The David Gemmell Legend Awards were established in memory of David Gemmell and first awarded in 2009.

The awards are for fantasy novels in the traditional, heroic, epic or high genres, or in the spirit of Gemmell's own work.

From fantasy-faction.com:

The David Gemmell Legend Awards are quickly becoming one of the industry’s most desirable accolades, and it’s easy to see why. Firstly, there’s the fact that the big name publishers (Tor, Voyager, Gollancz, Black Library, and Orbit) get to put forward just a couple of books in each of the three categories (Best Novel, Best Debut, Best Cover) and are therefore showing a huge amount of belief in an author by choosing their work to represent their label. Secondly, this is one of the few awards that are voted for by fans of the genre. Winning a Gemmell Award shows that readers have enjoyed your work enough to take the time to log onto the David Gemmell Legend Awards website and give you their support. Thirdly, finally, and perhaps most importantly, as an author within the fantasy genre, to have your work tied to the name Gemmell is surely one of the greatest compliments you can get.