Tag: Shorts Stories

  • The 2024 Shorts Book Awards WINNERS for Short Stories and Essays

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

    The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction.

    The SEA Shorts Awards are named for Sharon E. Anderson, one of the first winners of the Shorts Awards and our Chief Editor of Reviews. Sharon is dearly missed, and we are grateful for the opportunity to honor and remember her with this Award.

    NOTE: We are posting the Novellas, Long Essays, and Collected Works in a different post. These are Short Stories and Essays

     1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Sean Dwyer 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 SEA SHORTS AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the SEA SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob

    • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old

    • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis

    • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster

    • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma

    • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos

    • PJ Devlin – Running

    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SEA Short Story Awards is:

    Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward

    by Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro

    Dream Rut Navigating Your Path Forward cover by Yumiko Shimabukuro

    You can see all of our amazing 2024 SEA Shorts 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 June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

    To ALL the WINNERS: 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.

    Team Chanticleer!

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Finalists for Short Stories and Essays

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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  from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Finalists List will be posted separately.

    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 hosted by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
    • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
    • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
    • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
    • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
    • Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
    • J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
    • PJ Devlin – Running
    • Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
    • Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
    • Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
    • L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
    • Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

    By Catherine Brown

    A Manuscript

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing The Heart of Kublai Khan's Menagerie Keeper by Catherine Brown for winning the 2023 Shorts- Short Prose Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

    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!

     

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Finalists for Novellas, Essays and Collections

    The Chatelaine, Shorts, and Gertrude Warner Awards BadgesThe Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories (Long Form). The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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 from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SEMI-FINALISTS to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are two Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Long Form Content, Novellas, and Collections. The short form Shorts (100 pages or less) Finalist List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE AND GRAND PRIZE WINNERS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi – Something About Lizzy
    • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury
    • Susan L Rae – Teaching Treason: A Gabby Baxter Mystery
    • Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon
    • Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner
    • Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered
    • Jennifer Saviano – Joy Ride
    • Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box and Other Stories
    • Anne B. Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
    • Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays

    Shorts Finalist Badge for Short Prose, Novellas, and Collections

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    Shelter In A Hostile World

    By Mack Little

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing Shelter in a Hostile World by Mack Little for winning the 2023 Shorts- Collections and Novellas Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Collections!

    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!

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Semi-Finalists for Short Stories and Essays

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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  from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SHORT LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Semi-Finalists List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Susannah Dawn – It’s in the Grey Zone We Find The Colors
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
    • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
    • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
    • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
    • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
    • Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
    • Tessa Floreano – Shadows of the Adriatic
    • J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
    • PJ Devlin – Sleeping Out
    • PJ Devlin – Running
    • Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
    • Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
    • Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
    • L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
    • Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward
    • Tosca Lee – The Cancun Game

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

    By Catherine Brown

    A Manuscript

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing The Heart of Kublai Khan's Menagerie Keeper by Catherine Brown for winning the 2023 Shorts- Short Prose Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

    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!

     

  • The 2024 Shorts Award Semi-Finalists for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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  from the 2024 SHORTS AWARDS SHORT LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are two Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Long Form Content, Novellas, and Collections. The short form Shorts (100 pages or less) Semi-Finalist List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi – Something About Lizzy
    • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury
    • Susan L Rae – Teaching Treason: A Gabby Baxter Mystery
    • Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon
    • Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner
    • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold
    • Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered
    • Jennifer Saviano – Joy Ride
    • Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box and Other Stories
    • Anne B. Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Weeds Beneath the Open Meadows
    • Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    Shelter In A Hostile World

    By Mack Little

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing Shelter in a Hostile World by Mack Little for winning the 2023 Shorts- Collections and Novellas Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Collections!

    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!

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Short List for Short Stories and Essays

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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  from the 2024 SHORTS LONG LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Shorts Award Semi-Finalist positions. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Long List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Susannah Dawn – To Label or Not to Label the Box… That is the Question
    • Susannah Dawn – It’s in the Grey Zone We Find The Colors
    • Susannah Dawn – On The Run With Meagan Wise
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
    • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
    • Jessica Russell – Worthy of Tears
    • KD Sherrinford – Meet Me in Milan
    • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
    • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
    • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
    • Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
    • Tessa Floreano – Shadows of the Adriatic
    • J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
    • PJ Devlin – Sleeping Out
    • PJ Devlin – Running
    • Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
    • Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
    • Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
    • L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
    • Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward
    • Tosca Lee – The Cancun Game

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

    By Catherine Brown

    A Manuscript

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing The Heart of Kublai Khan's Menagerie Keeper by Catherine Brown for winning the 2023 Shorts- Short Prose Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

    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!

  • The 2024 Shorts Award Short List for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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  from the 2024 SHORTS LONG LIST to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Shorts Award Semi-Finalists. FINALISTS will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, CAC25.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Long Form Content, Novellas, and Collections. The short form Shorts (100 pages or less) Short List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi – Something About Lizzy
    • E.M. Schorb – Resurgius, a Sex Comedy
    • Cindy Ellen Hill – Leeds Point
    • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury
    • Susan L Rae – Teaching Treason: A Gabby Baxter Mystery
    • Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon
    • Peter Dingus – Worlds in Transition
    • J.R. Rice – Broken Pencils
    • Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner
    • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold
    • Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered
    • Jennifer Saviano – Joy Ride
    • Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box and Other Stories
    • Anne B. Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
    • Derek Wachter – Solipsism
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Weeds Beneath the Open Meadows
    • Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    Shelter In A Hostile World

    By Mack Little

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing Shelter in a Hostile World by Mack Little for winning the 2023 Shorts- Collections and Novellas Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Collections!

    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!

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Long List for Short Stories and Essays

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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 first look rounds from all 2024 SHORTS entries to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Shorts Award 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.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Short Form Content, singular short stories, essays and shorter Collections. The Long form Shorts (over 100 pages) Long List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Sophia M. – Synthetica The Dystopian Future of Digital Existence
    • Ron Singerton – Whispers in Time
    • Betty Codd – The King’s Wife
    • Susannah Dawn – To Label or Not to Label the Box… That is the Question
    • Susannah Dawn – It’s in the Grey Zone We Find The Colors
    • Susannah Dawn – On The Run With Meagan Wise
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Soldier Jacob
    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Regifting with a Twist
    • Burl Harmon – Being 100 Years Old
    • Jessica Russell – Worthy of Tears
    • KD Sherrinford – Meet Me in Milan
    • KD Sherrinford – Christmas at The Saporis
    • Mike Murphey – The Claunch Ness Monster
    • Brian Feutz – Take a Peek Into the Minds, Lives, and Fears… of Queers
    • Lisa G. Spicer – Letters From Tacoma
    • Catherine Brown – Finding Namaste
    • Deborah L. King – Attention Accepted
    • Barbara Rein – The Wrenbows
    • Tessa Floreano – Shadows of the Adriatic
    • J.J. Clarke – Deadly Ambition
    • Susan Lynn Solomon – A Circle of Sabbaths
    • Glen Dahlgren – The Dice of Chaos
    • PJ Devlin – Sleeping Out
    • PJ Devlin – Running
    • TK Sheffield – The Infinity Thieves
    • Tyrone Burnett – The Believer within You
    • Glendall C. Jackson III – Naked Came the Detective
    • Carol L. Wright – Apple, Table, Penny… Murder
    • Hannah Stone – The Weight of Bone and Feather
    • L. Burton Brender – Stories from the War
    • Don Jacobson – The Gamekeeper’s Cabin
    • Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro – Dream Rut: Navigating Your Path Forward
    • Tosca Lee – The Cancun Game

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    The Heart of Kublai Khan’s Menagerie Keeper

    By Catherine Brown

    A Manuscript

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing The Heart of Kublai Khan's Menagerie Keeper by Catherine Brown for winning the 2023 Shorts- Short Prose Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Collections, Essays, and Novellas.

    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!

  • The 2024 Short Story Awards Long List for Collections, Essays, and Novellas

    The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Stories. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).

    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 first look rounds from all 2024 SHORTS entries to the 2024 Shorts Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for the 2024 Shorts Award 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.

    Please Note: There are 2 Shorts Awards Lists. This is for Long Form Content, Novellas, and Collections. The short form Shorts (100 pages or less) Long List will be posted separately.

    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 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    A Wreath with the words "CAC 2025" on it to celebrate the Chanticleer Author's Conference!

    These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2024 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Short Stories!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

    • Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi – Something About Lizzy
    • E.M. Schorb – Resurgius, a Sex Comedy
    • Cindy Ellen Hill – Leeds Point
    • Alice McVeigh – Pride and Perjury
    • Susan L Rae – Teaching Treason: A Gabby Baxter Mystery
    • Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon
    • Peter Dingus – Worlds in Transition
    • J.R. Rice – Broken Pencils
    • Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner
    • Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and Pharaoh’s Gold
    • Ebenezer Tabot Tabot – The Fruit Hunters and other Stories
    • Barbara Rein – Tales from the Eerie Canal: 22 Stories of the Delightfully Dark and Creepy
    • Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered
    • Jennifer Saviano – Joy Ride
    • Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box and Other Stories
    • Anne B. Barriault – Tales from Naples and Sorrentine Stories
    • Derek Wachter – Solipsism
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Weeds Beneath the Open Meadows
    • Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays

    Congratulations once more to the 2023 Shorts Grand Prize Winner for Short Prose

    Shelter In A Hostile World

    By Mack Little

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing Shelter in a Hostile World by Mack Little for winning the 2023 Shorts- Collections and Novellas Grand Prize

    Click here to see the full list of 2023 Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2025 Shorts Book Awards for Short Stories, Essays, and Collections!

    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!

  • Awards Divisions for Romance, Middle Grade, and Shorts close soon! Discover the Secret to your Book’s Success!

    These Three Awards Close this weekend!

    The Chatelaine, Shorts, and Gertrude Warner Awards Badges

    You have time, but only until Saturday August 30, 2024!

    Don’t let your book miss out!

    The Chatelaine Award for Romance Fiction

    “What’s a Chatelaine?” A Chatelaine is a small belted chain used to hold on to useful objects. The image we used for the Awards is a painting of Jane Morris, drawn by Dante Rossetti with whom she had a passionate love affair. Her life was the inspiration of Pygmalion which became My Fair Lady.

    The categories for the Chatelaine Awards are

    • Contemporary Romance
    • Historical Romance
    • Adventure & Suspense
    • Romantic Steamy/Sensual (Not Erotic)
    • Inspirational/Restorative/Clean

    The Shorts Award for Short Stories, Collections and Novellas

    A typewriter that says a dramatic short story
    The Shorts Awards accepts Fiction and Non-Fiction!

    The Shorts Awards are fairly self-explanatory. Individual works are $45 and collections are $99. We do accept collections and anthologies, and you can even sneak poetry into the mix! Some incredible creative work has come through the Shorts Awards, and we’re delighted to have it as the fastest growing new Book Award Division!

    The Gertrude Warner Award for Middle Grade Fiction

    Named for the Author of The Boxcar Children Series. While Gertrude Warner wrote the original 19 books, books in the series are still being written, 100 years after the first (the first book was published in 1924), with over 200 Boxcar children books now published by other writers. Warner (1890-1979) was a Sunday School teacher until 1918, when the male teachers in her community of Putnam, Connecticut were being called to serve in WW1. She continued to be a grade school teacher until 1950. She started writing the Boxcar Children while home sick, and many of the aspects of her books have inspiration in her life.

    The Categories of The Gertrude Warner Awards are:

    • Contemporary Middle Grade
    • Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Paranormal Middle Grade
    • Mystery Middle Grade
    • Historical Middle Grade
    • Adventure Middle Grade
    • Graphic Novels for Middle Grade
    • First-Third Grade Readers

    Long time submitters to the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards know that there’s the official date, and then the date where the change over happens. Until the year has been updated to 2025, your work will still be considered for the 2024 Awards. Reach out to info@ChantiReviews.com with any questions!

    Only days remain to submit your books to these prestigious CIBA Divisions and embark on an extraordinary journey to success. With over $30,000 in prizes awarded annually, now is the time to make your mark!

    The Chatelaine Awards for Romantic Fiction, the Shorts Awards, and the Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Fiction are still open! Will your book make the cut?

    Best Book Grand Prize for the Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards

    The CIBAs offer more than just recognition — they provide a ladder to success with a range of achievement tiers and expert long tail marketing strategies. From the highly anticipated Long List to the prestigious Overall Grand Prize Winner, the CIBA lists energize both authors and readers, maximizing your digital footprint and expanding your fan base.

    The tiers of achievement for the CIBAs (Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards)

    Let’s dive into the Tiers of Achievement!

    The Long List

    At the Long List looks to celebrate work that has some sort of gem that pulled it forward and speaks to our first readers. There is no limit for us on how many people can make a Long List, though that’s no guarantee of making it through!

    The Short List

    The Short List offers all the benefits of the Long List: Promotion on our high traffic website, featured social media posts, and in our wide-reaching newsletter. Additionally, authors are now eligible for the first of our digital badges!

    The Semi-Finalists

    The Semi-finals repeats all the benefits of before, bringing the number of times your book has been promoted up to three times in three different places across the web! We do this to maximize your digital footprint and honor our commitment to long-tail digital marketing for our incredible authors!

    The Finalists

    There’s a definite change in tone when we reach the Finalist stage. At this point, the competition boils down to who will be the First Place Category Winner! Finalists receive discounts for the Chanticleer Authors Conference and even on our Editorial Book Reviews. And, of course, their badge and stickers are updated for their new status, as well as receiving a fourth round of promotion.

    The First Place Winners

    One of the most coveted positions. The First Place Winners receive an even better discount on reviews, a huge discount on our membership program, and our Blue Ribbon Winners package! They’re promoted again in our annual Round Up articles celebrating winners for each division as they close, and are linked to in each list the following year.

     

    The Grand Prize Winner

    There can only be one (per division)! The Grand Prize Winners receive everything above as well as being featured on the Book Award page for the entire year, an Awarded Editorial Review, and an Author Interview to help promote their work! Then they’re featured in our annual Hall of Fame posts for the next five years. We also ask Grand Prize Winners to share any of their success stories with us for us to promote and share on our website!

    You know you want it…

    The Overall Grand Prize Winner

    Truly, only one. The Overall Grand Prize Winner receives all the promotion above as well as a $1000 cash prize and invitation to present at the following Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    After all is said and done, we give away over $30,000 in prizes to the incredible authors who submit to the CIBAs! We can’t wait to have you join them!

    Congratulations again to the 2023 Overall Grand Prize Winner

    Tim Facciola for A Vengeful Realm

    Blue and Gold Badge Recognizing A Vengeful Realm: Scales of Balance Book 1 by Tim Facciola for Winning the 2023 Overall Grand Prize Award

    We are always eager to support the Best Books through the CIBAs. Join the ranks of celebrated authors who have already taken this critical step in their publishing.

    Your book deserves to be discovered, celebrated, and shared with the world. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your talent and gain valuable exposure at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 3-6, 2025) where Winners from all Book Award Divisions will be announced and honored.

    In a world hungry for good books, your story deserves to be heard. Submit now and leave a lasting impression.

    Let’s celebrate exceptional storytelling together!

    The Chatelaine, Shorts, and Gertrude Warner Awards Badges

    The Chatelaine Awards, The Shorts Awards, and The Gertrude Warner Awards

    Your book deserves to be discovered