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  • I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction – 2020 CIBA Winners

    I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction – 2020 CIBA Winners

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

    We also are now offering the following CIBA Non-Fiction Divisions:

    • The Journey Awards for Narrative Nonfiction
    • The Mind & Spirit Book Awards for Mindfulness and Well-being
    • The Nellie Bly Book Awards for Investigative and Long-Form Journalism
    • The I & I Book Awards for Insight and Instruction for How-To, Guide Books, Self-Help, Cook Books, etc.
    • The Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business, Finance, and Enterprise
    • The Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring

    New in 2021 will be the Military Veterans and First Responders Non-Fiction works.

    The 2020 I & I Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the I & I Grand Prize Winner were announced by Abbe Rolnick on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

    It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 I & I Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the I & I BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the I & I Grand Prize Winner.

    Congratulations to all!

    • Peggy Sullivan – Blissfully Single, A Single’s Guide to Finding Happiness
    • Judy Taylor – Save That Rug! A How-To Guide for Repairing Hooked Rugs
    • Dennis J Kotchmar – The Joy Of Searching, Buying and Selling, Antiques and Home Decor from France and England
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success
    • Leslie Bains – Let’s Take A Hike: 7 Family-Friendly Trails of Nantucket
    • Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two
    • Jill Sherer Murray – Big Wild Love: The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go

     

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 I & I Awards is:

    Wendela Whitcomb Marsh for

    Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success

    Cover for Independent Living with Autism by Wendela Whitcomb Marsh

    Blue and Gold I & I 2020 Grand Prize Winner Badge for

     

    The 2021 I & I Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2021 I & I 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 July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

  • The 2020 Finalists for the I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight, a division of the  CIBAs

    The 2020 Finalists for the I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight, a division of the CIBAs

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more. These books have been put to the test and the best will advance to be declared winners of the prestigious I & I Book Awards.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 SHORTLIST to the SEMI-FINALIST POSITION and have now progressed to the 2020 FINALISTS.  

    The 2020 Instruction & Insight Book Awards Finalists:

    • Nancy Pickard – Bigger Better Braver
    • Dr. Donna Marks – Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure
    • Jennifer Ankele – Death Less: A Guide Through Grief
    • Nina Norstrom – Not a Blueprint It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter with a guidebook
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh and Siobhan Marsh – Homeschooling, Autism Style: Reset for Success
    • Judy Taylor – Save That Rug! A How-To Guide for Repairing Hooked Rugs
    • Dennis J Kotchmar – The Joy Of Searching, Buying and Selling, Antiques and Home Decor from France and England
    • Peggy Sullivan – Blissfully Single, A Single’s Guide to Finding Happiness
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success
    • Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two
    • Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller – Your Pet, Your Pill
    • Gigi Berardi – FoodWISE: A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food Choices
    • Leslie Bains – Let’s Take A Hike: 7 Family-Friendly Trails of Nantucket
    • Marianne Ingheim – Out of Love: Finding Your Way Back to Self-Compassion
    • Jill Sherer Murray – Big Wild Love: The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go

    These titles are in the running for the First Place Winners of the 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight. 

    Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight?

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

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies on June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    VCAC21 laurel wreath
    Register today!

     

     

     

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 I & I Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is November 30th, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

  • The 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight – the Semi-Finalists for the I & I Division of the 2020 CIBAs

    The 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight – the Semi-Finalists for the I & I Division of the 2020 CIBAs

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more. This books have been put to the test and the best will advance to be declared winners of the prestigious I & I Book Awards.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Journey Book Awards LONG LIST to the 2020 SHORT LIST and now have progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS. The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the Finalists positions. 

    The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’ Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced on Saturday & Sunday, June 5th and 6th at the ONLINE and FREE VIRTUAL Event for the 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Ceremony, will be held in virtually and LIVE Bellingham, Wash. 

    The 2020 Instruction & Insight Book Awards Semi-Finalists:

    • Nancy Pickard – Bigger Better Braver
    • Dr. Donna Marks – Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure
    • Jennifer Ankele – Death Less: A Guide Through Grief
    • Krista Nerestant – Indestructible: The Hidden Gifts of Trauma
    • Nina Norstrom – Not a Blueprint It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter with guidebook
    • Tamra McAnally Bolton – The Art of Story Keeping
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh and Siobhan Marsh – Homeschooling, Autism Style: Reset for Success
    • Elmore, William “Mecca” & Simone, Susan – Prison From The Inside Out: One Man’s Journey from a Life Sentence to Freedom
    • Judy Taylor – Save That Rug! A How-To Guide for Repairing Hooked Rugs
    • Dennis J Kotchmar – The Joy Of Searching, Buying and Selling, Antiques and Home Decor from France and England
    • Kate Farrell – Story Power: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories
    • Peggy Sullivan – Blissfully Single, A Single’s Guide to Finding Happiness
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success
    • Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two
    • Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller – Your Pet, Your Pill
    • Gigi Berardi – FoodWISE: A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food Choices
    • Leslie Bains – Let’s Take A Hike: 7 Family-Friendly Trails of Nantucket
    • Marianne Ingheim – Out of Love: Finding Your Way Back to Self-Compassion
    • Jill Sherer Murray – Big Wild Love: The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go
    • Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One, Savoring the Olde Ways

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight. 

    Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 I & I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight?

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



    The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

    The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

    VCAC21 laurel wreath
    Register today!

     

     

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 I & I Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is November 30thth, 2020. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

    Please click here for more information.

    Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.

  • Part Three – The 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Overall Grand Prize Winner, Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs

    Part Three – The 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Overall Grand Prize Winner, Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners – CIBAs

    We are deeply honored and excited  to announce the 2019 Winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs). Part Three of Three – 2019 CIBA  Winner Announcements

    CIBA Grand Prize Ribbons! You know that you want one!

    The winners were recognized at the Virtual Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Ceremonies that were held on during VCAC September 8 – 13, 2020 by ZOOM webinars based at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether, Bellingham, Wash.

    We want to thank each and everyone  of the CIBA judges who read each and every entry and then comment, rate, and rank within each of the 17 CIBA Divisions. Without your passion and labor of love for books, the Chanticleer International Book Awards would not exist and we could not fulfill our mandate:  Discovering Today’s Best Books!

    THANK YOU JUDGES!

     

    Each year, we find the quality of the entries and the competitiveness of the division competitions increasing exponentially. We added a new level to the judging rounds in 2019—the premier Level of FINALIST per each CIBA Division. The CIBA judges wanted to add the Finalist Level of Achievement as a way to recognize and validate the entries that had outstanding merit but were not selected for the very few First Place Award positions within each genre division.

    We are honored to present the

    2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards

    Grand Prize Winners 

    The 2019 CIBA Winners! 


    Romance Fiction Award

    The CHATELAINE Book Awards for

    Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction

    Grand Prize Winner is

    The SKEPTICAL PHYSCICK

    by Gail Avery Halverson

          • T.K. Conklin – Threads of Passion
          • Jule Selbo – Find Me in Florence 
          • Michelle Cox – A Veil Removed
          • Heather Novak – Headlights, Dipsticks, & My Ex’s Brother
          • Kari Bovee – Grace in the Wings
          • Joanne Jaytanie – Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers
          • L.E. Rico – Mischief and Mayhem

    The SOMERSET Book Awards for Literary, Contemporary, and Mainstream Fiction

    Grand Prize Winner is

    A MANUSCRIPT

    The PROPRIETOR of the THEATRE of LIFE

    by Donna LeClair

        • Carl Roberts for The Trial of Connor Padget
        • Judith Kirscht for End of the Race
        • Patrick Finegan for Cooperative Lives
        • Santiago Xaman  for After Olympus
        • Claire Fullerton for Little Tea
        • Maggie St. Claire for Martha
        • Jamie Zerndt for  Jerkwater
        • R. Barber Anderson for  The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
          • HONORABLE MENTIONS:
            • Beth Burgmeyer – The Broken Road, ms
            • Bob Holt – Firebird, ms

    Journey Narrative Non-Fiction

    The JOURNEY Book Awards for

    Narrative Non-Fiction, Memoirs, and Biographies 

    Grand Prize Winner is

    PERSISTENCE of LIGHT by John Hoyte

        • Anna Carner – Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
        • Linda Gartz – Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
        • Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson – The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug
        • Nikki West – The Odyssey of the Chameleon
        • Eva Doherty Gremmert – Our Time To Dance 

    The INSTRUCTION and INSIGHT Book Awards for How-To Guides, Travel Guides, Cook Books, Self-Help, and Enlightenment

    Grand Prize Winner is 

    TEN THINGS EVERY CHILD with AUTISM

    WISHES YOU KNEW

    by Ellen Notbohm

      • Margaret A Hellyer – A Home on the South Fork
      • Donna Cameron – A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You
      • Brad Borkan and David Hirzel – When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
      • Donald M. Rattner – My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques
      • Carole Bumpus – Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One, Savoring the Olde Ways Series
      • Lisa Boucher – Raising The Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
      • Ryan M. Chukuske – Bigfoot 200: Because, You Know, Why the #@&% Not? 

     

    Nellie Bly Awards

    The NELLIE BLY Book Awards for Investigative and Long Form Journalism Non-Fiction 

    Grand Prize Winner is

    Cover of Shaping Public Opinion by Janice S. Ellis, PhD. A burning typewriter sits in a series of concentric circles

    SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION:

    How Real Advocacy Journalism

    Should Be Practiced

    by Janice S. Ellis, Ph.D.

    • T.S. Lewis – The Why of War: An Unorthodox Soldier’s Memoirs
    • Maya Castro – The Bubble: Everything I Learned as a Target of the Political, and Often Corrupt, World of Youth Sports
    • John Hoyte – Persistence of Light
    • Judy Bebelaar and Ron Cabral – And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown
    • Patrick Hogan – Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War
    • Gordon Cross, Robert Fowler, Ted Neill – Finding St. Lo: A Memoir of War & Family

    CONGRATULATIONS to ALL! 

     

    And NOW for the 

    2019 CHANTICLEER INT’L BOOK AWARDS

    BEST BOOK

    and

    OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER

    FORTUNE’S CHILD:

    A Novel of Empress Theodora 

    by

    James Conroyd Martin

    James Conroyd Martin will also be awarded $1,000 USD in recognition of his 2019 BEST BOOK of the YEAR – Chanticleer International Book Awards – Sponsored by Chanticleer Reviews & Media. 

    A Chanticleer Review of Fortune’s Child will be featured in the in the SPRING 2021 quarterly edition of the Chanticleer Reviews Magazine (print and epub) along with other promotional and marketing opportunities.

    Thank you James Conroyd Martin for participating in the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards. We look forward to receiving the sequel to Fortune’s Child in the 2021 Chaucer Book Awards, a division of the CIBAs.

    We look forward to toasting James in person at our next gathering–hopefully in 2021. We are so happy that he joined us virtually for the CIBA announcements at VCAC20.

    CONGRATULATIONS JAMES CONROYD MARTIN! 

    From all of us at Chanticleer International Book Awards and Chanticleer Reviews. 


    THANK YOU to VCAC20 SPONSORS and FRIENDS

    And to FRIENDS of CHANTICLEER REVIEWS:

    J.D. Barker, Robert Dugoni, and Scott Steindorff.

     


    Link to Part One of the 2019 CIBA Announcements:

    The 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Overall Grand Prize and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners (CIBAs) – Part One

    Link to Part Two of the 2019 CIBA Announcements:

    Part Two – The 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Overall Grand Prize Winner and Division Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners

    We will post more photographs and information. Do check back and subscribe to the Chanticleer Reviews e-news letter.

    The video recordings of VCAC 20 are available on VIMEO. More information to come.

    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! 

    Submit your works (manuscripts or novels published after or on January 1, 2018, are accepted) to the prestigious Chanticleer International Book Awards today! Entries are being accepted into the 2020 CIBAs in all 17 fiction divisions and five non-fiction divisions. 

    Be sure to register early for the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference that will start on April 16th, 2021 with the 2020 CIBA banquet and ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 17th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. If we cannot move forward with CAC21 due to the coronavirus, we will host another LIVE and HYBRID Chanticleer Authors Conference and 2020 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards ceremony.

    Pivot and Oscillate are the Words for Today’s Challenging Times.

    An email will go out to all 2019 CIBA award winners prior to October 30, 2020, 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!” –even if it is virtual!

    As always, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions!

    Be well. Stay Healthy. Take Care!

    The Chanticleer Reviews Team

  • Spotlight on Non-Fiction Book Awards

    Spotlight on Non-Fiction Book Awards

    We are excited to announce the expansion of Chanticleer International Book Awards to include Non-Fiction Book Awards focusing on Instruction and Insight.

    Do you have a Non-Fiction Instructional or Insightful book or manuscript that the world needs to know about?

    Look no further! Your category has arrived.

    Chanticleer International Reviews is proud to announce our latest Book Awards for:

    Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction:

    Alternative Remedies
    Art & Photography
    Business & Money
    Craft & Hobby
    Culinary
    Entertainment
    Garden & Home
    Health & Fitness
    Lifestyle
    Nature & Environment
    Politics & Social Issues
    Psychology
    Religion & Spirituality
    Science, History, & Education
    Self-Help
    Sports & Outdoors
    Technical & How To Guides
    Travel Guides

    We know you have it – so, polish up your work and send it in for the 2017 Chanticleer Non-Fiction Book Awards! We will begin accepting  your book or manuscript submissions starting on April 30, 2017. Please check back in mid-April for more information.

    Narrative Non-Fiction authors — not to worry, we still offer our original JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-fiction! 

    Don’t delay! Enter today!   Manuscripts and Published Novels Accepted.