Fanfic Cover
| Synonyms: | Fanfiction Cover, Fan Fiction Cover, Cover Art, Story Banner |
| See also: | zine art, Cover Art, Fannish Bookcovers, Podfic Cover Art |
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A fanfic cover is a piece of fanart created as a cover image for a story. It usually contains the title of the story and the name of the author, but it can also include additional information. A fanfic cover can be designed like a traditional book cover, but there are no limitations on form or style.
Many online fanfic covers are photo manipulations and other photo art, although digital and traditional drawings and paintings are common, too.
Cover art is often created as part of a Big Bang collaboration between author and artist. Sometimes authors design their own covers, sometimes a friend or collaborator designs it for them before the story is posted, and sometimes it's gift art by a reader of the story or created/commissioned by an archivist or the fan who compiles a podbook.
The FOX Awards in 2000 were presented for achievements in fanfiction cover art in the X-Files fandom.
Examples
Full Moon, cover by Frame Phantom. Winner of the FOX Awards in the category Outstanding MSR Fanfiction Cover Art (2000)
Just Between Series, photo art cover by Calli, gift art (2001)
Into His Hand, cover in poster style by cathybites, created for the Supernatural Big Bang (2008)
On the Knob Training, front and back cover by Yue ix in book cover style, created for the Box of Magic Merlin Big Bang (2009)
Above and Beyond, cover manip by Nicci (2009)
Mightier Still, cover art by Korilian in pulp/comic style, created for Atlantis Big Bang (2010)
Of Recoil and Grace, cover banner by la_esmeralda_, created for Paperlegends (2010)
Nothing Ever Promised, cover art by feyuca, created for Paperlegends (2011)
Winterheart Cover by Artmetica, created for Winterheart by goddamnhella (2014)
Cover Art for Deep Freeze by Kadorienne, created by RenneMichaels (2017)
