These are the finalists for the Youth Fiction Categories (Middle Grade and Young Adult) as voted on by YOU last week. (My picks are in the first comment.) The finalists for the Adult book covers are here.
Please vote for your favorite COVER using the poll at the bottom of this post. Voting Guidelines & Details here. ONE vote per person, please.
Voting Deadline: Midnight (MST), Friday, January 29, 2016
Remember: You are voting for the BEST COVER, not the best story, nor your favorite author or publisher.
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Young Adult General
Has to Be Love by Jolene Perry
Cover Designer: _____
Publisher: AW Teen
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Young Adult SciFi/Futuristic
I Am Sleepless: Sim 299 by Johan Twiss
Cover Designer: Sky Young
Publisher: Indie
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Young Adult Parnormal/Horror
Avenging by Holly Kelly
Cover Designer: Marya Heiman
Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing
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Young Adult Fantasy Character
The Wizard’s Heir by Devri Walls
Cover Designer: Phatpuppy Art
Publisher: Superstorm Productions
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Young Adult Fantasy Concept
Ella by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee
Cover Designer: _____
Publisher: Sweetwater Books
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Middle Grade General
Born to Run by Ann Hunter
Cover Designer: Andrew A. Gerschler (Designer); Nichole Bryant (Illus)
Publisher: Afterglow Productions
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Middle Grade Speculative (Older)
Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Cover Designer: Christopher Stengel
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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Middle Grade Speculative (Younger)
Curse of the Mummy’s Uncle by J. Scott Savage
Cover Designer: Douglas Holgate (Illus)
Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books
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I’m always asked what my picks were, so here they are. But if you want to know why, you’ll need to go to the comments for each individual genre. (But not today. It will take awhile to get those posted.)
YOUNG ADULT
YA General: Has to Be Love
YA SciFi/Futuristic: Silver Lined & Airships of Camelot (tie)
YA Paranormal Horror: Marrow
YA Fantasy Character: The Wizard’s Heir
YA Fantasy Concept: Woven
MIDDLE GRADE
MG General: Born to Run
MG Speculative (Older): Impossible Race
MG Speculative (Younger): Mothman’s Curse
My vote is for Ella!
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