The submissions for the 2025 Cover Design Awards – CCDAs – are underway, and both Fiction and Non-Fiction divisions close on July 31, 2025!
In the three seconds it takes you to read this sentence, a potential reader has already decided whether your book is worth their attention. That’s the brutal reality of today’s marketplace: your cover has exactly three seconds to communicate genre, grab attention, and compel someone to pick up your book or click that buy button.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards celebrate the visual art of storytelling—recognizing the designers, publishers, and authors who understand that powerful cover design isn’t just decoration, it’s marketing. Whether displayed 50 feet tall at a trade show or reduced to a thumbnail on Amazon, your cover is your book’s most important piece of retail real estate.
The 5-Element Formula for Cover Success
Every winning cover must instantly communicate five critical elements:
Genre – Is it clearly science fiction, romance, mystery, or a memoir within those crucial three seconds?
Target Audience – Does it speak to young adults, literary fiction readers, business professionals, or general trade audiences?
Mood – Suspenseful, romantic, humorous, dark, or inspirational—the emotional tone must be unmistakable.
Timeframe – Contemporary, historical, futuristic, or period-specific settings should be immediately apparent.
Place/Culture – Whether it’s small-town America, ancient Rome, or outer space, location context sells books.
As Chanticleers founder Kiffer Brown says: “Effective covers sell the first book. The content between the covers sells the second book.”
Celebrating Our First ever 2024 Grand Prize Winners for the CCDAs!
Fiction Grand Prize Winner: Luna by Strider Klusman
This YA steampunk adventure cover perfectly exemplifies winning design—immediately communicating its genre through Victorian-inspired mechanical elements, targeting young adult readers with dynamic character positioning, and establishing a fantastical mood that promises adventure. The cover tells potential readers exactly what they’re getting: imaginative steampunk storytelling for the YA market.
Non-Fiction Grand Prize Winner: Teaching in the Dark by Genét Simone
This powerful memoir cover demonstrates how non-fiction design can convey both emotional impact and genre clarity. The visual elements immediately signal this as narrative non-fiction while the mood suggests a serious, transformational story that will resonate with educators and readers interested in social justice themes.
Both winners will be regularly promoted throughout the year and for the next five years in our upcoming Hall of Fame posts. They’ll also be invited to participate in Chanticleer 10-Question Interviews and receive featured coverage across our promotional platforms.
Design Categories That Drive Sales
Fiction Categories:
Literary/Contemporary/Satire – Sophisticated design for discerning readers
Romance – Emotional connection and genre expectations
Historical Fiction – Period authenticity with modern appeal
Supernatural & Speculative Fiction – Otherworldly elements that intrigue
Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries – Tension and danger in visual form
Youth Reads – Age-appropriate design that appeals to young readers and their parents
Non-Fiction Categories:
Narrative Non-Fiction Works – Story-driven design for memoir, biography, and true stories
Advisory/How-To/Guides – Clear, professional design that builds trust and expertise
Looking at Cover Excellence
Check out some of the outstanding cover designs we’ve celebrated recently that showcase the perfect marriage of artistic vision and market savvy!
These covers represent the gold standard: designs that work whether they’re displayed in bookstores, featured in online retailers, or showcased at book fairs and conferences.
See the Chanticleer Difference for Yourself!
We’re excited about all the exceptional cover designs we receive every year. The Chanticleer International Book Awards offers an incredible $30,000 in cash, prizes, and promotion across all divisions!
Your cover design deserves recognition in an industry where visual impact drives sales. From indie authors investing in professional design to major publishers showcasing their best work, the Cover Design Awards celebrate the artistry that makes books impossible to ignore.
Your Cover is Your Silent Salesperson
In bookstores, at trade shows, on digital platforms your cover works 24/7 to sell your book. Whether you’re a designer proud of your visual storytelling, a publisher showcasing your best releases, or an author who invested in professional design, the Cover Design Awards provide the recognition that turns great design into marketing momentum.
You know you want it…
Don’t let your cover blend into the crowd—the deadline is July 31, 2025!
Submit to the Cover Design Awards today and make your book impossible to ignore!
The Series Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Genre Fiction (and now Non-Fiction). The Grand Prize Winner, Tim Facciola’s Series, A Vengeful Realm will be promoted for years to come in our annual Hall of Fame article, as well as be featured on the Series contest page year ’round!
The best part about being a Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Winner is the love and attention you get all year ‘round!
While these Award Winning Series are all Multi-book sagas, we are going to showcase the most important part of a Series. The beginning. Having a good start makes it memorable. The first book is the foundation, laying the first stitches into what later becomes a whole tapestry, telling their story.
Join us in celebrating the 2024 first in the series of the First Place Series Winners!
When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbor’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through?
Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.
Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And whose are those children’s voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods?
Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and its gardens almost 100 years earlier. Here they make both friends and enemies, and uncover startling connections between the past and present.
Nothing can stop the gods of Order… except a roll of the dice.
The Longing gnaws at young Galen, an irresistible force dragging him toward an ancient vault where Chaos slumbers. He doesn’t crave power, just an escape from Order’s suffocating grip and the twisted nightmares that haunt his sleep. But visions flicker in his mind, painting a world devoured by the very chaos he’s compelled to unleash.
He’s not alone in this desperate pilgrimage. Another soul thrums with the same Longing, fueled by ambition and vengeance. The race to the vault is a collision course, a clash of desperation and darkness.
Now, Galen stands at the precipice: trust his wild imagination, a double-edged sword that’s always landed him in trouble, or unleash the torrent that threatens to drown the world… unless, somehow, he can bend the very fabric of chance with a throw of his ancient, wood-carved dice.
In 18th Century Salem, Massachusetts, the ambitious Derby and Crowninshield families vie for power amid a shifting social and political landscape.
After the heartbreaking loss of their first child, Mary Hodges Derby and her husband Captain Richard Derby are blessed with a healthy son named Richard who is soon followed by four brothers and three sisters. All but one of the Derby boys follow their father to sea to secure their fortunes from America’s lucrative but treacherous trade routes to the West Indies and beyond.
When Captain Derby’s oldest son comes of age, he decides to retire from the sea and establish a merchant house. Two of Richard’s brothers follow him as captains of their own ships, but Captain Derby keeps his son Hasket ashore to manage the family’s growing trade network.
George Crowninshield, the youngest of four brothers, sails for the Derby family enterprise and ultimately marries Hasket’s sister Mary. Meanwhile, George’s sister Eliza makes a match with Hasket Derby.
Though the two families are united by wedlock, rivalries, political turmoil, and questionable choices reveal the complex consequences of unchecked ambition, arrogance, and pride.
Set during a pivotal time in Salem’s history when Americans broke their colonial ties with Great Britain, this gripping work of historical fiction explores the depth of human relationships through nuanced characters and vivid historical details. Recipes from the era bring the sights and flavors of 18th century Salem to life, while a glossary illuminates the context of the times.
From Chanticleer:
Sandra Wagner-Wright’s historical novel,Ambition, Arrogance and Pride,chronicles the rise of some of Salem, Massachusetts’s founding families, through the revolutionary war and beyond as they make their fortunes in far-off ports.
Wagner-Wright tells this story through several points of view, but it is her strong female characters who carry this story, women like Mary Derby, whose courtship and marriage to George Crowninshield begins this saga.
We follow Mary as she brings new life into the world while her husband is out at sea as captain of a merchant vessel. Wagner-Wright has done her research, making real the perils of pregnancy and childbirth in the 1700s. In keeping with the time and the rate of infant mortality, we suffer with Mary each time she loses a precious child.
Men such as Captain Richard Derby and George Crowninshield travel the sea in search of foreign ports, while women like Mary, Lydia, and Eliza hold their families together in this intricate and expertly crafted story.
Fifteen-year-old Adriana Nicu lives in the sheltered world of Bucharest, Romania, in the year 1987. Under the rule of Communist president Nicolae Ceaușescu, citizens of Bucharest live with the eyes and ears of the government ever present. Adriana’s future, which will involve becoming an engineer, is locked in against her will.
During a visit to her aunt’s apartment, Adriana walks through a wardrobe into a hidden room filled with stacks of forbidden novels. Stories bring light into the darkest of circumstances as her family begins to unravel and her life strangely parallels those of her novels’ heroines. Adriana’s childhood loyalties and her belief that God doesn’t exist are called into question as her circumstances force her to rethink things she once believed were certain.
Also a Chanticleer 2024 Mystery & Mayhem First Place Winner!
Murder takes center stage!
1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. In keeping with her late husband’s final wishes, she must leave behind her dazzling celebrity and breathe new life into their namesake hotel in Colorado.
But when a beloved town beauty is found dead, all eyes—and suspicion—turn to her.
With blood-stained evidence, handsome sheriffs, and libelous journalists turning her investigation into a dangerous drama, this determined thespian fears she’s missed her cue for survival.
Amid whispered betrayals and shadowed secrets, a mischievous ghost guides her through a maze of perilous clues, drawing her ever closer to a truth more shocking than the lies surrounding her.
Can she unmask the true killer and clear her name before her reputation is ruined forever?
DiscoverThe Pryce of Conceit, the riveting first installment in The Pryce of Murder historical cozy mystery series, and witness a performance where murder is the main act!
British-trained Norwegian intelligence agent, Tore Haugland, is a jøssing—a patriot—sent to a fishing village on Norway’s west coast to set up a line to receive weapons and agents from England via the “Shetland Bus.” Posing as a deaf fisherman, his mission is complicated when he falls in love with Anna Fromme, a German widow. Accused of betraying her husband, she has a young daughter and secrets of her own. Although the Allies have liberated France, the most zealous Nazis hang on in Norway, sending out agents to disembowel resistance groups. If Haugland fails, it could cost him his life and the lives of the fishermen who have joined him. When Haugland is betrayed and left for dead, he will have to find the one who betrayed him and destroyed his network. He will also have to prove that the one he loves was not the informer. In wartime love and trust are not always compatible.
From Chanticleer:
At a time when true identities are carefully protected and information can get you killed, heroes emerge to fight the evils of Nazi-occupied Norway in J.L. Oakley’s highly suspenseful and beautifully penned historical fiction novel,The Jøssing Affair.
In a quiet Norwegian fishing village during the Nazi occupation, risk lurks everywhere. Most residents are patriotic members of the resistance, “jøssings,” but there are “quislings,” too. Those who collaborate with the Germans and tout the Nazi propaganda of Nordic brotherhood between the nations. Mistaking the two is a matter of life and death.
At the heart of the narrative is Jens Hansen who is an exceedingly mild-mannered handyman and a deaf-mute. Jens helps his friend Kjell on this fishing boat but mostly keeps to himself, communicating with paper and pencil when asked a question.
But Jens has a secret. His real identity is that of Tore Haugland, a man who will risk his life repeatedly as a British-trained member of the resistance. He and Kjell coordinate the transport of weapons and agents via the “Shetland bus,” a fleet of small fishing boats and a few American submarine chasers, that make excursions from the coast of Norway to the Scottish Shetland Islands.
At the behest of rogue Iranian government officials, two terrorists break into the grave of an American veterans cemetery in the Suresnes suburb of Paris. What they take from that grave could lead to the deaths of millions of Israeli and US citizens, as well as Jews around the world. US Army Major Jake Fortina, a military attaché stationed at the US Embassy in Paris, is called upon by the FBI and French and Italian law enforcement and intelligence officials to help defeat Iran’s nefarious plan. Beginning in Paris, this international drama leads readers from Afghanistan to England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States in the scramble to save the world from a terror unknown since the deadly Spanish flu outbreak of 1918.
From Chanticleer:
Why would Iranian terrorists break into a Paris cemetery and steal the bones of an American Jewish WWI veteran? The answer lies in the deadly parallel history of WWI and the Spanish flu, but it’s a mystery that Jake Fortina will have to uncover in Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke’s thriller, Major Jake Fortina and the Tier One Threat.
During WWI, the Spanish Flu killed millions of people—some estimates as high as 100 million—but a Jewish nurse tossed off the flu like a cold and continued to serve her country. Iran’s leaders believe the DNA in her bones will let them develop a virus that could kill Americans and Israelis by the millions while simultaneously developing immunity for Iran’s own population.
This threat drives the story as it reaches deep into multiple countries and their governments, who collectively try to figure out the importance of the bones theft and, ultimately, what to do about it.
In the mid-21st century, time travel becomes a reality through a top-secret government-corporate initiative. Enter Marshall Grissom: socially awkward, perpetually overlooked, and unexpectedly thrust into the heart of this groundbreaking project. Joined by the alluring and mischievous Sheila Schuler and the dangerous industrial spy Marta Hamilton, Marshall embarks on a journey that challenges everything they thought they knew about time and causality. As evidence mounts that the past may be irreversible, corporate investors demand proof the past can be manipulated—or threaten to pull the plug.
The unlikely trio is sent back to Marshall’s high school days with a seemingly simple mission: save the life of his unrequited love. But in a world where powerful corporations will stop at nothing to protect their interests, the travelers find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse. With time running out and lives on the line, Marshall and his companions must navigate the treacherous waters of temporal manipulation, corporate greed, and their own conflicting motivations. Can they change the past without destroying their future?
Also a Chanticleer 2023 Chatelaine First Place Winner!
In 1725, a secret convent has been established on the Aberdeenshire coast.
Jory Mackintosh is more excited by healing herbs than husbands or holy prayers. She craves freedom—and a chance to sneak into medical school. Instead, on the eve of her escape, she becomes an unwilling pawn in her family’s schemes with a rival clan.
Finlay Shaw, the disgraced younger brother of the laird, has spent ten long years atoning for his past failures, but nothing can wash away the stain of fratricide. When the clans order him to escort Jory to her new life as a nun, thus securing an alliance with the freshly formed Black Watch, it’s his last chance for redemption. Too bad for Finn, Jory has no intention of following orders.
Trapped on the road together, often with only one bed between them, the two butt heads and match wits, forced to acknowledge the dark shadows that have haunted them both for years. Can they learn to trust each other, and themselves, to fly in the face of their families’ wishes, or will they choose the solitary futures they always believed they deserve in this unorthodox runaway bride story?
Chanti: Let’s start at the beginning, Mike. Tell us a little about yourself and how you first discovered you had this wonderful talent for satirical fiction.
Murphey: I suppose I’ve had a fascination with books from the time I learned to read. I loved getting lost in a story, which led me to write stories of my own. My understanding of the power of humor is rooted in Mr. Donald Dye’s ninth grade math class. Mr. Dye was a stealthy fellow adept at sneaking up on students who wrote notes in class rather than paying attention. He would either read the note to the class, or force the author to read it, whichever inflicted the most embarrassment. I’d been writing a story in study hall the previous hour and was on a roll, so I hid my story under my math book, sneaking in a few lines here and there, until a heavy hand reached out from nowhere and snatched up my prose. As I anticipated my punishment, I saw his expression drift from anger, to puzzlement, to the hint of a chuckle. He handed my back the paper and said, “Go ahead. This will get you further than math ever will.”
Chanti: That’s a great story, and Mr. Dye sounds like a wonderful teacher, too! You work in multiple genres, often combining them in your stories. How lead you to incorporate multiple genres—humor, action, sci-fi, thriller—into your novels?
Murphey: I am not a slave to genre, and my background as a journalist left me interested in a variety of topics to write about. My focus on science fiction was spurred by the work of Jack Williamson, a dean of science fiction at Eastern New Mexico University in the small town where I grew up. His granddaughter and I were the same age, and I knew her well. I was not a good physics student because I couldn’t master the math, but the romance of physics—time travel, Einstein’s relativity of time, quantum entanglement, Schoedinger’s cat—sparked my imagination. I also love baseball, so I wrote a baseball book, and I grew up in the 60’s and loved the music, so I wrote a book about The Chad Mitchell Trio and the 60’s folk music era. At this point, I would be bored if I was trapped by genre.
Chanti: Variety in genre definitely keeps things interesting! How does that carry over to your writing process, are you someone who likes to plan everything out meticulously, or do you prefer to let the story unfold as you write?
Murphey: This is the classic plotters vs. pantsers issue. For many years, what kept me from writing anything beyond short stories was the belief that when I began, I had to know how it would end. Outline the whole thing and then fill in the gaps. But my brain doesn’t work that way. When I finally decided to write a minimum of 500 words a day and see where that path would lead me, it all fell into place. The characters and their story show me where to go as the story progresses.
Chanti: I love that daily word count approach! Outside of writing, do you have hobbies or interests that feed into your storytelling or inform your work in some way?
Murphey: I am an old-man baseball player, one of thousands who defy the premise that people in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s have no business playing baseball rather than softball. My baseball novel The Conman… a Baseball Odyssey, is a fictionalized version of a friend’s convoluted journey through professional baseball, and my short story, Old Man Baseball, was a grand prize winner in Chanticleer’s short story competition. I also have a woodshop and enjoy making what we call Southwestern-style furniture—meaning the flaws are present to add a rustic authenticity.
Chanti: I remember Old Man Baseball and how much our readers loved it. Now, every writer has their strengths. What aspect of writing do you feel most confident about, and what advice would you give to someone who’s struggling in that same area?
Murphey: Dialogue. To write in different distinct voices, you must know your characters inside and out. Dialogue is much more important in establishing character than anything else. That’s my best advice. Know your principal characters as well as you know your best friend or your worst enemy.
Chanti: That’s excellent advice about really knowing your characters. Related tangentially to that, can you tell us about the authors whose work has really shaped your own?
Murphey: Mark Twain, Douglas Adams, Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, because every time you pick up one of their books, you are engaged in a seminar on humor, satire, irony, and subtlety. And fifth, a New Mexico writer named Richard Bradford who wrote a book called Red Sky at Morning, a funny and poignant coming-of-age story that I read the summer I left my hometown in Eastern New Mexico and was separated from the girl with whom I thought I would share my destiny with. I determined then that if I was ever able to write a novel, I wanted to write like he did. That is where my first novel, Section Roads, came from.
Chanti: Writing is definitely a craft that requires constant growth. What do you do to keep developing and sharpening your skills as an author?
Murphey: I work with excellent editors. Three editors see my manuscripts. They all have different strengths, and they are the best teachers I have.
Chanti: Smart approach—having multiple sets of expert eyes on your work! Here’s something I always like to ask: What’s the most important thing a reader can do to support an author they enjoy?
Murphey: Besides reading your work in the first place, the most important way readers can support writers is to review their books on Amazon. The review can be as simple as “I really liked this.” Or “well, at least he tried.” The number of reviews a book gets increases the possibility that Amazon will pay attention to it.
Chanti: That’s such practical advice! Now, on a more personal note—what excites you most about the actual process of writing?
Murphey: Sitting down in the morning to find out what my characters have been up to.
Chanti: Short and sweet. As we wrap up, what are you working on now? What exciting projects can your readers look forward to seeing from you next?
Murphey: I’m writing a sixth book in my Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed series, but my principal focus has drifted toward screenwriting. I have three different collaborations in progress. One involves a short film for my short story Old Man Baseball, which was a Chanticleer grand prize winner. Another involves a streaming series for Section Roads, and a third involves the Tales of Physics, Lust and Greed series.
Mike Murphey, a native of eastern New Mexico, spent almost thirty years as an award-winning newspaper journalist in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Following his retirement from the newspaper business, he and his wife Nancy entered into a seventeen-year partnership with the late Dave Henderson, the all-star centerfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. Their company produces the A’s and Mariners adult baseball fantasy camps. They also have a partnership with the Roy Hobbs adult baseball organization to provide clubhouse services for major adult tournaments in Fort Myers, Florida. They live in Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona, where Mike enjoys life as a writer and old-man baseball player.
This post has links to each of the 16 individual CIBA FICTION Divisions’ Grand Prize and First Place Category Winners. We will have a separate post for Non-Fiction Award Winners which will include the Shorts Awards, and the Series Awards’ winners.
All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 5that the Chanticleer Banquet. It is a huge honor for us to have the opportunity to recognize all Finalists, First Place Winners, and Grand Prize Winners with you live and in-person!
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.
Now, presenting the links to the 2024 CIBA Fiction Division Awards Grand Prize Winners!
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 CYGNUS Awards for Science Fiction is:
Ares
By Jayson Adams
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 OZMAAwards is:
A Circle of Stars
By Erin Lark Maples
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHELLEYAwards is:
The Time-Marked Warlock
By Shami Stovall
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is:
A Blanket of Steel: The Rise of Oceania
By Timothy S. Johnston
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 CLUE Awards is:
Enemies Domestic
By John DeDakis
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:
If Two Are Dead
by Jeanne Matthews
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Awards is:
The Realm of Gods
by Glen Dahlgren
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards is:
Back to Bainbridge
by Norah Lally
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:
Island Moon
by Ruth Amanda
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 LARAMIEAwards is:
Sarita
by Natalie Musgrave Dossett
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 CHAUCER Awards is:
Maid of Honour
Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court
by Rozsa Gaston
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 GOETHE Awards is:
Abigail’s Song
by Alina Rubin
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 Hemingway BookAwards is:
Of White Ashes
by Constance Hays Matsumoto and Kent Matsumoto
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 CHATELAINE Book Awards is:
The Key
by Jo Morgan Sloan
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 HUMOR & SATIRE Awards is:
The Man Who Saw Seconds
by Alexander Boldizar
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SOMERSET Awards is:
Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh
by Reenita Malhotra Hora
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The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2024 CIBAs was Reenita Malhotra Hora‘s Book Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh
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See Non-Fiction, Series, and Shorts Grand Prize Winners here!
See the Official Overall Grand Prize winner Post here!
Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!
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Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!
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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inMay. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary, Satire, Speculative Fiction, and Youth Reads.
1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Diane Garland on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Bellingham Yacht Club in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
This is the OFFICIAL 2024 LIST of the COVER DESIGN AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the COVER DESIGN Grand Prize Winner.
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their covers!
Margaret Porter – A Change of Location
Travis Davis – One of Four
Ann Philipp – Grand Theft Death
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677
Mark A. Gibson – A Song That Never Ends
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector Book I Sabrine and Sigmund Freud
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
The Grand Prize Winner for the 2024 CCDA COVER DESIGN Awards is:
Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!
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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inMay. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
NOTE: We will post at least two 2024 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 14, 2025. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2024 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.
Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
The 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. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Mike Murphey on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Bellingham Yacht Club in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
This is the OFFICIAL 2024 LIST of the Humor and Satire BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the Humor and Satire Grand Prize Winner.
Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
Bill Burkland – The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus
Julie L. Brown – No One Will Save Us: A novel
Dan Kopcow – Madcap Serenade
Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 Humor and Satire Awards is:
Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!
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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting inMay. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.
NOTE: We will post at least two 2024 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 14, 2025. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.
Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary, Satire, Speculative Fiction, and Youth Reads.
These titles have moved forward from the 2024 CCDA Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2024 CCDA Fiction FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Fiction First Place Category Winners and Division Grand Prize Winners! FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.
We will announce the First Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Fiction Books!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
J. Shep – The December Issue
Margaret Porter – A Change of Location
Chris Bennett – The Road To Revolution
Travis Davis – One of Four
Abbe Rolnick –The Underpainting
Ann Philipp – Grand Theft Death
Lucinda Brant – Their Graces Roxton Foundation Series
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677
Kim Gottlieb-Walker –Lenswoman in Love
Natalie Musgrave Dossett – Sarita
Mark A. Gibson – A Song that Never Ends
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
Michelle Morningstar – The Space Between the Divine and the Unholy
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector Book I – Sabrine and Sigmund Freud
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Strider S.R. Klusman – Luna – The Adventures of Rhone & Stone, book 2
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.
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.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary, Satire, Speculative Fiction, and Youth Reads.
These titles have moved forward from the 2024 CCDA Fiction Short List to the 2024 CCDA Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Fiction Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Fiction Books!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
J. Shep – The December Issue
Neal Rabin – Flat an Edgy Voyage of Accidental Discovery
Raymond Paul Johnson – Conspiracy Ignited
Margaret Porter – A Change of Location
Chris Bennett – The Road To Revolution
Travis Davis – One of Four
Abbe Rolnick – The Underpainting
Ann Philipp – Grand Theft Death
Lucinda Brant – Their Graces Roxton Foundation Series Book
Jason Farrell & Michael De Weever – Secret of the Emerald Star
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Day Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
Natalie Musgrave Dossett – Sarita
Dave Lager – Losses
Mark A. Gibson – Roses in December
Mark A. Gibson – A Song That Never Ends
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
Michelle Morningstar – The Space Between the Divine and the Unholy
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector Book Book I Sabrine Sigmund Freud
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
Strider S.R. Klusman – Luna – The Adventures of Rhone & Stone, book 2
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.
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.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary, Satire, Speculative Fiction, and Youth Reads.
These titles have moved forward from the 2024 CCDA Fiction Long List to the 2024 CCDA Fiction SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Fiction Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Fiction Books!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
J. Shep – The December Issue
Neal Rabin – Flat an Edgy Voyage of Accidental Discovery
Meredith Forde – The Protectee
Raymond Paul Johnson – Conspiracy Ignited
Judy Lannon – The Making of Genevieve
Margaret Porter – A Change of Location
Chuck Morgan – Resurrection the Deadly Mission
L. J. Aldon – The Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
Chris Bennett – The Road To Revolution
Travis Davis – One of Four
Robert Brighton – The Phantom of Forest Lawn
Abbe Rolnick – The Underpainting
Marlene M. Bell – A Hush at Midnight
Ann Philipp – Grand Theft Death
Lucinda Brant – Noble Satyr Roxton Foundation Series Book One
Lucinda Brant – Their Graces Roxton Foundation Series Book
Jason Farrell & Michael De Weever – Secret of the Emerald Star
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Day Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
Natalie Musgrave Dossett – Sarita
Dave Lager – Losses
Mark A. Gibson – Roses in December
Mark A. Gibson – A Song That Never Ends
Joy Ann Ribar – The Medusa Murders
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
M.J. Evans – Coal Dust and Dreams
Graydon Dee Hubbard – Network Apprentice Behind the Scenes in Talk Television
Michelle Morningstar – The Space Between the Divine and the Unholy
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector Book Book I Sabrine Sigmund Freud
Lois Cahall – The Many Lives Loves of Hazel Lavery
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
Strider S.R. Klusman – Luna – The Adventures of Rhone & Stone, book 2
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.
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.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
Our design is inspired by books designed by the incomparable Coraline Bickford-Smith. Her simple, beautiful, and evocative designs do so much to make the book work as a visual ambassador, capturing the essence of story and compelling potential readers to pick it up, click on it, or share it with others. A well-designed cover signals professionalism, sets expectations for your genre, and serves as a powerful marketing tool to stand out in both digital and physical spaces.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring clear genres, audience, time periods, typography, and longevity across genres of Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary, Satire, Speculative Fiction, and Youth Reads.
These titles have moved forward in the first look rounds from all 2024 CCDA Fiction entries to the 2024 CCDA Fiction LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 CCDA Fiction Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards novel competition for Fiction Books!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!
J. Shep – The December Issue
Neal Rabin – Flat an Edgy Voyage of Accidental Discovery
Jim Antonini – Bullets for Silverware
Jim Antonini – The Butcher and the Butterfly
Meredith Forde – The Protectee
Raymond Paul Johnson – Conspiracy Ignited
Judy Lannon – The Making of Genevieve
Jean Rover – And Then Spring Comes
Margaret Porter – A Change of Location
Chuck Morgan – Resurrection the Deadly Mission
L. J. Aldon – The Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
Jeff Hartman – How To Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Chris Bennett – The Road To Revolution
Travis Davis – One of Four
Robert Brighton – The Phantom of Forest Lawn
Abbe Rolnick – The Underpainting
Marlene M. Bell – A Hush at Midnight
Natia Khaduri – A Soldier’s Burden
William Robert Reeves – The In-House Politician
Ann Philipp – Grand Theft Death
Lucinda Brant – Noble Satyr Roxton Foundation Series Book One
Lucinda Brant – Their Graces Roxton Foundation Series Book
Jason Farrell & Michael De Weever – Secret of the Emerald Star
J.P. Rieger – Sunscreen Shower
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Day Book Two in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Kim Gottlieb-Walker – Lenswoman in Love
Natalie Musgrave Dossett – Sarita
Dave Lager – Losses
Mark A. Gibson – Roses in December
Mark A. Gibson – A Song That Never Ends
Joy Ann Ribar – The Medusa Murders
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
M.J. Evans – Coal Dust and Dreams
Graydon Dee Hubbard – Network Apprentice Behind the Scenes in Talk Television
Michelle Morningstar – The Space Between the Divine and the Unholy
Michael J Bowler – Forever Boy
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector Book Book I Sabrine Sigmund Freud
Lois Cahall – The Many Lives Loves of Hazel Lavery
Deborah Swenson – Till My Last Breath Book One in the Desert Hills Trilogy
Shami Stovall – Time-Marked Warlock
Strider S.R. Klusman – Luna – The Adventures of Rhone & Stone, book 2
PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!
This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, it is easier for us to tag authors when they have Liked and Followed us on Facebook.
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.
Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.
The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (The CCDAs) for Fiction recognizes artistic excellence across genre in great cover design. The CCDAs are a new Award Division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
