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

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

Announcing the 2021 M.L.S. Weech November Book Cover of the Month! December’s Contest Continues!

Greetings all,

I wanted to keep this particular post going as the Book Cover of the Month contests are frankly less successful than I had hoped. I’m too afraid to take a break with this at the expense of failing to give it my all.

With that said, we do indeed have a winner for November. We also have a winner for Week 2 of December. So let’s announce the winners.

The 2021 M.L.S. Weech November Book Cover of the Month 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. ! This really was a dynamic image with great texture. Congratulations to the artist and the authors. Good luck in the 2021 M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Year poll.

This means we only need four more covers to get the Book Cover of the Year poll going, and we’re already halfway through December.

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

Infinite by Duncan Ralston was a great example of balance and reflection (if with a twist). It’s a beautiful cover and a fitting entrant into December’s contest. It joins School for Spirits in the poll, and you can vote for your favorite cover in Week 3’s poll right here.

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 Week 3 2021 M.L.S. Weech October Book Cover of the Month! Vote for Week 4!

Greetings all,

We’re chugging along and about to finish the seventh month of my book cover of the year competition.

The winner of the third week of October is …

Dragon Bond by Ursula Visser had perfect composition! Every single element was placed exactly where it needed to be while avoiding any overlap, which can cause tension in the eyes. That means it joins Gutter Mage and You Give Magic A Bad Name in the overall October competition. This week’s winner will round out the poll, and you can vote for Week 4’s cover right here.

I’d appreciate it if you’d head over to my YouTube channel and give it a like and a subscribe. It really does help me out.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

The 2021 M.L.S. Weech July Book Cover of the Month Poll Is Live! Vote for the First Week of August.

Greetings all,

The 2021 July M.L.S. Weech Book Cover of the Month Week Four poll has wrapped up. We’re ready to start August, but we also need an overall winner for the month of July, and I’d like your help.

So the Week 4 winner is …

A Desert Torn Asunder by Bradleuy P. Beaulieu was actually knee-deep in a three way tie until a helpful voter came and saved the day. I can see why. That use of color and detail is amazing.

Desert rounds out our Final Four (Sorry Suns! Get ’em next year). You can vote for the 2021 M.L.S. Weech July Book Cover of the Month right here. August is up and running as well, and you can vote for Week 1’s cover right here.

I’d be much obliged if you’d check out my YouTube channel, where I talk about these covers and what I like about them. It’d mean a lot if you subscribed and clicked that bell notification. It’s a free way to support me.

Thanks for reading,

Matt