Tag: Writing competitions

  • The 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

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

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Hearten Non-Fiction Short List to the 2023 Hearten Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2023 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Lynne M. Kolze – Please Write: Finding Joy and Meaning in the Soulful Art of Handwritten Letters
    • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Patience Insanity & Wisdom
    • Lisa Niver – Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty
    • Lally Pia – The Fortune Teller’s Prophecy: A Memoir of an Unlikely Doctor
    • Duncan McLauren – Owning Your Destiny
    • Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
    • Shanita Liu – Dear Durga: A Mom’s Guide to Activate Courage and Emerge Victorious
    • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Some Things Are Simply Meant to Be
    • Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
    • Tony Jeton Selimi – A Path to Excellence
    • Art Berman – Art in the Middle Ages: A Memoir of Midlife Renaissance
    • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
    • Patrick M. Garry – The Power of Gratitude: Charting a Path Toward a Joyous and Faith-Filled Life
    • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
    • Kate Hudson-Hall – Anxiety Hacks: Proven Techniques, Tools and Tips to Calmness
    • Hollie Stuart – I Can See For Miles
    • Cory Mortensen – The Buddha and the Bee
    • Julie Scolnik – Paris Blue
    • Cort Casady – Not Your Father’s America
    • Steven Greenebaum – An Afternoon’s Dictation: Inclusive Revelation for the 21st Century
    • Dian Seidel – Kindergarten at 60: A Memoir of Teaching in Thailand
    • Aurita Maldonado – The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm
    • Grant Harper Reid – The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College
    • Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
    • Catherine DeMonte – Beep! Beep! Get Out of My Way!: Seven Tools for Powerful Creation and Living Your Unstoppable Life
    • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success (It’s All About Love)

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 HEARTEN Awards is:

    Inner Trek
    – a reluctant pilgrim to the Himalayas

    By Mohan Ranga Rao

    Inner Trek Cover

    The 2022 Hearten Grand Prize Badge for Inner Trek by Mohan Ranga Rao

    Click here to see the 2022 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

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

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

     

  • The 2023 Goethe Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Late Historical Fiction

    The 2023 Goethe Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Late Historical Fiction

    Post 1750s Historical Fiction AwardThe Goethe Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in post-1750s Historical Fiction.  The Goethe Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

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

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

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

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Goethe Late Historical Fiction Short List to the 2023 Goethe Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Goethe Book Awards novel competition for Post-1750s Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the Goethe 2023 CIBAs.

    • Pat Wahler – The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O’Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll
    • J. Stanion – My Place Among Them: A Novel
    • Sandra Wagner-Wright – Ambition, Arrogance & Pride: Families & Rivals in 18th Century Salem
    • Janis Robinson Daly – The Unlocked Path, A Novel
    • Lindsey S. Fera – Muskets and Masquerades
    • Jerena Tobiasen – Tsarina’s Crown
    • Mitzi Zilka – Water Fire Steam
    • Jeff Schnader – The Serpent Papers
    • Miriam Polli – Birds Of Passage
    • Jodi Lea Stewart – The Gold Rose
    • Chris Black – Chameleon
    • Lisa Voelker – The Spoon
    • Nichole Louise – Raven Rock
    • Susanne Dunlap – The Courtesan’s Daughter
    • Robert Brighton – The Unsealing
    • Gary Born – The File
    • Robert W Smith – A Long Way from Clare
    • David Calloway – If Someday Comes
    • Michael Miller – High Bridge – Matilda and Grover Battle Learned Ignorance
    • Susanne Dunlap – The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard
    • Susanne Dunlap – The Adored One
    • Alexandru Czimbor – The Soul Machines
    • Wendy Long Stanley – The Treason of Betsy Ross
    • Linda Ulleseit – The River Remembers
    • Ed Davis – Last Professional
    • Loretta Miles Tollefson – There Will Be Consequences
    • Don Jacobson – The Sailor’s Rest
    • Dean Cycon – Finding Home (Hungary, 1945)
    • William Maz – Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
    • Linda Rosen – The Emerald Necklace
    • T. M. Brown – The Last Laird of Sapelo
    • Nicole Evelina – Catherine’s Mercy
    • J.L Oakley – The Brisling Code

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GOETHE Awards is:

    Eleonora and Joseph:

    Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment

    by Julieta Almeida Rodrigues

    The Goethe Grand Prize Badge for Eleanora and Joseph by Julieta Almedia Rodrigues

    Click here to see the 2022 Goethe Book Award Winners for Late Historical Fiction.

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Goethe Book Awards for Post-1750s Historical Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

    Please click here for more information.

    For our other Historical Fiction Awards, please see the following:

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 Semi-Finalists JOURNEY Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

    The 2023 Semi-Finalists JOURNEY Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring a Journey of 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 Short List Journey Non-Fiction entries to the 2023 Journey Book Awards SEMIFINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Journey Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Journey Book Awards novel competition for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction!

    Join us in celebrating the Semi-Finalist authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Saint Bloodbath
    • Rebecca Olmstead – Loved So Much It Hurts: Purpose in the Pain
    • Hollie Stuart – I Can See for Miles
    • Cathryn Vogeley – I Need To Tell You
    • Lori Lee Peters – God, the Mafia, My Dad and Me
    • Cort Casady – Not Your Father’s America
    • Francesca Miracola – I Got It From Here
    • Francesca Grossman – Not Weakness: Navigating the Culture of Chronic Pain
    • Sara Alvarado – Dreaming In Spanish: An Unexpected Love Story in Puerto Vallarta
    • Joel Harris – Searching for Steve
    • Leslie Ferguson – When I Was Her Daughter
    • Antonia Deignan – Underwater Daughter: A Memoir of Survival and Healing
    • Phyllis Dyson – Among Silent Echoes: A Memoir of Trauma and Resilience
    • Andrew Saltarelli – Leaving Home
    • Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
    • Aurita Maldonado – The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm
    • Barbara Wolf Terao – Reconfigured: A Memoir
    • Trisha T Pritiin – The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices From the Fight for Atomic Justice
    • Sarah Martin – Dear Psychosis
    • Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
    • Jarie Bolander – Ride or Die: Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband’s Memoir
    • Mikky Eagle – Transcending to Power – the Freya Files : A Survivor’s Memoir Uncovering the Aftermath of Child Sexual-Abuse
    • Erika Shepard – Trans-Formations From Field Boots to Sensible Heels
    • Karen DeBonis – Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived
    • Mike Nixon – Life Travel And The People In Between

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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 JOURNEY Awards is:

    A Fraction Stronger 

    by Mark Berridge 

    A Fraction Stronger Cover

    See our full list of 2022 Journey Winners here.

    The 2023 JOURNEY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12 year Conference Anniversary!

    April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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

    Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!

     

     

  • The 2023 Ozma Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Fantasy Fiction

    The 2023 Ozma Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Fantasy Fiction

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

    Chanticleer International Book Awards discovers the best books in the Ozma Awards featuring magic, the supernatural, imaginary worlds, fantastical creatures, legendary beasts, mythical beings, or inventions of fancy that author imaginations dream up without a basis in science as we know it. Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Dragons, Unicorns, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Gaslight Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, or other out-of-this-world fiction. These books have advanced to the Long List in the 2023 CIBAs OZMA division.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Ozma Fantasy Fiction Short List to the 2023 Ozma Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

    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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2023 Ozma Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Jenn Lees – The Quest: Arlan’s Pledge Book Two
    • Nicholas Varner – Seasons of the Blue Pearl
    • Tim Facciola – A Vengeful Realm: Book One: The Scales of Balance
    • L.R. Braden – Of Mettle and Magic
    • Lilla Glass – The Unseen
    • Ross Hightower – Argren Blue
    • John Diaz – Rogues of the Crosslands: Azoria’s Blade
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Unleashed
    • Amber Kirkpatrick – Until the Rising
    • Charles Allen – The Order of the Red God
    • Jaime Castle & Andy Peloquin – Black Talon
    • Crystal D. Grant – Shadowcast
    • Ekta R. Garg – In the Heart of the Linden Wood
    • L.L. Gray – Shadows and Relics
    • Richard C. Brusca – The Time Travelers
    • D. K. Willis – The Unexpected
    • Celaine Charles – Seam Keepers
    • David V. Mammina – The Angels of Resistance
    • Dale Griffin – The Last Lion of Karkov
    • Jonathan Uffelman – Book of Leprechauns: The Lore Gatherers
    • PM Black – The Solar Realm – Silver Slayer
    • Omayra Vélez – Ultima Skylar
    • PJ Devlin – The Chamber
    • Rae St. Clair Bridgman – The Kingdom of Trolls
    • L. Ryan Storms – Temper the Dark
    • Alex B. Harper – Of Light and Nightmares: The Ashes of Magic Trilogy, Volume I
    • S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada

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

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 OZMA Awards is:

    Soar a Burning Sky

    By Steven Michael Beck

    The Ozma Grand Prize Badge for Soar a Burning Sky by Steven Michael Beck

    See the full list of 2022 Ozma Award Winners here.

    The 2023 OZMA Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2024 OZMA Book Awards are open now. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

    The Chanticleer Authors Conference

    Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

    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 12th annual conference and discover why!

  • The 2023 Short List GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Suspense

    The 2023 Short List GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards for High Stakes Suspense

    Global ThrillerThe Global Thriller Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in High Stakes Thriller Fiction. The Global Thriller Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling stories that put the balance of world power or that will end the world as we know it. We include with Global Thrillers the Lab Lit genre. Lab Lit is when Fiction Meets Real Science and Research or stories that are based on real science and research up to a certain “what if” point.

    For other Mystery Divisions see our Clue Awards for Suspense/Thriller Novels and our M&M Awards for Cozy-and-not-so-Cozy Novels.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Global Thriller Book Awards Long List to the 2023 Global Thriller 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 (CAC24).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2023 Global Thriller Book Awards novel competition for High Stakes Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

    • Anya Ison Wallace – WATCH but don’t TOUCH
    • E.S. Ramirez – In the Fangs of Jackals
    • Thomas R. Weaver – Artificial Wisdom
    • Jayson Adams – Ares
    • D. L. Wilburn Jr. – The God Protocol: Dragon
    • Vito Dibarone – Botheration: Part Two: Waves of Dinosaurs
    • Glenn Dyer – Trust No One
    • Mark James – Friendship Games
    • Susan Rogers and John Roosen – Cobra Pose
    • Joanne Jaytanie – Retrieving Remy (The Winters Sisters Book 5)
    • Michael A. Wexler – Officer Down
    • Randall Krzak – Ultimate Escalation
    • Dr. Frank J. Sapienza – The Greater Good
    • Hank Scheer – Fade to Blue
    • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
    • Jacek Waliszewski – Midnight in Syria
    • Ron Roman – Of Ashes and Dust
    • J. Lee – The Deadly Deal
    • Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Jake Fortina and the Roman Conspiracy
    • S.P. Grogan – Crimson Scimitar: Attack on America, 2001-2025
    • David Wickenden – The Home Front
    • E Alan Fleischauer – The Doctor is Invisible
    • Jeff Sheckter – The Daedalus Protocol

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards is:

    Hybrid Hysteria

    By Charlie Robinson

    The Grand Prize Badge for the Global Thriller Awards for Hybrid Hysteria by Charlie Robinson

        The 2023 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 20, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12 year Conference Anniversary!

        Submissions for the 2024 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards are open until the end of October. Enter here!

        Don’t delay! Enter today! 

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

        The Chanticleer Authors Conference

        Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

        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 12th annual conference and discover why!

         

      • The 2023 CLUE Book Awards Short List for Suspense/Thrillers

        The 2023 CLUE Book Awards Short List for Suspense/Thrillers

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

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

        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Long List to the 2023 Clue Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2023 Clue Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

        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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

        These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

        Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs. 

        • Roxana Arama – Extreme Vetting: A Thriller
        • Nancy Adair – The Appearance of Guilt
        • Margaret Mizushima – Standing Dead: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery
        • Joanne Jaytanie – Retrieving Remy, The Winters Sisters Book 5
        • Jeremy Gluck – Face Value
        • Ana Manwaring – Backlash Venom and Vendetta from ‘Nam
        • Chuck Morgan – Crime Scene, A Buck Taylor Novel
        • Linda Moore – Five Days in Bogotá
        • Jonny Thompson – Atlantis
        • Kevin G. Chapman – The Other Murder
        • T.O. Paine – The Excursion
        • Corey Lynn Fayman – Gillespie Field Groove
        • Paty Jager – Damning Firefly
        • Mary Desch – Tangled Darkness
        • Jonny Thompson – Ash and Sun
        • Charlotte Stuart – Forget or Forgive? NEVER
        • Jim Nesbitt – The Dead Certain Doubt: An Ed Earl Burch Novel
        • Frederick Douglass Reynolds – Saint Bloodbath
        • Joshua Cohen – Past Imperfect
        • Jacqueline Boulden – Her Past Can’t Wait
        • E. Alan Fleischauer – Sherlock and the Tiger
        • J. Luke Bennecke – Echo from a Bayou
        • Mark James – Friendship Games
        • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansions
        • Dave Lager – Sniper’s Day
        • Daniel V. Meier Jr. – Guidance to Death
        • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley
        • Anne Moose – When You Read This I’ll Be Gone
        • Jode Millman – The Empty Kayak
        • Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor – River of Ashes
          Kamille Roach – Pine Creek
        • Justin M. Kiska – Fact & Fiction
        • Melissa L. Berger – What Mae Brings: A Novel
        • Mike Van Horn – Controlled Flight
        • Decima Blake – Hingston: Smoke and Mispers
        • Cathi Stoler – With A Twist: A Murder On The Rocks Mystery
        • Richard C. Brusca – The Time Travelers
        • Bill Mesce, Jr – Median Gray
        • Kathryn Lane – Missing in Miami
        • Leslie Kain – Secrets In The Mirror
        • D. R. Berlin – The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor
        • Lisa Towles – The Ridders
        • Rita M Boehm – The Price of Revenge
        • Philip Derrick – Saigon Spring
        • Tejas Desai – The Dance Towards Death
        • Martha Crites – Danger to Others
        • Raymond Paul Johnson – The Raven Society: Conspiracy Ignited
          Chris Chan – Ghosting My Friend
        • Nina Romano – Dark Eyes
        • Mary Keliikoa – Deceived
        • McKinley Aspen – Praesidium
        • Robert W. Smith – Long Way From Clare
        • Jason Kapcala – Hungry Town
        • V. S. Anderson – Three Strides Out: A Horse Show Novel of Suspense
        • Howard Berk and Peter Berk – TimeLock
        • T.E. Lane – The Cornbread Letters
        • Mary Keliikoa – Hidden Pieces

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

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        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 CLUE Awards is:

        Have You Seen Me?

        By Alexandrea Weis

         See the Full List of 2022 Clue Award Winners here!

        The 2023 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC24 on April 21, 2024. Save the date for CAC24, scheduled April 18-21, 2024, our 12-year Conference Anniversary!

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

        Don’t delay! Enter today! 

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

        The Chanticleer Authors Conference

        Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

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      • The 2023 HEARTEN Book Awards Short List for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

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

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

        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Hearten Non-Fiction Long List to the 2023 Hearten Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2023 Hearten Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

        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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

        These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2023 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

        Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

        • Lynne M. Kolze – Please Write: Finding Joy and Meaning in the Soulful Art of Handwritten Letters
        • Anna Casamento Arrigo – Patience Insanity & Wisdom
        • Lisa Niver – Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty
        • Syril Levin Kline – Inspiring Legacy: David and Carmen Kreeger’s Journey to Philanthropy
        • Lally Pia – The Fortune Teller’s Prophecy: A Memoir of an Unlikely Doctor
        • Alexander V. Girman & Cynthia J Girman – A Voice from Heaven: From Earthly Struggles to Thriving in the Afterlife
        • Duncan McLauren – Owning Your Destiny
        • Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
        • Alex Bisset – The Destination Birth
        • Shanita Liu – Dear Durga: A Mom’s Guide to Activate Courage and Emerge Victorious
        • Trudy Wells-Meyer – Some Things Are Simply Meant to Be
        • Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins – On the Rocks
        • Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
        • Tony Jeton Selimi – A Path to Excellence
        • Art Berman – Art in the Middle Ages: A Memoir of Midlife Renaissance
        • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
        • Patrick M. Garry – The Power of Gratitude: Charting a Path Toward a Joyous and Faith-Filled Life
        • Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
        • Kate Hudson-Hall – Anxiety Hacks: Proven Techniques, Tools and Tips to Calmness
        • Hollie Stuart – I Can See For Miles
        • Cory Mortensen – The Buddha and the Bee
        • Julie Scolnik – Paris Blue
        • Cort Casady – Not Your Father’s America
        • Joel Harris – Searching for Steve
        • Steven Greenebaum – An Afternoon’s Dictation: Inclusive Revelation for the 21st Century
        • Dian Seidel – Kindergarten at 60: A Memoir of Teaching in Thailand
        • Aurita Maldonado – The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm
        • Grant Harper Reid – The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College
        • Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
        • Catherine DeMonte – Beep! Beep! Get Out of My Way!: Seven Tools for Powerful Creation and Living Your Unstoppable Life
        • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success (It’s All About Love)

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        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 HEARTEN Awards is:

        Inner Trek
        – a reluctant pilgrim to the Himalayas

        By Mohan Ranga Rao

        Inner Trek Cover

        The 2022 Hearten Grand Prize Badge for Inner Trek by Mohan Ranga Rao

        Click here to see the 2022 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

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

        Please click here for more information.

        See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

        The Chanticleer Authors Conference

        Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

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      • The 2023 Short List Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business & Enterprise Non-Fiction

        A yellow badge with three black lines that says "Harvey Chute Awards" across the bottomThe HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. The Harvey Chute Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring motivational, strategy, technology guides, social media, finance, investing & money, communications, marketing, business, and economics. We will put these books to the test and choose the best among them.
        See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 


        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction entries to the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards SHORT LIST.
        The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Short List. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

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

        We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

        These titles are in the running for the Finalists Level of Achievement for the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards novel competition for Business, Finance, and Enterprise Non-Fiction!

        Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

        • Kaden Kashner – The ChatGPT Business Playbook: AI-Driven Strategies and Formulas for Business Success
        • Dorine Rivers, PhD, PMP – Brain to Bank: How to Get Your Idea Out of Your Head and Cash In
        • Dr Pietro Emanuele Garbelli – The Doctor’s Voice: Empowering Solutions to Physicians’ Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies
        • Sara Connell – Thought Leader Academy
        • Nuria Corbi – The Home Boss Toolkit: Branding Success for Self-Publishers
        • Neha Saini – SQL Quest: A Journey Through Data
        • Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans
        • I. Almeida – Introduction to LLMs for Business Leaders: Responsible AI Strategy Beyond Fear and Hype
        • Vince Burruano – A Daily Dose of Sales Wisdom: Practical Advice for Sales Professionals and Leaders to Excel
        • Annie Yang – The 5-Day Job Search: Proven Strategies to Answering Tough Interview Questions & Getting Multiple Job Offers
        • Christopher R. Manske – Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS
        • Karen Stein – Be Your Own Leadership Coach (Self Coaching Strategies to Lead Your Way)
        • Chris Duffey – Decoding the Metaverse: Expand Your Business Using Web3
        • Arunkumar Krishnakumar & Theodora Lau – The Metaverse Economy: How Finance Professionals Can Make Sense of Web3
        • Nancy Harhut – Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instinctive Responses
        • Purna Virji – High-Impact Content Marketing: Strategies to Make Your Content Intentional, Engaging and Effective
        • Peter J. de Silva – Taking Stock: 10 Life and Leadership Principles From My Seat at the Table

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        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Harvey Chute Awards is:

        Reconfigurement

        by E. Alan Fleischauer

        Click here to see the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Award Winners for Business & Finance Non-Fiction

        We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards for Business & Finance. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. Please click here for more information.

        See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

        April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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

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      • The 2023 SOMERSET CIBAs Long List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

        The 2023 SOMERSET CIBAs Long List for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

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

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction entries to the 2023 Somerset Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Somerset 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 (CAC24).

        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 20th, 2024 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference

        These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Somerset Book Awards novel competition for Literary and Contemporary Fiction!

        Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

        • Mhani Alaoui – The House on Butterfly Street
        • Khristin Wierman – This Time Could Be Different
        • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – You Can’t Fool a Mermaid
        • KP McCarthy – Mortal Weather
        • Leslie Tall Manning – Feral Maril and Her Little Brother Carol
        • Marcia Peck – Water Music: A Cape Cod Story
        • Deborah Hufford – Blood to Rubies
        • David Joseph – I Didn’t Know What to Say, so I Just Said Thanks
        • Charlotte Beck – A Good Day To Die
        • Kimberly Sullivan – Rome’s Last Noble Palace
        • Scott Swanson – Sweet Tooth
        • Ruth F. Stevens – My Year of Casual Acquaintances
        • Ann Marie Jackson – The Broken Hummingbird
        • George R. Wolfe – Into the River of Angels
        • Arthur Byrd – Crossing Lake Pontchartrain
        • Nova Garcia – Not That Kind of Call Girl
        • McKinley Aspen – Cogitatio: Shadows in the Wind
        • Carrie Simmons – Lovers’ Jewelry
        • Linda Moore – Five Days in Bogota
        • David Fitz-Gerald – If It’s the Last Thing I Do
        • Pam Landen – If You Find Me Worthy
        • Dian Greenwood – About the Carleton Sisters
        • Lou Dischler – Oracle to the Underworld
        • A.J. Kohler and Susan Lynn Solomon – The Magician
        • Bob Holt – Firebird
        • Jo Deniau – Hologram
        • J.A. Wright – Eat and Get Gas
        • B. Lynn Carter – Jus Breathe
        • George Brown – Who Killed Jerusalem?
        • Krishma Tuli Arora – From Ash to Ashes
        • Terry Tierney – The Bridge on Beer River
        • Jennifer Gold – Halfway to You
        • Jacqueline Boulden – Her Past Can’t Wait
        • Giselle Mehta – Vectors in the Void
        • Mary Avery Kabrich – The Journal of Hidden Truths
        • Ron Roman – Of Ashes and Dust
        • Anne Moose – When You Read This I’ll Be Gone
        • Leslie Liautaud – Black Bear Lake
        • Victoria Costello – Orchid Child
        • Nancy Joie Wilkie – Faraway and Forever: More Stories
        • Barbara Francesca Murphy – Ever After
        • Chera Thompson – Dawned on the Danube
        • Kevin Lavey – The Return of Jason Foxx
        • Dennis Must – MacLeish Sq.
        • Margaret Klaw – Every Other Weekend
        • D.R. Ransdell – Carillon Chase
        • L.S Case – A Hundred Days Till Tomorrow
        • Patricia Sands – The Secrets We Hide
        • Elayne Klasson – The Earthquake Child: A Novel
        • Judy Lannon – Nine Days
        • Michele Chynoweth – The Wise Man
        • Karla Huebner – Too Early to Know Who’s Winning
        • Leslie A. Rasmussen – The Stories We Cannot Tell
        • Debra Thomas – Josie and Vic, a novel
        • Julia Brewer Daily – No Names to Be Given
        • Rick Shands – Frame 39
        • Joe Pace – Moss
        • Ann Curtin – Muldoon’s Walking
        • Kathy Sechrist – Success Is The Best Revenge
        • Kamille Roach – A Matchbox Full of Pearls
        • Michele Kwasniewski – Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart Series
        • Linn Aspen – The Dreamtidings of a Disgruntled Starbeing: Life with a psychopathic brother
        • James Gish, Jr. – When Blackbirds Dream
        • Victoria Costello – Orchid Child
        • Donna Norman-Carbone – All That is Sacred
        • Laura Albu – The Undines

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        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 SOMERSET Awards is:

        Everything That Was 

        by Conon Parks 

        Everything That Was CoverThe Grand Prize Somerset Badge for Everything That Was by Conon Parks

        Click here to see the 2022 Somerset Book Award Winners for Literary and Contemporary Fiction.

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

        Please click here for more information.

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 Chanticleer In’tl Book Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

        April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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

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

         

      • The 2023 CIBAs Humor and Satire Long List

        The Humor and Satire Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Humor and Satire.  The Humor and Satire Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring  satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Humor and Satire Fiction entries to the 2023 Humor and Fiction Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2023 Humor and Satire SHORT LIST. SEMI FINALISTS are chosen from the Short List. Finalists are chosen from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

        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 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

        These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards novel competition!

        Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

        • Kenneth Arbogast – Whinesburg, Ohio
        • Lou Dischler – The Rising
        • Tom Strelich – Water Memory
        • Mike Murphey – Quantum Consequence… Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 5
        • G. S. Gerry – Hysterical Hangouts with The Hindlegs
        • Matthew Binder – Pure Cosmos Club
        • Bill Boggs – Spike Unleashed: The Wonder Dog Returns
        • Lou Dischler – Locking up Daddy
        • W.T. Kosmos – Blaze Union and the Puddin’ Head Schools
        • James Krieger – Not My Best Idea
        • Eileen O’Finlan – All the Furs and Feathers
        • H.D. Logic – Of the Noble and Great Ones
        • Gene Helfman – FINS, A Novel of Relentless Satire
        • Steven Mayfield – The Penny Mansions
        • T.C. Morrison – Send in The Tort Lawyer$
        • Jason Ollander-Krane – Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey
        • Dr. Meander Swotty – Lower Education
        • Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
        • Allyson Rice – The Key to Circus-Mom Highway
        • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Herbert Quarry Affair
        • Marco Ocram – The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose
        • JP Rieger – Clonk!
        • Rob Brownell – Invention Is a Mother
        • Doug Cameron – Dysfunctional Regulatory Bodies: Scarecrows and Stupidity
        • David Grubb – A Trip From God Book 1
        • T.K. Sheffield – The Valentine Lines

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        The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Humor and Satire Awards is:

        DELPHIC ORACLE, USA 

        by Steven Mayfield

        Delphic Oracle CoverThe Mark Twain Grand Prize for Steven Mayfield and his book Delphic Oracle U.S.A.

        PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

        Click here to see the 2022 Humor and Satire Book Award Winners.

        We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Humor and Satire Book Awards. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

        Please click here for more information.

        Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

        Join us April 18 – 20th, 2023! Register Today!

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

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