2009. Photos were taken by Peter Coleborn.
2009 programme
2009 Winner- Andrzej Sapkowski for Blood of Elves
Shortly after the event, Andrzej Sapkowski, who couldn’t attend, sent us these photos from his home in Poland 1
Shortly after the event, Andrzej Sapkowski, who couldn’t attend, sent us these photos from his home in Poland 2
Deborah and me with the Swords of Night and Day
David Gemmell’s daughter, Kate, and son, Luke presenting
A “baby Snaga”
Anne Nicholls presenting
Shortly after the event, Andrzej Sapkowski, who couldn’t attend, sent us these photos from his home in Poland 3
Danie Ware with Snaga; Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards
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Snaga, the Legend Award trophy
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Kate, Jo Fletcher, Luke
Deborah Miller and Stan Nicholls presenting
Deborah Miller
James Barclay conducting the charity auction
Simon Fearnhamm (Raven Armoury) and me with the Swords of Night and Day
James Barclay reading from David Gemmell’s Legend
Joe Abercrombie accepting his baby Snaga
Juliet E McKenna and Robert Holdstock
l-r- Simon Fearnhamm, me, Deborah Miller, Luke Gemmell, Jo Fletcher
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The committee and helpers on stage at The Magic Circle during the first award ceremony in 2009.
With a gift basket from Gollancz
With nieces, and stewards for the evening, Elaine Clarke and Anna Kennedy
2010.
2010 programme book
legend Winner- Graham McNeill for Empire
morningstar Winner Pierre Pevel for The Cardinal’s Blades
ravenheart Winner Didier Graffet, Dave Senior and Laura Brett for Best Served Cold
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Alex Davis, Graham McNeill, Nick Kyme
Anne Nicholls
Deborah Miller & Mark Yon
discuss the Gemmells on a panel about genre awards at Odyssey, 2010’s Eastercon, held at Heathrow.
Drinks in the Devant room
Graham McNeill
Graham with Snaga 1
Graham with Snaga 2
Joe Abercrombie and James Barclay
l to r- Richard Morgan, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Joe Abercrombie, me, Deborah Miller, SFX Editor-in-Chief Dave Bradley.
l-r- Anne Nicholls, Juliet McKenna, me, Arthur C Clarke Award’s Tom Hunter, Deborah.
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Pierre Pevel
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The Ravenheart winners
2011. Photographs by Nick Cirkovic, Peter Coleborn and Stan Nicholls.
2011 programme book
legend Winner Brandon Sanderson for The Way of Kings
morningstar Winner Darius Hinks for Warrior Priest
ravenheart Winner Olof Erla Einarsdottir for Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts
2010 winner Graham McNeill prepares to present 2011’s Legend Awardat the 2011 Gemmell Awards
Anne & Stan Nicholls presenting 1
Anne & Stan Nicholls presenting 2
Anne Nicholls and Anna Kennedy
Artists Les Edwards, Dominic Harman and Chris Baker
Chris Baker and Ian Whates (with Tommy Cooper muscling in)
Gollancz’s Simon Spanton accepts the Legend Award on behalf of Brandon Sanderson
Graham McNeill and Darius Hinks
Guest presenter Anne Sudworth and Anne Nicholls preparing
Guest presenter Juliet McKenna and helper Rachel Oakes getting ready
imon Fearnhamm of Raven Armoury with the full-size Snaga he created
James Barclay conducts the auction 1
James Barclay conducts the auction2
James Barclay conducts the auction3
James Barclay conducts the auction4
James Barclay reads from David Gemmell’s Shield of Thunder
James Barclay, Mark Yon and Marcus Gipps of Gollancz
Jo Fletcher and Stephen Jones
Juliet McKenna, Sarah Pinborough and Jan Edwards
Morningstar guest presenter Juliet McKenna
Morningstar winner Darius Hinks with his trophy
Nick Cirkovic, Anne Sudworth and the Swords of Night and Day
Olof Erla Einarsdottir, Anne Nicholls and a baby Snaga
Olof Erla Einarsdottir’s Ravenheart acceptance speech
Preparing for the ceremony
Ravenheart guest presenter Anne Sudworth with Anne Nicholls
Rehearsing
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Stephen Jones, Sarah Pinborough, Kim Newman, Les Edwards
The audience begins to arrive
The trophies
2012. Photographs by Sandy Auden, Jonathan Green, Stephen Jones, Orbit, Sarah Pinborough, SFX magazine, Tor and Ian Whates.
2012 programme book
legend Winner Patrick Rothfuss for The Wise Man’s Fear
morningstar Winner Helen Lowe for The Heir Of Night
ravenheart Winner- Raymond Swanland for Blood Of Aenarion by William King
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An invitation. We were still at the point where the name hadn’t quite transformed to The David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy.
Anne Nicholls reads an extract from David Gemmell’s Waylander
Anne Sudworth
Author Ian Graham
Chris Baker presents the Ravenheart Award
Chris Baker presents the Ravenheart Award1
Chris Baker presents the Ravenheart Award2
Chris Baker, Rachel Oakes, Anna Calderwood
Chris Morgan conducts the auction as Deborah Miller peeps from the wings
Chris Morgan conducts the auction as Deborah Miller peeps from the wings1
Deborah Miller and Stan Nicholls presenting
Deborah Miller and Stan Nicholls presenting1
Deborah Miller presents the Morningstar Award to Helen Lowe
Dominic Harman
Ian Whates
Juliet McKenna
Kim Newman
Les and Val Edwards
Lou & Joe Abercrombie
Marie O’Reagan & Paul Kane
Michael and Sarah Ash
Michela D’Orlando
ravenheart Winner Raymond Swanland for Blood Of Aenarion by William King
Sarah Pinborough (+ unknown)
Stan and Anne Nicholls
Stan Nicholls, Rachel Oakes, Anne Nicholls, Anna Calderwood
The Legend Award presentation
The post-ceremony get-together
2013.
2013 programme book
legend Winner- Brent Weeks for The Blinding Knife
morningstar Winner- John Gwynne for Malice
ravenheart Winner- Didier Graffet and Dave Senior for Red Country
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A representative for Brent Weeks accepts
Anne & Stan Nicholls introduce, and remember Deborah Miller
Debbie Miller, RIP
Freda Warrington presents the Ravenheart Award to Didier Graffet
Ian Whates of NewCon Press announces the Legends anthology
Ian Whates of NewCon Press announces the Legends anthology1
James Barclay conducts the auction
James Barclay recites a scene from David Gemmell’s Legend
John Gwynne and family
Michael and Sarah Ash with the auction item they secured
Michael Marshall Smith presents the Morningstar Award to John Gwynne
Post ceremony drinks
Post ceremony drinks1
Post ceremony drinks2
Post ceremony drinks3
Stella Gemmell presents the Legend Award
Stella Gemmell presents the Legend Award1
The audence take their seats
The audence take their seats1
THE LEGENDS ANTHOLOGY
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2014.
2014 programme book
legend Winner- Mark Lawrence for Emperor Of Thorns
morningstar Winner- Brian McClellan for Promise Of Blood
ravenheart Winner – Jason Chan for Emperor of Thornsby Mark Lawrence
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Dave Bradley, Ian Whates, Helen Sansum
David Gemmell’s daughter, Kate, and Lee Blair
Guest presenters Dave Bradley, John Gwynne and Les Edwards
Ian Whates announcing the forthcoming publication of Legends 2. (More about this below.)
James Barclay conducting the auction
James Brogden and Adrian Tchaikovsky
Jo Fletcher and husband Ian Drury
John Gilbert
John Gwynne and family
Les Edwards presenting the Ravenheart Award
Les Edwards presenting the Ravenheart Award1
Marianne Fifer, collecting the signatures of authors and artists on a lawn sign
Mark Lawrence’s Legend Award was accepted by his agent Ian Drury, shown here (centre) with the other winners.
Michela D’Orlando and Fran Lacuata
Morningstar Award presented by previous year’s winner John Gwynne
Morningstar Award presented by previous year’s winner John Gwynne1
Nicola Sinclair, Sara Mulryan, Emily Fay-Lunn
Paul Kane and Marie O’Reagan
Pauline & Chris Morgan, Jan Edwards
Presenters with winners and representative
Ravenheart accepted by representative of Jason Chan
SFX magazine editor Dave Bradley presents the Legend Award
Shortlisted author Adrian Tchaikovsky in audience
Stan and Anne Nicholls introducing
Stan and Anne Nicholls introducing1
Stella Gemmell commented, “I like the bust a lot. It’s full of character, and I know Dave would love it too.”
Stella Gemmell
Stephen Jones
THE SECOND LEGENDS ANTHOLOGY
The trophies
Theresa Derwin and Raven Dane
This is the “pewter” version. A full colour variant was later introduced
Traditional reading from David Gemmell’s work by James Barclay
With representative of winner Brian McClellan
2015. Photos in this section by Sandy Auden, John & Caroline Gwynne and Rachel Oakes.
2015 programme book
legend Winner – Brandon Sanderson for Words of Radiance
morningstar Winner – Brian Staveley for The Emperor’s Blades
ravenheart Winner – Sam Green for Words Of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
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Adrian Tchaikovsky presents the Morningstar Award
Author Sebastien De Castell with members of the Gwynne family
Bella Pagan accepts on behalf of Brian Staveley
Bella Pagan accepts on behalf of Brian Staveley1
Gaie Sebold presents the Ravenheart Award
Gaie Sebold presents the Ravenheart Award1
Gollancz’s Simon Spanton accepts the Ravenheart on behalf of Sam Green
Ian Drury and Jo Fletcher
introduce a new Morningstar trophy in that year, again a splendid creation by Lee Blair
Juliet E. McKenna steps up to undertake a reading from David Gemmell’s work
Post-ceremony, Ian Whates hosted a signing for Legends 2 b
Post-ceremony, Ian Whates hosted a signing for Legends 2 a
Post-ceremony, Ian Whates hosted a signing for Legends 2
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Presenting
SFX magazine editor Richard Edwards presents the Legend Award
SFX magazine editor Richard Edwards presents the Legend Award1
Simon Spanton accepts for Brandon Sanderson
The trophies
2016. Photos by British Fantasy Society, Peter Coleborn, Andy Remic, Helen Sansum.
2016 programme book
legend Winner- Mark Lawrence for The Liar’s Key
morningstar Winner- Peter Newman for The Vagrant
ravenheart Winner- Jason Chan for The Liar’s Keyby Mark Lawrence
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A tussle for the trophy
Andy Remic about to present the Ravenheart Award.
Anne and Stan Nicholls MC-ing
Anne Nicholls and Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Anne Nicholls MC-ing
Before he handed over the trophy Andy had the audience in stitches reading from letters he wrote to David Gemmell, and the replies he received.
Convention site the Grand Hotel
Francis Hardinge presents the Legend Award
HarperCollins editor Natasha Bardon accepts both the Ravenheart and Legend Awards on behalf of their winners
NewCon Press’ Ian Whates updates the audience about progress on Legends 3
Peter Newman’s acceptance speech
Phil Lunt reads from David Gemmell’s Legend
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Scott Lynch presents the Morningstar Award
Stan Ncholls and Phil Lunt
The audience assembles
The audience assembles1
This item about the awards featured in the following month’s edition of the leading American sf&f news-reviews magazine Locus
2017. Photos by Sandy Auden and Caroline Gwynne.
2017 programme book
legend Winner- Gav Thorpe for Warbeast
morningstar Winner- Megan E. O’Keefe for Steal the Sky
ravenheart Winner – Alessandro Baldasseroni for Black Rift by Josh Reynolds
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A welcome from Anne and Stan Nicholls
Arthur C Clarke Award Chair Tom Hunter presents the Ravenheart Award
Arthur C Clarke Award Chair Tom Hunter presents the Ravenheart Award1
conduct the auction
Guest presenters Tom Hunter, Joanne Harris and Samantha Shannon at the pre-ceremony run-throug
Joanne Harris presents the Legend Award
Joanne Harris presents the Legend Award1
Matt Dovey of Angry Robot accepts the Morningstar for Megan E O’Keefe
Matt Dovey of Angry Robot accepts the Morningstar for Megan E O’Keefe1
Phil Lunt and Alex Davis conduct the auction
Phil Lunt reads from David Gemmell’s Ironhand’s Daughter
Phil Lunt reads from David Gemmell’s Ironhand’s Daughter1
Rachel Harrison of Black Library accepts the Ravenheart trophy for Alessandro Baldasseroni
Rachel Harrison of Black Library accepts the Ravenheart trophy for Alessandro Baldasseroni1
Samantha Shannon presents the Morningstar Award
Samantha Shannon presents the Morningstar Award1
Winner Gav Thorpe accepts
Winner Gav Thorpe accepts1
Winner Gav Thorpe accepts2
2018.
2018 programme book
legend Winner- Robin Hobb for Assassin’s Fate
morningstar Winner- Nicholas Eames for Kings of the Wyld
ravenheart Winner- Richard Anderson for Kings of the Wyld
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A welcome from Anne and Stan
A welcome from Anne and Stan1
Andy Remic’s reminiscences about his correspondence and subsequent meetings with David Gemmell
Andy Remic’s reminiscences about his correspondence and subsequent meetings with David Gemmell1
Gav Thorpe and Anne Nicholls with Robin Hobbs’ Snaga
l-r Stan Nicholls, Andy Remic, Anna Smith Spark, Gav Thorpe
Nazia Khutan, of Orbit Books, accepted on behalf of Nicholas Eames
on-stage interview with historical novelist Conn Iggulden, who has cited Gemmell as a big influence
The ceremony opened with a reading from Legend by Phil Lunt
The Legend Award was presented by the previous year’s winner, Gav Thorpe
The Ravenheart Award was presented by Anna Stephens
The third and final volume in Legends series
THe trohpies
The trophy was accepted on behalf of Richard Anderson by RJ Barker
The trophy was accepted on behalf of Richard Anderson by RJ Barker1
