The Short Story Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in Short Stories, Essays, and Novellas. The Short Story Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards program.

The Chanticleer International Book Awards program discovers today’s best works. The Short Stories Awards discovers the Best New Shorts in Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2023 Long List to the Shorts Book Awards Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the Finalist positions.

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 Four Points by Sheraton in beautiful Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference. 

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2023 Shorts Book Awards novel competition for Collections,  Novellas, and Essays!

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

• Michele L. Sayre – A Ghoulish Good Time – Tales to Make You Scream
• Seán Thomas Dwyer – Tiptoeing Past the Dragon
• Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – Miami Vengeance: A Griffin Knight Conspiracy Mystery
• Elizabeth Chesla – You Cannot Forbid the Flower
• David Joseph – I Didn’t Know What to Say, So I Just Said Thanks
• Louise Lenahan Wallace – The Windows of his Heart
• Brittany Eden – Wishes
• J. I. Rogers – The Korpes File Series – Short Stories: Vol 1
• Liese Sherwood-Fabre – The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 4
• D. C. Gomez – Recruited
• Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr. – The Windy City Terror: A Griffin Knight Horror Mystery
• Vali Benson – Blood and Silver
• Mary Ann Bernal – AnaRose and the Templar’s Quest
• JuJu – The Costly Wish
• Jeffrey Matthews – The Case of the Disappearing Beaune: A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story
• Elizabeth R. Jensen – Fire and Wolves: A Tale of Etria
• Ekta R. Garg – The Truth About Elves
• Gary Baysinger – A Kind of Homecoming
• Paper Lantern Writers – Unlocked
• Celaine Charles – Stained Glass Secrets and Star Wishes
• Scott Swanson – Philly’s Bridge And Other Northwest Stories
• Turtle – A Grading of the Human Species
• Laurie Stevens – The Devil and Daniela Webster
• Mack Little – Shelter in a Hostile World

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

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

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

God, the Mafia, My Dad, and Me

by Lori Lee Peters

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Short Story Awards is:

Old Man Baseball

by Mike Murphey

See the full list of Shorts 2022 Winners here (Collections and Novellas)

And Here (Short Stories and Essays)

We are now accepting submissions into the 2023 Shorts Book Awards for Romance Fiction. The 2023 CIBA winners will be announced at CAC 2024. 

Please click here for more information.

Winners will be announced at the 2023 CIBA Awards Ceremony sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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

The Chanticleer Authors Conference

Featuring authors like D.D. Black, book doctor Christine Fairchild, and Mark Berridge, our twelfth annual conference is shaping up to be excellent! You won’t want to miss out on the best tips around the business of being an author!

Seating is Limited. The esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887) has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

Join us for our 12th annual conference and discover why!