The winners of the second annual David Gemmell Legend Awards for Fantasy have just been announced. They are:
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer: The Cardinals’ Blades by Pierre Pevel
The Ravensheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art: Didier Graffet and Dave Senior for illustration, and Laura Brett for art direction, for the cover of Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2010: Empire by Graham McNeill (The Black Library)
Award Administrator Deborah J. Miller notes that there were votes from 34 different countries for the Morningstar Award; 64 different countries for the Ravensheart Award; and 91 different countries (with the most active being the US, the UK, France, and Canada) for the Legend Award.
Photos of the award ceremony will soon be posted on the Gemmell Awards web site. We detailed the finalists in this article.