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The 2022 SHORTS CIBAs 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 2022 Shorts Book Awards entries to the 2022 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 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

NOTE: We are posting the Collections and Novellas in a separate post.

These titles are on the Short List of the 2022 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories and Essays!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Louise Lenahan Wallace – Mud on the Range
- Susannah Dawn – The Case To Be Me
- Susannah Dawn – The Hiroshima Gambit
- Susannah Dawn – On The Run With Meagan Wise
- Brian Feutz – Masquerade
- Henry Kuhlman – Carno
- Linda Lee Keenan – The Sentinel
- Mike Murphey – Old Man Baseball
- Lloyd Jeffries – Buried in the Stars
- Alice McVeigh – Capturing Mr Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Short Story
- Frances Howard-Snyder – The Leak
- Miriam Polli – Agathos
- Tom Durwood – Jayani’s Big Gamble
- Ellen Notbohm – What She Thinks About When She Thinks About Shoes
- Robert Phillips – The Dummy
- Mekiya Outini – The Man Who Misspelled God
- J.L. Oakley – Sons and Streams
- Donna LeClair – I Am Human
- George T. Arnold – Those phone calls
- Claudia Carbonell – Hututu
- Ray Dionne – Harvest Day
- Suzanne Smith – Bullets and Bustles
- Suzanne Smith – The Scalp Collector
- Leslie Wibberley – The Poison Garden
- Mekiya Walters – The Cavemen
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Shorts Awards for Short Stories is Toni Ann Johnson for Homegoing

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.

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

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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February 17, 2023
The 2022 SERIES CIBAs Short List for Genre Fiction
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 2021 Series Book Awards Entries to the 2022 Series Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Series 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 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 Series Book Awards novel competition for Genre Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Amy S Peele – Medical Murder Mysteries
- M.J. Evans – The Skullington Family
- Richard Alan Schwartz – An American Journeys Novel
- Charlotte Stuart – Macavity & Me Mysteries
- Eileen Charbonneau – American Civil War Brides
- Vince Bailey – The Curtis Jefferson series
- Robin Elno – The Clown William Series
- Ian Crouch – A Pyrrhic Victory
- Rozsa Gaston – Anne of Brittany Series
- Davalynn Spencer – Front Range Brides
- Tamar Anolic – Triumph of a Tsar
- Miriam Verbeek – Songs of Si’Empra
- Charlotte Stuart – Discount Detective Mysteries
- Phil Bayly – Murder on Skis
- Terry Birdgenaw – The Antunite Chronicles
- Peter Curtis – The Kohut Trilogy
- Susan Lynn Solomon – Emlyn Goode Mysteries
- Kathi Bjorkman – Third Eye Witness
- T. P. Graf – The Life and Stories of Jaime Cruz
- Jodi Lea Stewart – Silki, the Girl of Many Scarves
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Series Awards is Guinevere’s Trilogy – by Nicole Evelina

Mistress of Legend, Camelot’s Queen, and Daughter of Destiny

Click here to see the 2021 Series Book Award Winners for Genre Fiction.

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

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

April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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February 17, 2023
The 2022 Laramie Book Awards Finalists for Americana Fiction
The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre. The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and 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 Laramie Americana Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Laramie Book Awards FINALISTS. 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.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2022 Laramie Book Awards novel competition for Americana Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Finalist authors and their works!
- Pamela Nowak – Necessary Deceptions: The Women of Wyatt Earp
- Shanna Hatfield – Distracting the Deputy
- Bruce Gardner – Seeing Glory: A Novel of Family Strife, Faith, and the American Civil War
- E. Alan Fleischauer – JTs World
- Susan Higginbotham – John Brown’s Women: A Novel
- Debra Whiting Alexander – A River for Gemma
- Maggie St. Claire – Into the Wind
- T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
- Ed Davis – The Last Professional
- E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West Was Won then Lost… Decimation
- Sophia Alexander – Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel
- Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
- Dena Smallwood – Syrie
- Shanna Hatfield – Holiday Hope
- Eileen Charbonneau – Ursula’s Inheritance
- Daniel Greene – Northern Blood (Northern Wolf Series Book 3)
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LARAMIE Awards is Tom Sawyer Returns by E.E. Burke

Click here to see the 2021 Laramie Book Award Winners for Americana Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Laramie Book Awards for Americana Fiction.

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For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
Winners will be announced at the 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

CAC23 – Turn it up to 11! 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!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
February 16, 2023
The CIBAs Goethe 2022 Finalists for Late Historical Fiction
The Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction. The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

The Goethe Book Awards competition is named for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who was born at the dawn of the new era of enlightenment on August 28, 1749.

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Late Period Historical Fiction. Regency, Victorian, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, World and other wars before the 20th century, history of non-western cultures, set after the 1750s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

The other three Historical Fiction Genres are the Laramie Awards for Americana Fiction, the Chaucer Awards for Early Historical Fiction, and the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Goethe Late Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Goethe 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 WINNERS of the 2022 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following Finalist authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Jenny Brav – The Unbroken Horizon
- Eric Schumacher Ramirez – Children of Kings
- Jeff Winstead – The Last Battle of the Revolution
- Daniel V. Meier, Jr. – Blood Before Dawn
- Pat Benedict Jurgens – Falling Forward: A Woman’s Journey West
- Jody Hadlock – The Lives of Diamond Bessie
- Rita Bozi – When I Was Better
- Brigitte Goldstein – Court of Miracles
- Kent Politsch – Beebe and Bostelmann
- Susanne Dunlap – The Portraitist
- Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
- Robert W. Smith – Running with Cannibals
- Todd M. Johnson – The Barrister and the Letter of Marque
- Julieta Almeida Rodrigues, Ph.D. – Eleonora and Joseph. Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment
- Leslie Johansen Nack – The Blue Butterfly, A Novel of Marion Davies
- James D. Nealon – Confederacy of Fenians
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBAs 2021 Goethe Awards is: After the Rising & Before the Fall by Orna Ross

Click here to see the 2021 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2022 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2023.

Please click here for more information.

For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:
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 participate in and attend in North America.

Join us for our 11th annual conference and discover why!
February 16, 2023
The M&M 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries
The 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 all 2022 M&M Semi-Finalists to the 2022 M&M Book Awards FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2022 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 Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles have advanced to the FINALS of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
- Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
- Miriam Verbeek – The Website
- Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
- Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
- Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
- Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
- Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
- Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
- Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
- Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
- Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
- Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
- Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
- Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
- Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
- Gail Meath – Songbird
- E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
- M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
- Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Congratulations to Michael Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

“Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended!” – Chanticleer Reviews

Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023 for the 2022 CIBA winners.

Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com.
February 15, 2023
The 2022 HARVEY CHUTE CIBAs Short List for Business and Enterprise Non-fiction
The HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 motivational, strategy, technology guides, social media, finance, investing & money, communications, marketing, business, and economics. We will put these books 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 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Awards SHORT LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 Level of Achievement for the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business, Finance, and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- J.W. Huebner – The Irrelevant Old Brand: A Business Fable About Taking Your Brand from Mediocre to Must-Have
- Melina Palmer – What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You
- Bruce Graham – Unemployment and You
- Melina Palmer – What Your Employees Need and Can’t Tell You
- Joanne Griffin & Declan Foster – Humology
- Christopher H. Volk – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
- Mitzi Perdue – Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Morag Barrett – You, Me, We: Why we all need a friend at work (and how to show up as one!)
- Chad Carr – The Art and Science of Culture: The Power of Seeing What’s Hidden
- Edmund Yeung – Winning Your Biggest Paycheck
- E. Alan Fleischauer – Reconfigurement
- Louise Carnachan – Work Jerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues
- Asha Aravindakshan – Skills: The Common Denominator
- Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
- Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Harvey Chute Awards is George Marino for Beyond Balancing the Books

Click here to see the 2021 Harvey Chute Book Award Winners for Business & Finance Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business & Finance. 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 2022 CIBA 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!
February 15, 2023
The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Short List for Journalistic Non-Fiction
The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Long Form Journalistic and Investigative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Social Science, Data Driven Reporting, Equality and Justice, Ethics, Human Rights, and Activists Groups. 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 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Nellie Bly 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 position of the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Susan Lehmann – The Execution of Robert Butts
- Steven W. Thrasher – The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
- Brandi Collins-Dexter – Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political future
- Rita Katz – Saints and Soldiers
- Joanne Griffin & Declan Foster – Humology
- Lana Melman – Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel
- Joshua Frank – Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America
- Jonathan Geoffrey Dean – Salt & Light; The Complete Jesus
- Paul Pringle – Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
- Nicholas Chittick – A Prisoner’s Fight: The Pandemic as Seen From Inside the Illinois Department of Corrections
- Lyndsie Bourgon – Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
- Christopher Burns – Networks Rising: Thinking Together in a Flatter World
- Jeff Kavanaugh and Corey Glickman – Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans
- Janice S. Ellis – Using My Word Power: Advocating for a More Civilized Society, Book III: Patriotism & Politics.
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The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is Nicole Evelina for America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

Click here to see the 2021 Nellie Bly Book Award Winners for Journalistic Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in 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 2022 CIBA 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!
February 15, 2023
The 2022 MIND and SPIRIT CIBAs Short List for Enlightenment and Well-Being Non-Fiction
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 2022 Mind and Spirit Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Mind and Spirit Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Mind and Spirit 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 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 2022 CIBAs.
- Ananta Ripa Ajmera – The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self
- Grieg de la Houssaye – The Energy To Thrive
- Grieg de la Houssaye – Turn On Your Energy
- Nico Marceca and illustrated by Karen Sue Chen – The One Week Journal
- Kaleb Thompson – Peace in the Midst of the Storm
- Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland – Knowing You
- Wendie Colter, MCWC, CMIP – Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness
- Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT – Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide to Heal from Emotional Abuse and Build Healthy Relationships
- D Terrence Foster. M.D – The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life
- Felicia Pizzonia – Mind Candy: The Code to Program Your Subconscious Mind to Achieve Any Goal
- Rick Soshensky – The Music Therapy Studio: Empowering the Soul’s Truth
- Kyomi O’Connor – A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self
- Margaret Tran – The ACTIONS
- Donna McCart Welser – Rue’s Butterfly
- Jocelyn Jones – ARTIST: Awakening the Spirit Within
- Daryl Potter – Even the Monsters. Living with Grief, Loss, and Depression
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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 Mind and Spirit Awards is Beth Gibbs for Enlighten Up!

Click here to see the 2021 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 2022 CIBA Awards Ceremony on April 29, 2023, 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!
February 7, 2023
The 2022 Military & Front Lines CIBAs Short List for Service to Others
The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service 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.

Note: This is the newest division at Chanticleer! We are honored to recognize these specialized stories from those who serve.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Military and Front Line Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Military and Front Line Book Awards SHORT LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. 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 Military & Front Lines Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Robert E. Lofthouse – Honor Through Sacrifice
- Colonel Van H. Slayden, USAF, with Patrecia Slayden Hollis – Normandy to Nazi Surrender, Firsthand Account of a P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot
- George Kohn – Vector to Destiny
- Tamra McAnally Bolton – A Blessed Life
- Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement
- Azim H. Jiwani, MD – Humanizing Medicine
- Isaac Alexis M.D. – The Seductive Pink Crystal
- Marcus A. Nannini – Midnight Flight to Nuremberg
- Christine Herbert – The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu
- Ashe and Magdalena Stevens – Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War
- Bruce Rowe, MD – Everything Under the Sun
- Brant Vickers – Chucky’s in Tucson
- Matthew J. Louis – Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
- Jim Enderle – Fight, Flight, or Freeze
- Jonathon C. Benjamin – American Airman
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This is a new division of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Military and Front Line Awards is Martha Bolton with Linda Hope for Dear Bob… Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of WW2

Click here to see the 2021 Military an Front Line Book Award Winners for Service to Others

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 Military and Front Line Book Awards. The 2023 Winners will be announced at CAC 2024.

Learn more here.

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.

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February 2, 2023
The Humor and Satire CIBAs 2022 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 2022 Humor and Satire Fiction entries to the 2022 Humor and Satire Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Humor and Satire 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 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Humor and Satire Book Awards novel competition!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.
- Reenita M. Hora – Operation Mom – My Plan to Get my Mom a Life and a Man
- David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
- Rob Roy O’Keefe – Small Stories: A Perfectly Absurd Novel
- Mike Murphey – The Outlaw Gillis Kerg … Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 4
- Matthew J. White – A Feral Chorus
- Daniel Eric Finkel – Mr. Taffle’s Pants of Insanity
- Dennis M. Clausen – One Flew Under the Bus
- Junior Burke – Buddha Was A Cowboy
- Steven Mayfield – Delphic Oracle, U.S.A.
- Mike Davis & TL Banks – Drunk Talk
- Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose
- Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair
- Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Sushing Prize
- Ben Bongers – The Saint Nicholas Society
- Micah Thorp – Uncle Joe’s Muse
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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 Humor and Satire Awards is Roger Wilson-Crane for Certified

Click here to see the 2021 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 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Join us April 27 – 29th, 2022! 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!

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January 31, 2023