Tag: Military & Front Line

  • The 2024 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction, Shorts, Series, and the Brand New CCDAs!

    A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Division Non-Fiction, Book Series, SEA Shorts, and CCDAs 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 5th at the Chanticleer Banquet.

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

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    Want to join in the fun? Submit to the 2025 CIBAs today!

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

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 I&I Awards is:

    Success with Hydrangeas

    A Gardeners Guide

    Lorraine Ballato

    Success with Hydrangeas cover by Lorraine Ballato

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    Nellie Bly Awards

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

    The Sing Sing Files

    One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a 20 Year Fight for Justice

    Dan Slepian

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

    Stop Worrying about Money

    by Jacqui Clarke

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

    Naked in the Now

    Juicy Practices for Getting Present

    By Marijke McCandless

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 HEARTEN Awards is:

    Elk Love

    A Montana Memoir

    By Lynne Spriggs O’Connor
    Elk Love cover by Lynne Spriggs O'Connor

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

    Memoirs From The Frontlines

    Four States, Two Years, One Pandemic

    by Kim Sloan
    Memoirs from the Frontlines cover by Kim Sloan

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Unfollow Me

    by Kathryn Caraway

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHORTS Awards for Novellas and Long Prose:

    Something About Lizzy

    by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

    Something About Lizzy cover by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

     

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories and Essays is:

    Dream Rut

    Navigating Your Path Forward

    by Dr Yumiko Shimabukuro
    illustrated by Jieyu Deng

    Dream Rut Navigating Your Path Forward cover by Yumiko Shimabukuro

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SERIES Awards is:

    A Vengeful Realm

    by Tim Facciola

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    Last, but certainly not least! The DEBUT Chanticleer Cover Design Award Winners for Fiction and Non-Fiction!

    Our First ever Grand Prize Cover Design Award Winner for Fiction is

    Luna

    By Strider S.R. Klusman

    Our First ever Grand Prize Cover Design Award Winner for Non-Fiction is

    Teaching in the Dark

    By Genét Simone


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    The 2024 CIBA Grand Prize Winners at CAC25
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    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2024 CIBAs was Reenita Malhotra Hora‘s Book Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh

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    • See Non-Fiction, Series, and Shorts Grand Prize Winners here!
    • See the Official Overall Grand Prize winner Post here!

    You can see all our Amazing Finalists below:

    Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

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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 in May. 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 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

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  • COMBAT MISSIONS by Burl D. Harmon – Wartime Memoirs, WWII Aviation, Military History

     

    Gold and Blue Military and Front Line Awards First Place Badge for Service to Others

    Sometimes, a close and personal story can reveal the true weight of major historical events. Combat Missions, a memoir from WWII veteran Burl D. Harmon, achieves this by detailing how Europe’s vicious aerial battles shape a young boy’s entry to manhood.

     On December 7, 1941, Harmon is summoned to his high school’s auditorium to hear President Roosevelt proclaim it as, “a day which will live in infamy…” Soon after, his draft notice arrives. Harmon’s junior college studies and work at the local Rexall drug store are put on hold as he joins the vast flood of young American men and women conscripted into military service. Leaving his small Iowa town and a family mostly sheltered from the grim realities of the outside world, he travels to New York City with people from every imaginable background.

     With no prior mechanical experience, he works diligently to become a flight engineer, training to master a lexicon of manual tasks and learn the intricacies of air-to-air combat amidst bombing runs. His training takes him even farther from home, to Detroit, Lorado, Texas, Puerto Rico, and even Cuba.

    In these unfamiliar places, Harmon experiences other, more hidden sides of adulthood, including a visit to a notorious brothel in Havana. The reader feels his innocence shedding, but not his moral compass, which keeps him from indulging in many of the temptations that entice other draftees.

    Once trained, Harmon spends most of his deployment in Italy, where he flies a total of 38 perilous missions.

    He takes readers into the cockpit to experience aerial battle with first-hand, harrowing descriptions. But this memoir shows much more than just the violence of war. It’s also about the men he served with, the officers he served under, and the good and bad of both. He names beloved friends and respected officers, gives us glimpses of those who survived the war to live fruitful lives, and memorializes those who were lost in Europe’s battle-scarred skies.

    Harmon reveals the struggles and joys of his own life in the shadow of war.

    We see his quarreling parents in Iowa, the often tormented and confusing love life of a young man, and the family he befriends in Italy with the kindness they bestow upon him. At the conclusion of the war, he tells us of how it was to come home. He has to readjust to a quiet existence as he stumbles around trying to figure out a way forward until, ultimately, he discovers his love of teaching.

    Decades later, at 85, Harmon takes on a new challenge when he joins a group called Global Volunteers, which places him overseas once again. The adventure takes him back to Italy, near the place where he was stationed during the war. It’s a bittersweet return. He makes new friends but discovers the family that he’d spent time with during the war is gone, chased from their home by fleeing Nazis who rampaged villages and confiscated everything they could find ahead of the Allied force’s advances.

    This trim volume shows how the experience of war shaped Harmon’s character and the course of his life, looking back now at 97. Readers interested in the Greatest Generation, who risked their lives to win a war against a rising fascist power, this memoir offers fascinating and meaningful detail from that time. For those who want to understand the way war can change a young boy’s life, Combat Missions is a personal, compassionate must-read.

    Combat Missions by Burl D. Harmon won First Place in the 2021 CIBA Military & Front Line Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

     

     

  • CHASING The DAYLIGHT: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer by Joanna Rakowski – Memoir, Life in the Military, Inspirational

     

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing Chasing the Daylight by JoAnna Rakowski for Winning the 2023 Military and Front Line Grand PrizeChasing The Daylight by Joanna Rakowski is a revealing memoir that captures the rigor, intensity, and ferocity of military training in a salient style.

    Ever wondered what it takes to become a soldier in one of the most powerful armies in the world?

    Joanna Rakowski was born in Poland and grew up practicing dance from a young age, eventually becoming a professional classical ballet dancer and teacher. Upon her migration to the US in 1995 and the painful fallout with her friend and mentor, Chris, Joanna knew she needed to make a drastic change in her life. Her great awakening came when she decided to transform from a fragile and sensitive ballerina into a steadfast U.S. Army soldier, a goal that many close to her doubted she could accomplish.

    With arresting insights, the text builds from Rakowski’s striking introduction as it describes her first day of enlistment, which was filled with uncertainties.

    Despite having so many questions in her mind, she knew one thing for sure; that she had made the first step onto an important new journey. She would prove to everyone who doubted her that the common notion of fragility in artists did not actually have to be equal to an artist’s character and physical strength.

    Her accessible account details the intricacies of military training such as living in the platoon barracks, practicing new drills— both primitive and hi-tech— classroom learning, and army values, among many more. Rakowski even goes further to describe the demeanor of drill sergeants and army commanders, debunking some of the myths that surround these personalities.

    She does not shy away from mentioning the obstacles that come along with military drills, like training under the sweltering heat, extreme physical exhaustion, injuries, and sleepless nights.

    This will undoubtedly make one understand the significance that soldiers see in their purpose, to endure such difficulty.

    Despite the mental and physical challenges that she face in her four-year span in military training, Joanna would become a U.S. Military Intelligence Officer, demonstrating true resilience and fortitude.

    Chasing The Daylight is a majestic piece of writing.

    The narrative comes alive through Rakowski’s voice, which reveals her unfettered and unique collection of thoughts, allowing readers to draw from the well of her experiences, emotions, reflections, and attitude.

    Ample flashbacks along the pages give us a sneak peek into Rakowski’s life in Poland, as do the fine art photographs peppered across, indicating the credibility of the story herein.

    Rakowski affirms, “Life is a continuous cycle, full of glorious moments of light and moments of darkness. You never know where a new passion for life will come from. Then you become that passion that defines your existence. You become someone new and as you grow with love and within it; Eventually, you find your daylight”. Through these impactful words, she encourages her audience to keep chasing their dreams, no matter how insurmountable they may seem.

    Bold and eye-opening, Chasing The Daylight contains fresh information on basic training for those considering enlisting in the U.S. Army and for any citizen interested in finding out what it takes to mold an army recruit into a competent U.S. soldier.

    Chasing the Daylight by Joanna Rakowski won Grand Prize in the 2023 CIBA Military and Front Line Awards for Service to Others Non-Fiction.

     

  • 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.

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

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

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

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

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

    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

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    Nellie Bly Awards

    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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

    Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

    by Nancy Harhut

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

    Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

    By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HEARTEN Awards is:

    Running Away from the Circus

    By Nove Meyers

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

    Chasing the Daylight

    by JoAnna Rakowski

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Barbed: A Memoir

    by Julie Morrison

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    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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 SERIES Awards is:

    Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail

    by David Fitz-Gerald


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    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!
    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!

     


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    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 CIBAs is Tim Facciola’s A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1

     

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    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.

    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!

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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. 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

  • 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.

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

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

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

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

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

    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

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    Nellie Bly Awards

    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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

    Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

    by Nancy Harhut

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

    Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

    By Dr. Kelly Rabenstein

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HEARTEN Awards is:

    Running Away from the Circus

    By Nove Meyers

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

    Chasing the Daylight

    by JoAnna Rakowski

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Barbed: A Memoir

    by Julie Morrison

     

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    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

    A Gold Ribbon dividing this section from the next

    A stack of books flying into the blue sky for the Book Series Awards

    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!
    The 2023 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!

     


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    The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 CIBAs is Tim Facciola’s A Vengeful Realm: The Scales of Balance Book 1

     

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

    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.

    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

  • 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.

    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.

    A pyramid showing the different levels of CIBA Achievement

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

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

    I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

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

    Emotional Magnetism

    by Sandy Gerber 

    Emotional Magnetism Cover

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    Nellie Bly Awards

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

    Saints & Soldiers

    by Rita Katz

    The Nellie Bly Grand Prize Badge for Rita Katz and her book Saints and Soldiers

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

    Reconfigurement

    by E. Alan Fleischauer

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

    A Sky of Infinite Blue 

    By Kyomi O’Connor

    Mind and Spirit Grand Prize for a Sky of Infinite Blue by Kyomi O'Connor

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

    Inner Trek
    – a reluctant pilgrim to the Himalayas

    By Mohan Ranga Rao

    Inner Trek Cover

    The 2022 Hearten Grand Prize Badge for Inner Trek by Mohan Ranga Rao

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    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

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

    A Fraction Stronger 

    by Mark Berridge

    A Fraction Stronger Cover

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    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 for Short Stories and Essays in the Shorts Awards for Old Man Baseball by Mike Murphey

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    A stack of books flying into the blue sky for the Book Series Awards

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

    The Curtis Jefferson Series

    by Vince Bailey 

    The Series Grand Prize for 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 Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 CIBAs with Michelle Cox, the Overall Grand Prize Winner, in the center
    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


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    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

    The 2022 Overall Grand Prize Winner Badge for Michelle Cox and her book A Spying Eye

    A Blue Button that invites you to enter the CIBAs saying "Enter Here to Win Book Awards Learn More" a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

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

    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