Announcing the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year!

It’s a week late, but it’s better late than never!

Greetings all,

We have a winner folks! After 52 weeks, we found 12 nominees for the competition. Then you were allowed two weeks to vote, and those votes have spoken.

The 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year is …

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is just a stunning cover. I thought there were some great covers in the final twelve, but I have to admit this one still stood out to me. First, I congratulate all 12 nominees. You wouldn’t have been in this bracket if people didn’t vote for your cover twice (once for the book cover of the week and once for the book cover of the month). So hold your head up high!

Next, I want to offer my congratulations to Parker-Chan and the book designer. If the story is half as beautiful as the cover, it must be amazing!

That does it for my Book Cover of the Year series. I’ll be shifting gears to focus on the series that walks you through writing and publishing a book on Amazon. I hope you’ll check out my YouTube channel for that.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the Week 3 Winner of the 2021 M.L.S. Weech March Book Cover of the Month! Vote For Week 4!

Greetings all,

We’re just about ready to start looking for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year, but to do that, we need one more weekly winner and then one more monthly winner.

As I said, I certainly won’t do a 2022 Book Cover of the Year. The project isn’t generating a level of interest that makes the time and energy investment worth it, but I’m going to try a few other things on YouTube. If you have any ideas, please feel free to let me know.

For now, let’s name the winner fro Week three of the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month of March.

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas was honestly such a beautiful cover. It had great art. The detail was fantastic. It joins Lost in the Waking Well and the Starless Crown in the 2021 M.L.S Weech Book Cover of the Month of March poll, so you only need one more cover.

You can vote for that cover right here!

I’d appreciate it if you all took a look at my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It’s a cool way to support me and these other authors and artists.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Presenting the February Book Cover of the Month! and Week 2’s Winner for March

Greetings all,

We’re now just two weeks away from having our final Book Cover of the Month Contest. We’re going to name February’s winner as well as the Week 2 winner for March.

So let’s get to it.

The 2021 M.L.S. Weech February Book Cover of the Month is …

Outcast by Louise Carey. Honestly, this was a very competitive month, and all four covers deserve a ton of credit. But, there has to be a winner. Outcast is our eleventh entry into the Book Cover of the Year bracket, where it will face ten even better covers.

The Week 2 winner for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech March Book Cover of the Month is …

Lost in the Waking Well by John Notlad was a beautiful cover with brilliant text placement. It joins The Starless Crown in the final bracket for March.

You can vote for Week 3’s cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you stopped by my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It really goes a long way to helping me and supporting these authors and artists.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the Week 3 winner of the M.L.S. Weech February Book Cover of the Month! Vote For Week 4!

Greetings all,

Another week, another book cover, and this means we’re basically five covers away from having our Book Cover of the Year poll. That’s exciting! So let’s get to it.

The Week 3 winner of the 2021 M.L.S. Weech February Book Cover of the Month is …

Outcast by Louise Carey had great color and great use of the reflection/balance design technique. It joins The Atomic Ballerina and Rising Shadows in the overall February bracket.

You can vote for Week 4’s cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you all took a glance at my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It helps me out, and it gets these authors and artists some more visiblity.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the 2021 M.L.S. Weech January Book Cover of the Month! Vote for Week 3 of February!

Greetings all,

As I type this, we are officially only two book covers away from naming the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year! That means we can announce the January Book Cover of the Month!

The 2021 M.L.S. Weech January Book Cover of the Month is …

The Tinder Box by Kate Elliott was such a unique cover. That uniqueness paid off as it beat out three other great covers to earn a spot in the 2021 overall bracket. Congrats to them!

The February competition is already halfway done, too. The Week 2 winner for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech February Book Cover of the Month Winner is …

The Atomic Ballerina by I.O. Adler was just amazing from top to bottom. Some may argue the art could be more “realistic,” and I suppose they’re right, but this cover is just wonderful! It joins Rising Shadows in the overall bracket for February.

You can vote for Week 3’s cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you’d hop over to my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It not only helps me out, but it also supports the authors and artists of these titles.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the First Winning Book Cover in January! Vote For This Week’s Cover!

Greetings all,

We’ve inching closer and closer to the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year. We have a winner for the first week of January. Before we do that, please let me remind you that you can still vote for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech December Book Cover of the Month right here.

What that said, the winner of the Week 1 January 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month is …

Spark by Hadwin Fuller had a beautifully dynamic cover. I loved the color and action of the image.

You can choose the next cover to compete for January’s title right here.

I’d also be appreciative if you took a moment to pop on over to my YouTube page and gave it a like and a subscribe. It’s just another way to help out your friendly neighborhood independent author.

As always,

Thanks for reading,

Matt

The November Book Cover of the Month Contest Has Begun! The 1st Week of December is Live!

Greetings all,

We’re officially in our ninth month of the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month contest. That means we get to announce the winner for the last week of November and kick off the overall contest.

The final entrant into the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month of November is …

Genesis Draconis by Kevin McLaughlin and Michael Anderle is such a dynamic cover with so much energy and great color and texture. It’s a worthy entry into the November contest.

That contest is actually live now, and you can vote for the best cover in the whole month of November right here!

The December Book Cover of the Month is also live, and Week 1’s poll is right here.

I’d appreciate it if you stopped by my YouTube channel and gave it a view, like, subscribe, and share. It’s a nice little way to show your support.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the Week 3 2021 M.L.S. Weech November Book Cover of the Month! Week 4 is Live!

Greetings all,

First off, I just want to say again that Hazel is live in both electronic and paperback formats. I’d be ever so grateful if you gave it a try.

We’re just one week away from having the full roster of participants for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech November Book Cover of the Month.

The winner for Week 3 is …

The cover for Chimera’s Prism by PJ Garcin is just so dynamic. I love how they use the text and light to create a three-dimensional effect. The detail is also amazing. That means Prism joins The Doormen and Oldtech for the November title.

You can vote for Week 4’s cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you took a moment to head over to my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It’s just another way to give your friendly neighborhood author a bit of support.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the 2021 M.L.S. Weech October Book Cover of the Month! November’s Contest is Moving Along

BRIEF SHOUTOUT: Hazel is still out and doing well. If you haven’t checked out my new graphic novel that I did with Collin Fogel, please consider picking it up.

Greetings All,

We’ve just wrapped up another month of voting as we plod along to the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year.

Let’s start by announcing that. The 2021 M.L.S. Weech October Book Cover of the Month is …

You Give Magic A Bad Name beat out three other very good covers. It’s light and detail really help set it apart. I want to congratulate Ty Burson and wish the cover the best of luck in the 2021 Book Cover of the Year poll.

We’re actually close to announcing November’s winner, but we need a few more covers first. The week two winner of November is …

Oldtech by D. Edward had a very nostalgic Robotech kind of feel, and the detail of that figure in the middle is just cool. This cover will join Doormen in the November poll.

You can vote for the next cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you took a moment to visit my YouTube channel and gave it a like and subscribe. It’s a good way to show support and help get artists and other authors recognition.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

Announcing the Week 1 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month of November!

Greetings all, the first thing I’d like to do is remind you that the voting for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month of November is still live. You can pick your favorite from the four previous winners. You can do that here.

November is off and running, and I’m happy to announce the winner for week one, which is …

The Doormen by Victor Godinez had great use of color and light. Those concentric circles really do draw the eye in. And each one seems to frame a different scene. This is our first contender for the November 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month.

You can vote for Week 2’s cover right here.

I’d be very grateful if you took a moment to pop over to my YouTube channel, where you can watch me talk about all seven covers you can vote for this week. If you gave it a like and subscribe (click the bell notification), I’d be elated!

Thanks for reading,

Matt