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 

HAPPY VOTING!

MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOK COVER WARS - HEAT FOUR 2016 + JEFF KINNEY BOOK GIVEAWAY

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)

Heat three Winner: Lucy Strange - The Secret of Nightingale Wood - Book Cover by - Helen Crawford-White - (52 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 the latest hardback book - Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down. 

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 16th December 2016 at midnight UK time. 

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

Book One: Roderick Gordon - Summerhouse Land - Book Cover by Stanley Donwood - Published by Mathew & Son Limited -  (20 Jun. 2016) - VOTE HERE

Book Two: Cornelia Funke - The Golden Yarn (MirrorWorld) - Book Cover by Cornelia Funke - Published by Pushkin Children's Books (3 Nov. 2016) - VOTE HERE

Book Three: Sara Pennypacker - Pax - Book Cover by Jon Klassen - Published by HarperCollins Children's Books (25 Feb. 2016) - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Ross Montgomery - Perijee & Me - Book Cover by David Litchfield - Published by Faber & Faber (3 Mar. 2016) - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Frances Hardinge - The Lie Tree (Illustrated Version) Book Cover by Chris Riddell - Published by Macmillan (20 Oct. 2016) - VOTE HERE 

Happy Voting all!

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER WARS: HEAT FOUR 2014/15 - Plus Doctor Who Book Giveaway

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover War Rules:

There will be four weekly heats with five and for this cheeky one, six 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 collectable book which is DOCTOR WHO - 12 DOCTORS 12 STORIES, all written by amazing authors. Neil Gaiman, Derek Landy, Patrick Ness, and many many more.... 

Heat One: Melinda Salisbury - The Sin Eater's Daughter - 122 Votes

Heat Two: M. G. Harris/Gerry Anderson's - Black Horizon - 161 Votes
Heat Three: Alex Campbell - Land - 74 Votes 

Runner up so far: Huw Powell - SpaceJackers - 118 Votes

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
• 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 on  19. 11. 2014 at Midnight UK time. 
• So here are the Six cheeky book covers to vote for this week:

Book One: Barry Hutchison & Chris Mould - The Shark-Headed Bear Thing (Benjamin Blank Series) - Published by Nosy Crow (5 Feb 2015)

Vote HERE

Book Two: Danny Weston - The Piper - Published by Andersen (2 Oct 2014) Vote HERE

Book Three: Julia Lee - The Dangerous Discoveries of Gully Potchard - Published by OUP Oxford (7 Aug 2014) Vote HERE

Book Four: Jason Rohan - The Sword of Kuromori - Published by Egmont (8 May 2014) Vote HERE

Book Five: Jeff Norton - Memoirs of a Neurotic Zombie - Published by Faber & Faber (7 Aug 2014) Vote HERE

Book Six: Robin Stevens - Murder Most Unladylike: A Wells and Wong Mystery - Published by Corgi Children's (5 Jun 2014) Vote HERE




Don't forget to share this exciting adventure with your friends and followers. Thanks for looking, and happy voting!