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Showing posts with label Book Cover Design. Show all posts
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We have had another exciting children's book cover competition that has drawn to a close; this was the fifteen competition we have run in sixteen years. We would like to thank every voter and supporter, illustrator, author, and publisher who got behind our annual event. We have had another challenging time shouting about this one and making it visible. However, we've had five fabulous rounds showcasing 25 brilliant children's book covers for you to vote from. A big thank you to everyone who supported and voted for them - you have done them proud.
Last night, the FINALcame to a fantastic conclusion with a nail-biting finish and a massive amount of VOTES. We now have another excellent winner ... I'm delighted to announce that the winning book cover was illustrated by Tomislav Tikulin for The Doomsday by Kevin Moran. Published by O'Brien Press (3rd March 2025) and designed by Emma Byrne.
You can check out more of his brilliant work on his website HERE. We welcome him to the Hall of Fame featuring all the other past winners across the years (see below). Many congratulations, Tomislav!
2009/10 - Jon Mayhew 'Mortlock' Illustrated by Christian Lorenz Scheurer
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 Illustrated by Blacksheep
2015/16 - M. G. Leonard 'Beetle Boy' Illustrated by Julia Sarda
2016/17 - Roderick Gordon 'Summerhouse Land' - Illustrated by Stanley Donwood
2017/18 - (No Book Cover Wars)
2018/19 - Vashti Hardy 'Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure' Illustrated by George Ermos
2019/20 - Joan Haig - 'Tiger Skin Rug' - Illustrated by Annie Glennie
2020/21 - Nizrana Farook -' The Boy Who Met a Whale' - Illustrated by David Dean
2021/22 - Michael Mann - 'Ghostcloud '- Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
2022/23 - Jo Clarke - 'Libby and the Highland Heist' - Illustrated by Becka Moor
2023/24 - Bex Hogan - 'Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds' - Illustrated by Hannah McCaffery
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!
There will be FIVE (4 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.
ROUND ONE WINNER: Susan Cahill - The World Between the Rain - Published by Everything with Words (24 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Holly Ovenden.
ROUND TWO WINNER: Kevin Moran - The Doomsday - Published by O'Brien Press (3 March 2025) - Book Cover Illustration byTomislav Tikulin - Cover design by Emma Byrne
ROUND THREE WINNER: Kate Thompson - Yetis Don't Exist! - Published by Templar Publishing (7 Nov. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Loretta Schauer
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 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 15th of December 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: Antonia Maxwell - Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North - Published by Neem Tree Press Limited (4 July 2024) - Book Cover by Jet Purdie - VOTE HERE
BOOK TWO: J. P. Rose - BIRDIE - Published by Andersen Press (3 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover by Keith Robinson - VOTE HERE
BOOK THREE: Angela Kecojevic - Sleuth School - Published by OUP Oxford (29 Aug. 2024) - Book Cover by Alisha Monnin - VOTE HERE
BOOK FOUR: Oliver Jeffers - Where to Hide a Star - Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books (10 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover by Oliver Jeffers - VOTE HERE
BOOK FIVE: Jack Jackman - Maisie vs Antarctica - Published by Nosy Crow Ltd (26 Sept. 2024) - Book Cover by Marco Guadalupi - VOTE HERE
BOOK SIX: Jenny Pearson - Bigfoot and the Wild Boys - Published by Barrington Stoke (2 Jan. 2025) - Book Cover by Aleksei Bitskoff - VOTE HERE
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!
There will be FIVE (3 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.
ROUND ONE WINNER: Susan Cahill - The World Between the Rain - Published by Everything with Words (24 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Holly Ovenden.
ROUND TWO WINNER: Kevin Moran - The Doomsday - Published by O'Brien Press (3 March 2025) - Book Cover Illustration byTomislav Tikulin - Cover design by Emma Byrne
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/Reece Carter - The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright 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 29th 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: Jennifer Bell - Magicalia: Thief of Shadows - Published by Walker Books (6 Feb. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by David Wyatt - VOTE HERE
BOOK TWO: Eoin Colfer - Beanie the Bansheenie - Published by Walker Books (31 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Steve McCarthy - VOTE HERE
BOOK THREE: Cornelia Funke - The Colour of Revenge - Published by Chicken House (10 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Karl James Mountford - VOTE HERE
BOOK FOUR: Rhian Tracey - Wink, Murder: a Bletchley Park Mystery - Published by Piccadilly Press (13 Feb. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by David Dean - VOTE HERE
BOOK FIVE: Kate Thompson - Yetis Don't Exist! - Published by Templar Publishing (7 Nov. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Loretta Schauer - VOTE HERE
BOOK SIX: Mel Taylor-Bessent - Race to Echoes Edge - Published by Farshore (27 Mar. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Alessandro D'Urso - VOTE HERE
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!
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 byTomislav 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
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!
There will be FIVE 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.
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/Hardback book by Cressida Cowell - Which Way Round the Galaxy 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 8th 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: Philippa Leathley - Inkbound - Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books (30 Jan. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Brie Schmida - VOTE HERE
BOOK TWO: Tom Palmer - Angel of Grasmere - Published by Barrington Stoke (9 May 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Tom Clohosy Cole - VOTE HERE
BOOK THREE: M. G. Leonard - Hunt for the Golden Scarab - Published by Macmillan Children's Books (30 Jan. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Manuel Šumberac - VOTE HERE
BOOK FOUR: Susan Cahill - The World Between the Rain - Published by Everything with Words (24 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Holly Ovenden - VOTE HERE
BOOK FIVE: Liz Hyder - The Twelve - Published by Pushkin Children's Books (10 Oct. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Tom DE Freston - VOTE HERE
BOOK SIX: Sarah Harrison - School of Doom - Published by Chicken House (13 Mar. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Isabelle Follath - VOTE HERE
The latest installment of our captivating children's book cover competition has concluded, marking another outstanding year for children's book cover illustration. We extend our deepest gratitude to all the voters, supporters, talented illustrators, dedicated authors, and forward-thinking publishers who rallied behind our annual competition. Despite the challenges in garnering attention on social media, we've navigated through five brilliant rounds, buoyed by your adventurous and discerning votes.
This journey has allowed us to highlight and showcase 36 exceptional book covers, although the sheer abundance of talent and remarkable illustrators meant that many more could have been featured. Regrettably, not all receive the recognition they truly deserve, but we aspire on our website to illuminate their creative brilliance and efforts.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who championed and voted for these covers throughout the rounds - your support has truly done them justice. It brings me immense joy to reveal that the winning book cover was illustrated by Hannah McCaffery for Bex Hogan's "Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds," set to be published by Piccadilly Press on February 1, 2024. Another worthy winner to go into the Hall of FAME.
Welcome once again to Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books 14th 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!
There will be FIVE (5 of 5) weekly heats; each with SIX books to vote for. We are going crazy with 12 books to VOTE for IN THIS LAST HEAT. 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.
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/E. L. Norry - Fable House/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 for more details on @Enchantedbooks
This poll will end on the 3rd of Jan 2024 at Midnight (UK).
Have fun and share with the world through Twitter, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram. Watch the voting develop, and wait to hear whether you've won (once the poll has closed).
Here are the TWELVE brilliant book covers to vote for this week:
BOOK ONE: Hannah Durkan - Zeina Starborn and the Emerald King - Published by Orion Children's Books (6 July 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by GEORGE ERMOS - VOTE HERE
BOOK TWO: Penny Chrimes - Moon Shifter - Published by Orion Children's Books (29 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by MANUEL ŠUMBERAC - VOTE HERE
BOOK THREE: Loretta Schauer - The Legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart - Published by Andersen Press (5 Oct. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by LORETTA SCHAUER - VOTE HERE
BOOK FOUR: Maria Kuzniar - The Girl Who Dreamed in Magic - Published by Puffin (7 Mar. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by NAKUL P - VOTE HERE
BOOK FIVE: Emma Read - The House Trap - Published by Chicken House (6 July 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by CORALIE MUCE - VOTE HERE
BOOK SIX: Davina Tijani - Yomi and the Power of the Yumboes - Book Published by Little Tiger (1 Feb. 2024) Book Cover Illustrated by ADAM DOUGLAS-BAGLEY - VOTE HERE
BOOK SEVEN: Angela Kecojevic - Scareground - Book Published by Neem Tree Press (7 Sept. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by ANNA MORRISON - VOTE HERE
BOOK EIGHT: Frankie Artington - Sherbert and the Partly Digested Amulet of Power - Book Published by Zoomy Books (23 Nov. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Frankie Artington - VOTE HERE
BOOK NINE: Eibhlis Carcione - Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay - Book Published by Everything with Words (1 Jun. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by EWA BENIAK-HAREMSKA - VOTE HERE
BOOK TEN: Rob Renzetti - The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things - Published by Penguin Workshop (25 July 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by M. S. CORLEY - VOTE HERE
BOOK ELEVEN: Cathy Faulkner - Digging for Victory - Book Published by Firefly Press (4 May 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by HARRY GOLDHAWK - VOTE HERE
BOOK TWELVE: Gita Ralleigh - The Destiny of Minou Moonshine - Published by Zephyr (6 July 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Weitong Mai - VOTE HERE
