Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars Final Winner 2015/16 - M. G. Leonard - 'Beetle Boy' Illustrated by Juila Sarda

Mr Ripley's book cover wars final has now come to an end. After four exciting heats, we now have a fantastic winner.......

As usual I would like to thank the many people who have supported the book cover wars. I hope that you too have had as much fun as I have - either as an observer or a contender.

Altogether 1,550 votes were cast over five weeks, which just highlights the interest that this competition generates. In the final there were 690 votes in total, amazing. Thank you all once again.

Without further ado I'd like to award the title of 'Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars - Book Cover of the year 2015/15' to . . . . . . .  M. G. Leonard - 'Beetle Boy' illustrated by Juila Sarda
book cover will be placed in the Ripley's Hall of Fame where it will accompany the following past winners:

2009/10 - Jon Mayhew 'Mortlock' 

2010/11 - Darren Shan 'Birth of a Killer' illustrated by David Wyatt

2011/12 - Curtis Jobling ''Werewolf:Shadow of the Hawk' illustrated by Andrew Farley

2012/13 - Thomas Taylor - 'Haunters' illustrated by Steve Wells 

2013/14 - Niel Bushnell - 'Timesmith' - illustrated by James Fraser 

2014/15  - M. G. Harris/Gerry Anderson's - 'Gemini Force One' Black Horizon by Blacksheep. 

The winner of the Asterix and the Missing Scroll by Jean-Yves Ferri
competition is...... Gordon Askew congratulations to you - please get in touch with your postal details. 

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER AWARD: - PHANTASMAGORICAl HEAT TWO 2015/16

Book Cover Wars is back again for another exciting year and we are looking for a new worthy winner. If you are returning to the site for another year, or you are new to this competition, then I send you a very warm welcome. It is a delight to have your company in the book cover war zone. Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers - everyone is welcome.

For any follower of this site this is the chance for you to become part of the weekly book cover wars. I am going to select five book covers for you to vote for. The winner of each heat will then go forward to the final round and get a chance to be crowned as 'Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Winner 2015/16'.

Congratulations! - Heat One Winner: Book Three - Darren Shan - Zom-B - Fugitive (US Cover) - 133 Votes. 

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover War Rules:
There will be four weekly heats with five book covers to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final. However, one more entry will also be entered into the final - this will be the book cover with the most votes from the other four heats as the runner up. 

As a voter, not only will you get the chance to choose your favourite book cover, but you will also be in with the chance to win a different special book each week. Therefore, in order to kick off the competition this week we have an amazing book, which is a hardback copy, of Philip Reeve's - RailHead. 

If you are interested then all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll - VOTE HERE
• Leave a comment through this post or poll - VOTE HERE
• Mention it on Twitter/Facebook #BOOKCOVERWARS 
• Sit back, watch the voting develop and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed). Please note that this competition is open to the UK only.
• This poll will close 9th November 2015 (midnight UK time.) 

So here are the five book covers to vote for this week:

Book One: Garth Nix - Clariel - Published by Allen & Unwin (1 October 2014) Book Cover by S Ciaffaglione/Sandra Nobes - VOTE HERE

Book Two: M. G. Leonard/Juila Sarda - Beetle Boy - Published by Chicken House Ltd (3 Mar. 2016) Book Cover by Julia Sarda - VOTE HERE

Book Three: Lucy Coats/David Roberts - Beasts of Olympus 3: Steeds of the Gods - Published by Piccadilly Press Ltd (7 May 2015) - Book Cover by David Roberts - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Katherine Rundell - The Wolf Wilder - Published by Bloomsbury Children's (10 Sept. 2015) - Book Cover by Gelrev Ongbico - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Philip Reeve - RailHead - Published by OUP Oxford (1 Oct. 2015) - Book Cover by Shutterstock - VOTE HERE

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER AWARD: THE BATTLE OF THE TERROR - HEAT ONE 2015/16

Book Cover Wars is back again for another exciting year and we are looking for a new worthy winner. If you are returning to the site for another year, or you are new to this competition, then I send you a very warm welcome. It is a delight to have your company in the book cover war zone. Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers - everyone is welcome.

For any follower of this site this is the chance for you to become part of the weekly book cover wars. Each week, starting from today for the next 4 weeks, I am going to select five book covers for you to vote for. The winner of each heat will then go forward to the final round and get a chance to be crowned as 'Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Winner 2015/16'.

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover War Rules:
There will be four weekly heats with five book covers to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final. However, one more entry will also be entered into the final - this will be the book cover with the most votes from the other four heats as the runner up. 

As a voter, not only will you get the chance to choose your favourite book cover, but you will also be in with the chance to win a different special book each week. Therefore, in order to kick off the competition this week we have an amazing book, which is a hardback copy, Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards, WHICH IS A GREAT READ...

If you are interested then all you need to do is:

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll - HERE
• Leave a comment through this post or poll - HERE
• Mention it on Twitter/Facebook #BOOKCOVERWARS 
• Sit back, watch the voting develop and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed). Please note that this competition is open to the UK only.
• This poll will end 27 October 2015 at midnight UK time. 

So here are the five book covers to vote for this week:

Book One - Shane Hegarty - Darkmouth: Worlds Explode - Published by HarperCollins Children's Books - 30. July 2015 - Book Cover James de la Rue. VOTE HERE

Book Two - Danny Weston - Mr Sparks - Published by Andersen - 1 Oct. 2015 - Book Cover by James Fraser. VOTE HERE 

Book Three - Darren Shan - Zom-B - Fugitive (US Cover) - Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Sept 22. 2015 - Book Cover by Cliff Nielsen VOTE HERE

Book Four - Derek Landy - Demon Road - Published by HarperCollins Children's Books - 27. Aug 2015 - Cover by Larry Rostant. VOTE HERE

Book Five - Barry Hutchison & Chris Mould - The Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing - Published by Nosy Crow - 1. Oct 2015 - Book Cover by Chris Mould. VOTE HERE

Happy voting.....