The fifth semifinal for 2026:
Vote your top (which is to say, bottom) three of these notably bad covers from May!
Because good (bad) work should be recognized.
This is apparently a story written by a grandfather, who let his granddaughters illustrate it, which would be fine except they decided to SELL IT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
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“We have to keep our love hidden… behind this text.”
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“No, I asked you to tell me why your species DOESN’T deserve extinction.”
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Blood Farmer (The Ultimate Evil Series Book 3)
“It’s okay, I bought them at Spirit in their after-Halloween sale.”
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That says “Hopes,” not “Copes,” but you’d be forgiven for the mistake.
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It’s about a little girl who finds a magical portal in her local mall. I’m telling you because the cover didn’t.
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The Land of La: A Wheezy Tweet Adventure (Ralph Bourne)
I make no assumptions as to the age of the author or illustrator.
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