The JOURNEY Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction Shortlist for the 2019 CIBAs

The Journey Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-Fiction and Memoir. The Journey 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.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2019 JOURNEY Book Awards LONG LIST and have advanced to the 2019 JOURNEY Shortlist. The Short Listers will for the Semi-Finalists positions. The SemiFinalists will compete for the limited First Place Category Winners in the final rounds of judging. All Semi-Finalists will be recognized and CAC20. The First Place Category Winners, along with the division grand prize winners, will be announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 18th, 2020 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

The following works have advanced to the 2019 Journey Book Awards for Narrative Non-Fiction

T.S. Lewis – The Why of War: An Unorthodox Soldier’s Memoirs
Susan Murphy – Toppled World
Anna Carner – Blossom ~ The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
Rebecca Faye Smith Galli – Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
Maya Castro – The Bubble: Everything I Learned as a Target of the Political, and Often Corrupt, World of Youth Sports
Donna Hill – Yes, The World Is Round
Linda Gartz – Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
John Hoyte – Persistence of Light
Nikki West – The Odyssey of the Chameleon
Chris Register – Conversations With US – Great Lakes States
J. Bronson Haley – The Depth of Grace: Finding Hope at Rock Bottom
Julie MacNeil – The 50-Year Secret
Whitney Elleby – Autism Uncensored: Pulling Back the Curtain
Judy Bebelaar and Ron Cabral – And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown
Ted Neill – Two Years of Wonder
Anthony Suarez – Politically Indicted: The Real Story Behind the Jersey Sting
Dena Moes – The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal
Laureen Pittman – The Lies That Bind: An Adoptee’s Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery
Nancy Canyon – STRUCK: A Memoir
Carol E. Anderson – You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties
Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson – The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug
Barbara Clarke – The Opposite of Hate
Juliet Cutler – Among the Maasai
Andy Chaleff – The Last Letter
John Egenes – Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
David Wienir – Amsterdam Exposed
Rod Baker – I Need my Yacht by Friday – True Tales from the Boat Repair Yard
Lance Brewer – Back Story Alaska
Lisa Dailey – Square Up
Julie L. Seely – Skinny House -A Memoir of Family
J. Bronson Haley – The Depth of Grace: Finding Hope at Rock Bottom
Patrick Hogan – Silent Spring – Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War

These titles will compete for the 2019 Journey Semi-Finalists positions.

Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging.

Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, for the 2019 CIBA winners. Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!