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  • The 2022 Paranormal CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Supernatural Fiction

    The 2022 Paranormal CIBAs Semi-Finalists for Supernatural Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, and magical systems.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Short List to the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on these Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Eva Doherty Gremmert – The Fairy Fort
    • Daniela Valenti – The Ghosts of Evil (Book 3 of the Sentinel 10 series)
    • Nancy Canyon – Ghost Rocks
    • Brooke Maddaleni – Let Me Go
    • Jody Hadlock – The Lives of Diamond Bessie
    • Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10, The Edge of Destiny
    • David Fitz-Gerald – Caught in a Trance
    • J.D. Toepfer – Route 666: Highway to Hell
    • Novella Jean – The Bell Lady of Blairmont Manor
    • Michael J. Grasso – A Dark Age Resurgent
    • Joe Lyon – Temple of Valor: Astar’s Blade: Part Three
    • Lloyd Jeffries – A Portion of Malice (Ages of Malice, Book I)
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: Book Two of The Bury Down Chronicles
    • Kaylin McFarren – Requiem For A Queen
    • Florence Tholozan – The Chinese Woman from the Painting
    • Gina Detwiler – Forbidden
    • T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
    • Cass Kay – Legacy Witches
    • Jenny Allen – Blood Lily
    • Anika Savoy – The Ghost in Her
    • Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
    • Stu Jones – S.H.R.E.D. Gorgon Rising
    • Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – Cold As Hell
    • Nola Nash – Traveler
    • Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin

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

    Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards Semi-Finalist Badge with Blue Laurels

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards and OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER of 2021 is:

    The Devil Pulls The Strings

    By J. W. Zarek

    The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

    Paranormal Grand Prize Winner The Devil Pulls the Strings by J.W. Zarek

    The 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

  • The 2022 I&I CIBAs Short List for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

    The 2022 I&I CIBAs Short List for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2022 I&I Non-Fiction Long List to the 2022 I&I Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 I&I Semi-Finals. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finals of the 2022 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

    • Tana Hope – Healthy Habits for Desk Potatoes
    • Kenneth Nixon Jr. – Born Into Crisis
    • John W. Feist – Pocket Japan: a concise guidebook for business travelers to Japan
    • Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
    • Kip and Pam Rosser – Vegetarian Tales From the Mushroom Rooms
    • Natalie Dale, MD – A Writer’s Guide to Medicine. Volume 2: Illness & Injury
    • Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
    • Simran Sadana & Meena Iyer – Ramayana Through Ikebana
    • Michael J. Freeman Ph.D. – Freeman Explains! The Things That Can Change That Should Be Changed
    • Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
    • Gene Berardelli – Schnooks, Crooks, Liars & Scoundrels: A Field Guide to Identifying Political Buffoons
    • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Dating While Autistic: Cut Through the Social Quagmire and Find Your Person
    • Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
    • Christopher H. Volk – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
    • Daniel Shyti – American Gaslighting: How America Is Being Systematically Taught to Hate Itself
    • Ellen Notbohm – Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
    • Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. – Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal 2nd Edition
    • Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
    • Margaret Tran – The Actions
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
    • D. Terrence Foster, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
    • Tracy Cram Perkins – Dementia Home Care, How to Prepare Before, During, and After
    • Sandy Gerber – Emotional Magnetism – How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
    • Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
    • Daryl Potter – Even the Monsters. Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

    This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post.

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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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 2021 I&I Awards is
    Ángela Quijada-Banks for The Black Foster Youth Handbook

    Black Foster Youth Handbook Cover

    Click here to see the 2021 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

    We are now accepting submissions to the 2023 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. 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 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

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

  • The 2022 HEARTEN CIBAs Short List for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

    The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2022 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2022 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Kerrin Margiano – Enjoy the Gift of Childhood
    • Ed Norwood – Be a Giant Killer: Overcoming Your Everyday Goliaths
    • Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, RELENTLESS
    • Megan Whitmer – Mom Life Versus the Everyday Apocalypse
    • Laura Whitfield – Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
    • Ann E Feldman – Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change
    • Randi Benator – Awaken to Your Calling: A Guide to Discovering Your Career Path and Life Direction
    • Beverly J. Armento – Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
    • C.J. Hudson – Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street
    • Kim Fairley – Swimming for My Life
    • Mark Berridge – A Fraction Stronger
    • Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
    • Mohan Ranga Rao – Inner Trek – Trek Himalayan
    • Roselle Madrone – The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience
    • Jocelyn Jones – Artist: Awakening the Spirit Within
    • Jackie Haines – Pinball, the Stray I Needed
    • Laura Bartnick – Being Creative
    • Benjamin Plumb – The Satisfied Introvert: A Memoir About Finding Safety in an Extroverted World
    • Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
    • Linda C Wright – A Bittersweet Goodnight

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

    The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 HEARTEN Awards is
    Diane Trull & Meredith Wargo for
    DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them

    Cover of DAWGS, the 2021 Grand Prize Winner for the Hearten Awards

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize Badge for the 2021 Hearten Awards, won by DAWGs

    Click here to see the 2021 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC24. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

    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 11th annual conference and discover why!

    Featuring: Book to Screen expert and attorney Maggie Marr

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Short List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2022 SOMERSET CIBAs Short List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. 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 2022 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Long List to the 2022 Somerset Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Somerset Semi-Finalist. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalist positions. Winners will be selected from the Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Conon Parks – Everything That Was
    • Michael Richard – Chosen’s Beautiful Heart
    • Karla Huebner – In Search of the Magic Theater
    • Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
    • Vee Kumari – ANKANAM
    • Linda Moore – Attribution
    • Kathleen Stone – Tell Me You Love Me
    • Datta Groover – The Reluctant Visionary
    • Ja-ne de Abreu – The Energy Inside Valsin’s Choices
    • Rebecca Miller – Touch
    • Grace Marcus – Visible Signs
    • Robert Tucker – The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1
    • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
    • Meredith Berlin – Friends with Issues
    • Frances Howard-Snyder – A Willow Cabin at Your Gate
    • Julia Tvardovskaya – Identifiable
    • David B. Seaburn – Give Me Shelter
    • Michael Chatlien – Northern Lights
    • Julia Brewer Daily – The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
    • Ellen Sherman – Into the Attic
    • Fran Hawthorne – I Meant to Tell You
    • Antonia Gavrihel – Back to One: Take 2 Ambient Light
    • Karen Heenan – Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression
    • Jeff Hartman – The End Of The War
    • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
    • Patricia Averbach – Dreams of Drowning
    • Tom Stewart – Immortal North
    • Jeffrey Dale Lofton – Red Clay Suzie
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • John Hansen – Hired Hand
    • Jo Deniau – Stiff Hearts
    • Drema Drudge – Southern-Fried Woolf
    • Dianne C. Braley – The Silence in the Sound
    • Maggie Smith – Truth and Other Lies
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – Raising Kane
    • Barbara Francesca Murphy – Lucina’s Letters
    • Lynn Byk – The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
    • Peter McDade – Songs By Honeybird
    • Edward Pontacoloni – The Rookery
    • Lee Bukowski – A Week of Warm Weather
    • Betsy Withycombe – The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor
    • Gloria Mattioni – California Sister
    • Morgan Sloan – Scars and Honey
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Ann Marie Stewart – Out of the Water

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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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 2021 Somerset Awards is Lies in Bone by Natalie Symons

    Lies in Bone Cover

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Somerset Awards Grand Prize won by Natalie Symons for Lies in Bone

    Click here to see the 2021 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 JOURNEY CIBAs Finalists for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    The 2022 JOURNEY CIBAs Finalists for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    Journey Narrative Non-Fiction CIBA BadgeThe Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

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

    These titles have moved forward in the Semi-Finalist Journey Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Journey Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23). The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Sandi Paris – Catching Rain
    • Michael Wohl – In Herschel’s Wake
    • Ashe and Magdalena Stevens – Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War
    • Norris Comer – Salmon in the Seine: Alaskan Memories of Life, Death, & Everything In-Between
    • Laura Whitfield – Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
    • Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
    • Roselle Madrone – The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience
    • D. Terrence Foster, MD – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
    • Mark Berridge – A Fraction Stronger
    • Joseph G. Krygier with Victor Breitburg – A Rage To Live: Surviving The Holocaust So Hitler Would Not Win
    • Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
    • Simone Yemm – Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels: The Girl with the Eating Disorder
    • Philip Lister – A Short Good Life: Her Father Tells Liza’s Story of Facing Death
    • M. E. Schuman – The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun
    • Meredith O’Brien – Opening The Door: My Journey Through Anorexia To Full Recovery
    • Susan Frances Morris – The Sensitive One
    • Amelia Zachry – Enough – A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood
    • Carolyn DiPasquale – Reckless Grace: A Mother’s Crash Course in Mental Illness
    • Mike Coleman – The Way from Me to Us
    • Gabriel Bron – The Journey Home: Portraits of Healing
    • Catherine Ehrlich – Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage
    • Denise Collins – What Happened to John

    Blue and Gold Badge for the finalists of the Journey non-fiction awards

     

    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 2021 JOURNEY Awards is:

    Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days

    Andrea Wilson Woods

    The 2022 JOURNEY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 JOURNEY Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! 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.

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

    Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!

  • 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER CIBAs 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 all 2022 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Semi-finalists to the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Winner of the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    The 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Finalists

    • Joy A. Burke – Surviving Christmas
    • Cicek Bricault – KyRose Takes A Leap
    • Sam Hooker & Lindy Ryan – Hemlock N Glitter
    • S.P. O’Farrell – Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London
    • J.K. Pinsel – KAZI
    • Alex Paul – The King’s Armada: Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 6
    • Bo Gannon – Rabbit Tracks – The Trail to Gettysburg
    • Ana Cortes – Marco, Pablo, & Olivia: Fútbol Tryouts
    • Ben Gartner – People of the Sun
    • PJ McIlvaine – Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts in the Closet
    • Jon & Di Nelson – Spooky Stuff – Back Pocket Summer Camp Tales
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Universe
    • Christian A. Shane – Salmon Survivor
    • Ted Neill & Suzi Spooner – Mystery Force Volume 1: Books 1-3 of the Mystery Force Series
    • Ellen Dee Davidson – WIND
    • Tamra Andrews – Mirror Child: Book One: The Woolgatherer
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • JK Noble – HALE: The Rise of the Griffins
    • J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures

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

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

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

    Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Twitter’s handle is @ChantiReviews

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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 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards was:

    Fishing for Luck

    by Murray Richter

    Fishing for Luck Cover

    See the full list of 2021 Gertrude Warner Winners here

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    April 27-30, 2023! 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 11th annual conference and discover why!

     

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 HEMINGWAY CIBAs Short List for 20th Century Wartime Fiction

    Ernest Hemingway looking off to the right

    The Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works for 20th Century Wartime Fiction.  The Hemingway Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Hemingway Book Awards competition is named for Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Fiction Long List to the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Hemingway Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for 20th Century Wartime Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Dennis D. Skirvin – The Short-timer: A Story of Love and War
    • Nove Meyers – The O’Dell Cup
    • Denise Frisino – Storms From A Clear Sky
    • Iain Stewart – Knights of the Air: Book 4 EXILE
    • Bob Van Laerhoven – The Shadow Of The Mole
    • Sophie Neville – Love is for the Brave
    • M.N. Snitz – The Price for Glory
    • Robert W Smith – Running with Cannibals
    • Kathryn Gauci – The Song of the Partisans: A Powerful and Unforgettable Novel of Resistance
    • Kathryn Gauci – The Viennese Dressmaker: A Haunting Story of Wartime Vienna
    • Teri M Brown – An Enemy Like Me
    • Samrat Mitra – Laddie Roy
    • Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – Men Who Strove With Gods
    • Peter Curtis – Pavel’s War Book Three
    • Elizabeth St. Michel – On Prevailing Winds
    • Michael J Cooper – Wages of Empire
    • John West – The Psychiatrist: Conscript, Prisoner, Interpreter, Healer
    • D.V. Chernov – Commissar: A Novel of Civil War Russia
    • Helena P. Schrader – Moral Fibre
    • Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles
    • Murray Pura & Patrick E. Craig – The Scepter And The Isle

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    The 2021 Grand Prize Winner for the Hemingway Awards is EO-N

    by Dave Mason

    EO-N Cover

    Click here to see the 2021 Hemingway Book Award Winners for 20th c. WartimeFiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hemingway Book Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

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    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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  • The 2022 CIBAs Paranormal Book Awards Short List for Supernatural Fiction

    The 2022 CIBAs Paranormal Book Awards Short List for Supernatural Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books Paranormal books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, and magical systems.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Paranormal Supernatural Fiction Long List to the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Paranormal Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Paranormal Book Awards novel competition for Supernatural Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on these Short List authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Eva Doherty Gremmert – The Fairy Fort
    • Daniela Valenti – The Ghosts of Evil (Book 3 of the Sentinel 10 series)
    • Nancy Canyon – Ghost Rocks
    • Brooke Maddaleni – Let Me Go
    • Jody Hadlock – The Lives of Diamond Bessie
    • Daniela Valenti – Sentinel 10, The Edge of Destiny
    • David Fitz-Gerald – Caught in a Trance
    • J.D. Toepfer – Route 666: Highway to Hell
    • Novella Jean – The Bell Lady of Blairmont Manor
    • Xerkado – Planet Jerlexia: The Flamists
    • Michael J. Grasso – A Dark Age Resurgent
    • Joe Lyon – Temple of Valor: Astar’s Blade: Part Three
    • Lloyd Jeffries – A Portion of Malice (Ages of Malice, Book I)
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – The Lady of the Cliffs: Book Two of The Bury Down Chronicles
    • Kaylin McFarren – Requiem For A Queen
    • Florence Tholozan – The Chinese Woman from the Painting
    • Gina Detwiler – Forbidden
    • Sharon Shipley – The Wylder Ghost and Blossom Cherry
    • D. Lieber – The Assassin’s Legacy
    • T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
    • Cass Kay – Legacy Witches
    • Sharon Sutila – The Stealing
    • Jenny Allen – Blood Lily
    • Anika Savoy – The Ghost in Her
    • Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
    • Stu Jones – S.H.R.E.D. Gorgon Rising
    • Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle – Cold As Hell
    • Nola Nash – Traveler
    • Nola Nash – Crescent City Sin

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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 PARANORMAL Awards and OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER of 2021 is:

    The Devil Pulls The Strings

    By J. W. Zarek

    The Devil Pulls the Strings Book Cover

    Paranormal Grand Prize Winner The Devil Pulls the Strings by J.W. Zarek

    The 2022 PARANORMAL Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 PARANORMAL Book Awards are open until the end of September. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

  • The 2022 CLUE CIBA Finalists for Suspense/Thrillers

    The 2022 CLUE CIBA Finalists for Suspense/Thrillers

    Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardThe Clue Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Suspense and Thriller Mysteries. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards, and for High Stakes Suspense Novels please check out our Global Thriller Awards).

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Clue Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the 2022 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Finalists and their works in the 2022 CIBAs. 

    • Marie Sutro – Dark Obsessions
    • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Dream
    • Martin Roy Hill – Upriver
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes, a Babs Norman Mystery
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Spree, A Buck Taylor Novel
    • Kevin G. Chapman – Dead Winner
    • Michael Stockham – Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer
    • Michael Pronko – Azabu Getaway
    • Saralyn Richard – Bad Blood Sisters
    • Brenda Stanley – The Still Small Voice
    • Bryan Cassiday – Knot of Fear
    • Danielle M. Wong – Last Liar Standing
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Arthur Herbert – The Bones of Amoret
    • Britt Lind – Malevolence – A Hollywood Mystery
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • Paul Attaway – Eli’s Redemption
    • Paul Attaway – Blood in the Low Country
    • Lisa Towles – Ninety-Five
    • Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
    • Susan Wingate – When You Leave Me
    • Alexandrea Weis – Have You Seen Me?
    • Jodé Millman – Hooker Avenue
    • Brian Cuban – The Ambulance Chaser
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Exploded, A Buck Taylor Novel

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

    Blue and Gold badge for the clue finalists for suspense/thriller

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CLUE Awards was:

    The Vines

    by Shelley Nolden

    The Vines Cover

    Clue Grand Prize Badge for The Vines by Shelley Nolden

    See the full list of 2021 winners here!

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 CLUE Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

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  • The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs Short List for Collections and Novellas

    Shorts Badge, a small pencil on a blue background.

    The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay 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 2022 Entries 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 (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post.

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections and Novellas!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me
    • Kelly Evans – Stubborn: A Greek Comedy
    • Susan Lehmann – Southern Lies and Homicides, Tales of Betrayal and Murder
    • Susannah Dawn – I Am Who I’ve Always Been: Journey Excerpts
    • Virginia Crow – Haunting Whispers of Highland Waters
    • Philip Derrick – Saigon Spring
    • Dale L. Roberts – Infestate
    • Walli Ann Wisniewski – Wanderings in Opera Shoes
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery
    • Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller
    • Chris Bennett – Advent – A Road to the Breaking Short Story
    • Sara Connell – Ghost House
    • Don Daglow – The Last One on the Run
    • Edward Morrow – Tree S.T.A.R.S: Dominion
    • Barry Robbins – The Trump Diaries 2024
    • Linnea Tanner – Two Faces of Janus
    • Tessa Floreano – Slain Over Spumoni
    • Jacek Waliszewski – Air Boat – Love is an Adventure
    • Andrew Farkas – The Great Indoorsman
    • W.A. Pepper – DoGoodR: A Tanto Thriller
    • Pat Wahler – The Christmas Keepsake
    • Britt Lind – A Fate Worse Than Death
    • Arthur Herbert – Lockdown: A Collection of Dark Tales
    • Mohan Ranga – Geetha Essay – Domestic Work
    • Endy Wright – The Garden Plot Diaries
    • Suzanne Smith – The Mortal Vampire
    • S A Melia – Aliens in Windsor
    • Tamar Anolic – The Lonely Spirit
    • Mekiya Walters – Cassandra Says

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards for Short Story Collections is Elizabeth Crowens for
    New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

    New York Give me your best or your worst cover

    Blue and Gold Grand Prize badge for the Shorts Awards recognizing New York: Give Me your Best or Your Worst by Elizabeth Crowens

     

    Click here to see the 2021 Shorts Book Award Winners and Finalists.

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

    Please click here for more information.

    Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    Don’t Miss out! April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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