MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: Children's Book Cover Illustration Competition - HEAT THREE - 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 (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. 

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 

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 Hardback book - Sally Nicholls/Julia Sarda - GODFATHER DEATH 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 for more details on @Enchantedbooks
• This poll will end on the 7th 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: Norm Konyu - A Call To Cthulhu - Published by Titan Comics (5 Dec. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Norm Konyu - VOTE HERE

BOOK TWO: Nicola Baker - Finding Hope (A Whistledown Farm Adventure)- Book Published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK (29 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Rachel Dean - VOTE HERE 

BOOK  THREE: Stuart White - Astra FireStar and the Ripples of Time - Published by Penobi Press (30 Nov. 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Jennifer Jameson - VOTE HERE

BOOK FOUR: Andy Ruffell - Lily Grim and the City of Undone - Published by Hodder Children's Books (11 May 2023) - Book Cover Illustrated by Francesca Cabonari - VOTE HERE

BOOK FIVE: Rhian Tracey Hide and Seek: A Bletchley Park Mystery - Published by Piccadilly Press (29 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by David Dean - VOTE HERE 

BOOK SIX: Sam Sedgman - The Clockwork Conspiracy - Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books (1 Feb. 2024) - Book Cover Illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole  - VOTE HERE 

HAPPY VOTING! 

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 BOOK COVER AWARD: HEAT FOUR (Plus a Mystery Book Prize Competition)

Welcome all.....
Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Award 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. 

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

Heat Two Winner: M. G. Leonard/Juila Sarda - Beetle Boy - 86 Votes.
Heat Three Winner:  Alwyn Hamilton - Rebel of the Sands - 56 Votes

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 mystery book/books. 

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
• Spread the word 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 25th November 2015 (midnight UK time.) 

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

Book One: Danny Wallace - Hamish and the Neverpeople - Published by Simon & Schuster Children's Books (1 Mar. 2016) - Book Cover Art by Jamie Littler - VOTE HERE 

Book Two: Alexander Gordon Smith - The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers - Published by  Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (Dec. 2015) - Book Cover Art by Andrew Arnold - VOTE HERE

Book Three: Lu Hersey - Deep Water - Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd (1 July 2015) - Book Cover Art by Will Steele - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Jim Carrington - Boy 23 - Published by Bloomsbury Children's (19 Nov. 2015) - Book Cover Art by Levente Szabo - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Andy Briggs - Villain.Net: Collision Course - Published by WhiteGlove Agency (Amazon) (1. Jan 2015) - Book Cover Art by Alex Thompson - Vote Here. 

Happy voting all.....

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER AWARD: HEAT THREE: Plus win a copy Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School

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'.

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

Heat Two Winner: M. G. Leonard/Juila Sarda - Beetle Boy - 86 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 the Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney.

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
• Spread the word 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 17th November 2015 (midnight UK time.) 

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

Book One: Alwyn Hamilton - Rebel of the Sands - Published by Viking Books for Young Readers (8 Mar. 2016) - Book Cover art by Will Steele - VOTE HERE

Book Two: Huw Powell - Spacejackers: The Lost Sword - Published by Bloomsbury Children's (2 July 2015) - Book Cover art by Alex Fuentes -  VOTE HERE

Book Three: Abi Elphinstone - The Dream Snatcher - Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd (26 Feb. 2015) - Book Cover art by Thomas Flintham - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Nicholas Gannon - The Doldrums - Published by HarperCollins Children's Books (8 Oct. 2015) - Book Cover art by Nicholas Gannon/Paul Zakris - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Jon Mayhew - The Venom of the Scorpion (Monster Odyssey 4) published by Bloomsbury Children's (14 Jan. 2016) Book Cover art by Justin Goby Fields - VOTE HERE

Happy voting, please leave a comment on the post/poll, you might win that book! 

MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER WARS: HEAT THREE 2014/15 - PLUS JASPER FFORDE BOOK COMPETITION

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 2 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 2014/15'.

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 collectable book which is a SIGNED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK, JASPER FFORDE - SOMETHING ROTTEN 

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

Heat Two: M. G. Harris/Gerry Anderson's - Black Horizon - 161 Votes

Runner up: 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 10. 11. 2014 at Midnight UK time. 
• So here are the five book covers to vote for this week:

Book One: Gareth L. Powell - Macaque Attack (Ack-Ack Macaque) - Published by Solaris (15 Jan 2015) - Cover by Jake Murray - Vote HERE

Book Two: Nick Cook - Cloud Riders - Published by Three Hares Publishing (6 May 2014) Vote HERE

Book Three: Rob Davis - The Motherless Oven - Published by SelfMadeHero (16 Oct 2014) Vote HERE

Book Four: David Barnett - Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon - Published by Tor Books US (September 16, 2014) book cover by Nekro - Vote HERE

Book Five: Alex Campbell - Land - Published by Hot Key Books (4 Sep 2014) - Book cover by  Jet Purdie, Art Director - Vote HERE

Thanks for looking, and happy voting!

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Wars: Heat Four 2013/2014 - Plus Matt Haig Book Competition

Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars are back again for the fifth year - it's that time again where we are looking for a further worthy winner. If you are returning to the site for another exciting year or 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 then this is the chance for you to become part of the weekly book cover wars. Each week, for the next 1 week, I am going to select five book covers for you to vote for. NEW RULES - the five book covers who get the most votes over the four weeks will go head-to-head in the final. You may not win the heat, but you could still get to the final of 'Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Wars 2013/14'. 

THE CURRENT LEADERBOARD:

• 1- Niel Bushnell - Timesmith  - 156 Votes  
• 2- Ian Johnstone - The Bell Between the Worlds ( The Mirror Chronicles) - 122 Votes
• 3- Thomas Taylor - Dan and the Caverns of Bone - 76 Votes 

• 4- Dawn Finch - Brotherhood of Shades - 68 Votes
• 5- Philip Caveney - Watchers - 56 Votes

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 SIGNED FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK  By Matt Haig - The Humans.

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

• Vote for your favourite book cover using the poll ( click any of the links VO and VOTE HERE for your favourite book.
• Leave a comment through this post and a twitter name if you have one....
• 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 Worldwide.
•  Heat Four ends midnight (UK TIME)  20, November 2013 

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

Book One: R. J. Anderson - Nomad  (Faery Rebels) - Published by Orchard - 2, January 2014 - Cover by Rory Kurtz - VOTE HERE

Book Two: Justin Richards - The Wolfstone Curse - Published by Templar Publishing - 1, July 2013 - Cover by Will Steele - VOTE HERE

Book Three: Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams - Terminal - Published by Chicken House - 2, May 2013 - Cover by David Wyatt - VOTE HERE

Book Four: Alexander Gordon Smith - The Fury - Published by Farrar Straus Giroux - 23, July 2013 - Cover by Christian Fuenfhausen - VOTE HERE

Book Five: Garth Nix and Sean Williams - TroubleTwisters: The Mystery - Published by Egmont - 6, May 2013 - Cover by Egmont creative design team. VOTE HERE






That's the five books up for voting on heat four. Please leave your comments on the post and twitter name if you have one to win the signed book.  Also if your really nice, why not give us an RT or mention use #bookcoverwars or share on Facebook.  Thanks all, may the best cover win!