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

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A Huge Congratulations to all of the Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards (CIBAs) Division Non-Fiction, Book Series, SEA Shorts, and CCDAs Grand Prize Winners!

Every tier of the CIBAs is an important one, though few rise to be one of the coveted Division Grand Prize Winners!

All First Place and Grand Prize winners were announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference at the CIBAs Ceremonies on Saturday, April 5th at the Chanticleer Banquet.

Let’s take a step back and look at where we came from to make this happen.

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Now, presenting the Non-Fiction Awards Grand Prize Winners!

I&I or Instruction & Insight Awards CIBA Badge

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 I&I Awards is:

Success with Hydrangeas

A Gardeners Guide

Lorraine Ballato

Success with Hydrangeas cover by Lorraine Ballato

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Nellie Bly Awards

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 NELLIE BLY Awards is:

The Sing Sing Files

One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a 20 Year Fight for Justice

Dan Slepian

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 HARVEY CHUTE Awards is:

Stop Worrying about Money

by Jacqui Clarke

Stop Worrying About Money Cover

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 MIND & SPIRIT Awards is:

Naked in the Now

Juicy Practices for Getting Present

By Marijke McCandless

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

Elk Love

A Montana Memoir

By Lynne Spriggs O’Connor
Elk Love cover by Lynne Spriggs O'Connor

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 MILITARY & FRONT LINE Awards is:

Memoirs From The Frontlines

Four States, Two Years, One Pandemic

by Kim Sloan
Memoirs from the Frontlines cover by Kim Sloan

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

Unfollow Me

by Kathryn Caraway

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Now, presenting the Shorts & Series Awards Grand Prize Winners!

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHORTS Awards for Novellas and Long Prose:

Something About Lizzy

by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

Something About Lizzy cover by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

 

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2024 SHORTS Awards for Short Stories and Essays is:

Dream Rut

Navigating Your Path Forward

by Dr Yumiko Shimabukuro
illustrated by Jieyu Deng

Dream Rut Navigating Your Path Forward cover by Yumiko Shimabukuro

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

A Vengeful Realm

by Tim Facciola

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Last, but certainly not least! The DEBUT Chanticleer Cover Design Award Winners for Fiction and Non-Fiction!

Our First ever Grand Prize Cover Design Award Winner for Fiction is

Luna

By Strider S.R. Klusman

Our First ever Grand Prize Cover Design Award Winner for Non-Fiction is

Teaching in the Dark

By Genét Simone


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The 2024 CIBA Grand Prize Winners at CAC25

The 2024 CIBA Grand Prize Winners!


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In the Librarian Manual on Goodreads, you can go to your Book Edit Page — Literary Awards.

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The year Long List, Short List, Semi-Finalist, Finalist, First Place, Division Grand Prize, or Overall Grand Prize Winner

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Always double check that you’ve written everything correctly before posting it. The search function for Awards on Goodreads is both case and punctuation sensitive.


The Overall Grand Prize Winner for the 2024 CIBAs was Reenita Malhotra Hora‘s Book Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh

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  • See Non-Fiction, Series, and Shorts Grand Prize Winners here!
  • See the Official Overall Grand Prize winner Post here!

You can see all our Amazing Finalists below:

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.

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

The Chanticleer Team

2025-04-25T13:15:50-07:00By |

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