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Blythe Barnhill:

The results of our 2004 cover contest are in, and readers, authors, and cover enthusiasts have spoken in record numbers. Our winners are:

Winner in Historical	Winner Two-Image Cover
Winner in Contemporary	Winner in Alternate Reality
Winner in Series	Winner Historical Series
Worst

2004 Cover Ballot Committee: Lisa Baca Shelby Bagby Blythe Barnhill Marlene Breakfield Marian Clough Linnae Crady Leanne Davis Kellye Fergeson Teresa Galloway Ann Garland Mary Alice Gibbons Jenny Gustafsson Jennifer Keirans Elaine Lee Tobi Liedes-Bell Sandi Morris Mary Lynne Nielsen Rachel Potter John Rothermel Màili Ryan Sharon Shearouse Jo-Ann Walmsley Karen Wheless

Just a few notes about the contest and commentary: We had more participants than ever – one and a half times the number of voters from last year. Thanks for your participation and your fabulous comments (which were truly an embarrassment of riches). I’d also like to thank so many authors for participating; it's easy to argue that they have more at stake than anyone in cover trends. I’ve quoted several authors throughout the column, but used only their first names, unless they are talking about their own covers. By the way, many authors who voted for their own covers seemed somewhat sheepish about it. No need for that; a good cover is to be celebrated – even if it’s your own. Thanks again to the coverballot committee, and to all the readers who nominated covers and voted in the contest. We are already starting to work on next year’s contest, which will be hosted at its own website, The Cover Cafe. Please keep those nominations coming! To the Single-Cover Historical Results

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