Showing posts with label Book Cover Illustration Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Cover Illustration Competition. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 December 2024

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - ROUND FOUR - 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 (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 by Tomislav 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 

Happy Voting! 




Friday, 22 November 2024

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - ROUND THREE - 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 (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 by Tomislav 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-BessentRace to Echoes Edge - Published by Farshore (27 Mar. 2025) - Book Cover Illustration by Alessandro D'Urso - VOTE HERE

Happy Voting! 

Sunday, 10 November 2024

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! 








Friday, 1 November 2024

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - ROUND ONE - 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 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 Å umberac - 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

HAPPY VOTING! 


Tuesday, 26 December 2023

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - HEAT FIVE - 2023/24

 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!

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

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 Å UMBERAC - 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

HAPPY VOTING! 


Sunday, 10 December 2023

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - HEAT FOUR - 2023/24

 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!

Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Competition Rules 

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. 

Congratulations! HEAT ONE WINNER: Bex Hogan - Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds - Published by Piccadilly Press (1 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Hannah McCaffery and art directed by Dominica Clements

HEAT TWO WINNER: Rachel Chivers Khoo - The Magician Next Door - Published by Walker Books (7 Mar. 2024) - Book Cover Illustration by Alice McKinley and cover designer Maia Fjord 

HEAT THREE WINNER:  Rhian Tracey Hide and Seek: A Bletchley Park Mystery - Published by Piccadilly Press (29 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by David Dean 

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 hardback Book Rainbow Rowell - ALMOST MIDNIGHT/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 18th of December 2023 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 six brilliant book covers to vote for this week: 


BOOK ONE: Méabh McDonnell - Into the Witchwood - Published by O'Brien Press Ltd (25 Mar. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by ERIN BROWN -  VOTE HERE 


BOOK TWO: Piu Dasgupta - Secrets of the Snakestone - Published by Nosy Crow (14 Mar. 2024) Book Cover Illustrated by HELEN CRAWFORD-WHITE - VOTE HERE 


BOOK THREE: Nicola Davies - Skrimsli - Book Published by Firefly Press (14 Sept. 2023) -  Book Cover Illustrated by JACKIE MORRIS - VOTE HERE 


BOOK FOUR: Bethany Walker - Olly Brown, GOD of Hamsters - Published by Scholastic (13 April 2023) -  Book Cover Illustrated by JACK NOEL - VOTE HERE 


BOOK FIVE: Justin Somper - New Kid on Deck: Pirate Academy - Published by UCLan Publishing (7 Mar. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by TEO SKAFFA -  VOTE HERE


BOOK SIX: Michelle Harrison - Twice Upon A Time - Published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK (11 April 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by NATALIE SMILLIE - VOTE HERE 

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