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  • The 2023 CIBAs Humor and Satire Semi-Finalists

    The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire.  The Humor and Satire Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Humor and Satire Fiction Short List to the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 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 in the running for the Finalists of the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards novel competition!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Kenneth Arbogast – Whinesburg, Ohio
    • Lou Dischler – The Rising
    • Tom Strelich – Water Memory
    • Mike Murphey – Quantum Consequence… Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5
    • Matthew Binder – Pure Cosmos Club
    • Bill Boggs – Spike Unleashed: The Wonder Dog Returns
    • W.T. Kosmos – Blaze Union and the Puddin’ Head Schools
    • James Krieger – Not My Best Idea
    • Eileen O’Finlan – All the Furs and Feathers
    • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansions
    • T.C. Morrison – Send in The Tort Lawyer$
    • Jason Ollander-Krane – Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey
    • Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
    • Allyson Rice – The Key to Circus-Mom Highway
    • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair
    • J Paul Rieger Jr (JP Rieger) – Clonk!
    • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
    • T.K. Sheffield – The Valentine Line

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Humor and Satire Awards is:

    Delphic Oracle, U.S.A
    By Steven Mayfield

    Delphic Oracle Cover

    The Mark Twain Grand Prize for Steven Mayfield and his book Delphic Oracle U.S.A.

    Click here to see the 2022 Humor and Satire Book Award Winners.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    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!

  • The Chaucer 2023 Book Awards Finalists for Early Historical Fiction

    The Chaucer 2023 Book Awards Finalists for Early Historical Fiction

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottomThe Chaucer Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in pre-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Chaucer Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Chaucer Book Awards FINALISTS. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2023 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Gail Avery Halverson – A Sea of Glass
    • Gina Buonaguro – The Virgins of Venice
    • Griffin Brady – The Hussar’s Duty
    • James Hutson-Wiley – The Merchant from Sepharad
    • Regan Walker – The Strongest Heart
    • Juliette Godot – From the Drop of Heaven
    • Yvonne Korshak – Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
    • Robert S Phillips – Elodia’s Knife
    • C.V. Lee – Token of Betrayal
    • Rebecca D’Harlingue – The Map Colorist: A Novel
    • Rozsa Gaston – Margaret of Austria
    • Mary Pat Ferron Canes with JR Foley – Dark Queen of Donegal
    • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the Shadows
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book Two
    • Adrienne Dillard – Keeper of the Queen’s Jewels: a novel of Jane Seymour
    • Adam Alexander Haviaras – Sincerity is a Goddess: A Dramatic and Romantic Comedy of Ancient Rome
    • Margaret Porter – The Myrtle Wand
    • K.M. Butler – House Aretoli

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

      Mack Little, author of

      Daughter of Hades

       

      Click here to see the 2022 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

      We are now accepting submissions for the 2024 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

      Please click here to submit to the 2024 Chaucer Awards

      For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

      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, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

       

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

    • The 2023 CIBAs Mind & Spirit Short List for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

      Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Awards CIBA Badge

      The Mind and Spirit Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Mind and Spirit Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring enlightenment, motivational/self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, well-being, meditation, and energy. 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 Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction Long Listto the 202 Mind and Spirit Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Mind and Spirit FINALISTS. 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 in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2023 Mind and Spirit Book Awards novel competition for Enlightenment, Spirituality, and Mindfulness Non-Fiction!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Summer McStravick – Stuff Nobody Taught You: 40 Lessons from M.E. School to Help You Stop Feeling Miserable and Start Feeling Amazing
      • Kirsten Throneberry – Guided: Lost Love, Hidden Realms, and the Open Road
      • Susan Drury – Elevating Your Origins to Love: A Guided Journey of Transformation, Healing and Power
      • Elizabeth Blake Thomas – Living With Intention
      • Meliors Simms – The Secret Lives of Teeth
      • Karen Roberts – The Blossoming of Women: A Workbook on Growing from Older to Elder
      • Rosanna Ienco – Enter the Journey: A Mystical Guide for Rebirth and Renewal
      • Jenn Henry – Resilience: A Different Kind of Strong
      • Kelly Bulkeley – The Spirituality of Dreaming: Unlocking the Wisdom of Our Sleeping Selves
      • Pierre Pradervand – The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment
      • Steven Greenebaum – An Afternoon’s Dictation: Inclusive Revelation for the 21st Century
      • Terri Kim – The Enlightenment Stories Represented in the Samgook Yusa and the Princess Bari
      • Maureen Kane – A Guide Back to You
      • Kasey J. Claytor – The Money Map, A Spiritual Guide for Financial Success
      • Luisa Frey – Trust the Signs
      • Melo Calarco – Beating Burnout, Finding Balance
      • Shanita Liu – Dear Durga: A Mom’s Guide to Activate Courage and Emerge Victorious
      • Anne Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
      • Mike Lutz – Jesus Speaking Devotional Prayers
      • Alexander V Girman, Cynthia J Girman – A Voice from Heaven: From Earthly Struggles to Thriving in the Afterlife
      • Aesha Tahir – Unhunched: Discover Wellness Through Posture
      • Ray Catania – You’re Still Alive, Now Act Like It: Empower Elevate and Enlighten Your Consciousness
      • Ryan Baxter – Mother Stella: Her Song of Love
      • Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo – Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art
      • Grieg de la Houssaye – The Energy To Thrive
      • Vincent Genna – The Secret That’s Holding You Back
      • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

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

      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

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

      Click here to see the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Award Winners

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      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, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

       

    • The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards Finalists for Middle Grade Fiction

      The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

      The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Gertrude Warner Book Awards FINALISTS. 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 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Sue C Dugan – SOS
      • Alex Paul – The Amarrat Invasion
      • Chris Norbury – Little Mountain, Big Trouble
      • V Knox – Snow Behind the Door
      • Zane Re-Bloom – The Magic of Moon & Herbs
      • Marsha Tufft – The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures? Book 4
      • Malinda Andrews – Awaken
      • Peter Serko – Hattie’s War
      • Andrew Dolberg and Rob Long – The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Origin of Punxsutawney Phil
      • Vincent M. Miceli – The Last Triceracorn, Book One
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout
      • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire & Wolves: A Tale of Etria
      • Kevin Dunn – Vicious is My Middle Name
      • Sheri Graubert – Molly Shipton, Secret Actress
      • Barbara Gold – Operation Save PawPrints, an Izzy Rose Green Mystery
      • L.T. Caton – Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
      • Susan Diamond Riley – The Sea Witch’s Revenge: A Delta & Jax Mystery
      • Rae Knightly – EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)
      • Alisse Lee Goldenberg & Joseph Goldenberg – Lucky At Bat
      • Mark Cheverton – Facing the Beast Within
      • Cintia Alfonso Fior – Moraline
      • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
      • Ben Gartner – One Giant Leap

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

      Blue and Gold badge for finalists of Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade fiction

       

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      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:

      MYSTERY FORCE, Volume 1

      by Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner

      Ted Neill and Suzi Spooner's book Mystery Force Volume 1 took home the Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Award

      See the Full List of Gertrude Warner 2022 Winners here!

      The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open now! Enter here!

      See all 25 of our CIBA 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, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

    • The M&M 2023 Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

      The M&M 2023 Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

      Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

      Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2023 M&M Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs 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 have advanced to the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

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

      • Trish MacEnulty – The Whispering Women
      • Craig H. Bowlsby – The Cyrano Solution
      • Ruud Richardson – The Girl Who Never Was
      • B.T. Polcari – Fire and Ice
      • B.T. Polcari – Against My Better Judgment
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Purloined Portrait
      • Gail Grant Park – We Are Shadows: An Irish Ghost Story
      • Rebecca Olmstead – Dreams and Illusions
      • Charlotte Stuart – In$ured to the Hilt
      • Anna St. John – Doomed by Blooms
      • Elizabeth Crowens – Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
      • Patrick E. Craig – The Quilt That Knew
      • A.J. McCarthy – A Stranger in the Family
      • Traci Andrighetti – Tuaca Tan
      • E. W. Finke – Coyote’s Wail
      • Mary Seifert – Fishing, Festivities & Fatalities
      • Michel Prince – Always a Groomsman
      • M.K. Dean – A Corpse in the Condo
      • Kate Hallock – Nine Ways to Die: An Enneagram Murder Mystery
      • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansions
      • Cindy Sample – Birthdays Are Murder
      • Carolyn Summer Quinn – Cloudy with a Chance of Answers
      • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley
      • Charlotte Whitney – The Unveiling of Polly Forrest
      • Kim Herdman Shapiro – The Raven’s Cry
      • Lori Roberts Herbst – Negative Reaction
      • Lori Roberts Herbst – Photo Finished
      • D.R. Ransdell – Party Wine
      • Connie Berry – The Shadow of Memory
      • Christine Knapp – Murder on the Widow’s Walk
      • Christine Knapp – Murder at the Wedding
      • M. A. Monnin – Death In The Aegean
      • Erica Miner – Aria for Murder
      • Wendy Bayne – Guilds and Gunpowder
      • Matthew Cost – Velma Gone Awry
      • Jule Selbo – 9 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery
      • Amy S. Peele – Hold
      • Kim Davis – Buttercream Betrayal
      • D. J. Adamson – With a Vengeance
      • Lyn Squire – Immortalised to Death
      • Brigitte Goldstein – Death of a Diva–From Berlin to Broadway
      • Eleanor Tatum – Countess of Change
      • Kim Davis – Muddled Matrimonial Murder
      • Brandon Lawniczak – Riding in Circles
      • J. Ivanel Johnson – Just A Stale Mate
      • Mary Seifert – Santa, Snowflakes & Strychnine
      • T.K. Sheffield – Vintage Model, the Backyard Model Mysteries Book 1

      Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

       

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

      A Spying Eye

      A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

      by Michelle Cox 

      The M&M Grand Prize for Mystery and Mayhem M&M Awards goes to A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox

      Here is the link to the 2022 M&M Book Award Winners!

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 M&M Book Awards for Cozy-And-Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!.

      Please click here for more information.

      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, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

    • The 2023 OZMA Book Awards FINALISTs for Fantasy Fiction

      The 2023 OZMA Book Awards FINALISTs for Fantasy Fiction

      The Ozma Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Fantasy Fiction. The Ozma Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2023 CIBAs OZMA division.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Ozma Book Awards FINALISTS. 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 Ozma Book Awards Finalists for Fantasy Fiction!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm: Book One: The Scales of Balance
      • L.R. Braden – Of Mettle and Magic
      • Lilla Glass – The Unseen
      • Ross Hightower & Deb Heim – Argren Blue
      • Amber Kirkpatrick – Until the Rising
      • Charles Allen – The Order of the Red God
      • Jaime Castle & Andy Peloquin – Black Talon
      • Crystal D. Grant – Shadowcast
      • Ekta R. Garg – In the Heart of the Linden Wood
      • D. K. Willis – The Unexpected
      • Dale Griffin – The Last Lion of Karkov
      • Jonathan Uffelman – Book of Leprechauns: The Lore Gatherers
      • PM Black – The Solar Realm – Silver Slayer
      • PJ Devlin – The Chamber
      • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
      • L. Ryan Storms – Temper the Dark
      • Alex B. Harper – Of Light and Nightmares: The Ashes of Magic Trilogy, Volume I
      • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada

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

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

      Soar a Burning Sky

      By Steven Michael Beck

      The Ozma Grand Prize Badge for Soar a Burning Sky by Steven Michael Beck

      See the full list of 2022 Ozma Award Winners here

      The 2023 OZMA Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2024 OZMA Book Awards are open now. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      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, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

    • The 2023 Shorts Award Short List for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

      The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

      The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Long List to the Shorts Book Awards Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions.

      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 in the running for the Finalists of the 2023 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections,  Novellas, and Essays!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Michele L. Sayre – A Ghoulish Good Time – Tales to Make You Scream
      • Seán Thomas Dwyer – Tiptoeing Past the Dragon
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Miami Vengeance: A Griffin Knight Conspiracy Mystery
      • Elizabeth Chesla – You Cannot Forbid the Flower
      • David Joseph – I Didn’t Know What to Say, So I Just Said Thanks
      • Louise Lenahan Wallace – The Windows of his Heart
      • Brittany Eden – Wishes
      • J. I. Rogers – The Korpes File Series – Short Stories: Vol 1
      • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 4
      • D. C. Gomez – Recruited
      • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – The Windy City Terror: A Griffin Knight Horror Mystery
      • Vali Benson – Blood and Silver
      • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest
      • JuJu – The Costly Wish
      • Jeffrey Matthews – The Case of the Disappearing Beaune: A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story
      • Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire and Wolves: A Tale of Etria
      • Ekta R. Garg – The Truth About Elves
      • Gary Baysinger – A Kind of Homecoming
      • Paper Lantern Writers – Unlocked
      • Celaine Charles – Stained Glass Secrets and Star Wishes
      • Scott Swanson – Philly’s Bridge And Other Northwest Stories
      • Turtle – A Grading of the Human Species
      • Laurie Stevens – The Devil and Daniela Webster
      • Mack Little – Shelter in a Hostile World

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

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

      God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

      by Lori Lee Peters

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards 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

      See the full list of Shorts 2022 Winners here (Collections and Novellas)

      And Here (Short Stories and Essays)

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Shorts Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

      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, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!

       

    • The 2023 CIBAs Humor and Satire Short List

      The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire.  The Humor and Satire Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Humor and Satire Fiction Long List to the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2023 Humor and Satire SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 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 in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards novel competition!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Kenneth Arbogast – Whinesburg, Ohio
      • Lou Dischler – The Rising
      • Tom Strelich – Water Memory
      • Mike Murphey – Quantum Consequence… Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5
      • Matthew Binder – Pure Cosmos Club
      • Bill Boggs – Spike Unleashed: The Wonder Dog Returns
      • Lou Dischler – Locking up Daddy
      • W.T. Kosmos – Blaze Union and the Puddin’ Head Schools
      • James Krieger – Not My Best Idea
      • Eileen O’Finlan – All the Furs and Feathers
      • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansioins
      • T.C. Morrison – Send in The Tort Lawyer$
      • Jason Ollander-Krane – Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey
      • Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
      • Dr. Meander Swotty – Lower Education
      • Allyson Rice – The Key to Circus-Mom Highway
      • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair #2
      • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose
      • J Paul Rieger Jr (JP Rieger) – Clonk!
      • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
      • Doug Cameron – Dysfunctional Regulatory Bodies: Scarecrows and Stupidity
      • David Grubb – A Trip From God Book 1
      • T.K. Sheffield – The Valentine Line

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Humor and Satire Awards is:

      Delphic Oracle, U.S.A
      By Steven Mayfield

      Delphic Oracle Cover

      The Mark Twain Grand Prize for Steven Mayfield and his book Delphic Oracle U.S.A.

      Click here to see the 2022 Humor and Satire Book Award Winners.

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Mark Twain Book Awards for Humor and Satire Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      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!

    • The 2023 CIBA Series Award Short List for Genre Fiction

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

      The CIBA FICTION SERIES Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in any of our 16 Fiction Divisions where the author has written a series. The Fiction Series Book Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is seeking for the best book series in all of its fifteen fiction divisions: Mysteries, Suspense Thrillers, Espionage/High Stakes, Young Adult, Middle-Grade Readers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural and Paranormal, Romance, Historical Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Series Book Awards Entries to the 2022 Series Book Awards Short List. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Series Semi-Finalists. Finalists are then chosen from the Semi-Finalists. 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 luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

      These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finals of the 2023 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • David Fitz-Gerald – Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail
      • Eric J. Gates – The Cull
      • CK Van Dam – On the Dakota Frontier
      • Michele L. Sayre – Darke Realms
      • Chuck Morgan – Crime
      • Jode Millman – The Queen City Crimes Series
      • John J Spearman – Perseverance Andrews
      • John J Spearman – Halberd
      • Sharon Michalove – Global Security Unlimited
      • McKinley Aspen – Shadows in the Wind
      • James Hutson-Wiley – The Sugar Merchant
      • Holly Brandon – Chastity Series
      • Mary Seifert – Katie and Maverick Cozy Mysteries
      • Jeannée Sacken – The Annie Hawkins Series
      • Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina
      • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners Series
      • Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves
      • Mark A. Gibson – Hamilton Place
      • KD Sherrinford – Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler romantic mysteries
      • Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Islands Series
      • C.K. Donnelly – The Kinderra Saga
      • McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
      • Alice McVeigh – Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series
      • Michele Kwasniewski – The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart
      • Elizabeth R. Jensen – The Three Brothers Trilogy
      • Sophia Alexander – The Silk Trilogy
      • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The MiddleGate Books
      • AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque
      • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob
      • Lucinda Brant – Roxton Foundation Series
      • S. Lee Fisher – The Women of Campbell County
      • Andrew Sweet – Reality Gradient
      • Frank F. Weber – The Jon Frederick series
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West was Won then Lost Annihilation
      • Elizabeth Woolsey – The Travels of Dr. Rebecca Harper
      • Tom Burkhalter – No Merciful War
      • E. Alan Fleischauer – Invisible Death
      • Dave Lager – The Ro Delahanty Novels
      • John J. Spearman – FitzDuncan
      • Marieke Lexmond – The Madigan Chronicles
      • Tony Johnson – The Story of Evil

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

      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

      Click here to see the 2022 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

      Please click here for more information.

      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, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      April 18-21, 2024! 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 12th annual conference and discover why!

       

    • The 2023 Shorts Award Short List for Short Stories and Essays

      The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, Novelettes, Novellas, Short Story Collections and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

      The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Long List to the Shorts Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. 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

      Note: These are for Short Stories and Essays. There is a separate post for Novellas, Collections, and longer Essays

      These titles are in the running to be Semi-Finalists of the 2023 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Anthologies!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

      • Catherine Brown – The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper
      • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
      • Luray Embers – No Cat Is An Island
      • A.J. McCarthy – A Rock
      • A.J. McCarthy – The Strike
      • Brian Feutz – Pity the Peasants
      • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury: A Jane Austenesque short story
      • Brittany Eden – Candles in the Dark from Fantasea
      • Logan D. Irons – Bridge of Kings
      • Sallie Barr Palmer – Conversation with a Vampire
      • Susan Lynn Solomon – Sabbath
      • Marie Sutro – Son Down
      • Larry Sherrer – Spirit Letters
      • PJ Devlin – Sea Purses
      • Morgan Sloan – The Awakening
      • Sharon E. Cathcart – Rose in Bloom
      • S.M. Stevens – The Wallace House of Pain
      • Robert S Phillips – The Great River
      • George T. Arnold – Confession of a “Grammarholic”

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

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

      God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

      by Lori Lee Peters

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards 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

      See the full list of Shorts 2022 Winners here (Collections)

      and here (Short Stories and Essays)

      We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Shorts Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

      Please click here for more information.

      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, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

      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!