The Hearten Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Uplifting & Inspiring Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Hearten Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring true stories about adventures, life events, unique experiences, travel, personal journeys, global enlightenment, and more. We will put books about true and inspiring stories to the test and choose the best among them. See our full list of Non-Fiction Divisions here. 

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Hearten Non-Fiction entries to the 2023 Hearten Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Hearten Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Hearten Book Awards novel competition for Uplifting and Inspirational Non-Fiction!

Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.

• Lynne M. Kolze – Please Write: Finding Joy and Meaning in the Soulful Art of Handwritten Letters
• Anna Casamento Arrigo – Patience Insanity & Wisdom
• Lisa Niver – Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty
• Syril Levin Kline – Inspiring Legacy: David and Carmen Kreeger’s Journey to Philanthropy
• Lally Pia – The Fortune Teller’s Prophecy: A Memoir of an Unlikely Doctor
• Alexander V. Girman & Cynthia J Girman – A Voice from Heaven: From Earthly Struggles to Thriving in the Afterlife
• Duncan McLauren – Owning Your Destiny
• Terri Kim – The Enlightenment Stories Represented in the Samgook Yusa and the Princess Bari
• Julie Morrison – Barbed: A Memoir
• Alex Bisset – The Destination Birth
• Shanita Liu – Dear Durga: A Mom’s Guide to Activate Courage and Emerge Victorious
• Theo Boyd – My Grief is Not Like Yours: Learning to Live After Unimaginable Loss, A Daughter’s Journey
• Trudy Wells-Meyer – Some Things Are Simply Meant to Be
• Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins – On the Rocks
• Tony Jeton Selimi – The Unfakeable Code®
• Tony Jeton Selimi – A Path to Excellence
• Art Berman – Art in the Middle Ages: A Memoir of Midlife Renaissance
• Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
• Patrick M. Garry – The Power of Gratitude: Charting a Path Toward a Joyous and Faith-Filled Life
• Nove Meyers – Running Away From the Circus
• Kate Hudson-Hall – Anxiety Hacks: Proven Techniques, Tools and Tips to Calmness
• Hollie Stuart – I Can See For Miles
• Cory Mortensen – The Buddha and the Bee
• Julie Scolnik – Paris Blue
• Cort Casady – Not Your Father’s America
• Elizabeth Rau – The Good Slope
• Joel Harris – Searching for Steve
• Steven Greenebaum – An Afternoon’s Dictation: Inclusive Revelation for the 21st Century
• Dian Seidel – Kindergarten at 60: A Memoir of Teaching in Thailand
• Aurita Maldonado – The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm
• Grant Harper Reid – The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College
• Nanette J. Davis Ph.D. – Raging Currents: Mental Illness and Family
• Catherine DeMonte – Beep! Beep! Get Out of My Way!: Seven Tools for Powerful Creation and Living Your Unstoppable Life
• Dr. Kelly Rabenstein – Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success (It’s All About Love)

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The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 HEARTEN Awards is:

Inner Trek
a reluctant pilgrim to the Himalayas

By Mohan Ranga Rao

Click here to see the 2022 Hearten Book Award Winners for Uplifting Non-Fiction

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Hearten Book Awards for Uplifting and Inspiring Non-Fiction & Memoir. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC24. 

• Please click here for more information.
• See our Full List of Non-Fiction Divisions here!

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference April 18-21, 2024! Register Today!

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