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The 2025 Cygnus Book Awards Hall of Fame for Science Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025


The Cygnus Awards Hall of Fame is here! Join us in celebrating the most recent Chanticleer Sci-Fi Grand Prize Winners and all things Speculative Fiction!

Cygnus First Place Book Award Round Up from 2024

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025


We're delighted to celebrate the 2024 Cygnus First Place Winners! If you love sci-fi, you need to add these books to your TBR!

Memorial Day Tribute: Remembering Why Men and Women of the Military Sacrifice for Us

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025


To celebrate Memorial Day, we've collected a list of quotes from our founding documents to recognize the democratic values our military defends throughout the year.

Celebrating Mothers We Love (or Don’t) in Literature on Mother’s Day

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025


This Mother's Day let's explore common archetypes of mothers in literature and consider all the ways they are depicted in some of our favorite novels!

Celebrating the 2024 CIBAs Overall Grand Prize Winner: Reenita Malhotra Hora for Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025


And finally, a huge congratulations to Reenita Malhotra Hora, the Overall Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 CIBAs for her exception book Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh!

The 2024 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Non-Fiction, Shorts, Series, and the Brand New CCDAs!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025


Celebrating the Non-Fiction, Shorts, Series, and brand NEW CCDA for Cover Design Winners of the 2024 CIBAs! Excellent work to all!

The 2024 CIBAs Grand Prize Winners for Fiction!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025


One more time! These are the 2024 CIBA Grand Prize Winners for fiction! We are honored to recongize these authors for their Chanticleer Int'l Book Award achievement!

The 2024 SOMERSET Book Award WINNERS for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025


The Final List of the 2024 CIBAs is here! Congratulations to these Winners for the Somerset Awards for Literary & Contemporary Fiction.

The 2024 JOURNEY Book Awards WINNERS for Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025


These beautiful stories will be a tear to your eye as you learn just what those around us do to overcome adversity! Join us in celebrating the Winners of the 2024 Journey Awards!

The 2024 Book Series Award WINNERS for Genre Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025


Need to really expand your TBR? Our First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Series Book Awards are sure to be your next favorite author!

The 2024 HEMINGWAY Book Awards WINNERS for 20th Century Wartime Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025


The First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Hemingway Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction are here! Thank you for these stories told of the times of war we must never forget.

The 2024 CIBAs I&I WINNERS for Instructional and Insightful Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025


The First Place and Division Grand Prize Winners of the I&I Awards for Instruction and Insight! Get your How-To and Know-How with these amazing books!

The 2024 HEARTEN Book Awards WINNERS for Inspiring & Uplifting Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025


The Hearten Winners for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction are here! We hope these incredible First Place and Grand Prize Awarded Books move you as much as they moved us!

The M&M 2024 Book Award WINNERS for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025


Snuggle up with these cozy 2024 First Place and Grand Prize Winners in the M&M Awards for Mystery, Mayhem, and Cozy Mysteries.

The 2024 Military and Front Line Book Award WINNERS for Service to Others Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025


It is our honor to present the Military and Front Line First Place and Grand Prize Winners! Thank you for these extraordinary books featuring Service to Others!

The 2024 Goethe Book Awards WINNERS for Late Historical Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025


Congratulations to these authors of extraordinary Late Historical Fiction! Find your next great historical read in the Goethe First Place and Grand Prize Winners!

The 2024 NELLIE BLY CIBAs WINNERS for Longform Journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025


Learn something new from these First Place and Grand Prize Winners of the Nellie Bly Awards for Longform Journalism. Congratulations to the winners!

The 2024 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards WINNERS for YA Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025


Congratulations to the authors of these exciting Young Adult Novels! Check out the Dante Rossetti Award Winners for your next incredible YA read today!

The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) WINNERS for Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


The inaugural 2024 Cover Design Awards CCDA Winners for Fiction are here! A huge congratulations to these wonderful titles, and thank you to everyone who submitted to this new division!

The 2024 Shorts Award WINNERS for Novellas, Essays, and Collections

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


The Sharon E. Anderson, SEA Shorts Awards is here for longer prose: Essays, Novellas, and Collections! Congratulations to these First Place Winners and to the Division Grand Prize Winner!

The 2024 Shelley Book Awards WINNERS for Supernatural Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


The First Place and Grand Prize Winners in the Shelley Awards for Supernatural Fiction are here! Keep the lights on when you read these!

The CHATELAINE Book Awards 2024 WINNERS for Romantic Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


We've arrived at our Happily Ever After for the 2024 Chatelaine Awards for Romance Fiction! Congratulations to the First Place and Division Grand Prize Winners!

The 2024 Humor and Satire Book Award WINNERS!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


These Humor & Satire Winners will have you laughing, crying, and maybe questioning the very fabric of reality. Congratulations to all the Winners!

The 2024 GERTRUDE WARNER Book Awards WINNERS for Middle Grade Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


The 2024 Gertrude Warner Book Awards for Middle Grade Fiction First Place and Grand Prize Winners are here! Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations!

The 2024 CLUE Book Awards WINNERS for Suspense/Thrillers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


The mystery is solved! Check out these amazing suspense and thriller novels from the 2024 Clue Winners! Congratulations to all!

The 2024 OZMA Book Awards WINNERS for Fantasy Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025


The Ozma Award Winners are here to transport you to new realms of unexplored fantasy beyond compare! Check out these amazing reads today and congratulations to all our wonderful authors!

The CAC25 and the CIBA Awards— An Incredible Weekend with Authors from Around the World!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025


The annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Awards was a great success, with learning, networking, and celebrating the best books of 2025!

The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) WINNERS for Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025


The First Place and Grand Prize Winners for the Inaugural Chanticleer Cover Desgin Awards (CCDA) are here! We're so happy to celebrate these authors and thank you for joining us for this brand new division!

The 2024 Mind & Spirit Book Award WINNERS for Spirituality and Enlightenment Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025


Find your inner balance with these Mind & Spirit Winners! Congratulations to these amazing authors and thank you to all who submitted!

The 2024 Shorts Book Awards WINNERS for Short Stories and Essays

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025


The Shorts Book Award Winners for Short Stories and Essays here! Thank you to all authors for your brief but spectacular work!

The Laramie 2024 Book Awards Winners for Americana Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025


The Laramie Winners for Americana Fiction are here! Go back to the Old West with these amazing stories and dive into US History!

The Little Peeps 2024 Book Awards Winners for Early Readers and Children’s Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025


Stories to read with your little ones are here with the Little Peeps WINNERS for the 2024 CIBAs! Thank you to all who submitted, and congratulations!

The Global Thriller 2024 Book Awards Winners for High Stakes Suspense

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025


You'll be on the edge of your seat with the 2024 WINNERS for the Global Thriller Awards for High Stakes Suspense! Congratulations to all!

The 2024 Harvey Chute Book Awards Winners for Business & Finance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025


The Harvey Chute Awards for Business & Finance First Place and Grand Prize Winners are here! Huge congratulations to all, and thank you for expanding our horizons!

Diving Into New Adventures in Writing – Kim Hornsby’s path to becoming an award-winning screenwriter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025


Kim Hornsby's adventurous path to becoming an award-winning writer has left her with a two-sided career that has taken her all the way to Hollywood!

The Doctor Is In – Christine Fairchild’s Craft Skills are coming to CAC25

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025


Christine Fairchild honed her literary skills in journalism and the corporate world. She brings those skills to the Chanticleer Authors Conference.

Monsters in the Closet, Thrills on the Page – Bestselling Author J.D. Barker is coming to CAC25!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025


J.D. Barker reveals his secrets to success at CAC25! Join us in welcoming this extraordinary bestselling suspense author back to the Chanticleer Authors Conference!

NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Finalists for Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025


The Finalists for the first ever round of Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for fiction are here! Who will take home the blue ribbon and the inaugural Division Grand Prize??

Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke 10 Question Interview with Chanticleer – Global Thriller, Terrorism, International Mystery & Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025


CIBA Global Thriller award-winning author Ralph "Rick" Steinke takes readers deep into the world of high stakes espionage for a "edge-of-your-seat" thrill ride.

NEW: The 2024 Chanticleer Cover Design Awards (CCDAs) Long List for Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025


The Newest Division from the CIBAs: The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for Fiction! Congratulations to the Long Listers who made the first cut!

The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Shorts and Series Finalists!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025


Congratulations to the Shorts and Series Finalists for 2024! You've made it all the way through! We are so honored to celebrate you here, and you will be recognized at the 2025 Authors Conference on Friday!

The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Non-Fiction!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025


The Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards Non-Fiction Finalists are all here! Well done to all of you for making it to this level of achievement! We are honored to have promoted you this last year!

The 2024 Chanticleer Int’l Book Award Finalists for Fiction!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025


One last time before the Conference! Let's give a round of applause for the Finalists in the 2024 starting with these incredible fiction books!

The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Finalists for Non-Fiction Guides

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025


The I&I Finalists for the 2024 Instruction and Insight Book Awards are here! Congratulations to all and good luck in the final rounds!

The 2024 Harvey Chute Awards Finalists for Business and Enterprise

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


The 2024 Harvey Chute Book Award Finalists for Business and Finance are here! Up your business game with these great books from one of the best years yet for this division!

The 2024 I&I Instruction and Insight Awards Semi-Finalists for Non-Fiction Guides

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


Ready to learn something new? Start with these I&I Semi-Finalist titles presenting the latest in Instructional Non-Fiction.

The 2024 Mind and Spirit Awards Short List for Enlightening Non-Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025


Join us on a spiritual journey as we announce the Short List for the 2024 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being in Non-Fiction.

The 2024 Short Story Awards Finalists for Short Stories and Essays

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025


The Shorts Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Short Form Fiction. The Shorts Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs). The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today's best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in [...]

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

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025


The Short Awards (longform, novellas and collections) Finalists are here! A wonderful variety of writing, and we are excited to announce the winners at CAC25!

The 2024 Somerset Awards Finalists for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025


The 2024 Somerset Book Awards Finalists are here for Literary and Contemporary Fiction are here! Congratulations to all!

The 2024 Series Award Semi-Finalists for Fiction and Non-Fiction!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025


The Series Book Awards are hotter than ever! Join us in welcoming these authors to the Semi-Finalists and wishing them luck as we move onto the Finalists!

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