MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOK COVER WARS - HEAT THREE 2016/17 + NICOLA YOON BOOK COMPETITION

Here we are again, Oh yes, Mr Ripley's 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. Please make sure that you vote and enjoy the experience. Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers - everyone is welcome. #Bookcoverwars

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 highest runner up. 

Heat one Winner:  Alexander Gordon Smith - The Devil's Engine: Hellfighters Bk2 - Book Cover by Andrew Arnold - (171 Votes)

Heat two Winner: Book One: Rob Lloyd Jones - Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake - Book Cover by Petur Antonsson - (168 Votes)

As a voter, not only will you get the chance to choose your favorite 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 proof copy, The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Moon.  

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

• Vote for your favorite book cover using the poll - VOTE HERE
• Leave a comment through this post or poll - VOTE HERE
• Mention it on Twitter/Facebook any place you like!  #BOOKCOVERWARS 
• Sit back, watch the voting develop and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed). Please note that this book giveaway competition is  only open to the UK only.
• This poll will end  30th November 2016 at midnight UK time. 

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

Book One: Christopher Edge - The Jamie Drake Equation - Book Cover by Matt Saunders - Published by Nosy Crow, Feb. 2017. - VOTE HERE

Book Two: Huw Powell - The Pirate King (Spacejackers) - Book Cover by Alex Fuentes - Published by Bloomsbury, Jan. 2017. - VOTE HERE 

Book Three: Lucy Strange - The Secret of Nightingale Wood - Book Cover by - Helen Crawford-White - Published by Chicken House Ltd, Oct. 2016.  - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Lisa Thompson - The Goldfish Boy - Book Cover by Mike Lowery - Published by Scholastic, Jan. 2017 - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Will Mabbitt -  Mabel Jones and the Doomsday Book - Book Cover by Ross Collins - Published by Puffin, Feb. 2017 - VOTE HERE

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOK COVER WARS - FANTASY FAB HEAT TWO 2016/17 + BOOK COMPETITION (Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs)

Here we are again, Oh yes, Mr Ripley's 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. Please make sure that you vote and enjoy the experience. Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers - everyone is welcome. #Bookcoverwars

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 highest runner up. 

Congratulations! Heat One Winner:  Alexander Gordon Smith - The Devils's Engine: Hellfighters Bk2 - Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (November 1, 2016) Book Cover by Andrew Arnold - (171 Votes brilliant stuff) 

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, Tales of the Peculiar - Ransom Riggs. 

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 any place you like!  #BOOKCOVERWARS 
• Sit back, watch the voting develop and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed). Please note that this book giveaway competition is  only open to the UK only.
• This poll will end 15th November 2016 at midnight UK time. 

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

Book One: Rob Lloyd Jones/Petur Antonsson - Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake - Published by Walker Books (5. Jan 2017) - VOTE NOW HERE

Book Two: Andy Briggs/Sam Perrett - Gravity (The Inventory) - Published by Scholastic Press (6. Oct 2016) - VOTE NOW HERE

Book Three: Peter Bunzl/Becca Stadtlander - CogHeart - Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd (1 Sept. 2016) - VOTE HERE NOW

Book Four: Curtis Jobling/Blacksheep - Max Helsing and the Beast of Bone Creek: Book 2 - Published by Orchard Books (12 Jan. 2017) - VOTE HERE NOW

Book Five - M. G. Leonard/Julia Sarda/Helen Crawford - Beetle Queen (The Battle of the Beetles) - Published by Chicken House (6 April 2017) - VOTE HERE NOW

Happy voting all! 

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER WARS - THE BATTLE OF THE HORROR - HEAT ONE 2016/17 + BOOK COMPETITION (Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell - Odd and the Frost Giants. )

Oh yes, Mr Ripley's 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. Please make sure that you vote and enjoy the experience. Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers - everyone is welcome. #Bookcoverwars

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 and for the next 4 weeks, I am going to select five book covers for you to vote from. 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 2016/17'.

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 highest 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, Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell - Odd and the Frost Giants. 

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 any place you like!  #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 2nd November 2016 at midnight UK time. 

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

BOOK ONE - Cameron McAllister - The Demon Undertaker - Published by Corgi Children's (1 Sept. 2016) Book Cover artwork by Jeff Nentrup - VOTE HERE

BOOK TWO - Dan Poblocki - The Gathering (Shadow House) - Published by Scholastic Press (August 30, 2016) -  Book Cover by Larry Rostant/Keirsten Geise - VOTE HERE

BOOK THREE - Alexander Gordon Smith - The Devils's Engine: Hellfighters Bk2 - Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (November 1, 2016) Book Cover by Andrew Arnold - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FOUR - Danny Weston - The Haunting of Jessop Rise  - Published by Andersen Press (1 Sept. 2016)  Book Cover by James Fraser - VOTE HERE 

BOOK FIVE - Robin Jarvis - The Devil's Paintbox (The Witching Legacy) - Published by Egmont (9 Mar. 2017) - Book Cover artwork by Nicholas Delort - VOTE HERE

Now Open for Submissions: YA Book Prize 2017 (27th September - 1st December 2017)

We have come to the time of year when we are opening submissions for the YA Book Prize again. It’s amazing to think that we are already planning the third award, as it seems like it’s only been five minutes since we excitedly launched the prize because we wanted to support UKYA and the fantastic books being published in the UK and Ireland.

In such a short amount of time the prize has come so far. We’ve given the award to two fantastic books so far – Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill (Quercus), which was given the inaugural prize in 2015, and One by Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury Children’s), which won this year.
Both authors are hugely successful within the YA field – O’Neill has since winning the YA Book Prize signed a big US film deal and a new publishing deal with Hachettte, and Crossan, already a huge name in children’s publishing, won the Carnegie Medal.

We really can’t wait to see which books publishers enter for the YA Book Prize 2017.
To be eligible, entries must be:
- Published either in hardback or paperback for the first time between 1^st January and 31^st December 2016
- A novel aimed at YA readers (16 and over)
- Written by an author resident in the UK or Ireland who was resident for at least six months prior to publication
This year, as with every year, we are looking for the books that YA readers are most likely to want to (A) read and (B) recommend to their friends. We also want a shortlist that is as diverse as possible – so please do send in a mix of genres and types of stories. We love contemporary YA but want to showcase different types of books, so if you have a horror or sci-fi YA, send it in!

To enter, all you have to do is fill in the form here with all the relevant details.
You will also need to send 10 copies of every book entered to The Bookseller, Crowne House, 56-58 Southwark Street,London, SE1 1UN.

The deadline for entries is 1^st December 2016.
Full terms and conditions are on the YA Book Prize website, including marketing and publicity financial commitments for shortlisted books. If you have any queries please get in touch by emailing charlotte.eyre@thebookseller.com. 
The shortlist will be announced in the spring, and the winner will be revealed at the Hay Festival 2017.