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  • The 2023 SOMERSET Book Award Semi-Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

    The 2023 SOMERSET Book Award Semi-Finalists 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 the 2023 Somerset Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction Short List to the 2023 Somerset 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 to be the FINALISTS 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.

    • Judy Keeslar Santamaria – You Can’t Fool a Mermaid
    • Leslie Tall Manning – Feral Maril and Her Little Brother Carol
    • Deborah Hufford – Blood to Rubies
    • Charlotte Beck – A Good Day To Die
    • Nova Garcia – Not That Kind of Call Girl
    • Ruth F. Stevens – My Year of Casual Acquaintances
    • Linda Moore – Five Days in Bogota
    • David Fitz-Gerald – If It’s the Last Thing I Do
    • Dian Greenwood – About the Carleton Sisters
    • Lou Dischler – Oracle to the Underworld
    • A.J. Kohler and Susan Lynn Solomon – The Magician
    • Jo Deniau – Hologram
    • J.A. Wright – Eat and Get Gas
    • B. Lynn Carter – Jus Breathe
    • Terry Tierney – The Bridge on Beer River
    • Jennifer Gold – Halfway to You
    • Jacqueline Boulden – Her Past Can’t Wait
    • Anne Moose – When You Read This I’ll Be Gone
    • Leslie Liautaud – Black Bear Lake
    • Victoria Costello – Orchid Child
    • 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
    • Elayne Klasson – The Earthquake Child: A Novel
    • Leslie A. Rasmussen – The Stories We Cannot Tell
    • Debra Thomas – Josie and Vic, a novel
    • Julia Brewer Daily – No Names to Be Given
    • Ann Curtin – Muldoon’s Walking
    • Kamille Roach – A Matchbox Full of Pearls
    • Linn Aspen – The Dreamtidings of a Disgruntled Starbeing: Life with a psychopathic brother
    • James Gish, Jr. – When Blackbirds Dream
    • Donna Norman-Carbone – All That is Sacred

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

    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 2024 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The 2024 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2025. 

    Please click here for more information.

    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 M&M 2023 Book Award Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M 2023 Book Award Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 M&M Book Awards semi-finalists to the M&M Book Awards FINALISTS! The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs 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 the FINALISTS of the 2023 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

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

    • Craig H. Bowlsby – The Cyrano Solution
    • Ruud Richardson – The Girl Who Never Was
    • B.T. Polcari – Against My Better Judgment
    • Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Adventure of the Purloined Portrait
    • Gail Grant Park – We Are Shadows: An Irish Ghost Story
    • Rebecca Olmstead – Dreams and Illusions
    • Anna St. John – Doomed by Blooms
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles
    • Patrick E. Craig – The Quilt That Knew
    • A.J. McCarthy – A Stranger in the Family
    • E. W. Finke – Coyote’s Wail
    • M.K. Dean – A Corpse in the Condo
    • Cindy Sample – Birthdays Are Murder
    • Michelle Cox – A Haunting at Linley
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Negative Reaction
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Photo Finished
    • D.R. Ransdell – Party Wine
    • Connie Berry – The Shadow of Memory
    • Christine Knapp – Murder at the Wedding
    • Erica Miner – Aria for Murder
    • Matthew Cost – Velma Gone Awry
    • Amy S. Peele – Hold
    • Kim Davis – Buttercream Betrayal
    • Lyn Squire – Immortalised to Death
    • Brigitte Goldstein – Death of a Diva–From Berlin to Broadway
    • Kim Davis – Muddled Matrimonial Murder
    • Mary Seifert – Santa, Snowflakes & Strychnine

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

     

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    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:

    A Spying Eye

    A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

    by Michelle Cox 

    The M&M Grand Prize for Mystery and Mayhem M&M Awards goes to A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox

    Here is the link to the 2022 M&M Book Award Winners!

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 M&M Book Awards for Cozy-And-Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!.

    Please click here for more information.

    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 HEARTEN Book Awards 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 Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Hearten Book Awards 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 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.

    • 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
    • Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
    • 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
    • Kate Hudson-Hall – Anxiety Hacks: Proven Techniques, Tools and Tips to Calmness
    • Cory Mortensen – The Buddha and the Bee
    • Julie Scolnik – Paris Blue
    • 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
    • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success (It’s All About Love)

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      Blue and Gold badge for the finalists of the Hearten award

      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 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Finalists for High Stakes Suspense

      The 2023 GLOBAL THRILLER Book Awards Finalists 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 Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Global Thriller FINALISTS. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

      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 FIRST PLACE and GRAND PRIZE WINNERS 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.

      • Thomas R. Weaver – Artificial Wisdom
      • D. L. Wilburn Jr. – The God Protocol: Dragon
      • 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)
      • Randall Krzak – Ultimate Escalation
      • 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
      • David Wickenden – The Home Front
      • E Alan Fleischauer – The Doctor is Invisible
      • Jeff Sheckter – The Daedalus Protocol

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

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      Blue and Gold badge for the finalists of the Global Thriller award

      The Grand Prize Winner for the 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, 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 Military and Front Line Book Award Finalists for Service to Others Non-Fiction

          The Military & Front Lines Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir exploring the lives of those who serve their country and others. The Military & Front Lines Service 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 Military & Front Line Non-Fiction entries to the 2023 Military and Front Line Book Awards SHORT LIST. 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 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 the FINALISTS of the 2023 Military & Front Lines Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction.

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

          • Daniel L Pinion – Chop That Sh*t Up! Leadership and Life Lessons Learned While in the Military
          • Benjamin Sledge – Where Cowards Go to Die
          • Pietro Emanuele Garbelli – The Doctor’s Voice – Empowering Solutions to Physicians’ Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies
          • Elizabeth Auld – Ma Chère Maman–Mon Cher Enfant: The Letters of Lucien and Louise Durosoir, 1914-1919
          • Eric M. Liddick – All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
          • Adam Ankrum – Halloween Horror True E.R. Terror
          • Trevor Greene – March Forth: The Inspiring True Story Of A Canadian Soldier’s Journey Of Love, Hope and Survival
          • John Thomas Hoffman – The Saigon Guns
          • Suzanne M Elshult & Guy Mansfield – A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team
          • JoAnna Rakowski – Chasing the Daylight: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer

          PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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          The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Military & Front Line is:

          Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss, and War
          By Ashe & Magdalena Stevens

          Click here to see the 2022 Short List for Military and Front Line Non-Fiction Awards.

          We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Military & Front Line Book Awards. 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, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

          The Chanticleer Authors Conference

          Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Screenwriter Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and coach and inspiring Mark Berridge, with more to be announced. CAC is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author and achieving your publishing goals.

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

          Early Readers and Picture booksThe 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 Semi-Finalists for the 2023 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 the 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers Short List to the 2023 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 (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 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!

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

          • Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
          • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
          • Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
          • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
          • Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
          • Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
          • Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
          • Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
          • O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
          • Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
          • Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
          • Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
          • Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
          • Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
          • Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
          • Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
          • Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
          • Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
          • Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
          • K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
          • Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
          • Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
          • Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
          • Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
          • Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
          • David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
          • Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
          • Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
          • Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
          • Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
          • Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
          • Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
          • Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
          • Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
          • Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
          • Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
          • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
          • Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
          • Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
          • Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
          • Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
          • T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
          • Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
          • Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
          • Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits

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

          PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

          The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 LITTLE PEEPS Awards is:

          Ravens Roost 

          by Maggie Bates

          Raven's Roost CoverThe Little Peeps 2022 Grand Prize Badge for Ravens Roost by Maggie Bates

          See the Full List of 2022 Winners here

          PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

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

           

          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 CIBAs I&I Semi-Finalists for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

          The 2023 CIBAs I&I Semi-Finalists for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

          I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA BadgeThe I & I Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction that are self-help, how-to, guides, or explanatory. In non-fiction works, the author assumes responsibility (in good faith) for the truth, accuracy, people, places, or information presented. The I & I Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

          Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best Instruction and Insight books featuring How-To, Guidance, Travel Guides, Cookbooks, Self-Help, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them.

          Click here for the full list of the Non-Fiction Divisions. 

          These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 I&I Non-Fiction Short List to the 2023 I&I Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Finalist positions. 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 I&I Book Awards novel competition for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction!

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

          • Julian C.E. Clauss-Ehlers and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers – Eating Together Being Together: Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom
          • Annette Levesque – eLearning Gold – The Ultimate Guide for Leaders
          • James Baker – Live Forever & Fix Everything: A Practical Plan for a Future That Works for Everyone
          • Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Relating While Autistic: Fixed Signals for Neurodivergent Couples
          • Mina Wasfi – Doubt to Certainty: A Practical Guide to Finding Confidence and Clarity in Making Complex Decisions
          • Kim Harms – Are you Ready?
          • Dr. Karl Muth – Self-Inflicted
          • Jill Schultz – Liberated
          • Rachel Rider – Who You Are Is How You Lead
          • Jennifer M Sukalo – Claim Your SWAGGER: Stop Surviving and Start Thriving
          • Rachel Durchslag – While I Walk: Solo Adventuring In The Vast, Beautiful World
          • Duncan McLauren – Owning Your Destiny: A Woman’s Guide to Harnessing The Power Within
          • 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)
          • Andy Chaleff – The Connection Playbook: A Practical Guide to Building Deep, Meaningful, Harmonious Relationships
          • Judy Taylor – The New Joy of Hooking With Yarn!
          • George T. Arnold – Media Writer’s Handbook, a Guide to Common Writing and Editing Problems, 7th edition
          • Julie Jason – The Discerning Investor: Personal Portfolio Management in Retirement for Lawyers (and Their Clients)
          • Rich Redmond with Jennifer Della’Zanna – Making it in Country Music: An Insider’s Look at the Industry
          • Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success

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          The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 I&I Awards is:

          Emotional Magnetism

          By Sandy Gerber 

          Emotional Magnetism Cover 

          Click here to see the 2022 I&I Book Award Winners for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction

          We are now accepting submissions to the 2023 I&I Book Awards for Instruction and Insight Non-Fiction. 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 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, Screenwriter Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and coach and inspiring Mark Berridge, with more to be announced. CAC is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author and achieving your publishing goals.

          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 Goethe Book Awards Finalists for Late Historical Fiction

          The 2023 Goethe Book Awards 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 Semi-Finalists to the 2023 Goethe Book Awards 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 the 2023 Goethe Book Awards FINALISTS 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
          • Lisa Voelker – The Spoon
          • Susanne Dunlap – The Courtesan’s Daughter
          • Gary Born – The File
          • Robert W Smith – A Long Way from Clare
          • David Calloway – If Someday Comes
          • Susanne Dunlap – The Adored One
          • Alexandru Czimbor – The Soul Machines
          • Wendy Long Stanley – The Treason of Betsy Ross
          • Linda Ulleseit – The River Remembers
          • Dean Cycon – Finding Home (Hungary, 1945)
          • William Maz – Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs
          • Linda Rosen – The Emerald Necklace
          • 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 HEMINGWAY Book Awards Semi-Finalists for 20th Century Wartime Fiction

          Ernest Hemingway looking off to the rightThe Hemingway Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works for 20th Century Wartime Fiction. The Hemingway Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

          The Hemingway Book Awards competition is named for Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899.

          Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring 20th Century Wartime Fiction in Historical Fiction; Romance and Romantic Fiction; Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction of the time; Literary works and Satire and anything else that author imaginations can dream up for the HEMINGWAY Book Awards division. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

          For Post-1750s Historical Fiction, see our Goethe Awards here. For other Historical Fiction categories, please see more details here.

          These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Short List to the Hemingway 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 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 FINALISTS of the 2023 Hemingway Book Awards novel competition for 20th Century Wartime Fiction!

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

          • Linda Joy Myers – The Forger of Marseille
          • Elaine Aucoin Schroller – Dare Not Tell
          • Elaine Aucoin Schroller – The Bravest Soldiers
          • William McClain – Alice’s War
          • J.L. Oakley – The Brisling Code
          • Gary Baysinger – Margaret’s Last Prayer
          • Patricia Wilson – An Island Promise
          • Kathryn Gauci – In the Shadow of the Pyrenees
          • Michael J Cooper – Crossroads of Empire
          • Kathryn Brown Ramsperger – A Thousand Flying Things
          • Lou Dischler – The Last Newsreel
          • Martin Roy Hill – Codename: Parsifal
          • Trish MacEnulty – Secrets and Spies
          • Donald Willerton – Teddy’s War
          • J.A. Wright – Eat and Get Gas
          • Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee – The Long March Home
          • Linda Stewart Henley – Kate’s War
          • Jodi Lea Stewart – The Gold Rose
          • Richard LaMotte – Follow His Lead
          • Ivan Luiz Hernandez – Isla Vulnerable
          • Jeff Schnader – The Serpent Papers
          • Jerena Tobiasen – Tsarina’s Crown
          • John Winn Miller – The Hunt for the Peggy C
          • Suzanne Trauth – What Remains of Love
          • Robert L. Decker – Not to Reason Why
          • Kevin Miller – The Silver Waterfall: A Novel of the Battle of Midway
          • Shirley Miller Kamada – No Quiet Water

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          The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Hemingway Book  Awards is:

          Running with Cannibals

          by Robert W. Smith

          Running with Cannibals Cover

          The Hemingway Grand Prize for Running with Cannibals by Robert W. Smith

          See the full list of 2022 Hemingway Winners here!

          We are now accepting submissions into the 2024 Hemingway Book Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

          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 Harvey Chute Book Award Finalists 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 the 2023 Harvey Chute Non-Fiction Short List to the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards 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 the Finalists 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
          • Dr Pietro Emanuele Garbelli – The Doctor’s Voice: Empowering Solutions to Physicians’ Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies
          • Nuria Corbi – The Home Boss Toolkit: Branding Success for Self-Publishers
          • Matthew J. Louis – Hiring Veterans
          • I. Almeida – Introduction to LLMs for Business Leaders: Responsible AI Strategy Beyond Fear and Hype
          • 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)
          • 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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            Blue and Gold badge for the Finalists of the Harvey Chute Business Nonfiction Award

            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, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

            The Chanticleer Authors Conference

            Featuring authors like D.D. Black, Screenwriter Kim Hornsby, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and coach and inspiring Mark Berridge, with more to be announced. CAC is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author and achieving your publishing goals.

            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!