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The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

NOTE: We are posting the Individual Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas in a different post. These are Collected Works

The 2021 SHORTS Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the SHORTS Grand Prize Winner were announced by Avis Adams on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

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

 

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

  • Leah Angstman – Shoot the Horses First for Americana Fiction
  • Helena P. Schrader – Grounded Eagles for 20th c. Wartime Fiction
  • Susannah Dawn – I’m Not What I Used To Be, Yet I Am Who I’ve Always Been – Excerpts From My Journey for Personal Journey Non-Fiction
  • Domenick Venezia – The Edwerd Chronicles for Magical Realism
  • Elizabeth Crowens – New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst for Anthologies and Mixed Media
  • Frances Howard-Snyder – Through a Glass Darkly for Contemporary Themes

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 SHORTS Awards is:

    New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst

    by Elizabeth Crowens

    New York Give me your best or your worst cover

    New York Give me your best or your worst Shorts (collections) 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 SHORTS Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 11 year Conference Anniversary!

    Submissions for the 2022 SHORTS Book Awards are open until the end of December. 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!