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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Jaguar Car weekend!

Some of you may remember that for the Charity Auction at the Award Ceremony last year, Jaguar Cars very kindly donated to us a 'Jaguar Car Weekend', which allowed the winning bidder to drive around in a beautiful Jag! The winning bidder was our great friend and supporter, Sandy Auden - and she's kindly sent us this account of her exciting experience!

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Robert Holdstock RIP

We here at the DGLA are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our friend, Robert Holdstock. Rob was a staunch supporter of the Awards & attended the ceremony in June (where this lovely picture was taken). He knew David very well and told me that they were born just one night and one mile apart on… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Nominations so far... 17/11/09

The 2009 Nominations are coming in at a goodly pace! Just to re-cap for those of you who might not have checked the site in the last week or so: VOYAGER: Rides a Dread Legion - Raymond E Feist The Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb The Silver Mage - Katharine Kerr The Rise of the Iron Moon - Stephen Hunt Tyrant’s Blood - Fiona McIntosh *All titles Nominated for both the LEGEND & RAVENHEART AWARDS PYR: Blood of Ambrose - James Enge Midwinter - Matthew Stur… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator TIMETABLE FOR 2009 AWARDS

We've had a few questions from new Members and interested browsers, as to how/when people can vote for this year's Awards. (It's great that everyone is so keen!) So, as last year, I've compiled a little timetable of how things should unfold. It's available as a PDF download in the right-hand column >>> At this moment, we have announced the Award to the industry and we're awaiting the Nominations from the publishers. Rest assured we will be sending out Bulletins to our Members as news c… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Exciting news! TWO NEW CATEGORIES FOR THE DGLA!

When we established The David Gemmell Legend Award For Fantasy it was with the intention of subsequently introducing further award categories to cover other aspects of the fantasy genre. We are now pleased to announce two new, additional awards, to be presented at next year’s ceremony. They are - ‘The Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer’ and ‘The Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art’ The Morningstar Award will give recognition to emerging talent in the field of fa… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 2, 2009 at 3:05pm — 3 Comments

Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator And the lucky winners are...

Suzi Holyoake - Wales James - from Legend Readers - USA David Fortier - USA Javan Cook - England M. Pierre Chalmel - France CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! Your book will be coming out in the post in the next week - also, as a little bonus, I have added in a copy of the programme booklet from the Award Ceremony... Well done to everyone who sent in the answer - the 'codeword' was 'Destruction' by the way - and thanks for your comments about Dros' fiendish puzzle abilities - hmmm, perhaps the pen is mig… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 14, 2009 at 5:17pm — 2 Comments

Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator WIN the 25th Anniversary Edition of 'LEGEND'!

The 25th Anniversary Edition of 'LEGEND' will be released by Orbit on 15th October, but they have very kindly given the DGLA copies to give away in advance! As you can see, they are rather handsome, classy-looking paperbacks with a new Foreword written by Stella Gemmell and an interesting new imaginin… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 1, 2009 at 12:44pm — 10 Comments

Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Fundraiser Book Sale for the DGLA - grab yourself a Fantasy bargain!

*ETA: I've revised the Books List to account for those already snapped up. Quite a few bargains still available though! booksale tableV2.pdf Maintaining a spanking new genre Award is surprisingly expensive, and so, as we sit back and rest somewhat on our laurels from an amazing first year, it occurs to me that the very large wobbly stac… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 31, 2009 at 2:09pm — No Comments

drosdelnoch Nomination for next year

With the applause fading into the distance from this years award and with our inaugural presentation, its now coming to a time when people think that things may go a little quiet on the site. Well you would be wrong. Thoughts have already turned to next year’s nominations as well as the award presentation. Fan’s are secretly whispering about who they feel should be nominated, so in the spirit of Loki (as lets face it there isn’t a fantasy fan anywhere that isn’t a little bit mischievous, LOL) an… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator The Top 20...

Now that the dust has begun to settle on this year's Awards, I thought people might be interested to know just who made it into the TOP 20 of the Longlist - who was narrowly pipped at the post for a Shortlist position... The following list IS in vote order... BLOOD OF ELVES - Andrzej Sapkowski THE HERO OF AGES – Brandon Sanderson THE WAY OF SHADOWS - Brent Weeks THE LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS - Joe Abercrombie HEIR TO SEVENWATERS - Juliet Marillier THE TWO PEARLS OF WISDOM - Alison Goodman THE KIN… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator PHOTOS... and the Award debate has begun...

Our official Event Photographer - Peter Cloborn - has posted pictures of Friday's event on his Flickr 'stream' HERE It gives a lovely flavour of the evening. If you do recognise yourself but you haven't been 'labelled' do add a comment. Over at the GUARDIAN ONLINE a wide-ranging discussion of Fant… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on June 23, 2009 at 11:06am — 4 Comments

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Wristbands... again!

A few people have contacted me regarding 'Legend' wristbands after they have voted on the Shortlist. The offer of a free wristband was originally for the first 100 voters on the LONGLIST and they are all taken... HOWEVER... I have unearthed an extra 50! (In my office, which currently looks like a bombsite - so no surprise I couldn't find them!) So, if you would like a wristband OR you are one of the people who has already contacted me to ask - it's first come first served! As long as you have v… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 14, 2009 at 11:48am — 2 Comments

Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Final release of Award Ceremony tickets!

The FINAL batch of 30 'Friend & Fan' tickets to the Award Ceremony on 19th June, are available NOW!!! This is a few more available than we anticipated as we've sadly had a couple of reluctant cancellations. If you would like to come along to what promises to be a WONDERFUL and glittering new genre event, tickets cost just £20 each. Simply send me a Message here on the website and I'll reserve them for you... Payment can be made via the Paypal button or, if necessary, by cheque. Con… Continue

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Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator Hotel Rooms for the Award Ceremony Event

The Magic Circle have kindly helped us to organise discounted room-bookings via Jigsaw Conferences. They have been very helpful and negotiated discounts at three hotels near the venue - follow THIS LINK for all the details... A few things to note: The prices shown are PER ROOM not per person - so are very reasonable given that the event is in June - peak tourist season! If you're keen to shar… Continue

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drosdelnoch The Short List

After a long fought out epic campaign the David Gemmell Legend Award has come down to the final five. They’re slaughtered, butchered and above all fought heroically for their place in the final five despite some dodgy backroom tactics from alleged fans. Shortly we’ll get to work on a new area for each author and allot them their own “Guild” which you the reading public can sign up for along with having the chance to show your support for your favourite author as well as letting people know why… Continue

Added by drosdelnoch on April 12, 2009 at 8:30pm — 13 Comments

drosdelnoch The Shortlist is Coming, the Shortlist is Coming.

As many of you know the shortlist is to be announced at the two Conventions this weekend. (Trolls et Legendes held in Belgium (Announcer: Stan Nicholls.) (LX Eastercon held in Bradford (Announcer: Deborah Miller) Yet with a number of you thinking but I won't know as I'm not going to be attending either, never fear, for around 7PM on the Sunday, we'll make sure that the shortlist appears here for everyone else. Yep quite the coupe as they say. So remember if you want the news first, make sure yo… Continue

Added by drosdelnoch on April 9, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments

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