2018 Gemmell Award Winners
The winners for the 2018 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb (Del Rey)
FINALISTS:
- Scorched Shadows by Steve McHugh (47North)
- The Fall of Dragons by Miles Cameron (Orbit)
- Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (Harper Collins)
- Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
WINNER:
- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (Orbit)
FINALISTS:
- The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith-Spark (Harper Collins)
- Age of Assassins by RJ Barker (Orbit)
- Blackwing by Ed McDonald (Ace)
- The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso (Orbit)
2018 David Gemmell Legend and Morningstar Awards Shortlists
The finalists for the 2018 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced. Voting is open until midnight on June 1, 2018 (GMT).
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
- The Fall of Dragons by Miles Cameron (Orbit)
- Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb (Del Rey)
- Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (Harper Collins)
- Scorched Shadows by Steve McHugh (47North)
- Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
- Age of Assassins by RJ Barker (Orbit)
- The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso (Orbit)
- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames (Orbit)
- Blackwing by Ed McDonald (Ace)
- The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith-Spark (Harper Collins)
The winners will be honored at a ceremony July 14, 2018 at Edge-Lit 76 in Derby, UK. For more, see the official Gemmell Awards website.
What do you think of these finalists? Anything surprise you on the list? What are your picks?
2017 Gemmell Award Winners
The winners for the 2017 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- Warbeast by Gav Thorpe (Black Library)
FINALISTS:
- Wrath by John Gwynne (Tor)
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (Harper Voyager)
- The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence (Harper Voyager)
- The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
WINNER:
- Steal the Sky by Megan E. O’Keefe (Angry Robot)
FINALISTS:
- Infernal by Mark de Jager (Del Rey UK)
- Duskfall by Christopher Husberg (Titan)
- Snakewood by Adrian Selby (Orbit)
- Hope and Red by Jon Skovron (Orbit)
2017 David Gemmell Legend and Morningstar Awards Shortlists
The finalists for the 2017 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced. Voting is open until midnight on June 2, 2017 (GMT).
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
- Wrath by John Gwynne (Tor)
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (Harper Voyager)
- The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence (Harper Voyager)
- The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)
- Warbeast by Gav Thorpe (Black Library)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
- Infernal by Mark de Jager (Del Rey UK)
- Duskfall by Christopher Husberg (Titan)
- Steal the Sky by Megan E. O’Keefe (Angry Robot)
- Snakewood by Adrian Selby (Orbit)
- Hope and Red by Jon Skovron (Orbit)
The winners will be honored at a ceremony July 15, 2017 at Edge-Lit 6 in Derby, UK. For more, see the official Gemmell Awards website.
What do you think of these finalists? Anything surprise you on the list? What are your picks?
2016 Gemmell Awards Winners
The winners for the 2016 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence (Harper Voyager)
FINALISTS:
- The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron (Gollancz)
- Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia (Baen)
- Gotrek & Felix: Slayer by David Guymer (Black Library)
- Ruin by John Gwynne (Pan Macmillan)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
WINNER:
- The Vagrant by Peter Newman (Harper Voyager)
FINALISTS:
- Battlemage by Stephen Aryan (Orbit)
- The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (Pan Macmillan)
- The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig (Harper Voyager)
- Starborn by Lucy Hounsom (Pan Macmillan)
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Harper Voyager)
2016 David Gemmell Legend and Morningstar Awards Shortlists
The finalists for the 2016 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced. Voting is underway now and you have until midnight on Friday, 19th August to get yours in. That’s right, you get to vote – no strings attached.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
- The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron (Gollancz)
- Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia (Baen)
- Gotrek & Felix: Slayer by David Guymer (Black Library)
- Ruin by John Gwynne (Pan Macmillan)
- The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence (Harper Voyager)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
- Battlemage by Stephen Aryan (Orbit)
- The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (Pan Macmillan)
- The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig (Harper Voyager)
- Starborn by Lucy Hounsom (Pan Macmillan)
- The Vagrant by Peter Newman (Harper Voyager)
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Harper Voyager)
The presentation takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday 24 September at Fantasycon in Scarborough, UK.
What do you think of these finalists? Anything surprise you on the list? What are your picks?
2015 Gemmell Awards Winners
The winners for the 2015 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
WINNER:
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Tor; Gollancz)
FINALISTS:
- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Voyager UK)
- Valour by John Gwynne (Tor UK)
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence (Ace; Harper Voyager)
- The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (Orbit)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
WINNER:
- The Emperor’s Blades, Brian Staveley (Tor)
FINALISTS:
- Traitor’s Blade, Sebastien De Cassel (Jo Fletcher; Quercus)
- The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot)
- The Godless, Ben Peek (St. Martin’s; Tor UK)
- Age of Iron, Angus Watson (Orbit)
2015 David Gemmell Legend and Morningstar Awards Shortlists
The finalists for the 2015 David Gemmel Legend and David Gemmel Morningstar awards have been announced. Voting is underway now and you have until midnight on Friday 17th July to get yours in. That’s right, you get to vote – no strings attached.
The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel:
- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Voyager UK)
- Valour by John Gwynne (Tor UK)
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence (Ace; Harper Voyager)
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Tor; Gollancz)
- The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (Orbit)
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
- Traitor’s Blade, Sebastien De Cassel (Jo Fletcher; Quercus)
- The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot)
- The Godless, Ben Peek (St. Martin’s; Tor UK)
- The Emperor’s Blades, Brian Staveley (Tor)
- Age of Iron, Angus Watson (Orbit)
The presentation takes place at 8pm on Saturday 8th August at Nine Worlds Geekfest.
What do you think of these finalists? Anything surprise you on the list? What are your picks?
Introducing the David Gemmell Awards
Today we’re happy to announce the addition of the David Gemmell Awards to the Worlds Without End database! The two awards, established in memory of fantasy author David Gemmell, consist of the Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel in the traditional, heroic, epic or high fantasy genres, and the Morningstar Award for best such first novel by a new author.
This is one of our first attempts at adding lesser known awards that nevertheless highlight very good talent. The Gemmell Awards are only eight years old, but have already added novel material to our database. As one perusal of the lists will show you, their list includes novels that have not received recognition from the major awards, and may take you down a path you never knew existed.
It’s been a while since we added some new awards to our database. To be honest, we had a few that were higher up on our list (and they are still coming!), but, when we realized that many of our members had already added the novels that this list requires, we realized we had a quick win on our hands. Let us know what you think of this new addition and don’t forget to check your reading stats page to see how you fare for this award. We just got the last dozen or so books for the award added to the site so you may have some tagging to do. Get to reading!