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The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) WINNERS 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.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Miranda Fozard on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Bellingham Yacht Club in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

This is the OFFICIAL 2024 LIST of the COVER DESIGN AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the COVER DESIGN Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their covers!
- Anne Gately – Sunburnt: A Memoir of Sun Surf and Skin Cancer
- Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country
- Kathryn Caraway – Unfollow Me
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 COVER DESIGN Awards is:

Teaching in the Dark a Memoir

By Genét Simone

You can see all of our amazing 2024 Cover Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

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 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.

NOTE: We will post at least two 2024 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 14, 2025. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2024 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 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

The Chanticleer Team
April 17, 2025
NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Finalists 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 from the Short List of the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction Awards to the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Non-Fiction First Place and Grand Prize Winners. FINALISTS will be 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 FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS 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
- Marianna Marlowe – Portrait of a Feminist a Memoir in Essays
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch Reared in the High Country
- Meredith Wargo – Dawgs a True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
- 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!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

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 27, 2025
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!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

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 Shorts, Series, and CCDA Finalists!
A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Shorts, Series, and CCDA Finalists!

Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few manage to rise this far in the ranks.

For our Shorts and Series Authors, this post has links to all of the Finalist Awards for the 3 CIBA Division Lists we have for Longform work like collections, anthologies, and novellas; Short Prose like Short Stories and Essays; and Series. We will have a separate post for Fiction and Non-Fiction.

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 at the Chanticleer Banquet. We can’t express how excited we are to be able to do this in person with our fully vaccinated and boosted staff in a healthy metro area.

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 CCDAs, Series, and Short 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
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
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Finalists for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

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

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Semi-Finalists to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be 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 FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

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

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult 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!
January 14, 2025
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Semi-Finalists for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

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

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Short List to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Dante Rossetti Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists 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 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies a Post-Dystopian Romantic Thriller
- Valerie Biel – Beyond the Cemetery Gate the Secret Keeper’s Daughter
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Jeff Hartman – How To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- C.E. Brown – Seeing Gray
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- M. Ch. Landa – Vandella: Resilience
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- D. K. Yamashiro – Anela’s Club
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maggie Hill- Sunday Money
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

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

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult 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!
January 11, 2025
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Short List for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

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

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Long List to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Dante Rossetti Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists 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 SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies a Post-Dystopian Romantic Thriller
- Valerie Biel – Beyond the Cemetery Gate the Secret Keeper’s Daughter
- C.W. James – The Tomb of Ptahmes
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Sally DiPaula – Captain Moretti’s Daughter
- Kelly Vincent – Ugliest
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Jeff Hartman – How To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
- John Daze – Rogues of the Crosslands Azorias Blade
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- C.E. Brown – Seeing Gray
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Kathryn Silver-Hajo – Roots of the Banyan Tree
- Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Leslea Wahl – Charting the Course
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- M. Ch. Landa – Vandella: Resilience
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- D. K. Yamashiro – Anela’s Club
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Rebecca A. Nagy – Phoenix Rising: Initiation
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maggie Hill- Sunday Money
- Joshua Witmyer – The Death of Capitalism
- Vito DiBarone – Botheration: Part One: The Missing Link
- Vito DiBarone – Botheration: Part Three: Epiphany
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.

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

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

Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult 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!
January 9, 2025
The Dante Rossetti Awards 2024 Long List for Young Adult Fiction
The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

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

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

These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI entries to the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Dante Rossetti Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists 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 SHORT LIST of the 2024 Dante Rossetti Book Awards novel competition for Young Adult Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Pam Binder – Raven Spirit
- Mark Kraver – The Willow
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies a Post-Dystopian Romantic Thriller
- Valerie Biel – Beyond the Cemetery Gate the Secret Keeper’s Daughter
- C.W. James – The Tomb of Ptahmes
- Kevin O’Flaherty – The Evolution of Nora O’Brien Pacheco
- Miki Mitayn – Heated Earth Aedgar Moves in
- Tory Gates – How the Story Ends
- Rande Goodwin – The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice (Book 2 of The Witches of Windsor)
- C.H. Brown – The Appearance of Power
- Sally DiPaula – Captain Moretti’s Daughter
- Laurie Stevens – The Return
- B. Lynn Goodwin – Disrupted
- Nat Bickel – The Catalyst
- Kelly Vincent – Ugliest
- Jeff Hartman – How To Win The Nobel Peace Prize
- John Daze – Rogues of the Crosslands Azorias Blade
- Lenore Borja – The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)
- C.E. Brown – Seeing Gray
- V. Romas Burton – Justified
- Kathryn Silver-Hajo – Roots of the Banyan Tree
- Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
- Steve Schafer – eMortal
- CC Robinson – Divided: Book One In The Divided Series
- Glen Dahlgren – The Realm of Gods (The Chronicles of Chaos Book Three)
- Leslea Wahl – Charting the Course
- Jonathan Floyd – Lost on the Edge of Eternity
- Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman – Spectral Evidence
- M. Ch. Landa – Vandella: Resilience
- Lynn Yvonne Moon – Journey’s Travels – Mirrors
- D. K. Yamashiro – Anela’s Club
- J.A. Nielsen – The Winter Heir (Fractured Kingdoms, Book 2)
- John Middleton – The Pool of Initiation
- E. L. Werbitsky – The Marsh Keeper
- Mark Sabbas – The Monarchs
- Rebecca A. Nagy – Phoenix Rising: Initiation
- Felicia Farber – Fake Out
- Rae St. Clair Bridgman – Fish & Sphinx
- Maggie Hill- Sunday Money
- Joshua Witmyer – The Death of Capitalism
- Vito Dibarone – Botheration: Part One: The Missing Link
- Vito Dibarone – Botheration: Part Three: Epiphany
- Jennifer Haskin – The Clockwork Pen
- Maryanne Melloan Woods – Lazarus
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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner

Sour Flower

By Maryanne Melloan Woods

Click here to see the full list of 2023 Dante Rossetti Book Award Winners for Young Adult Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Dante Rossetti Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction.

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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!
December 22, 2024
The 2024 CYGNUS Awards Finalists for Science Fiction
The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring space, time travel, life on other planets, parallel universes, alternate reality, and all the science, technology, major social or environmental changes of the future that author imaginations can dream up for the CYGNUS Book Awards division. Hard Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Apocalyptic Fiction, Cyberpunk, Time Travel, Genetic Modification, Aliens, Super Humans, Interplanetary Travel, Climate-Fiction, and Settlers on the Galactic Frontier, Dystopian, our judges from across North America and the U.K. will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward from the 2024 Cygnus Semi-Finalists to the FINALISTS. Finalists will be 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 Bellingham, WA at the beautiful Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE AND GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Cygnus Book Awards novel competition for Science Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
- Timothy S. Johnston – A Blanket of Steel
- Janet Post – Vee: Shooting Star
- Neil V. Young – Children of the Stars
- Jeremy Clift – Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
- Sean M. Tirman – Hounds of Gaia (The Marrower Saga, Book One)
- Don Stuart – Darwin’s Dilemma
- Sheri T. Joseph – Edge of the Known World
- Alexandru Czimbor – Sentience Hazard
- Peter Dingus – Deep Time
- Jaime Castle – Purgatory
- Jayson Adams – Ares
- A. R. Black – No Man’s Land
- John Be Lane – The Future Lies
- Aaron Arsenault – The Climate Diaries: Book One: The Academy
- Russell Klyford – Emergent Mars
- S.G. Blaise – Meddling Mages
- PJ Caldas – The Girl from Wudang
- Thomas Weaver – Artificial Wisdom
- Ellen Ricciutti – One Time or Another
- Shami Stovall – The Half-Life Empire
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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Congratulations once more to the 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner

The Shadow of War

By Timothy S. Johnston

Click here to see the full list of 2023 CYGNUS Book Award Winners for Science Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science 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! Seating is Limited so Register Today!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
November 12, 2024