Our 4 Historical Fiction divisions close soon!

Don’t let your book miss out!

Only 5 days left to submit your books to these prestigious CIBA Divisions and begin your journey to discovery. The deadline is 8/31/25. Now is the time to make your mark!

The Chaucer, Goethe, Laramie and Hemingway Awards are still open!

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Chaucer Award for Early Historical Fiction!

Dean Cycon – A Quest for God and Spices
Liz Sevchuk Armstrong – To Remain Vigilant
Rozsa Gaston – Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court
C.V. Lee – Betrayal of Trust
Logan D. Irons – Sands of Bone
Jean Gill – Among Sea Wolves
Laura C. Rader – Hatfield 1677

And a round of applause for the 2024 Chaucer Grand Prize Winner!

Maid Of Honour

Anne Boleyn at Margaret of Austria’s Court

By Rozsa Gaston

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Goethe Award for Late Historical Fiction!

Janis Robinson Daly – The Path Beneath Her Feet
Sandra Wagner-Wright – Sea Tigers & Merchants: A New American Generation
James Conroyd Martin – Napoleon’s Shadow Wife: A Novel of Countess Marie Walewska
Florence Reiss Kraut – Street Corner Dreams, A Novel
Leo Daughtry – Talmadge Farm
Jeza Belle – Blood Rouge
R.W. Meek – The Dream Collector, Book II “Sabrine & Vincent van Gogh”
Sherry V. Ostroff – The Wall at the Sugar Factory

And a round of applause for our 2024 Goethe Grand Prize Winner!

Abigail’s Song

By Alina Rubin

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Laramie Award for Americana Fiction!

David Fitz-Gerald – First Drive
Georgina Hogue – Cloud Cap
Heather Miller – Yellow Bird’s Song
C.M. Huddleston – Esther
Karen Lynne Klink – At What Cost, Silence? Book 1 of The Texian Trilogy
Charlie Steel – Tom Sharp: The Man and the Legend
Daniel Greene – Northern Shadows (Northern Wolf Series Book 5)

And a round of applause for our 2024 Laramie Grand Prize Winner!

Sarita

By Natalie Musgrave Dossett

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Hemingway Award for 20th and 21st Century Wartime Fiction!

R L Pace – Rising Son
Katherine Koch – The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany
Tim Turner and Moisey Gorbaty – The Reluctant Conductor
Kay Smith-Blum – Tangles
Kathryn Gauci – Midnight in Istanbul
Travis Davis – One of Four: World War One Through the Eyes of an Unknown Soldier
Bharati Sen – My War, My Child
H. W. “Buzz” Bernard – When Heroes Flew

And a round of applause for our 2024 Hemingway Grand Prize Winner!

Of White Ashes

By Constance Hays Matsumoto and Kent Matsumoto

The CIBAs offer a ladder to success with a range of achievement tiers and expert long tail marketing strategies. From the highly anticipated Long List to the prestigious Overall Grand Prize Winner, the CIBA lists energize both authors and readers, maximizing your digital footprint and expanding your fan base.

We are always eager to support the Best Books through the CIBAs. Join the ranks of celebrated authors who have already taken this critical step in their publishing.

Your book deserves to be discovered, celebrated, and shared with the world. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your talent and gain valuable exposure at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (April 17-19, 2026) where Winners from all 28 Book Award Divisions will be announced and honored.