{"id":21841,"date":"2013-08-15T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=21841"},"modified":"2016-05-10T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T10:22:07","slug":"celebration-the-gathering-of-the-lost-makes-the-david-gemmell-legend-award-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/08\/15\/celebration-the-gathering-of-the-lost-makes-the-david-gemmell-legend-award-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration: &#8220;The Gathering Of The Lost&#8221; Makes The David Gemmell Legend Award Shortlist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11204\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/19\/catherine-asaro-on-the-gathering-of-the-lost-the-wall-of-night-book-two\/gatheringoflost-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\" wp-image-11204  \" title=\"GatheringofLost (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AUS\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/the-gathering-of-the-lost-has-its-first-us-review\/gatheringofthelostt-mm-c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\" wp-image-12626  \" title=\"GatheringoftheLostt mm c\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday evening in the UK, the David Gemmell Legend Award shortlist for 2013 was announced&#8212;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\"><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/a> is on it! To see the announcement click on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gemmellaward.com\/profiles\/blog\/show?id=2323348%3ABlogPost%3A58632\" target=\"_blank\">Legend Award Shortlist<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I am sure I have no need to tell you, dear friends, just how tremendously exciting seeing <em>Gathering<\/em> on that list is! I also really want to thank each and every one of you who voted for <em>&#8220;Helen Lowe &#8211; The Gathering Of The Lost&#8221;<\/em>, because I absolutely could not have gotten this far without your active support.<\/p>\n<p>So, quite simply: Thank You!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With the Shortlist Announced, Voting Is Now Open For This Year&#8217;s Winner!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Having made it this far, I would love your support for <strong><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/strong> in this final round of voting, which will decide the winner of the David Gemmell Legend Award 2013&#8212;although as I always note, only if you feel you can &#8220;in good conscience&#8221; do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">To Vote:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1. Click on the following link: <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/the-legend-award\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/the-legend-award<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2. Click again in the circle above \u201cHelen Lowe \u2013 The Gathering Of The Lost\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">3. Scroll to the bottom &amp; click on \u201cVote\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Done!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And please do spread the word to anyone you know who may wish to vote and support <em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em> as well. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Voting closes on 30 September, with the winner announced at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfc2013.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">World Fantasy Convention<\/span><\/a> (October 31 &#8211; November 3.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<h4>About the David Gemmell Legend Award:<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_21359\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/whats-a-happening-on-anything-really-july-8-round-up\/snagaresize\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21359\" class=\" wp-image-21359  \" title=\"snagaresize\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/snagaresize-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/snagaresize-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/snagaresize-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/snagaresize.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Legend Award<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <strong><a>Legend Award<\/a><\/strong> is the premier award and one of three established to honour heroic fantasy author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/2323348:Page:17\"><strong>David Gemmell<\/strong><\/a>. The award is given for the best novel, published in the preceding calendar year, in the epic, heroic, or high Fantasy genre that David Gemmell exemplified in novels such as <em><strong>Legend, Lion Of Macedon<\/strong><\/em>, and <strong><em>Lord Of The Silver Bow<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And by the way&#8212;the winner gets an &#8220;epic axe of Legend&#8221; and as we all know, every epic gal needs an epic axe (clearly!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday evening in the UK, the David Gemmell Legend Award shortlist for 2013 was announced&#8212;and The Gathering Of The Lost is on it! To see the announcement click on: Legend Award Shortlist \ud83d\ude42 I am sure I have no need to tell you, dear friends, just how tremendously exciting seeing Gathering on that list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books","category-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21841"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32232,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21841\/revisions\/32232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}