{"id":13427,"date":"2012-05-03T06:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=13427"},"modified":"2012-05-03T07:56:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:56:19","slug":"the-gemmell-ravenheart-award-for-best-cover-art-oracles-fire-journey-by-night-make-the-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/the-gemmell-ravenheart-award-for-best-cover-art-oracles-fire-journey-by-night-make-the-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gemmell “Ravenheart” Award for Best Cover Art—“Oracle’s Fire” & “Journey By Night” Make the Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, when I talked about The Heir of Night, <\/em>The Wall of Night Book One<\/a><\/strong> making the shortlist for the international Gemmell Morningstar Award<\/strong> for Best Fantasy Newcomer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 I omitted to mention one small but important fact—not only am I the only New Zealander on the shortlist, I am also the only Southern Hemisphere author in either the Legend<\/strong> or Morningstar<\/strong> categories.<\/p>\n

But it’s a different story in the Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Book Jacket<\/strong><\/a>. There are two Southern Hemisphere book covers\/artists who have made it through to the final there—and best of all (from my point of view) the authors of the shortlisted books are both friends of mine so I can really rejoice in their success!<\/p>\n

The Gemmell “Ravenheart” Award for Best Fantasy Book Jacket<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Without further ado, the two Southern Hemisphere contenders for this award are (in alphabetical order by artist & book title :)):<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Aaron Briggs<\/strong> for the cover of Kim Falconer’s<\/a> Journey By Night <\/em><\/strong>(Harper Voyager Australia)<\/h4>\n

Just for the record, Aaron Briggs is Kim’s son, so she also gets to be a proud Mum!<\/p>\n

And in very recent news, Kim has had another book, Road To The Soul<\/strong><\/em>, shortlisted for the Norma K Hemming Award 2012<\/strong> “for excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in the form of science fiction and fantasy or related artwork or media produced either in Australia or by Australian citizens.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Very well done, Kim!<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Frank Victoria<\/strong> for the cover of Mary Victoria’s\u00a0<\/a> Oracle’s Fire<\/strong><\/em> (Harper Voyager, Australia)<\/h4>\n

And Frank<\/a> is not only the cover artist, but also the husband of Oracle’s Fire<\/strong><\/em> author, Mary Victoria. (Hmm–could I be detecting a trend here? \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

Also in further recent good news, both Oracle’s Fire<\/strong><\/em> and its prequel, Samiha’s Song<\/strong><\/em>, are shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2012<\/a> for Best Novel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While Frank Victoria<\/strong> is in the running for the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2012<\/strong> for Best Professional Artwork<\/strong>—an award category he won last year for the cover of Tymon’s Flight<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now comes the hard part—in terms of the Gemmell Ravenheart Award<\/a>, we shall have to decide which cover to vote for!<\/p>\n

A difficult decision—but one that I hope you will want to make for one of these two excellent covers!<\/p>\n

\u00a0To vote: Click Here<\/a><\/h3>\n

Then click again in the circle above the name of the Artist<\/strong> – Book Title<\/strong> for the Cover you would like to win the Gemmell Ravenheart Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Easy-peasy: but I do hope you will take just a few seconds now and vote!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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