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The 2024 HEARTEN Book Awards WINNERS 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.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Linda Brugger 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 HEARTEN BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the HEARTEN Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their award-winning works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
- David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
- Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – Diamond: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
- Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 HEARTEN Awards is:

Elk Love: A Montana Memoir

By Lynne Spriggs O’Connor

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

Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in May. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

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.

Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

Team Chanticleer!
April 22, 2025
The 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards Winners for Business & Finance
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.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Damien Fozard 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 HARVEY CHUTE BOOK AWARDS

First Place Category Winners and the HARVEY CHUTE Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to

the FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS of

the HARVEY CHUTE BOOK AWARDS for Business and Enterprise
- Roger Spitz – Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
- Jenny Li Fowler – Organic Social Media: How to Build Flourishing Online Communities
- Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
- Neal Schaffer – Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Digital First Marketing Playbook
- Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
The Grand Prize Winner for

the CIBA 2024 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

Stop Worrying about Money

By Jacqui Clarke

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

Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook 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 Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

Or click here to go directly to Chanticleer’s Twitter feed.

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

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.

Again, thank you so much for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

The Chanticleer Team
April 15, 2025
The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Finalists for Non-Fiction Guides
The Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I 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 HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2024 I&I Non-Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 I&I Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Guiding and How-to Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Margaret C Beeler – Tropetails: A Cocktail and Mocktail Book for Bookworms
- Lorraine Ballato – Success with Hydrangeas a Gardener’s Guide
- Karen Gross – Mending Education Finding Hope Creativity and Mental Wellness in Times of Trauma
- Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
- Mary Deal – Advanced Self-Hypnosis Techniques Hypno-Scripts Book 2
- Tania Israel – Facing the Fracture How To Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Soul Care-Song Prayers: A Spiritual Practice Toward Resilience and Well-Being
- Katherine Fabrizio – The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter
- Katie Myers – Being Seen
- Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World
- Natalie Kohlhaas – Hello Anxiety My Old Friend: Harness Your Invisible Superpower
- Léonie Rosenstiel – Protecting Mama: Surviving the Legal Guardianship Swamp
- Bob Dahms, MBA, CPA, CMA – Let’s Talk About This: 50 Things You Need to Know About Starting and Managing a Small Business
- Douglas A. Burton – The Heroine’s Labyrinth: Archetypal Designs in Heroine-Led Fiction
- Jacqui Clarke – Stop worrying about money
- Angela Lomenzo – Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women
- Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent For Organizational Growth
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards is:

Eating Together Being Together

By Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

See the full list of 2023 First Place I&I Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 I&I Book Awards for Guiding and Helpful Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 21, 2025
The 2024 Harvey Chute Awards Finalists for Business and Enterprise
The Harvey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 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 from the 2024 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction Semi-Finalist to the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating these authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
1. Ben Peterson – Engage Your Destiny
2. Daniel C. Rodgers – Escape the Clock Your Program Guide for Financial Freedom and Early Retirement
3. Richard Weylman – 100 Proven Ways To Acquire And Keep Clients For Life
4. Roger Spitz – Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
5. Jenny Li Fowler – Organic Social Media: How to Build Flourishing Online Communities
6. Anastasia Karklina Gabriel – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
7. Zontee Hou – Data-Driven Personalization: How to Use Consumer Insights to Generate Customer Loyalty
8. Kori Reed – Men-in-the-Middle Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority
9. Neal Schaffer – Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Digital First Marketing Playbook
10. Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
11. Nick Barter & Christopher Fleming – Future Normal: 8 Questions to Create Businesses Your Children will be Proud Of
12. Jacqui Clarke – Stop Worrying About Money
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Harvey Chute Awards is:

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

By Nancy Harhut

See the full list of 2023 First Place Harvey Chute Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 19, 2025
The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Semi-Finalists for Non-Fiction Guides
The Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I 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 HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2024 I&I Non-Fiction SHORT LIST to the 2024 I&I Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Guiding and How-to Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Margaret C Beeler – Tropetails: A Cocktail and Mocktail Book for Bookworms
- Lorraine Ballato – Success with Hydrangeas a Gardener’s Guide
- Karen Gross – Mending Education Finding Hope Creativity and Mental Wellness in Times of Trauma
- Mary Deal – Advanced Self-Hypnosis Techniques Hypno-Scripts Book
- Tania Israel – Facing the Fracture How To Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation
- John M. O’brien Ph.d. – Rudeness Rehab Reclaiming Civility in the Workplace and Your Home Space
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Soul Care-Song Prayers: A Spiritual Practice Toward Resilience and Well-Being
- Katherine Fabrizio – The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter
- Katie Myers – Being Seen
- Kimberly Harms – Are You Ready? How to Build a Legacy to Die For
- Anna Brooke and Vindy Teja – WRITE! Your Guide to Revealing the Writer Within
- Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World
- Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
- Natalie Kohlhaas – Hello Anxiety My Old Friend: Harness Your Invisible Superpower
- Léonie Rosenstiel – Protecting Mama: Surviving the Legal Guardianship Swamp
- Bob Dahms, MBA, CPA, CMA – Let’s Talk About This: 50 Things You Need to Know About Starting and Managing a Small Business
- Douglas A. Burton – The Heroine’s Labyrinth: Archetypal Designs in Heroine-Led Fiction
- Jacqui Clarke – Stop worrying about money
- Angela Lomenzo – Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women
- Holly Swenson – Stop, Drop, Grow, & Glow
- Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent For Organizational Growth
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards is:

Eating Together Being Together

By Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

See the full list of 2023 First Place I&I Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 I&I Book Awards for Guiding and Helpful Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 19, 2025
The 2024 Harvey Chute Awards Semi-Finalists for Business and Enterprise
The Harvey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 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 from the 2024 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction Short List to the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Harvey Chute Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating these authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Ben Peterson – Engage Your Destiny
- Ross Brand – Livestreaming Digital Media Predictions Volume Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change
- Richard Weylman – 100 Proven Ways To Acquire And Keep Clients For Life
- Roger Spitz – Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
- Jenny Li Fowler – Organic Social Media: How to Build Flourishing Online Communities
- Anastasia Karklina Gabriel – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
- Zontee Hou – Data-Driven Personalization: How to Use Consumer Insights to Generate Customer Loyalty
- Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
- Kori Reed – Men-in-the-Middle Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority
- Neal Schaffer – Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Digital First Marketing Playbook
- Steve Waddell, MBA, PMP – Valuepreneuers: The New Rules for Building Products, Growing Your Business, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream
- Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
- Nick Barter & Christopher Fleming – Future Normal: 8 Questions to Create Businesses Your Children will be Proud Of
- Jacqui Clarke – Stop Worrying About Money
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Harvey Chute Awards is:

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

By Nancy Harhut

See the full list of 2023 First Place Harvey Chute Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 16, 2025
The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Short List for Non-Fiction Guides
The Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I 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 HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2024 I&I Non-Fiction LONG LIST to the 2024 I&I Book Awards SHORT LIST. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Guiding and How-to Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Short List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Margaret C Beeler – Tropetails: A Cocktail and Mocktail Book for Bookworms
- Ross Brand – Livestreaming Digital Media Predictions Volume Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change
- Lorraine Ballato – Success with Hydrangeas a Gardener’s Guide
- Karen Gross – Mending Education Finding Hope Creativity and Mental Wellness in Times of Trauma
- Mary Deal – Advanced Self-Hypnosis Techniques Hypno-Scripts Book
- Tania Israel – Facing the Fracture How To Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation
- John M. O’brien Ph.d. – Rudeness Rehab Reclaiming Civility in the Workplace and Your Home Space
- Grace Torres-Hodges – Private Practice Solution Reclaiming Physician Autonomy Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Soul Care-Song Prayers: A Spiritual Practice Toward Resilience and Well-Being
- Dr. Maheshika Halbeisen – The Job Well Done – The Queen’s Way To Successful Leadership
- Katherine Fabrizio – The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter
- Martess Amunette Dowling – Is He Ever Going to Leave His Wife?
- Amy L Bernstein – Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration
- Katie Myers – Being Seen
- Kimberly Harms – Are You Ready? How to Build a Legacy to Die For
- Anna Brooke and Vindy Teja – WRITE! Your Guide to Revealing the Writer Within
- Chris Chan with Patricia Meyer Chan – The Autistic Sleuth: Screen Portrayals of Detectives on the Spectrum in Sherlock Holmes Adaptations, The Millennium Trilogy, The Bridge, Death Note, … Dog in the Night-Time, and Other Productions
- Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World
- Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
- Natalie Kohlhaas – Hello Anxiety My Old Friend: Harness Your Invisible Superpower
- Léonie Rosenstiel – Protecting Mama: Surviving the Legal Guardianship Swamp
- Bob Dahms, MBA, CPA, CMA – Let’s Talk About This: 50 Things You Need to Know About Starting and Managing a Small Business
- Douglas A. Burton – The Heroine’s Labyrinth: Archetypal Designs in Heroine-Led Fiction
- Jacqui Clarke – Stop worrying about money
- Angela Lomenzo – Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women
- Lisa Rhyne – Coming Out of the Metaphysical Closet
- Holly Swenson – Stop, Drop, Grow, & Glow
- Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent For Organizational Growth
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 I&I Awards is:

Eating Together Being Together

By Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

See the full list of 2023 First Place I&I Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 I&I Book Awards for Guiding and Helpful Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 15, 2025
The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Finalists for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards FINALISTS LIST. All FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE & GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Finalists List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
- Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
- David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
- Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
- Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
- Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
- Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
- Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
- Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
- Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
- Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
- Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
- Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Hearten Awards is:

Running Away From The Circus

By Nove Meyers

See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 11, 2025
The 2024 Hearten Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction
The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Inspiring and Uplifting Non-Fiction and Memoirs. 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 from the 2024 Hearten Non-Fiction SHORT LIST to the 2024 Hearten Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS LIST. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalists List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Elizabeth Fulgaro – Learning to Love (Not Loathe) Me
- Linda M. Lockwood – Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country
- Genét Simone – Teaching in the Dark
- Jenell M. Jones M.Ed. – Shattered
- David Hutton – Drums of a Distant Tribe
- Douglas Green – The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead
- Dr George Ackerman – A Son’s Journey from Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver to Advocate
- Ingrid McCarthy – I Stood Among the Ruins and Cried
- Kasey Claytor – Finding the Light
- Jia Apple – The Tell
- Olivia Goodreau – But She Looks Fine
- Etsuko Diamond Miyagi – DIAMOND: The Memoir of a Lost Daughter of Japan
- Lynne Spriggs O’Connor – Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
- Jane Kim Yu – Journey of Awakening and Higher Consciousness
- L.A. Witt – I Changed My Mind: My Journey from Infertile to Childfree
- Mimi Zieman – Tap Dancing on Everest
- Liz Alterman – Sad Sacked
- Rachael Siddoway and Sonja Wasden – An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
- Christina Ford – In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt In The Pursuit of Happily Ever After
- Glenda Goodrich – Solo Passage: 13 Quests, 13 Questions
- Ginelle Testa – Make a Home Out of You
- Jennifer Cramer-Miller – Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
- Susan Bloch – Travels with my Grief
- Mark Steven Porro – A Cup of Tea on the Commode: My Multi-Tasking Adventures of Caring for Mom. And How I Survived to Tell the Tale
- Susan Cole – Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss
- Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Hearten Awards is:

Running Away From The Circus

By Nove Meyers

See the full list of 2023 First Place Hearten Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Hearten Book Awards for Inspiring and Uplifting Narrative Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 3, 2025
The 2024 Harvey Chute Awards Short List for Business and Enterprise
The Harvey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. The Harvey Chute 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 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 2024 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction entries to the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2024 Harvey Chute Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC25).

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 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.
- Ben Peterson – Engage Your Destiny
- Brian Lambert Phd – The AI Lead
- Ross Brand – Livestreaming Digital Media Predictions Volume Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change
- Richard Weylman – 100 Proven Ways To Acquire And Keep Clients For Life
- Matthew Sekol – ESG Mindset: Business Resilience and Sustainable Growth
- Roger Spitz – Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
- Jenny Li Fowler – Organic Social Media: How to Build Flourishing Online Communities
- Anastasia Karklina Gabriel – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy
- Zontee Hou – Data-Driven Personalization: How to Use Consumer Insights to Generate Customer Loyalty
- Nuala Walsh – TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
- Kori Reed – Men-in-the-Middle Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority
- Neal Schaffer – Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Digital First Marketing Playbook
- Steve Waddell, MBA, PMP – Valuepreneuers: The New Rules for Building Products, Growing Your Business, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream
- Diana Peterson-More – Courageous Communication: A Return to Civility
- Melina Palmer – The Truth About Pricing
- Celia Soonets – The Wheel of 8 Fears of Entrepreneurs
- Nick Barter & Christopher Fleming – Future Normal: 8 Questions to Create Businesses Your Children will be Proud Of
- Adam Bennett – Great Change – The Way to Get Big Strategy Done
- Jacqui Clarke – Stop Worrying About Money
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS!

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

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

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

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2023 Harvey Chute Awards is:

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing

By Nancy Harhut

See the full list of 2023 First Place Harvey Chute Winners here!

We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction.

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2024 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

April 3 – 6, 2025! Save the Date for Registration!

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!
January 2, 2025