The Instruction and Insight Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Guides and Self- Help Non-Fiction. The I&I Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring HOW-TO, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Instruction, Insight, Self-Help, and more.

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

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

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 in beautiful Bellingham, WA at the Bellingham Yacht Club sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

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

Join us in celebrating the Long List authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

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

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

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

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

Eating Together Being Together

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

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

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

Please click here for more information.

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

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

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

Join us for our annual conference as we enter our second decade and discover why!