{"id":12407,"date":"2012-03-21T06:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=12407"},"modified":"2012-03-21T07:26:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T18:26:16","slug":"the-gemmell-awards-just-eight-days-until-voting-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/21\/the-gemmell-awards-just-eight-days-until-voting-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gemmell Awards: Just Ten Days Until Voting Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/14\/all-the-pretty-covers\/heirofnight_no-foil-indd-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11058\" title=\"HeirOfNight_no foil.indd\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Heir-of-Night-UK-front-cover-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Heir-of-Night-UK-front-cover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Heir-of-Night-UK-front-cover-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Heir-of-Night-UK-front-cover-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Heir-of-Night-UK-front-cover.jpg 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>On January 16 I posted the very exciting news,<a href=\"..\/2012\/01\/16\/the-heir-of-night-nominated-for-the-uk-based-gemmell-awards\/\"> here<\/a>, that <strong><em>The Heir of Night<\/em><\/strong> has been nominated for the <strong>Gemmell Awards<\/strong> in both the <strong>Morningstar <\/strong>(Best Fantasy Newcomer) and <strong>Legend<\/strong> (Best Fantasy Novel) categories.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Gemmell Awards<\/strong> have been established to honour heroic fantasy author <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Gemmell\"><strong>David Gemmell<\/strong><\/a>\u2014and to celebrate excellence in the heroic\/epic fantasy genre, and on February 16 I shared some of the reasons why I feel honoured that <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> has been nominated, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/the-gemmell-awards-why-i-feel-honoured-to-be-nominated\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But once the longlist of nominated works is released, the Gemmell Awards are solely reader voted, so for <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> to make it into the next round, ie onto the shortlist, then it does need support&#8212;in the form of votes recorded prior to 31 March, just ten days away.<\/p>\n<p>So if you enjoyed <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> and would like to see it succeed in such a\u00a0 major international competition then I\u00a0 would love it if you felt able to<strong> click on the following links and vote now for <em>\u201cThe Heir of Night<\/em>.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Morningstar<\/strong> Award:\u00a0 to shortlist <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> for Best Fantasy Debut\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/the-morningstar-award\"><strong>vote here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Legend<\/strong> Award: to shortlist <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> for Best Fantasy Novel\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/the-legend-award\"><strong>vote here<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although I know it involves voting twice, please do vote in both Award categories, as it would be wonderful if <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> could make a good showing amongst both the Morningstar\u2019s\u00a0 \u2018new names\u2019 and in the more \u2018wide-open\u2019 Legend section\u2014your vote will definitely count in both sections.<\/p>\n<p>And thank you so much for any\/all support!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16 I posted the very exciting news, here, that The Heir of Night has been nominated for the Gemmell Awards in both the Morningstar (Best Fantasy Newcomer) and Legend (Best Fantasy Novel) categories. 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