The SEA Shorts Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Collected Works such as Short Story Collections, Essay Collections, and Anthologies. The SEA Shorts 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.

The SEA Shorts Awards are named for Sharon E. Anderson, one of the first winners of the Shorts Awards and our Chief Editor of Reviews. Sharon is dearly missed, and we are grateful for the opportunity to honor and remember her with this Award.

NOTE: We are posting the Short Stories and Essays in a different post. This Official Announcement is for Novellas and Collections.

1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Catherine Brown on Saturday, April 5th, 2025 at the Bellingham Yacht Club in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2025 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

This is the OFFICIAL 2024 LIST of the SEA SHORTS AWARDS for Collections and Anthologies First Place Category Winners and the SEA SHORTS Grand Prize Winner.

Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works in the 2024 CIBAs.

• Barry Robbins – Voices of the Civil War

• Paper Lantern Writers – Beneath a Midwinter Moon

• Cynthia Geouge Davis – Catfish Corner

• Deborah L. Staunton – Untethered

• Irena Smith – The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHORTS Awards is:

Something About Lizzy

by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

You can see all of our amazing 2024 SEA Shorts Finalists! Congratulations to all and thank you for submitting!

Well done climbing the CIBA Levels of Achievement!

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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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in May. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

NOTE: We will post at least two 2024 CIBA Divisions’ OFFICIAL Winners per business day starting April 14, 2025. We do a final sweep and reconciliation prior to making the Official CIBA Posts for the 2023 First Place and Grand Prize Winners. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. There are many moving parts involved with the Chanticleer International Book Awards Program.

Thank you for participating in the 2024 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

Team Chanticleer