Cover Art Contest!*

Want to get your artwork seen?  Do you enjoy reading?  Now you can have the best of both worlds! Design your interpretation of what should be on the cover of Feathers of Anais: Ascension into Darkness!  Take your chance to be featured on a professionally published novel, win a copy of Books 1, 2, and 3, and a *$100 Visa gift card!

Design your art based on the following synopsis and excerpt:

Set in the near future, her journey thus far has been rife with loss, mystery, and anguish.  She’s been targeted, attacked, and deceived.  Yet, Anaïs Faythor has sworn to fulfill her purpose.  But the path will not be an easy one.  Secret crushes, amplified abilities, ancient knowledge, and destruction loom ahead of her, threatening her life as well as the lives of those she’s sworn to protect.  Elian and Junior, her closest companions, struggle for Anaïs’ acceptance.  In the midst of their competition, Anaïs is forced to hide a secret she never imagined would surface in her life.  This time around, Anaïs must prepare her feathers once more for an epic battle that will define her, and ultimately shape her future.   The world needs her.  But is she up to the task?

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Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Feathers of Anaïs: Wings of Fury

One:

The Impact

Her lavender eyes shone so brightly, it was as though they had a source of light of their own.  This was indeed, not a dream.  Her hair fell softly against her collarbone, dancing listlessly, set in motion by the churning of her jaw.  Her perfect smile framed the laughter spilling from her, the joy bouncing from her cheeks as she tossed her head back.  The radiance that exuded from her was undeniable.

“Sïana! We gotta get to the showcase!” a voice beckoned from somewhere else.

Sïana?  My eyes shot open, and were immediately drowned by the blackness all around me.  Where am I?  I pushed my hand in a circle to the side of my body, and found a disheveled sheet crumpled and dangling from the bed.  The few drips of light that trickled in between the venetian blinds barely colored my surroundings.  A hotel room.

I ran my hand through my curls, and felt my brain tingle as it worked to calm the disquiet and confusion elevating in my thoughts.  “Sïana!” I gasped, whispering her name to the night.  I’d come to find her.  But that dream felt as though I already had… She was so beautiful.

I pulled the sheet over my shivering frame as I struggled to piece together the threads of the dream.  Lavender eyes.  I turned on my side, and closed my eyes, hoping everything would flood back as I snuck off to sleep.  I knew Junior would be in to wake me soon.  Perfect smile.

But instead of my dream of Sïana, images of Elian being dragged by Na’Ile stained my retinas.  The anguish on his face amidst his struggle to release himself was palpable.  And I couldn’t stop it.  I didn’t stop it.  They have him!

“Hey, you ok?”  Junior’s voice crept in through the small crack in the door-jam that he’d created.  He checked on me almost every hour.  And with good reason.

“Yeah, just…stretching” I yawned as I twisted in the sheet.

“You know I always know when you’re lying, papule gal,” he snickered.

“Get outta my head, creeper!” I laughed, tossing an extra pillow at the door.

“You have a few more hours to rest.  You know where I’ll be,” Junior moved to close the door as he backed away.

“Well, maybe,” I called to him, halting my words.

“Yeah?” he asked, pausing in his tracks.

“Maybe you can stay.  There’s a couch in this room,” I turned on my back, propping my head in my hands.

In silence, and without any noticeable hesitation, Junior stepped through the doorway, and latched it behind him.  “I’ll be right here,” he assured me, sinking into the noisy couch cushions.  I turned back onto my side, and closed my eyes.  Sïana.  Elian.  My family.  Mahdi.  Josiah.  I’m coming.

Rules:

You may post as many different pieces of art as you like, however, a single piece of art may only be posted and considered ONCE.  If artwork is posted in duplication, the entry will be disqualified from consideration.  Artwork MUST be original, showing artists signature.  Artwork must not have been submitted in any other contests, nor have previously won a contest.  One piece of art may or may not win based on the number and quality of submissions.  All submissions are free, and at no time will any artist be asked to pay any amount.  Artist entries will NOT be stored or saved by contest host, and will NOT be used in any other capacity before, during, or following contest period. Winner receives opportunity to have artwork included on a published novel, a copy of Books 1, 2, and 3, and a $100 Visa gift card.  Winner will be notified via method specified by individual.  All decisions will be final, unless otherwise noted by special announcement from contest host.  Contest will be open from June 1, 2023 until 11:59pm on December 31, 2023. Tag submissions to IG accounts: @leiliawrites730 and @AnaisFaythor; and use #feathersofanais for a valid entry.  Failure to tag both accounts and use aforementioned hashtag will disqualify that entry.

Artwork will only be used with the artist’s permission as outlined in Contest Rules.

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