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We are pleased to present the Fiction Finalists of the 2025 Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards! Thank you to all authors who entered the CIBAs, and good luck on April 18th when the Winners are announced!

The first ever finalists for the 2025 Collection & Anthology Awards are here! Congratulations to these authors and thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us!

The 2025 Journey Finalists are HERE! Thank you to these authors for sharing their incredible non-fiction stories of overcoming adversity with us. Every year these are the hardest reads, and they sit with us for years to come.

The 2025 Hearten Awards Finalists are here! Thank you to all these authors for sharing your powerful stories of uplifting and inspiring non-fiction!

Congratulations to the 2025 Humor and Satire Finalists! We laughed, we cried, and maybe we did a secret third thing, but we'll never tell.

The 2025 Journey Semi-Finalists are here! These non-fiction stories overcoming adversity bring us to tears every year. Congratulations to all who made this tier!

The Finalists for the Military & Front Line Awards are here! Thank you to all the authors who submitted and their Service to Others!

This spiritual journey is almost as a close as we announce the 2025 Mind and Spirit Book Awards Finalists for Enlightenment and Well-Being in Non-Fiction.

Strengthen your enterprise with the Harvey Chute Short List! Congratulations to all who made the list, and good luck as we move onto the next rounds of judging!

Here are the 2025 Finalists for the Nellie Bly CIBAs for Longform Journalism! Good luck to all at CAC26 where the Winners will be announced!

The Finalists for the CCDAs in Non-Fiction are already here! Next up in this cover design division is straight to the Winners list! Good luck!

The CCDA Finalists for Fiction Cover Design are here! Thank you to these authors for sharing their beautiful books with us!

The Short List for our New Award Division is here! The Collection & Anthology Awards are here! Congratulations to all of the authors who made the list!

Ready to learn something new? Start with these I&I Finalist titles presenting the latest in Instruction and Insight for Non-Fiction.

The Big Dogs recap a wild week of action including a duel between the game's top rookies, the Thunder's recent rough patch, as well as talking ourselves down on the Raptors.

The 2025 Semi-Finalists for the SEA Shorts Awards are here! We are so happy to celebrate this brief, but spectacular work!

The 2025 Gertrude Warner Short List for Middle Grade Fiction has arrived! Good luck to these authors as we move onto the semi-finalists!

The Chatelaine Finalists are here! Thank you to all these authors of Romance Books for sharing such wonderful work with us!

The Semi-Finalists for the Fiction CCDAs are here! Did your cover make the cut? Who will win in one of the newest CIBA Divisions?

The Dante Rossetti Short List for Young Adult Fiction is here! Congratulations to all authors who made it, and good luck on the next round of judging!

The Short List for the 2025 Humor & Satire Awards are here! Congratulations to all authors who made it here, and good luck as we move on to the Finalist list!

Love is in the air as we dive into the Chatelaine Short List for 2025! Congratulations to these authors of romance and women's fiction, and good luck as the competition heats up!

The M&M Awards for your Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries are here to cause a little mayhem with these impressive Semi-Finalist Authors!

The world is at stake for the Global Thrillers Semi-Finalists Congratulations to all who made the list, and good luck as the Finalists approach!

The Semi-Finals for the Clue Awards in Thriller/Suspense are here! Like the tension at the end of a book, the lists are coming fast, and not everyone will survive!

Here's the 2025 Short List for the Military and Front Line CIBAs! Congratulations to all who made it and best of luck with the next stages of judging!

The Semi-Finalists for the 2025 Shelley Awards are here! Enjoy these Paranormal reads as we stand on the precipice of spooky season!

The Semi-Finalists for the 2025 Ozma Awards for Fantasy are here! This is a great year for Fantasy Fiction in the CIBAs, and these books reflect it!

The 2025 Cygnus Semi-Finalists are here! The competition this year is out of this world, and we can tell that several divisions are going to be down to the wire!

Join us in the Wild West and celebrate the 2025 Laramie Short List for Americana Fiction! Congratulations to these authors for making the cut!

The Short List for the 2025 Chaucer Awards are here! Go back in time and find your next great early historical fiction read!

The 2025 Hearten Short List is here! Find your next non-fiction read that will uplift and inspire your life as the days get shorter!

The Short List for the 2026 Hemingway Awards for Contemporary Wartime Fiction is here! This division was a must-have after so much quality material came into the Goethe Awards!

One of the most competitive Chanticleer Divisions, the Goethe Awards features Late Historical Fiction from around the world. Good luck to these Short Listers!

The Series Book Awards Longn List is hot off the presses! Join us in welcoming these authors to the 2025 CIBAs and wish them luck as we move onto the Short List!

The Journey Short List is here! We are floored by the quality and level of difficulty in the decision making process already! Good luck to all on the Semi-Finals!

The first installment of the Collections & Anthologies Long List is here! Congratulations to these authors for making the first cut! We're glad to have you here!

The last of the Long Lists are here! It's Short Lists all the way down after this! Congratulations to these authors who made the first cut for the Somerset Book Awards!

Love is in the crisp autumn air as we dive into the Chatelaine Long List for 2025! Congratulations to these authors of romance and women's fiction, and good luck as the competition heats up!

Ready to learn something new? Start with these I&I Long List titles presenting the latest in Instruction and Insight for Non-Fiction.

Join us on a spiritual journey as we announce Long List for the 2025 Mind and Spirit Book Awards for Enlightenment and Well-Being in Non-Fiction.

The SEA Short Story Awards Short List for Novellas, Short Stories, and Essays are here! We are proud to have this rebranded division!

The Dante Rossetti Long List for Young Adult Fiction is here! Congratulations to all authors who made it, and good luck on the next round of judging!

Books for Middle Graders are more important than ever. The excitement builds with the CIBA Announcement with the 2025 Gertrude Warner CIBAs Long List!

The 2025 Little Peeps Long List is here! We're delighted to have these wonderful children's and picture books!

Five Days Remain to enter the CIBAs! The Series, Collections and Anthologies, Nellie Bly, and Military and Front Line Awards await!

The world is at stake for the Global Thrillers Short List! Congratulations to all who made the list, and good luck as we move onto the next rounds of judging!

The M&M Awards for your Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries are here to cause a little mayhem with this impressive Short List of authors!

Ten Days remain to submit to these three Fiction Divisions! The Somerset, Chatelaine and Humor and Satire Awards await!

The show starts off with breaking news as Darin Zoccali of Twinspires.com announces the re-birth of the Kentucky Derby Betting Challenge and gives us an overview of the excellent new contest platform over at twinspires.com, including nearly daily contest action. There's also a BCBC/NHC qualifier this weekend.Next up, Nick Tammaro is here with PTF as they look back at a great inaugural California Crown and talk about potential Breeders' Cup implications for all of last weekend's major prep races.