*This is the hub page for the Nominations for 2011/12 'MORNINGSTAR Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer/debut.

We will be listing and linking to the Nominees as they come in from the publishers!

Morningstar Award:

The Morningstar Award is to celebrate the newcomers to the fantasy genre, whose first book published in English will fight it out amongst the other young bloods to be crowned the fans undisputed New Blood Fantasy Champion.

Our trophy for this comes from silvertrophy.com.

As with the Legend Award the winner will be crowned on 15th June 2012 at our ceremony at London's Magic Circle with this year’s nominee’s for the award lining up as follows:

GOLLANCZ

CARSON, Rae                   Fire and Thorns

COOPER, Elspeth              Songs of the Earth

HARPER COLLINS (UK)

LAWRENCE, Mark - Prince of Thorns

JO FLETCHER BOOKS (QUERCUS)

WILLIAMS, Mazarkis           The Emperor's Knife (jointly with NS)

NIGHT SHADE BOOKS

BEAULIEU, Bradley P          The Winds of Khalakovo
SCHAFER, Courtney            The Whitefire Crossing
WILLIAMS, Mazarkis           The Emperor's Knife (jointly with JFB)

ORBIT (UK and US)

LOWE, Helen                     The Heir of Night

TOR (UK)

HULICK, Douglas                Among Thieves

TOR (US)

ORULLIAN, Peter                The Unremembered