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Nellie Bly Awards

The Nellie Bly Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Journalistic Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Nellie Bly 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 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. 

The 2021 NELLIE BLY Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the NELLIE BLY Grand Prize Winner were announced by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the NELLIE BLY BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the NELLIE BLY Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2021 CIBAs.

  • Dori Jones Yang – When the Red Gates Opened
  • Dr Kate Dolan – Beating Drug Addiction in Tehran: a Women’s Clinic
  • Nicole Evelina – America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor
  • Abe Streep – Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana
  • Janice S. Ellis, Ph.D. – Advancing the Good Society:  Real Advocacy Journalism in Action

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

America’s Forgotten Suffragists: Virginia and Francis Minor

by Nicole Evelina

America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Cover

America's Forgotten Suffragists Virginia and Francis Minor Nellie Bly Grand Prize Badge

PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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The 2022 NELLIE BLY Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

Submissions for the 2022 NELLIE BLY Book Awards are open until the end of November. Enter here!

Don’t delay! Enter today! 

A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!