MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - ROUND TWO - 2024/25

We welcome YOU once again to Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books 15th Annual Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition! This vibrant event showcases and celebrates the incredible talent and creativity of artists from all around the world. As we continue to foster a love for highlighting the unsung heroes/teams of our favourite book covers.  Join us on this exciting journey and spread the word as we embark on another year of discovering extraordinary artistry that brings enchanting stories to life through the power of illustrations. Get ready to unleash your inner artist and be a part of this remarkable celebration of children's illustration and design! Previous winners HERE!

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

There will be FIVE (2 OF 5) weekly heats; each with SIX books to vote for. Although there will be 7 book covers in the final to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final plus two book covers WITH the highest number of votes from all the previous heats. 

CONGRATULATIONS! ROUND ONE WINNER: Susan Cahill - The World Between the Rain - Published by Everything with Words (24 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Holly Ovenden. ( 243 VOTES) See you in the FINAL! 

Each week you vote you will be in with a chance to win an exciting prize. 

This week's great prize is a £10 Book Voucher and A. M. Howell - The Royal Jewel Plot and a bar of chocolate. Good luck everybody! 

If you are interested all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll HERE  (or at the bottom of the post)
• Leave a comment through this post/poll or see pinned Tweet/X or other socials for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the 18th of November 2024 at Midnight (UK). 

Have fun and please share with the world through X, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).

Here are the six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 

BOOK ONE: Cathy FitzGerald - Pinch Perkins and the Nightmare Tree - Published by Farshore (30 Jan. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Chloe Dominique - VOTE HERE 

BOOK TWO: Jamie Hammond - Grumpfort -  Published by Usborne Publishing (13 Mar. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Jamie Hammond - VOTE HERE 

BOOK THREE: Lucy Strange - Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor - Published by Walker Books (19 Sept. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Pam Smy -  VOTE HERE 

BOOK FOUR: Piers Torday - Midnight Treasure - Published by Quercus Children's Books (5 Sept. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Alla Khatkevich - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE: Kevin Moran - The Doomsday - Published by O'Brien Press (3 March 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Tomislav Tikulin - Cover design by Emma Byrne - VOTE HERE

BOOK SIX:  David Barker - PAX and the Forgotten Pincher - Published by Tiny Tree Books (10 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Bruna Oliveira Marini - VOTE HERE 

HAPPY VOTING!