2019 Debut Author Challenge - COVER OF THE YEAR!

Announcing the 2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover of the Year:  The Hungry Ghost by Dalena Storm with 40% of the votes.

The cover design is by Najla Qamber.

Congratulations to Najla, Dalena and Black Spot Books!

The Hungry Ghost
Black Spot Books, June 11, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 200 pages

A hungry ghost escapes from a dark realm into the human world, where it enters the unconscious body of a woman named Sam. When Sam appears to miraculously awaken from her accident-induced coma, her lesbian lover, alcoholic ex-husband, and well-meaning family must come together to try and stop the ghost from devouring everything Sam once loved.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Boston, a mysterious new kitten has just been born who holds the key to understanding what has happened to Sam.Will Sam’s loved ones be able to put things back in their proper place, or will the ghost destroy them first?

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The Results

The 2019 DAC Cover Wars Monthly Winners

2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - COVER OF THE YEAR!

It's time to vote for the 2019 Debut Author Challenge COVER OF THE YEAR! Below you will find the 12 monthly winners in alphabetical order by book title (excluding "the" or "a" or "an", etc.).

Vote for your favorite from the monthly 2019 Winners! Note that there was only 1 debut for December 2019 so it is automatically the December 2019 winner.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page.

Voting will end sometime on January 30, 2020 unless voting is extended.

Vote for your favorite 2019 Debut Cover!

The Age of Anxiety

The Border Keeper

Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones

Gideon the Ninth

The Gutter Prayer

The Hungry Ghost

Lies of Descent

A Memory Called Empire

The Revisionaries

The Vine Witch

Waste Tide

Westside

 

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November

Cover illustration by Luis Toledo at Dutch Uncle

Cover copyright © 2019 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

July

Illustration by Kathleen Jennings

Cover design by Christine Foltzer

February

Cover art by Chris Thornley

September

Cover art by Tommy Arnold

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill

January

Cover art by Richard Anderson

June

Cover design by Najla Qamber

August

Jacket art by Ryan Pancoast
Jacket design by Katie Anderson

March

Cover Art by Jaime Jones

December

Book design by archiefergusondesign.com

October

Cover design by Micaela Alcaino

April

Cover art by Victor Mosquera

May

Jacket design by Owen Corrigan

Jacket photograph © Utro_na_more/iStock/Getty Images (glove);

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2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - November 2019

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the end of the year the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2019 Debut Novel Cover of the Year. Please note that a debut novel cover is eligible in the month in which the novel is published in the US. Cover artist/illustrator/designer information is provided when we have it.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page. Voting will end sometime on November 30, 2019, unless the vote is extended. If the vote is extended the ending date will be updated.

Vote for your favorite November 2019 Debut Cover!

The Age of Anxiety

Disaster's Children

The Gatherer

NVK

Queen of the Conquered

Unnatural Magic

Whitetooth Falls

 

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Cover illustration by Luis Toledo at Dutch Uncle

Cover copyright © 2019 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Cover design by Kimberly Glyder

Cover design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

Cover images by Arcangel and Shutterstock

Cover copyright © 2019 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Cover art by Tomas Almeida

Cover design by Katie Anderson

Cover Design and Layout: Don Noble

2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - October 2019

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the end of the year the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2019 Debut Novel Cover of the Year. Please note that a debut novel cover is eligible in the month in which the novel is published in the US. Cover artist/illustrator/designer information is provided when we have it.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page. Voting will end sometime on October 31, 2019, unless the vote is extended. If the vote is extended the ending date will be updated.

Vote for your favorite October 2019 Debut Cover!

The Furies

Ninth House

Pivot

salt slow

Salvaged

A Tall History of Sugar

Trinity Sight

The Vine Witch

 

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Cover design by James T. Egan

Cover art: Woman's profile by Lorado/Gettyimages; 

Solar system by Dalmingo/Shutterstock

Cover design by Faceout Studio / Jeff Miller

Cover design by Kathryn Galloway English

Cover design by Micaela Alcaino

2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - September Debuts

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the end of the year the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2019 Debut Novel Cover of the Year. Please note that a debut novel cover is eligible in the month in which the novel is published in the US. Cover artist/illustrator/designer information is provided when we have it.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page. Voting will end sometime on September 30, 2019, unless the vote is extended. If the vote is extended the ending date will be updated.

Vote for your favorite September 2019 Debut Cover!

After the Flood

By the Feet of Men

Chilling Effect

Cold Storage

A Cosmology of Monsters

Gamechanger

Gideon the Ninth

The Imaginary Corpse

Kansastan

Neon Empire

The Nightjar

The Resurrectionist of Caligo

A Song for a New Day

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Tinfoil Butterfly

 

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Artwork by Julie Dillon

Cover illustration by Na Kim

Jacket design by Kelly Blair

Cover by Stephan Martiniere

Cover art by Tommy Arnold

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill

Cover by Francesca Corsini

Cover design by Matthew Revert

Cover art by John Coulthart

Cover art and design by Jason Booher

2019 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - August Debuts

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the end of the year the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2019 Debut Novel Cover of the Year. Please note that a debut novel cover is eligible in the month in which the novel is published in the US. Cover artist/illustrator/designer information is provided when we have it.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page. Voting will end sometime on August 31, 2019, unless the vote is extended. If the vote is extended the ending date will be updated.

Vote for your favorite August 2019 Debut Cover!

American Magic

Blood of an Exile

Claiming T-Mo

Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

The Heart of the Circle

Hollow Kingdom

Last Ones Left Alive

Lies of Descent

Steel Frame

 

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Cover design by Larry Rostant

Cover art by Micaela Dawn

Cover design by Francesca Corsini

Jacket design and illustration by Jarrod Taylor

Jacket art by Ryan Pancoast
Jacket design by Katie Anderson

Cover art by Gemma Sheldrake