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NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Short List for Non-Fiction
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Non-Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Non-Fiction.

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction Finalists List. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Short List and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Non-Fiction Books!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Anne Gately – Sunburnt a Memoir of Sun Surf and Skin Cancer
- Judy Taylor – Magpie Times Marshmallow World
- Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country
- Kim Sloan – Memoirs From the Frontlines Four States Two Years One Pandemic
- Meredith Wargo – Dawgs a True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
- Karen Elizabeth Lee – The Village That Betrayed Its Children
- Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark a Memoir
- Kathleen Watt – Rearranged an Opera Singers Facial Cancer and Life Transposed
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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We will also be promoting this list in our Newsletter, which you can sign up for here!

Who will be the First Grand Prize Winner for the Fiction CCDAs?

Stay Tuned to find out!

Click here to learn more about the Cover Design Awards.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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 annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
February 13, 2025
The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Non-Fiction!
Three Cheers for for the CIBAs 2024 Non-Fiction Book Awards Finalists!

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 and Series 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 5th, 2025 at the Chanticleer Banquet.

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

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.

Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists
The Official 2024 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted after April 8th, 2025.

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!

The Annual Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 3-6, 2025

Don’t Delay, Register Today!

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 2023 CIBAs was Timothy Facciola’s book A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1

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

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.
January 31, 2025
Announcing the 2023 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction, Shorts, and Series!
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.
- See Fiction Grand Prize Winners here!
- See the Official Overall Grand Prize Winner Post here!
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

Want to join in the fun? Submit to the 2024 CIBAs today!

Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards 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 BLY Awards 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.
See Fiction Grand Prize Winners here!

See the Official Overall Grand Prize Winner Post here!

You can see all our Amazing Finalists below:

2023 Fiction Finalists

2023 Non-Fiction Finalists

2023 Shorts and Series Finalists
Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. 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 Chanticleer Team
May 21, 2024
The 2023 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction, Shorts, and Series!
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.
- See Fiction Grand Prize Winners here!
- See the Official Overall Grand Prize Winner Post here!
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

Want to join in the fun? Submit to the 2024 CIBAs today!

Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards 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 BLY Awards 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.
See Fiction Grand Prize Winners here!

See the Official Overall Grand Prize Winner Post here!

You can see all our Amazing Finalists below:

2023 Fiction Finalists

2023 Non-Fiction Finalists

2023 Shorts and Series Finalists
Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. 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 Chanticleer Team
May 9, 2024
The 2023 Military and Front Line Book Award WINNERS for Service to Others Non-Fiction
The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service 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 experience in the Military and Armed Forces Service, Medical Services, Stories of Community Service Workers and First Responders, Service Organizations, Work in Agencies that service communities, and Service Life. 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.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the 2023 CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Strider Klusman 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 MILITARY & FRONT LINE BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the MILITARY & FRONT LINE Grand Prize Winner.

Please join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
- Daniel L Pinion – Chop That Sh*t Up! Leadership and Life Lessons Learned While in the Military
- Benjamin Sledge – Where Cowards Go to Die
- Eric M. Liddick – All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
- John Thomas Hoffman – The Saigon Guns
- JoAnna Rakowski – Chasing the Daylight
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

Chasing the Daylight

by JoAnna Rakowski

You can see all of our amazing 2023 Military & Front Line Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

Special Recognition: Burl Harmon

We had the immense pleasure to host 2022 Military and Front Line First Place Winner Burl Harmon and his wife, Dr. Nanette Davis who won a 2023 Journey Award. Mr. Harmon is a 100-year-old veteran, and it was incredibly moving to have him in attendance.

Combat Missions by Burl Harmon won the 2022 Military & Front Line First Place Award

While not a Journey Winner, there was no way these Blue Ribbon Winners were going to pass on a photo with Burl. From Left to right we have Dr. Nanette Davis, Sarah Martin, Burl Harmon, Lori Lee Peters, Erika Shepard, and Julie Morrison.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

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

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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.

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

Thank you for participating in the 2023 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

Team Chanticleer!
May 6, 2024
The 2023 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Non-Fiction!
Three Cheers for for the CIBAs 2023 Non-Fiction Book Awards Finalists!

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 and Series 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 20th, 2024 at the Chanticleer Banquet.

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

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.

Now, presenting the links to the Non-Fiction Awards Finalists
The Official 2023 CIBA Lists of the First Place and Grand Prize Winners for all Divisions of the CIBAs will start to be posted after April 21st, 2024.

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 12th Anniversary Chanticleer Authors Conference is April 19-21, 2024

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 2023 CIBAs was Michelle Cox’s book A Spying Eye

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

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.
March 23, 2024
The 2023 Military and Front Line Book Award Finalists for Service to Others Non-Fiction
The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

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

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Military & Front Line Non-Fiction entries to the 2023 Military and Front Line Book Awards SHORT LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

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

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are the FINALISTS of the 2023 Military & Front Lines Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
- Daniel L Pinion – Chop That Sh*t Up! Leadership and Life Lessons Learned While in the Military
- Benjamin Sledge – Where Cowards Go to Die
- Pietro Emanuele Garbelli – The Doctor’s Voice – Empowering Solutions to Physicians’ Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies
- Elizabeth Auld – Ma Chère Maman–Mon Cher Enfant: The Letters of Lucien and Louise Durosoir, 1914-1919
- Eric M. Liddick – All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
- Adam Ankrum – Halloween Horror True E.R. Terror
- Trevor Greene – March Forth: The Inspiring True Story Of A Canadian Soldier’s Journey Of Love, Hope and Survival
- John Thomas Hoffman – The Saigon Guns
- Suzanne M Elshult & Guy Mansfield – A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team
- JoAnna Rakowski – Chasing the Daylight: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer
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 2022 Military & Front Line is:

Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss, and War
By Ashe & Magdalena Stevens

Click here to see the 2022 Short List for Military and Front Line Non-Fiction Awards.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Military & Front Line Book Awards. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. Please click here for more information.

See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

The Chanticleer Authors Conference

Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Screenwriter Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and coach and inspiring Mark Berridge, with more to be announced. CAC is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author and achieving your publishing goals.

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 12th annual conference and discover why!
March 1, 2024
The 2022 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction, Shorts, and Series!
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.
- See all Fiction Grand Prize Winners here
- See the Overall Grand Prize Winner here
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. We have a separate post for Fiction, the Shorts Awards, and the Series Awards.

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

Want to join in the fun? Submit to the 2023 CIBAs today!

Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 I&I Awards is:

Emotional Magnetism

by Sandy Gerber

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

Saints & Soldiers

by Rita Katz

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

Reconfigurement

by E. Alan Fleischauer

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

A Sky of Infinite Blue

By Kyomi O’Connor

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

Inner Trek
– a reluctant pilgrim to the Himalayas

By Mohan Ranga Rao

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss, and War

by Ashe & Magdalena Stevens

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

A Fraction Stronger

by Mark Berridge

Now, presenting the Shorts & Series Awards Grand Prize Winners!

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

God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

by Lori Lee Peters

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

Old Man Baseball

by Mike Murphey

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

The Curtis Jefferson Series

by Vince Bailey

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 2022 Grand Prize Winners!

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

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

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

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

Team Chanticleer

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 2022 CIBAs

was Michelle Cox’s Book A Spying Eye

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See all Fiction Grand Prize Winners here

See the Overall Grand Prize Winner here
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

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

Team Chanticleer
May 22, 2023
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!

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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.
April 5, 2023
The 2022 Military & Front Lines CIBAs Finalists for Service to Others
The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

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

Note: This is the newest division at Chanticleer! We are honored to recognize these specialized stories from those who serve.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 Military and Front Line Non-Fiction Short List to the 2022 Military and Front Line 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 Military & Front Lines Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Robert E. Lofthouse – Honor Through Sacrifice
- Colonel Van H. Slayden, USAF, with Patrecia Slayden Hollis – Normandy to Nazi Surrender, Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot
- George Kohn – Vector to Destiny
- Tamra McAnally Bolton – A Blessed Life
- Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement
- Isaac Alexis M.D. – The Seductive Pink Crystal
- Marcus A. Nannini – Midnight Flight to Nuremberg
- Christine Herbert – The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu
- Ashe and Magdalena Stevens – Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War
- Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
- Jim Enderle – Fight, Flight, or Freeze
- Jonathon C. Benjamin – American Airman
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Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

This is a new division of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Military and Front Line Awards is Martha Bolton with Linda Hope for Dear Bob… Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of WW2

Click here to see the 2021 Military and Front Line Book Award Winners for Service to Others

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Military and Front Line Book Awards. The 2023 Winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Learn more here.

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.

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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February 28, 2023