COLLLECTIONS & ANTHOLOGIES | Chanticleer International Book Awards

SHORT FICTION and NON-FICTION COLLECTIONS and ANTHOLOGIES

Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the Best New SHORTS in FICTION, NON-FICTION, POETRY, and ESSAYS

- $99 per collection or anthology entry

A Collection is from one author or co-authors.

An Anthology is assortment of works from multiple authors.

• Narrative Non-Fiction Collection/Anthology
• Essay Collection
• Poetry Collection
• Speculative Fiction Collection (CYGNUS-SciFi, OZMA - Fantasy, and/or SHELLEY-Paranormal Fiction)
• MYSTERY/SUSPENSE (M&M Cozy/NotSoCozy, CLUE Thriller-Suspense, GLOBAL Thriller-High Stakes)
• HISTORICAL Fiction (CHAUCER early, GOETHE post-1750s, HEMINGWAY-wartime, LARAMIE-Americana)
• YOUTH (PEEPS-early readers, WARNER-middle-grade works, ROSSETTI-young adult)
• MAINSTREAM (SOMERSET-Literary, Contemporary, CHATELAINE-Romantic, SATIRE-HUMOR)

If you have a NOVEL SERIES and would like to enter it, please visit this web page for the CIBA Fiction Series Book Awards.

If you would like to submit a single short story (fiction or non-fiction), novella, poem, or essay, please visit this web page for the SEA Shorts Awards.

Submissions Deadline for the SEA Short Story Awards is July 31, 2025

• All works will remain the property of the author and/or publisher. Period.
• No Flash Fiction, please.
• Essays and Works published on or before DEC 31, 2021 will be disqualified.
• Erotic works and extremely violent works will be disqualified if the judges deem them to be so.

You will be asked to upload your file (pdf, or Word file) when you enter the contest.

Prizes Awarded – to be determined – but they are always pretty awesome!

Please visit our Book Awards Details page and Terms and Conditions pages. By entering your work you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions.

The 2023 Grand Prize for The Shorts Awards for Short Stories, Novellas, & Essays Collections

is Mack Little

for

SHELTER IN A HOSTILE WORLD

See the full list of 2023 Short Story Award Winners