI 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Young Adult Fiction

      The DANTE ROSSETTI 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Young Adult Fiction

      Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction

      The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Named in honor of the British poet & painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti who founded the Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience between the ages of about twelve to eighteen (imaginary or real). Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery, Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Literary, we will put them to the test and choose the best Young Adult Books among them for the winners of the Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction. For Middle Grade Fiction check out our Gertrude Warner Awards and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards.

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

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

       

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

      • P.H.C. Marchesi – Florissant
      • Blue Spruell – TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan
      • Mark Wakely – A Friend Like Filby
      • Glen Dahlgren – The Game of War: The Trials of Dantess, Warrior Priest
      • Rektok Ross – Ski Weekend
      • Nancy Thorne – The Somewhere I See You Again

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:

      TARO: Legendary Boy Hero of Japan

      by Blue Spruell

      TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Cover

      TARO Legendary Boy Hero of Japan Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Badge

      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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      The 2022 DANTE ROSSETTI 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 DANTE ROSSETTI 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 your patience and understanding.

    • The PARANORMAL 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Supernatural Fiction

      The PARANORMAL 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Supernatural Fiction

      Paranormal Fiction Awards

      The Paranormal Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements.

      The 2021 PARANORMAL Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the PARANORMAL Grand Prize Winner were announced by M.J. Simms-Maddox on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

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

      Blue and Gold Paranormal 1st Place Best in Category CIBA Badge Image

       

      Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

      • Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
      • J. W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls The Strings
      • Kaylin McFarren – Annihilation
      • K.T. Anglehart – The Wise One
      • J.G. Schwartz – The Curious Spell of Madam Genova
      • Miki Mitayn – The Conscious Virus
      • Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10: The Crystal Skull

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards is:

      The Devil Pulls The Strings

      J. W. Zarek

      The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

      The Devil Pulls the Strings Paranormal Grand Prize Badge

      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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      The 2022 PARANORMAL 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 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of October. 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!

       

    • The MIND & SPIRIT 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

      The MIND & SPIRIT 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

      Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA Badge

      The Mind and Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Mind and Spirit Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy. 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 MIND & SPIRIT Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the MIND & SPIRIT Grand Prize Winner were announced by Sean Dwyer on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

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

       

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

      • Mike Lutz – Jesus Speaking
      • Tammy Green – Living Without Skin: Everything I Never Knew About Fierce Vulnerability
      • Beth Gibbs – Enlighten Up!
      • Starr Regan DiCiurcio – Divine Sparks: Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World
      • Reagan J. Pasternak – Griffin’s Heart: Mourning Your Pet With No Apologies

        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

        Enlighten Up!

        Beth Gibbs

        Grand Prize Badge for Enlighten Up by Beth Gibbs

        PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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        The 2022 MIND & SPIRIT 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 MIND & SPIRIT 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!

      • The CYGNUS 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction

        The CYGNUS 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Science Fiction

        Cygnus Award 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. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

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

        This is the OFFICIAL 2021 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

         

        • J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings 
        • Sarah Lahey – Nostalgia Is Heartless, Book Two
        • Akosua Sankofa – Monmouth Deep
        • Rhett C. Bruno – Vicarious  
        • Elizabeth Crowens – A War in Too Many Worlds  
        • Steven Seril – The Destroyer of Worlds: ‘An Answer to Every Question’
        • Charlene Newcomb – Echoes of the Storm

        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CYGNUS Awards is:

        A War in Too Many Worlds

        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 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.

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        The 2022 CYGNUS 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 CYGNUS Book Awards are open until the end of June. 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 your patience and understanding.

      • Celebrating Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program Levels of Achievement

        Celebrating Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Program Levels of Achievement

        The 2024 CIBAs Ceremony is April 5, 2025 at CAC25!
        Don’t miss out!

        Congratulations to each and every one of the Authors

        whose works advanced to the

        FINALIST Level of Achievement

        in the 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards program! 

        Now let’s look at where we came from to make this happen.

        A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

        Everyone who made it to the Long List had something that our readers saw as worthwhile, a reason to lift them out of the slush pile and post them to our site. The competition becomes steeper every year and any bit of the way up this pyramid is something to celebrate!

        Making it to the FINALIST Level is indeed  something to crow about!

        Be sure to share your advancement on social media, as well as tagging us (@ChantiReviews) to help increase your digital footprint. This is our Twitter and this is our Facebook.

        We have notified each FINALIST by email, by posts on the Chanticleer website, and on social media. Digital badges are 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.

        Congratulations to the FINALISTS!

        Advancing to the prestigious FINALIST stage is a huge accomplishment!

        Being a Finalist means that your book truly stands out. The decisions of who moves on here are always difficult as the quality is so readily apparent. Thank you to everyone who is a Finalist for making the CIBAs a joy and a delight with your incredible words!

        Now that is something to CROW ABOUT! 

        Make sure your Awards 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.

        Remember, you don’t have to be present to win, but it sure is a lot more fun!

        Join us! Register Today! Seating is Limited! 

        The official lists for First Place and Grand Prize Winners will begin posting on April 29th, 2025 after one more sweep. 

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

        Why wait? Register today!