Monday, April 5, 2010

2009 David Gemmell Awards shortlist


The David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy held its first ceremony last year in June and the first winner of the award was the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski for his novel “Blood of Elves”. This year, at the second edition of the David Gemmell Award, there are three categories rewarded because besides the David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy two new categories were introduced, The Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer and The Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art (I am delighted to see this one). This week-end the 2009 shortlist for the three categories were announced in a very interesting video format. The award winners will be announced in June after the voting procedure (I am member of the award too, so I have to work on the shortlist now :)). Here is the list of nominees as well:

THE DAVID GEMMELL AWARD FOR FANTASY
- “Warbreaker” by Brandon Sanderson (Tor US)
- “The Cardinal’s Blades” by Pierre Pevel (Gollancz)
- “Empire, The Legend of Sigmar” by Graham McNeill (The Black Library)
- “Best Served Cold” by Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz & Orbit)
- “The Gathering Storm” by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor US)

THE MORNINGSTAR AWARD FOR BEST NEWCOMER
- Stephen Deas“The Adamantine Palace” (Gollancz)
- Jesse Bulington“The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart” (Orbit)
- Amanda Downum“The Drowning City” (Orbit)
- Pierre Pevel“The Cardinal’s Blades” (Gollancz)
- Ken Scholes“Lamentation” (Tor US)

THE RAVENHEART AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY COVER ART
- Jon Sullivan (illustration), Sue Michniewicz (Art Direction) for the cover of “The Cardinal’s Blades” by Pierre Pevel
- Jackie Morris (illustration), Dominic Forbes (Art Direction) for the cover of “The Dragon Keeper” by Robin Hobb
- Didier Graffet and Dave Senior (illustration), Laura Brett (Art Direction) for the cover of “Best Served Cold” by Joe Abercrombie
- Larry Rostant (illustration), Loulou Clarke (Art Direction) for the cover of “Fire” by Kristin Cashore
- Jon Sullivan (illustration) for the cover of “Empire” by Graham McNeill

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

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