De genomineerden voor de David Gemmell Awards zijn zojuist bekend gemaakt door het bestuur van de award. Zoals elk jaar zijn er drie awards te vergeven: de Legend Award voor beste fantasy-roman, de Morningstar Award voor beste debutant, en de Ravenheart Award voor beste artwork.
De Gemmell Awards zijn publieksprijzen, dus iedereen kan en mag meestemmen. Dat kan via deze link t/m vrijdag 24 juni.
De genomineerden voor de Legend Award
- Joe Abercrombie, Half A War (Harper/Voyager)
- Bradley Beaulieu, Twelve Kings of Sharakhai / De Twaalf Koningen van Sharakhai (Gollancz/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Peter V. Brett, The Skull Throne (Harper/Voyager)
- Terry Brooks, The Darkling Child (Orbit)
- Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Orbit)
- Miles Cameron, The Dread Wyrm (Gollancz)
- Trudi Canavan, Angel of Storms (Orbit)
- Larry Correia, Son of the Black Sword (Baen)
- Edward Cox, The Cathedral of Known Things (Gollancz)
- David Dalglish, Skyborn (Orbit)
- Stephen Deas, The Silver Kings (Gollancz)
- Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings (Gollancz)
- Sebastien de Castell, Knight’s Shadow (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Kate Elliott, Black Wolves (Orbit)
- David Guymer, Gotrek & Felix: Slayer (Black Library)
- John Gwynne, Ruin (Pan Macmillan)
- David Hair, Ascendant’s Rite (Jo Fletcher Books/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Joanne Hall, Spark and Carousel (Kristell Ink)
- Markus Heitz, Devastating Hate / Dagen van Vergelding (Jo Fletcher Books/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Robin Hobb, Fool’s Quest / De Geheimen van de Nar (Harper/Voyager/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- John Hornor Jacobs, Foreign Devils (Gollancz)
- NK Jemisin, The Fifth Season (Orbit)
- Drew Karpyshyn, Chaos Unleashed (Del Rey)
- Julia Knight, Swords and Scoundrels (Orbit)
- Snorri Kristjansson, Path of Gods (Jo Fletcher Books)
- M.D. Lachlan, Valkyrie’s Song (Gollancz)
- Glenda Larke, The Dagger’s Path (Orbit)
- Mark Lawrence, The Liar’s Key (Harper/Voyager)
- Rebecca Levene, The Hunter’s Kind (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Tom Lloyd, Old Man’s Ghosts (Gollancz)
- Alex Marshall, A Crown For Cold Silver / Een Kroon voor Koud Zilver (Orbit/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Gail Z. Martin, War of Shadows (Orbit)
- Brian McClellan, The Autumn Republic(Orbit)
- Naomi Novik, Uprooted / Ontworteld (Pan Macmillan/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Den Patrick, The Boy Who Wept Blood (Gollancz)
- Daniel Polansky, Those Above (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Steven Poore, The Heir to the North (Kristell Ink)
- Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire / De Vuurkoningin (Orbit/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self (Gollancz/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Anna Sheehan, Spinning Thorns (Gollancz)
- Brian Staveley, The Providence of Fire / Het Vuur van de Keizer (Pan Macmillan/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Adrian Tchaikovsky, Guns of the Dawn (Pan Macmillan)
- Ian Tregillis, The Mechanical (Orbit)
- Angus Watson, Reign of Iron (Orbit)
- David Weber, The Sword of the South (Baen)
- Django Wexler, The Price of Valour (Del Rey)
- Jen Williams, The Iron Ghost / De IJzeren Geest (Headline/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
De genomineerden voor de Morningstar Award
- Stephen Aryan, Battlemage (Orbit)
- Seth Dickinson, The Traitor (Pan Macmillan)
- Francesca Haig, The Fire Sermon (Harper/Voyager)
- Lucy Hounsom, Starborn (Pan Macmillan)
- Peter Newman, The Vagrant (Harper/Voyager)
- Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes / Vuur en As (Harper/Voyager/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
De genomineerden voor de Ravenheart Award
- James Annal for Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Pan Macmillan)
- Tommy Arnold for Skyborn by David Dalglish (Orbit)
- Kerem Beyit for The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron (Gollancz)
- Jason Chan for The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence (Harper/Voyager)
- Wendy Chan for Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight (Orbit)
- Alejandro Colucci for The Boy Who Wept Blood by Den Patrick (Gollancz)
- Bastien Lecouffe Deharme for The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks (Orbit)
- Krzysztof Domaradzki for Old Man’s Ghosts by Tom Lloyd (Gollancz)
- Larry Elmore & Carol Russo Design for Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia (Baen)
- Mark Ferrari for The Flotsam Trilogy Omnibus by Peter M Ball (Apocalypse Ink Productions)
- Christopher Gibbs for The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox (Gollancz)
- Sam Green for Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
- Manuela Hackl for Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Mohamad Hani/Archangel Images for An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Harper/Voyager)
- Teddy Eduardo Iglesias for The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)
- Patrick Insole for The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams (Headline/Luitingh-Sijthoff)
- Jaime Jones for The Vagrant by Peter Newman (Harper/Voyager)
- Nik Keevil & Nick Castle for Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan(Orbit)
- Patrick Knowles for Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs (Gollancz)
- Laura B for Spinning Thorns by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz)
- Tim McDonagh for The Hunter’s Kind by Rebecca Levene (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Chris McGrath for The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
- Jackie Morris for Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb (Harper/Voyager)
- Lauren Panepinto for The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (Orbit)
- Lauren Panepinto, Gene Mollica & Michael Frost for The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (Orbit)
- Rhett Podersoo for Those Above by Daniel Polansky (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Larry Rostant for The Skull Throne by Peter V Brett (Harper/Voyager)
- Larry Rostant for Black Wolves by Kate Elliott (Orbit)
- Larry Rostant for War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin (Orbit)
- Larry Rostant for Reign of Iron by Angus Watson (Orbit)
- Duncan Spilling for Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan (Orbit)
- Steve Stone for Battlemage by Stephen Aryan(Orbit)
- Steve Stone for The Dagger’s Path by Glenda Larke (Orbit)
- Raymond Swanland for Archaon: Lord of Chaos by Rob Sanders (Black Library)
- Andrew Unangst for Twelve Kings by Bradley Beaulieu (Gollancz)
- Stephen Youll for The Silver Kings by Stephen Deas (Gollancz)
- Paul Young for Ruin by John Gwynne (Pan Macmillan)
- Paul Young for Acendant’s Rite by David Hair (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Paul Young for Valkyrie’s Song by MD Lachlan (Gollancz)
