The shortlist for the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy have been announced and voting is open. Voters have until midnight (GMT) on Friday 2nd June to vote at the website listed above.
The finalists are:
RAVENHEART AWARD (Best cover art)
Alessandro Baldaserroni for Black Rift by Josh Reynolds (Black Library)
Jason Chan for Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence (Harper Voyager)
Sam Green for The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
Kerby Rosannes for Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (Harper Voyager)
Paul Young for Wrath by John Gwynne (Tor)
MORNINGSTAR AWARD (Best debut)
Mark de Jager, Infernal (Del Rey UK)
Christopher Husberg, Duskfall (Titan)
Megan E O’Keefe, Steal The Sky (Angry Robot)
Adrian Selby, Snakewood (Orbit)
Jon Skovron, Hope and Red (Orbit)
LEGEND AWARD (Best novel)
John Gwynne, Wrath (Tor)
Jay Kristoff, Nevernight (Harper Voyager)
Mark Lawrence, The Wheel of Osheim (Harper Voyager)
Brandon Sanderson,The Bands of Mourning (Gollancz)
Gav Thorpe, Warbeast (Black Library)
I picked up Snakewood at the library. Looks intriguing.
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I’ve got that one but haven’t had a chance to start it. You’re right, it looks intriguing. I’ve also got Steal the Sky, which has a promising first chapter. Once the semester is over, I’m hoping to read both of them. I’ll try to read as many of the Morningstar first novel nominees as I can before voting closes. The Legend nominees are usually parts of series I’m not current on.