Voting for Legend Award now open
Voting is now open for the David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy, where you can choose from a slew of titles from all across the board. Check out the voting page here.
The DGLA was presented for the first time last year, 2009, for the Best Fantasy novel of 2008, and was awarded to Andrzej Sapkowski’s book Blood of Elves. He had this to say;
“I am very happy and proud to be a winner in the contest for The David Gemmell Legend Award, the prize precious to me indeed, as I am a great admirer of the writings of the late David A. Gemmell. I would like to express my gratitude to all the readers who voted for my book. I would also like to thank and congratulate all the other fellow writers in the final poll. Finally, it is fantasy – our genre – that was the ultimate winner.”
The award was established in 2008 with the intention to “restore fantasy to its proper place in the literary pantheon.”
Posted: January 28th, 2010
Author: JoshSHill
Categories: Awards, David Gemmell
Sapkowski wins David Gemmell Legend Award
Blood of Elves, by Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski, has received The David Gemmell Legend Award for establishing honour and lending dignity to the fantasy genre.
Sapkowski’s UK editor, Jo Fletcher, collected the award in front of an audience of publishing professionals, authors, media and fans at the Magic Circle headquarters in Euston, London. The inaugural award had the official support of Stella Gemmell and the trophy, supplied by Raven Armoury, took the form of a butterfly axe, named Snaga, that featured in Gemmell’s fiction.
Fantasy Book Review would like to offer Andrzej its warmest congratulations.
Read our full review of Blood of Elves
The runner-ups were each presented with a miniature version of Snaga. They were Joe Abercrombie (Last Argument of Kings); Juliet Marillier (Heir to Sevenwaters); Brandon Sanderson (The Hero of Ages) and Brent Weeks (The Way of Shadows).
Andrzej Sapkowski was born on the 21st of June 1948 in Lodz, Poland. Sapkowski studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt de Riv turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland’s most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories Lesser Evil in 1990, Sword of Destiny in 1992 and In a Bomb Crater in 1993, and two for the novels Blood of the Elves in 1994 and Narrenturm in 2002.
Posted: June 22nd, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, Brandon Sanderson, David Gemmell, Joe Abercrombie
The short-list for The David Gemmell Award announced
At the beginning of 2009 the final long-list for the David Gemmell Legend Award [complete list of nominations] was announced. Comprising of 78 titles the list was in obvious need of pruning and this weekend came the announcement of the lucky 5 titles that had made it onto the short-list.
The short-list is:
- Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
- Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
The overall winner was originally going to be decided by a panel but feedback has lead to the final decision being made by public vote.
Source: British Fantasy Society
Good luck to all on the list and commiserations to those that did not make it. What do you think of the short-list? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
The inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy will be awarded to the best fantasy novel of the year (2008). The award has the official support of Stella Gemmell and has been instigated by friends and professional colleagues to celebrate David’s life and literary legacy.
Posted: April 15th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, Awards, Brandon Sanderson, David Gemmell, Joe Abercrombie
The final 2008 longlist for the David Gemmell Legends Award
The David Gemmell Legend Award will be presented for the very first time in 2009 for the best Fantasy novel of 2008. The award will be given to a work written in the ’spirit’ of the late, great David Gemmell, a true Master of Heroic Fantasy. Voting opens at midnight on 26th December – but you have until 31st March 2009 to
register your vote. Vote here!
- The Margarets Sheri S Tepper
- Red Wolf Conspiracy Robert V.S. Reddick
- The Last Argument of Kings Joe Abercrombie
- The Burning Man Mark Chadbourn
- The Steel Remains Richard Morgan
- Blood of Elves Andrzej Sapkowski
- Red Gloves Beth Vaughan
- Ravensoul by James Barclay
- The Grave Thief Tom Lloyd
- Graceling Kristin Cashore
- Dragonforge James Maxey
- The Blood King Gail Z. Martin
- The Ten Thousand Paul Kearney
- Gladiatrix Russell Whitfield
- Going Under Justina Robson
- Bloodheir Brian Ruckley
- The Company K. J. Parker
- The Way of Shadows Brent Weeks
- Shadow Gate Kate Elliott
- Wolfblade Jennifer Fallon
- The Riven Kingdom Karen Miller
- Path of Revenge Russell Kirkpatrick
- The Painted Man Peter V Brett
- Royal Exile Fiona McIntosh
- The Kingdom Beyond the Waves Stephen Hunt
- Wrath of a Mad God Raymond E. Feist
- The Twisted Citadel Sara Douglass
- The Divine Talisman Eldon Thompson
- Shadowmage Matthew Sprange
- The Clockwork King of Orl Mike Wild
- Heldenhammer Graham McNeill
- Nagash the Sorcerer Mike Lee
- Elfslayer Nathan Long
- Magic Burns Ilona Andrews
- City of Jade Dennis L. McKiernan
- Dragon Strike (Age of Fire) EE Knight
- Empire in Black and Gold Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Dog of the North Tim Stretton
- Winterstrike Liz Williams
- Heir to Sevenwaters Juliet Marillier
- King of Ithica Glyn Iliffe
- A Darkness Forged in Fire Chris Evans
- The Return of the Crimson Guard Ian C. Esslemont
- Toll the Hounds Steven Erikson
- The Two Pearls of Wisdom Alison Goodman
- Havemercy Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
- Iron Angel Alan Campbell
- Fallen Tim Lebbon
- Tracing the Shadow Sarah Ash
- Final Sacrifice Patricia Bray
- Shadows Return Lynn Flewelling
- The Vacant Throne Joshua Palmatier
- A Magic of Twilight S.L. Farrell
- The Hidden City Michelle West
- Goblin War Jim C. Hines
- The Shadow Ilse Katharine Kerr
- The Dark Ferryman Jenna Rhodes
- King’s Shield Sherwood Smith
- The Soldier King Violette Malan
- Foundation Mercedes Lackey
- The Golden Tower Fiona Patton
- The Dragons of Babel Michael Swanwick
- In a Time of Treason David Keck
- Steward of Song Adam Stemple
- The Ancient RA Salvatore
- Mage-Guard of Hamor L. E. Modesitt, Jr
- Ill Met in the Arena Dave Duncan
- The Phoenix Endangered Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
- The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson
- The Gods Return David Drake
- Thirteen Orphans Jane Lindskold
- The Queen’s Bastard C. E. Murphy
- Shadowbridge Gregory Frost
- Victory of Eagles Naomi Novik
- The Engine’s Child Holly Phillips
- A Woman Worth Ten Coppers Morgan Howell
- Dragon Strike EE Knight
- City of Jade Dennis McKiernan
Posted: January 1st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, David Gemmell, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, RA Salvatore, Raymond E Feist, Steven Erikson
The inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award 2008/2009
The inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy will be awarded to the best fantasy novel of the year (2008). The award has the official support of Stella Gemmell and has been instigated by friends and professional colleagues to celebrate David’s life and literary legacy.
Nominations are currently being sought from editors of every major genre fantasy list for full-length novels, in the English language, first published in 2008. The nominated novels must be deemed fantasy in the spirit of David Gemmell’s own work. All nominated work will be added to a long-list, which will then be voted upon by the reading public on the award website.
Voting will not close until March 2009, to give readers a chance to read, and vote upon, all the nominees. The top five novels will go forward to the Shortlist phase, with the winner decided by a panel of fantasy experts (to be announced on the British Fantasy News website). The award trophy – a replica of Druss the Legend’s famous battle-axe, Snaga – will be presented in June 2009, at a ceremony in London. The organisers hope that the DGLA will soon become the most prestigious award for authors working within the genre fantasy field.
Visit the David Gemmell Legend Award website for further information.
David Gemmell Legend Award website
Email: Admin@GemmellAward.com
Source: British Fantasy Society News
Posted: September 27th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: David Gemmell
Duncton Wood finished, The King Beyond The Gate started
I have recently re-read Duncton Wood by William Horwood and thoroughly enjoyed it. A full review will follow. I have now started on David Gemmell’s The King Beyond The Gate, a book from the Drenai series. I am currently a couple of chapters into it and it’s already everything I’d expected and hoped for from David Gemmell.
Posted: January 14th, 2008
Author: admin
Categories: David Gemmell, William Horwood
Book review – Wolf In Shadow by David Gemmell
David Gemmell’s Jon Shannow novels are excellent, yet another magnificent world and hero provided by the master of heroic fantasy.
Wolf In Shadow came in at 8.5 out of 10 and this places it at #29 in the list of the top 100 fantasy books of all time.
If you think that this rating is too high or too low then you can make the difference by submitting a mini-review and altering the book’s overall score and where it places in the list.
Posted: January 9th, 2008
Author: admin
Categories: David Gemmell
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