The Academy of British Cover Design held its inaugural awards ceremony last night. The competition was open to any cover produced for a book published between January 1 and December 31 2013 by a designers based in the UK. Here are the winning cover designs in each of the 10 categories:
Children’s

Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn; design by Sharon King-Chai
Young Adult

Tinder by Sally Gardner; design by Laura Brett
Sci-Fi / Fantasy

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov; design by Clare Skeats
Mass Market

The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor; design by Emma Rogers
Literary Fiction

Tampa by Alissa Nutting; design by Gray318
Crime / Thriller

Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawken; design by Tony Lyons at Estuary English
Non-fiction

Football Type; design by Rick Banks at Face37
Series Design

F. Scott Fitzgerald paperbacks; design by Sinem Erkas (pictured: Tender is the Night)
Classics / Reissue

1984 by George Orwell; design by David Pearson
Women’s Fiction

Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell; design by Yeti McCaldin
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