2014 Book Cover Contest

January 2, 2015 | 2 Comments
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Announcing our 6th Annual Book Cover Contest!

I love this contest because it’s just plain fun! And also because I do typesetting and design in my day job, I like to give a shout out to the frequently overlooked cover designers.

You’ll need to visit the site daily from Jan 19th through 31st, if you want to vote in all the categories.

Feel free to swipe the image from this post and share it on your blog, website, social media or wherever your want to help spread the word. Use this link http://bit.ly/1EWhGmY (because it’s short and easy) and hashtag #2014LDSCovers

Here’s how it works:

  1. Nominate book covers for 2014 fiction by LDS authors.
  2. Vote on covers.
  3. Praise the winners.

The long version of the details are found here, and please, please, please read them carefully.

 

Update: Easy Way to Nominate!

If you’re on Pinterest, you can go to my boards and “like” the covers you want to nominate. Be sure you look at the boards that say 2014 in the title.

If you aren’t on Pinterest, you can still nominate by e-mail.

 

Posting & Voting Schedule:

Jan 1–12: Make your nominations. (Go here for instructions.)

Jan 13–19: I will tally the nominations and come up with five finalists in the yet to be decided genre areas.

 

VOTING FOR GENRE FINALISTS

The dates below are when the voting posts will go live (approximately 6:00 a.m. Mountain Time). You can vote in all categories through Tuesday, January 27th.

**Also, if you know who the actual cover designers are for any of these covers, PLEASE email me with their name/business name and a link to their website (if they have one).

Jan 19: Voting for Historical Romance and Contemporary Romance and Young Adult General.

Jan 20: Voting for Mystery/Suspense and Cozy/Romantic Suspense.

Jan 21: Voting for General/Literary and Historical.

Jan 22: Voting for Children and Middle Grade 1 and Middle Grade 2.

Jan 23: Voting for Science Fiction/Fantasy and Urban/Paranormal/Horror and YA SciFi/Dystopian.

Jan 24: Voting for YA Paranormal and YA Fantasy Character and YA Fantasy Concept.

Jan 29: Genre Winners announced and voting begins for Overall Winner. Vote through January 31st.

February 2: Overall Winner Announced.

 

 

Full Disclosure/Disclaimer:

I need to fully disclose a conflict of interest. A book cover that I designed is one of the finalists in the Cozy Mystery/Romantic Suspense Category—Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon.

Normally, I would never allow this—and in past years when I chose all the finalists myself, I never included my own work. However, this year, I allowed nominations for covers to be included. My cover received the most nominations in that category.

Again, normally, I would have disqualified my own work but after consulting with several other people, they felt that since it was reader nominated, I should include it in the finalists. So it’s there. Do with it as you will.


2 responses to “2014 Book Cover Contest

    • LDS Book Geek

      Yes, just fiction by LDS authors, that were released in 2014. But anyone can, regardless of faith or lack of it, nominate and vote.

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