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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 30, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 17, 2009 at 3:17pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 4, 2009 at 11:31am —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on November 2, 2009 at 3:05pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 14, 2009 at 5:17pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on October 1, 2009 at 12:44pm —
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*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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 31, 2009 at 2:09pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 2, 2009 at 4:44pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on June 23, 2009 at 11:06am —
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 20, 2009 at 11:17pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 14, 2009 at 11:48am —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on May 5, 2009 at 12:24pm —
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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…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on April 23, 2009 at 1:51pm —
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on April 18, 2009 at 11:20am —
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All very exciting - but we can't make the announcment just yet as there are a few things Gareth and myself have to do with regard to verifying the vote count and speaking to the publishers etc...
But fear not - it's not long to wait! We will be announcing the Shortlist over…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on April 1, 2009 at 10:53pm —
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on February 26, 2009 at 5:26pm —
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Due to popular demand, wristbands now available to purchase from our new
EBAY SHOP!
We will also be selling any xs review copies of Longlisted Nominee novels - once the Longlist closes. This is a great oportunity to get some of the titles not avaiable in the shops in the UK & Europe.
There will be a (very) few, SIGNED editions from Longlisted (and possibly, Shortlisted) authors...
Bookmark our page and check-in often for some rar…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on February 23, 2009 at 5:26pm —
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Quite a few of you have been asking if/when tickets will be made available for the Award Ceremony itself so I thought it best to update everyone on the progress of the event so far...
The Ceremony will be held at the HQ of 'The Magic Circle' in London (near to Euston Station) on Friday 19th June. It is a gala 'black tie' (and posh frock!) event, with the Ceremony itself and then a reception. We are planning a charitable auction on the night for our nominated charity, 'Medicines Sans Frontiers'…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on February 22, 2009 at 10:50am —
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Hi all - we're just turning our thoughts to the programme brochure for the Awards Ceremony & I thought it would be a lovely idea to have a montage of lots of pics of David with his fans inside the brochure.
So if you have anything, taken with DG at an Event of Signing & you'd like us to use it in the programme book, please do scan them in and email them to us at Admin@GemmellAward.com - jpegs only please!
I will ensure that everyone who sends a pic will recieve a copy of the Programme…
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Added by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on January 17, 2009 at 3:15pm —
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