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In 1974, Lori Lee Peters was an impressionable thirteen-year-old growing up in the suburban town of Lodi, California. The wider world—from which her parents sheltered her and her sisters—fascinated Lori. She was curious about everything, informed about little, and dependent on friends to fill gaps with the knowledge she craved.
Religion was a topic rarely discussed in her household. So when friends shared their beliefs about God as fact, Lori thought her days on Earth were numbered. She carried this news with her for decades as a deadly secret she couldn’t share with her family. Little did she know that her father—her hero—had a secret of his own.
From Chanticleer:
God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me by Lori Lee Peters begins in the voice of a child, compelling not just for its narrative honestly, but for the fact that it might not be reliable. As the book opens, we learn that this narrator firmly believes she will be killed.
Readers can easily see through the childlike hyperbole, but that doesn’t detract from the intrigue. How did a kid come to such an extreme conclusion? Is there any seed of truth to it? These questions will hook readers from the start.
Author Peters set out to write a book about her dad. God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me tells the true story of her father, and his fascinating work helping the FBI tackle Mafia activity in Lodi, California. Yet in the end, this is a memoir in which the compelling lead character – young Lori – overshadows her father in many ways.
In the spirit of The Glass Castle and The Burning Light of Two Stars, Antonia Deignan delivers what New York Times best-selling author Julie Cantrell calls a “a heart-shattering memoir of painful truth and soulful healing.”
As a child, Antonia perceived her father’s nighttime visits as special acts of love. On some deeper level, though, she knew what was happening wasn’t right. To escape, she began creating imaginary worlds and used dreams to transport her away from her fears. As she got older, Antonia traded those fantasies for dance—but despite her outlets she remained trapped underwater, without a lifeline to make her feel fundamentally safe.
Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
A surprise sink-or-swim lesson at the tender age of nine opens this gripping memoir of love, mental illness, and care giving. A swirling narrative carries readers from pre-WWII Illinois to the infamous Oregon State Mental Hospital of the 80s and forward along a harrowing chasm carved by dysfunctional parents, inhumane social systems, and driven by Dr. Nanette Davis’s powerful love for her mentally-ill sister and son. Raging Currents spans mental health therapies from sedation and isolation, to twelve-step programs, tough love, and modern neuroscience-driven treatments.
From the childhood of a strong-willed, fiercely independent, and curious girl to the roles of supportive sister, wife, and mother, Davis shares her life’s foundation, development, and endless devotion to those she loves. Expertly weaving social norms in compelling prose, Davis offers the wisdom and reflection of age through the clear-eyed recollections of a trained sociologist. Her ever-increasing understanding of compassion is the bedrock of this insightful and vulnerable telling. Raging Currents offers more than an inspiring memoir: it provides practical advice and solace for modern caregivers, friends, family, and people living with mental illness.
When Barbara Terao moves into a new home in Washington, two thousand miles from her husband in Illinois, she doesn’t know when—or if—she’ll ever live with him again. Her diagnosis of breast cancer three months later changes both of them in ways they never imagined.
In the ensuing months, Barbara’s husband and adult children show up to help her through a year of difficult treatments and surgery, and Barbara, in her Whidbey Island cottage, learns to listen to her heart and intuition. Nurtured by Douglas fir forests, the Salish Sea, and her community, she changes her life from the inside out. Her journey, she realizes, wasn’t about leaving her husband so much as finding herself. Reconfigured in body, mind, and spirit, Barbara finally has words for what she wants to say—and the strength to be a survivor.
What would you do if you received a message from a stranger telling you that your daughter, who is traveling alone in Turkey, is having some sort of mental health episode?
Dear Psychosis, is a confronting, dramatic and no-holds-barred account of a family’s experience following their daughter’s first-ever psychotic episode in Istanbul, and her later diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
To some, it may be a warning, to others a story of hope. Most of all, it shows how the love and care given by strangers and family alike paved the way for their daughter’s recovery and inspired the family to break the silence around mental illness.
On a blazing summer day in Missouri, 1956, eight-year-old Richard discovers a sparkling rock on the railroad tracks near his home—and is fascinated. In that same year, he makes another unexpected discovery—an aching, forbidden desire to be a girl. A lifetime of secrecy follows until, at the edge of a cliff in remote southern Idaho, he faces a decision—to die as a man or live as a woman.Transformations is more than a memoir of transgenderism. It reflects important crossroads we all encounter in our lives—times of self-doubt and failure, other moments of great success and joy. It is a journey all of us share, one leading to that profound question we, at some point in our lives, must ask ourselves: Who am I?
The Search for the BEST Narrative Non-Fiction books on Overcoming Adversity for 2024!
The 2024 Journey Awards submissions close June 30, 2024
Accepting manuscripts and published work!
Your Journey Deserves to Be Discovered!
The CIBAs Levels of Achievements. Books are promoted each time they advance!
The Journey Categories are:
Overcoming Adversity – Personal Journey
Dysfunctional Family/Siblings
Societal/Class/Race Issues
Personal Journeys/Experiences/PTSD
Drug Addiction
Sexual Abuse
Childhood Trauma
The Journey Awards were the first Non-Fiction Division ever opened by Chanticleer. You can now see the full range of Non-Fiction Divisions here. The sheer quality of the books describing Overcoming Adversity that we received was staggering. These stories demand to be heard, and we, as readers, are better for it.
Join us in exploring these amazing books that are overcoming adversity!
Julie Morrison saddles up to take us for a ride through the harsh dry mountains of northern Arizona and beyond in her memoir, Barbed.
Readers visit the ranch where Julie’s parents try to keep the family legacy alive. Julie reveals a cowboy’s world where she meets walls instead of doors but never gives up.
Barbed opens with Morrison living in the rainy Seattle area with her husband. But the lure of a cowboy’s life on the range – working cattle and riding horseback – beckons them both. Julie needs salvation like this for her marriage, now distant and cold.
Author and businessman Mark Berridge, through the lived experience of himself and others after traumatic injuries, gained a wide understanding of overcoming disaster, and how to rehabilitate not only one’s body but mind and spirit as well. In sharing his wisdom, A Fraction Stronger is a must-read for anyone facing physical, emotional, or mental barriers.
On March 10, 2019, Berridge, due to embark on a work-related flight from his Australian home to the US later that day, went on a bike ride with some buddies. Following the group around a corner, he fell, striking his head; conscious, but unable to move his feet and legs. Hospitals would become his world as he dealt with spinal injuries and the long road to rehabilitation – relearning how to sit, stand, and walk.
God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me by Lori Lee Peters begins in the voice of a child, compelling not just for its narrative honestly, but for the fact that it might not be reliable. As the book opens, we learn that this narrator firmly believes she will be killed.
Readers can easily see through the childlike hyperbole, but that doesn’t detract from the intrigue. How did a kid come to such an extreme conclusion? Is there any seed of truth to it? These questions will hook readers from the start.
Author Peters set out to write a book about her dad. God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me tells the true story of her father, and his fascinating work helping the FBI tackle Mafia activity in Lodi, California. Yet in the end, this is a memoir in which the compelling lead character – young Lori – overshadows her father in many ways.
“It’s my armor,” Kyomi O’Connor realizes, as she sees herself continuing life as normal after her husband dies of cancer.
Grief brings with it many companions: childhood trauma, memories of difficult seasons of life, triumphant moments of growth, epiphanies, healing, love. In A Sky of Infinite Blue, Japanese immigrant Kyomi O’Connor allows grief to open her heart to the lessons of her past.
In particular, she recognizes emotional armor that since childhood, she has built up, torn down, and built up again. Through her relationship with her husband, her devoted Buddhist practice, and her trust in her “Self,” Kyomi makes meaning of her life and redeems her darkest memories. Readers walk through these memories with her as the book shifts between past and present.
In Chop That Sh*t Up: Leadership and Life Lessons Learned While in the Military, Daniel L. Pinion reminisces about his experiences in the US Army, both good and bad, before he retired as a Command Sergeant Major.
Some of the stories and lessons he offers are heartbreaking, some are horrifying, and some are insightful. As it turns out, some are even heartwarming.
The author explains his origins: a quiet and uneventful childhood that did not give him much idea of what he should do with his life. Some counseling and a few incidents led Pinion, after high school, to the National Guard and eventually the US Army, where he found his life’s calling.
To many, atrocities such as mass shootings and violent counter-protests seem to appear out of thin air, undertaken by independent actors. But Rita Katz, in her groundbreaking exploration of internet-age terrorism Saints and Soldiers, reveals a sinister ecosystem of violence multiplying worldwide, visible yet largely ignored.
Katz– executive director of the counterterrorist organization SITE Intelligence Group– uses a strategic blend of primary media sources, personal narrative, and research analysis to unearth the haunting truths of internet-age terrorism. Although SITE once focused mainly on monitoring the actions of Islamist terrorist groups, Katz describes how it began applying the same tracking methods to white supremacists and neo-Nazis over a decade ago. As Katz writes, “the internet is more than just an asset for today’s new breed of terrorists. It is a necessity.”
Throughout Saints and Soldiers, Katz uses her decades of intensive experience to describe how a new generation of internet-born white supremacist movements followed the same trajectory as ISIS. She exposes the network of threads that link white supremacist violence such as the Christchurch massacre of 2019 to their origins on messaging platforms such as 8chan, Discord, Stormfront, and Telegram. Indoctrinating vulnerable minds with extremist neo-Nazi ideology, these violent groups use a “screw your optics” mantra that celebrates gruesome violence and the “saints ” and “martyrs” that drive their hateful cause.
Thank you for joining us for this spotlight on the Journey Awards and a fraction of the incredible Non-Fiction that comes through our door!
We’re still feeling the joy and warmth from the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference! See what authors are saying about it!
Congratulations on a very informative conference and festive awards ceremony! The care and effort Team Chanticleer puts into the event was obvious.
I am honored that The Hanford Plaintiffs received a First Place prize in the Nellie Bly category. Nellie Bly was an amazing and accomplished woman.
It’s wonderful to be part of the Chanticleer “family”!- an honor!
— Trisha Pritikin
I had such an amazing time over the weekend!! From the wonderful hotel, classes/workshops, events, authors, 100-year-old war veteran, bagpipe author, and lucky enough to win another award.
Thank you all so much!! What a kickass group of wonderful individuals. Beyond grateful!!!
— Lori Lee Peters
A thousand and one thanks for putting on a great author’s conference! I learned a lot – some things that I was doing well (which is always nice to know) and new things I need to get to work on. And I made some great new friends, including you. It was well worth the time and expense.
— Dave Lager
While not a Journey Winner, there was no way these Blue Ribbon Winners were going to pass on a photo with 100-year-old veteran Burl Harmon.
We are deeply honored and excited to announce the 2023 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards
The CIBAs seeks out the best books across 25 different genre divisions featuring the best plots, characters, and stories out there. These books are put to the test until one is announced as the Overall Grand Prize Winner for the Year at the CIBAs Ceremonies, sponsored by The Chanticleer Authors Conference.
The Overall Grand Prize Division Winner was announced by Kiffer Brown, Michelle Cox, and D.D. Black at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beauitful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
This is the OFFICIAL Announcement for the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2023 CIBAs!
And NOW for the
2023 CHANTICLEER INT’L BOOK AWARDS
BEST BOOK
and
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER
A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1
by Tim Facciola
Tim Facciola will also be awarded $1,000 USD in recognition of his 2023 BEST BOOK of the YEAR – Chanticleer International Book Awards – Sponsored by Chanticleer Reviews & Media.
Thank you Tim Facciola for participating in the 2023 Chanticleer International Book Awards. We look forward to receiving future work in our CIBAs.
D.D Black, Kim Hornsby, Christine Fairchild, Maggie Marr, Cathy Ace, Robert Dugoni, Chris Humphreys, Mark Berridge, Bradley Metrock, Scott Steindorff, and Paul Hanson of Village Books
We have exciting news for the Chanticleer Community on the horizon so do stay tuned!
You know you want a coveted Chanticleer Reviews Blue Ribbon!
Be sure to register early for the 12th Chanticleer Authors Conference (dates TBA!)
Be well. Stay Healthy. Take Care!
An email will go out to all 2023 CIBA award winners prior to July 30, 2024, with instructions, links, and more information about the awards packages. We appreciate your patience. As stated many times before “One does not need to be present at the CIBA ceremony and banquet to win. But it sure is a lot more fun!”
As always, please contact us at info@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!
A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Division Non-Fiction, Book Series, and SHORTS Grand Prize Winners!
Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few rise to be one of the coveted Division Grand Prize Winners!
All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 29th at the Chanticleer Banquet.
Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&IAwards is:
Eating Together Being Together:
Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom
by Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 NELLIE BLYAwards is:
You Have to be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live
by Paul Kix
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:
Using Behavioral Science in Marketing
by Nancy Harhut
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:
Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success
By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HEARTEN Awards is:
Running Away from the Circus
By Nove Meyers
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:
Chasing the Daylight
by JoAnna Rakowski
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:
Barbed: A Memoir
by Julie Morrison
Now, presenting the Shorts & Series Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SHORTS Awards for Collections and Anthologies is:
Shelter in a Hostile World
by Mack Little
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories and Essays is:
The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper
by Catherine Brown
A Manuscript
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SERIES Awards is:
Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail
by David Fitz-Gerald
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 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
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, Finalist, First Place, Division Grand Prize, or Overall Grand Prize Winner
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 2023 CIBAs is Tim Facciola’s A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1
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.
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.
A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
This post has links to each of the 16 individual CIBA FICTION Divisions’ Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners. We will have a separate post for Non-Fiction Award Winners which will include the Shorts Awards, and the Series Awards’ winners.
All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 20th at the Chanticleer Banquet. It is a huge honor for us to have the opportunity to recognize all Finalists, First Place Winners, and Grand Prize Winners with you live and in-person!
One of the most memorable moments was Awarding Burl Harmon, a 100-year-old veteran, his First Place Ribbon for Military & Front Lines Non-Fiction
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.
Now, presenting the links to the 2023 CIBA Fiction Division Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:
The Shadow of War
By Timothy S. Johnston
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 OZMAAwards is:
A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance, Book 1
By Tim Facciola
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 PARANORMALAwards is:
Becoming Crone
By Lydia M. Hawke
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is:
Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy
By Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CLUE Awards is:
The Other Murder
By Kevin G. Chapman
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:
A Haunting at Linley
by Michelle Cox
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:
Sour Flower
by Maryanne Melloan Woods
Manuscript
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:
EXOSTAR
The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1
by Rae Knightly
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:
The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, and Jessica Alexanderson with Scrap University
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 LARAMIEAwards is:
The Last Man
by Thomas Goodman
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CHAUCER Awards is:
The Merchant from Sepharad
by James Hutson-Wiley
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GOETHE Awards is:
If Someday Comes
by David Calloway
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Hemingway Book Awards is:
The Silver Waterfall:
A Novel of the battle of Midway
by Kevin Miller
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CHATELAINE Book Awards is:
A Sea of Glass
by Gail Avery Halverson
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MARK TWAIN Awards is:
Quantum Consequence:
Physics, Lust and Greed, Book 5
by Mike Murphey
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SOMERSET Awards is:
You Can’t Fool a Mermaid
by Judy Keesler Santamaria
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 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
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, Finalist, First Place, Division Grand Prize, or Overall Grand Prize Winner
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 2023 CIBAs was Tim Facciola’s Book A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1
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.
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.
A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Division Non-Fiction, Book Series, and SHORTS Grand Prize Winners!
Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few rise to be one of the coveted Division Grand Prize Winners!
All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 29th at the Chanticleer Banquet.
Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&IAwards is:
Eating Together Being Together:
Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom
by Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 NELLIE BLYAwards is:
You Have to be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live
by Paul Kix
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:
Using Behavioral Science in Marketing
by Nancy Harhut
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:
Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success
By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HEARTEN Awards is:
Running Away from the Circus
By Nove Meyers
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:
Chasing the Daylight
by JoAnna Rakowski
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:
Barbed: A Memoir
by Julie Morrison
Now, presenting the Shorts & Series Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SHORTS Awards for Collections and Anthologies is:
Shelter in a Hostile World
by Mack Little
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories and Essays is:
The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper
by Catherine Brown
A Manuscript
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SERIES Awards is:
Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail
by David Fitz-Gerald
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 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
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, Finalist, First Place, Division Grand Prize, or Overall Grand Prize Winner
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 2023 CIBAs is Tim Facciola’s A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1
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.
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.
A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
This post has links to each of the 16 individual CIBA FICTION Divisions’ Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners. We will have a separate post for Non-Fiction Award Winners which will include the Shorts Awards, and the Series Awards’ winners.
All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 20th at the Chanticleer Banquet. It is a huge honor for us to have the opportunity to recognize all Finalists, First Place Winners, and Grand Prize Winners with you live and in-person!
One of the most memorable moments was Awarding Burl Harmon, a 100-year-old veteran, his First Place Ribbon for Military & Front Lines Non-Fiction
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.
Now, presenting the links to the 2023 CIBA Fiction Division Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:
The Shadow of War
By Timothy S. Johnston
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 OZMAAwards is:
A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance, Book 1
By Tim Facciola
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 PARANORMALAwards is:
Becoming Crone
By Lydia M. Hawke
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is:
Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy
By Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CLUE Awards is:
The Other Murder
By Kevin G. Chapman
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:
A Haunting at Linley
by Michelle Cox
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:
Sour Flower
by Maryanne Melloan Woods
Manuscript
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:
EXOSTAR
The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1
by Rae Knightly
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:
The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, and Jessica Alexanderson with Scrap University
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 LARAMIEAwards is:
The Last Man
by Thomas Goodman
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CHAUCER Awards is:
The Merchant from Sepharad
by James Hutson-Wiley
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 GOETHE Awards is:
If Someday Comes
by David Calloway
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Hemingway Book Awards is:
The Silver Waterfall:
A Novel of the battle of Midway
by Kevin Miller
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 CHATELAINE Book Awards is:
A Sea of Glass
by Gail Avery Halverson
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MARK TWAIN Awards is:
Quantum Consequence:
Physics, Lust and Greed, Book 5
by Mike Murphey
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SOMERSET Awards is:
You Can’t Fool a Mermaid
by Judy Keesler Santamaria
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The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
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The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 CIBAs was Tim Facciola’s Book A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1
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Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!
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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
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 final judging rounds.
1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by [enter] on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Seasons By Sheraton in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the SOMERSET BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SOMERSET Grand Prize Winner.
Join us in celebrating the following award-winning authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
Judy Keeslar Santamaria – You Can’t Fool a Mermaid
David Fitz-Gerald – If It’s the Last Thing I Do
J.A. Wright – Eat and Get Gas
B. Lynn Carter – Jus Breathe
Leslie Liautaud – Black Bear Lake
James Gish, Jr. – When Blackbirds Dream
Jennifer Gold – Halfway to You
Donna Norman-Carbone – All That is Sacred
Nova Garcia – Not That Kind of Call Girl
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SOMERSET Awards is:
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 inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here.
1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Mark Berridge on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
This is the OFFICIAL 2023 LIST of the JOURNEY BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the JOURNEY Grand Prize Winner.
Join us in celebrating the following award-winning authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad and Me
Antonia Deignan – Underwater Daughter: A Memoir of Survival and Healing
Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
Barbara Wolf Terao – Reconfigured: A Memoir
Sarah Martin – Dear Psychosis,
Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
Erika Shepard – Trans-Formations: From Field Boots to Sensible Heels
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:
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 inJune. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
NOTE: We will post at least two 2023 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 24, 2024. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.
Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
