As listed on The David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy website the cover artworks nominated by publishers this year are as follows:

James Annal for Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Pan Macmillan)

Tommy Arnold for Skyborn by David Dalglish (Orbit)

Kerem Beyit for The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron (Gollancz)

Jason Chan for The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence (Harper/Voyager)

Wendy Chan for Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight (Orbit)

Alejandro Colucci for The Boy Who Wept Blood by Den Patrick (Gollancz)

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme for The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks (Orbit)

Krzysztof Domaradzki for Old Man’s Ghosts by Tom Lloyd (Gollancz)

Larry Elmore & Carol Russo Design for Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia (Baen)

Mark Ferrari for The Flotsam Trilogy Omnibus by Peter M Ball (Apocalypse Ink Productions)

Christopher Gibbs for The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox (Gollancz)

Sam Green for Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Gollancz)

Manuela Hackl for Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell (Jo Fletcher Books)

Mohamad Hani/Archangel Images for An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Harper/Voyager)

Teddy Eduardo Iglesias for The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz) Patrick Insole for The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams (Headline)

Jaime Jones for The Vagrant by Peter Newman (Harper/Voyager)

Nik Keevil & Nick Castle for Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan (Orbit)

Patrick Knowles for Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs (Gollancz)

Laura B for Spinning Thorns by Anna Sheehan (Gollancz)

Tim McDonagh for The Hunter’s Kind by Rebecca Levene (Hodder & Stoughton)

Chris McGrath for The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Orbit)

Jackie Morris for Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb (Harper/Voyager)

Lauren Panepinto for The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (Orbit)

Lauren Panepinto, Gene Mollica & Michael Frost for The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (Orbit)

Rhett Podersoo for Those Above by Daniel Polansky (Hodder & Stoughton)

Larry Rostant for The Skull Throne by Peter V Brett (Harper/Voyager)

Larry Rostant for Black Wolves by Kate Elliott (Orbit)

Larry Rostant for War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin (Orbit)

Larry Rostant for Reign of Iron by Angus Watson (Orbit)

Duncan Spilling for Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan (Orbit)

Steve Stone for Battlemage by Stephen Aryan (Orbit)

Steve Stone for The Dagger’s Path by Glenda Larke (Orbit)

Raymond Swanland for Archaon: Lord of Chaos by Rob Sanders (Black Library)

Andrew Unangst for Twelve Kings by Bradley Beaulieu (Gollancz)

Stephen Youll for The Silver Kings by Stephen Deas (Gollancz)

Paul Young for Ruin by John Gwynne (Pan Macmillan)

Paul Young for Acendant’s Rite by David Hair (Jo Fletcher Books)

Paul Young for Valkyrie’s Song by MD Lachlan (Gollancz)

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Please vote for the best fantasy book cover art on the David Gemmell’s page over HERE

Unfortunately I could only find small images for a number of artwork on the internet, if you are able to send me higher resolution images for any of them please drop me a message through the contact card: HERE. Thank you!

Agnes