Notes from Kiffer Brown from journals filled with notes from years of conferences. Tips, tricks, and the treasures of Fall Cleaning.

Chanticleer is looking for your Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Romance Fiction manuscripts and novels! Submit before the end of August to enter the 2022 CIBAs!

Small habits and tweaks can be so useful to writers. If you stop to focus on things that are important to you, it sharpens your perceptions and teaches your brain what you value. Jessica Morrell shares how to focus your senses to make your stories more immersive.

The Final Official Post declaring the 2021 CIBA Winners for the Chanticleer Book Awards! Thank you everyone for participating!

Part 2 of 3 with the full list of the Chanticleer Int'l Book Award Winners! Join us in celebrating the Historical Fiction Divsions, Mark Twain, Chatelaine, and Somerset Book Awards!

Join us in celebrating the 2021 CIBA Grand Prize and First Place Winners! This post has the lists for Speculative Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, and Early Readers through to Young Adult.

This is the official announcement of the 2021 HEMINGWAY Book Awards for 20th c. Wartime Fiction, a division of the CIBAs. Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the HEMINGWAY Grand Prize Winner.

This is the official announcement of the 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries, a division of the CIBAs. Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

This is the official announcement of the 2021 NELLIE BLY Book Awards for Journalistic Non-Fiction, a division of the CIBAs. Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the NELLIE BLY Grand Prize Winner.

This is the official announcement of the 2021 DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction, a division of the CIBAs. Congratulations to the First Place Category Winners and the DANTE ROSSETTI Grand Prize Winner.