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  • The 2022 NELLIE BLY CIBAs Short List for Journalistic Non-Fiction

    Nellie Bly Awards

    The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Long Form Journalistic and Investigative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards  (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Social Science, Data Driven Reporting, Equality and Justice, Ethics, Human Rights, and Activists Groups. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Nellie Bly Non-Fiction entries to the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Nellie Bly Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS position of the 2022 Nellie Bly Book Awards  for Journalistic Non-Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

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

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is Nicole Evelina for America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

    America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Cover

    Gold and Blue Badge for the Nellie Bly Awards Grand Prize Winner Nicole Evelina's book The Forgotten Suffragists

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

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Nellie Bly Book Awards for Overcoming Adversity in Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

    Please click here for more information.

    See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

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

    April 27 – 30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The Chaucer 2022 Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    The Chaucer 2022 Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottom

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

    The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Semi-Finalists to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer First Place Winners! Winners and Finalists will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
    • Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
    • Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
    • David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
    • GK Johnson – The Zealots
    • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
    • Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
    • Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
    • Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
    • Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
    • M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
    • Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
    • Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
    • Mack Little – Daughter of Hades

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is
    Too Soon the Night
    By James Conroyd Martin

    Too soon the night cover

    Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

    Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

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

    Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

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

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

    a Wreath surrounds CAC 2023 for the Chanticleer Authors Conference

    April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

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  • The 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Two little chicks, fresh from their egg

    The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2022 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Little Peeps Early Readers Short List to the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists.  All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Beth Bacon – The Panda Cub Swap
    • Sara Tabibzadeh – Two Cherries
    • Ghazal Mousavi – I’m Scared Too!
    • Ruthie Godfrey – God Made It All
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work
    • Travis D. Peterson – Ada and the Helpers
    • Helen M. Waters – A Story About Sprout
    • Richard Ceasor – Grandma I Don’t Want To Go To Sleep: A Forever Love Tale
    • Susan Conrad – Inside my Sea of Dreams: The Adventures of Kami and Suz
    • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey to the Oceans
    • Cynthia C. Huijgens – A Fish Called Andromeda
    • C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
    • Valerie Ramer – Alastair McAllister Goes to School
    • Peggy Sullivan – Montana Cats
    • Danielle Diestl – Lily May and the Ruby Shoes Blues
    • Maggie Bates – Ravens Roost
    • Cheryl Denise Bannerman – The Gecko Without An Echo
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Dash and Nikki and The Jellybean Game
    • Carina Ho, Jesse Byrd – Mighty Mara
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Lobster Tale
    • Cindy L. Rodriguez – Three Pockets Full: A story of love, family, and tradition
    • Abbe Rolnick – Bubbie’s Magical Hair

     

    Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards Semi-Finalist Badge with Blue Laurels

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath

    by Andrea Vaughan

    See the Full List of 2021 Winners here

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

    Please click here for more information.

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

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The CIBAs 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Semi-Finalists

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

    The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Short List to the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    The 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists

    • Joy A. Burke – Surviving Christmas
    • Cicek Bricault – KyRose Takes A Leap
    • Sam Hooker & Lindy Ryan – Hemlock N Glitter
    • S.P. O’Farrell – Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London
    • J.K.Pinsel – KAZI
    • L.K. Keenan – Seb Artigas Gone Wrong
    • Alex Paul – The King’s Armada: Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 6
    • Bo Gannon – Rabbit Tracks – The Trail to Gettysburg
    • Ana Cortes – Marco, Pablo, & Olivia: Fútbol Tryouts
    • Ben Gartner – People of the Sun
    • PJ McIlvaine – Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts in the Closet
    • Jon & Di Nelson – Spooky Stuff – Back Pocket Summer Camp Tales
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Universe
    • Christian A. Shane – Salmon Survivor
    • Ted Neill & Suzi Spooner – Mystery Force Volume 1: Books 1-3 of the Mystery Force Series
    • Ellen Dee Davidson – WIND
    • Tamra Andrews – Mirror Child: Book One: The Woolgatherer
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • JK Noble – HALE: The Rise of the Griffins
    • Wilson Whitlow – Mystery of the Khar Chuluu
    • J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards was:

    Fishing for Luck

    by Murray Richter

    Fishing for Luck Cover

     

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

     

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

  • The 2022 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Semi-Finalists

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Semi-Finalists

    Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

    The 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 all 2022 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Short List to the 2022 Clue Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Semi-Finalists and their works in the 2022 CIBAs. 

    • Marie Sutro – Dark Obsessions
    • Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Dream
    • Martin Roy Hill – Upriver
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes, a Babs Norman Mystery
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Spree, A Buck Taylor Novel
    • Kevin G. Chapman – Dead Winner
    • Michael Stockham – Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer
    • Michael Pronko – Azabu Getaway
    • Saralyn Richard – Bad Blood Sisters
    • Bryan Cassiday – Knot of Fear
    • Danielle M. Wong – Last Liar Standing
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Arthur Herbert – The Bones of Amoret
    • Britt Lind – Malevolence – A Hollywood Mystery
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • Paul Attaway – Eli’s Redemption
    • Paul Attaway – Blood in the Low Country
    • Susan Wingate – When You Leave Me
    • Jodé Millman – Hooker Avenue
    • R.U. Randy – Astraphobia
    • Brian Cuban – The Ambulance Chaser
    • Lisa Towles – Ninety-Five
    • Alexandrea Weis – Have You Seen Me?
    • John J. Valentino, Chief John J. Mandeville – Old Dark and Dangerous
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Exploded, A Buck Taylor Novel

    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 2021 CLUE Awards was:

    The Vines

    by Shelley Nolden

    The Vines Cover

    Clue Grand Prize Badge for The Vines by Shelley Nolden

    See the full list of 2021 winners here!

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

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

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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

  • The 2022 Laramie Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Americana Fiction

    The 2022 Laramie Book Awards Semi-Finalists for Americana Fiction

    Laramie Americana, Western Pioneer, Civil War Fiction Award

    The Laramie Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Americana and Westerns fiction genre.  The Laramie Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring Americana themes, First Nation stories, early North American History, cowboys & cowgirls in the Wild West, pioneering, and Civil War, and we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Laramie Americana Short List to the 2022 Laramie Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

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

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

    • Pamela Nowak – Necessary Deceptions: The Women of Wyatt Earp
    • Shanna Hatfield – Distracting the Deputy
    • Bruce Gardner – Seeing Glory: A Novel of Family Strife, Faith, and the American Civil War
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – JTs World
    • Susan Higginbotham – John Brown’s Women: A Novel
    • Debra Whiting Alexander – A River for Gemma
    • T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
    • Larry Boucher – The Scout
    • Ed Davis – The Last Professional
    • E. Alan Fleischauer – How the West Was Won then Lost …. Decimation
    • Sophia Alexander – Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel
    • Gail Hertzog – Crossing the Ford
    • Dena Smallwood – Syrie
    • Shanna Hatfield – Holiday Hope
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Ursula’s Inheritance
    • Harriet Cannon – Exiled South
    • Margaret Arross – El Viento
    • Daniel Greene – Northern Blood (Northern Wolf Series Book 3)

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LARAMIE Awards is Tom Sawyer Returns by E.E. Burke

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

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

    Please click here for more information.

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

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

    CAC23 – Turn it up to 11! April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The Chaucer 2022 Semi-Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    The Chaucer 2022 Semi-Finalists for Early Historical Fiction — The CIBAs

    A picture of Geoffery Chaucer as a white man with a gray goatee with the words "Chaucer Awards" across the bottom

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

    The Chaucer Book Awards competition is named for Geoffrey Chaucer the author of the legendary Canterbury Tales. The work is considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed in 1483.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Chaucer Early Historical Fiction Short List to the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2022 Chaucer Finalists. All FINALISTS will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. Winners will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on April 29, 2023, at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2022 Chaucer Book Awards novel competition for Pre-1750s Early Historical Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Patrice Adair – The Viking Girl
    • Eric Schumacher Ramirez – The Hummingbird & The Serpent
    • Regan Walker – Bound by Honor, Book 2 in The Clan Donald Saga
    • David Bush – General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms
    • GK Johnson – The Zealots
    • Kerry Chaput – Daughter of the King
    • Jean Gill – The Ring Breaker
    • Patricia Bernstein – A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower
    • Meredith Allard – Down Salem Way
    • Elizabeth R. Andersen – The Scribe
    • Rozsa Gaston – Anne and Louis Forever Bound
    • Amy Maroney – Island of Gold
    • Donna Scott – The Tacksman’s Daughter
    • Mary Ann Bernal – Forgiving Nero
    • Philip Remus – Collegium, Brotherhood of Rogues
    • M.D. House – The Barabbas Legacy
    • Rebecca Kightlinger – Megge of Bury Down: The Bury Down Chronicles, Book One
    • Susanne Dunlap – Voices in the Mist
    • Philip Remus – Gods of Men, Where the Spartans are Made
    • Mack Little – Daughter of Hades
    • Prue Batten – Reliquary – Book One of The Peregrinus Series
    • Anna Belfrage – The Castilian Pomegranate

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 CHAUCER Awards is
    Too Soon the Night
    By James Conroyd Martin

    Too soon the night cover

    Too soon the night Grand Prize Badge

    Click here to see the 2021 Chaucer Book Award Winners for Early Historical Fiction.

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

    Please click here to submit to the 2023 Chaucer Awards

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

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

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  • The 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards Short List for Early Readers & Picture Books

    Two little chicks, fresh from their egg

    The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books. These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2022 CIBAs. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Little Peeps Early Readers Long List to the 2022 Little Peeps 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 (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    • Beth Bacon – The Panda Cub Swap
    • Philippa Rae – Harold Goes To School
    • Sara Tabibzadeh – Two Cherries
    • Ghazal Mousavi – I’m Scared Too!
    • Masoud Malekyari – Being the Best
    • David Rodriguez III – The Many Adventures of Bruiser The Jack Russell Terrier MVP: Most Valuable Pup
    • Ruthie Godfrey – God Made It All
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work
    • Cynthia Kern OBrien – Marky the Magnificent Fairy
    • Travis D. Peterson – Ada and the Helpers
    • Fragile Tossa – Climate Change Team
    • Helen M. Waters – A Story About Sprout
    • Micai Reigo Nethercott – Buddy and Bailey’s Alaskan Adventure
    • Richard Ceasor – Grandma I Don’t Want To Go To Sleep: A Forever Love Tale
    • Susan Conrad – Inside my Sea of Dreams: The Adventures of Kami and Suz
    • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey to the Oceans
    • Cynthia C. Huijgens – A Fish Called Andromeda
    • C.L. Olsen – Old Crabby Turtle
    • Valerie Ramer – Alastair McAllister Goes to School
    • Peggy Sullivan – Montana Cats
    • Danielle Diestl – Lily May and the Ruby Shoes Blues
    • Maggie Bates – Ravens Roost
    • Cheryl Denise Bannerman – The Gecko Without An Echo
    • Anthony C. Delauney – Dash and Nikki and The Jellybean Game
    • Carina Ho, Jesse Byrd – Mighty Mara
    • S McMichael – Happenstance Farms Catch That Pony
    • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: The Lobster Tale
    • Cindy L. Rodriguez – Three Pockets Full: A story of love, family, and tradition
    • Kathy Joy – Will You Hold my Story?
    • Abbe Rolnick – Bubbie’s Magical Hair
    • Eve Cabanel – Eli and the Mystery of the Hallowshine Dragon

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

    Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath

    by Andrea Vaughan

    See the Full List of 2021 Winners here

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

    Please click here for more information.

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

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  • The CIBAs 2022 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction – The Short List

    The Boxcar Children from the famed series by Gertrude Warner

    The Gertrude Warner Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Middle Grade Fiction. The Gertrude Warner Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    The Gertrude Warner Book Awards competition is named for Gertrude Chandler Warner, the wonderful author of The Boxcar Children.

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring Contemporary Middle Grade, SFF & Paranormal Middle Grade, Mystery Middle Grade, Historical Middle Grade, Adventure Middle Grade, and Graphic Novels. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards here and for Children’s Literature see our Little Peeps Awards here.

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 Gertrude Warner Middle Grade  Fiction Long List to the 2022 Gertrude Warner 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 (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards novel competition for Middle Grade Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs.

    The 2022 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Short List

    • Joy A. Burke – Surviving Christmas
    • Cicek Bricault – KyRose Takes A Leap
    • Ketevan Alexander – Two Days with Zio
    • Sam Hooker & Lindy Ryan – Hemlock N Glitter
    • S.P. O’Farrell – Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London
    • J.K.Pinsel – KAZI
    • L.K. Keenan – Seb Artigas Gone Wrong
    • Barbara Hills – The Sun and the Starlings
    • Alex Paul – The King’s Armada: Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 6
    • Alan Frost – Time Travelers of the Caribbean
    • Bo Gannon – Rabbit Tracks – The Trail to Gettysburg
    • Ana Cortes – Marco, Pablo, & Olivia: Fútbol Tryouts
    • Anthony Feinman – I’M FAT! A Critters Adventure
    • Ben Gartner – People of the Sun
    • PJ McIlvaine – Violet Yorke, Gilded Girl: Ghosts in the Closet
    • Jon & Di Nelson – Spooky Stuff – Back Pocket Summer Camp Tales
    • Didem Saracel – Story of Universe
    • Christian A. Shane – Salmon Survivor
    • Andres Leopoldo Faza – Pomme’s Wondrous Journey
    • Jason Colpitts – Corrine and the Underground Province
    • Ted Neill & Suzi Spooner – Mystery Force Volume 1: Books 1-3 of the Mystery Force Series
    • Ellen Dee Davidson – WIND
    • Tamra Andrews – Mirror Child: Book One: The Woolgatherer
    • U.W. Leo – ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)
    • Marc Remus – The Chocolate clouds
    • JK Noble – HALE: The Rise of the Griffins
    • Wilson Whitlow – Mystery of the Khar Chuluu
    • J. B. Spector – The Amethyst Tower, Book 2 of The Mer-Prince Adventures

    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 2021 GERTRUDE WARNER Awards was:

    Fishing for Luck

    by Murray Richter

    Fishing for Luck Cover

     

    The 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards are open until the end of August. Enter here!

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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  • The 2022 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Short List

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers – CIBAs Short List

    Thriller Suspense Fiction Award

    The 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 all 2022 Clue Suspense/Thriller Fiction Long List to the 2022 Clue Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for 2022 Clue Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC23).

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

    We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2022 Clue Book Awards novel competition for Thriller/Suspense Fiction!

    Join us in cheering on the following Short List authors and their works in the 2022 CIBAs. 

    • Marie Sutro – Dark Obsessions
    • Leah Angstman – Falcon in the Dive
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • Craig H. Bowlsby – Requiem for a Lotus
    • Chris Norbury – Dangerous Straits
    • Steve Mullaney – Twisted
    • J.J. Clarke – Dared to Dream
    • Martin Roy Hill – Upriver
    • Kevin Kuhens – Terror’s Sword – A Kyle McEwan Novel
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes, a Babs Norman Mystery
    • J. Luke Bennecke – Waterborne
    • Lo Monaco – Suddenly Deadly
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Spree, A Buck Taylor Novel
    • Gerard Shirar – The China Paradox
    • Kevin G. Chapman – Dead Winner
    • Michael Stockham – Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer
    • Michael Pronko – Azabu Getaway
    • Saralyn Richard – Bad Blood Sisters
    • Bryan Cassiday – Knot of Fear
    • Craig W. Fisher – Baker Street Irregular
    • Danielle M. Wong – Last Liar Standing
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Arthur Herbert – The Bones of Amoret
    • Britt Lind – Malevolence – A Hollywood Mystery
    • Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke – Major Jake Fortina and the Tier One Threat
    • D.V. Chernov – Severed Echoes
    • Kenneth Arbogast – Coast Guard Blues
    • Paul Attaway – Eli’s Redemption
    • Paul Attaway – Blood in the Low Country
    • Justin M. Kiska – Vice & Virtue
    • Paul Alexander Sangillo – The Golden Prison
    • Susan Wingate – When You Leave Me
    • Jodé Millman – Hooker Avenue
    • Charlie Robinson – Hybrid Hysteria – A Novel of Corporate Intrigue Both Holy and Diabolical
    • R.U. Randy – Astraphobia
    • Carolyn M. Bowen – The Death of Me
    • Cathi Stoler – Straight Up A Murder On The Rocks Mystery
    • Brian Cuban – The Ambulance Chaser
    • Lisa Towles – Ninety-Five
    • Alexandrea Weis – Have You Seen Me?
    • John J. Valentino, Chief John J. Mandeville – Old Dark and Dangerous
    • Chuck Morgan – Crime Exploded, A Buck Taylor Novel

    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 2021 CLUE Awards was:

    The Vines

    by Shelley Nolden

    The Vines Cover

    Clue Grand Prize Badge for The Vines by Shelley Nolden

    See the full list of 2021 winners here!

    The 2022 CLUE Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11-year Conference Anniversary!

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

    Don’t delay! Enter today! 

    IN-Person – April 27-30, 2023! Register Today!

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

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