2009 Chesley Award Nominations Announced

The nominees for the 2009 Chesley Award were recently announced and the list is impressive. For those unaware of this award, the Chelseys are given for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art or illustration. The award began in 1985 and is run by the Association for Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA). The award was named after the artist Chesley Bonestell after his death in 1986 and are present at the World Science Fiction Convention.

Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book
• Dan Dos Santos: Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick (Pyr, August 2008)
• Scott Fischer: An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe (Tor, September 2008)
• Donato Giancola: A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008)
• Stephen Hickman: Ghost Quartet edited by Marvin Kaye (Tor, September 2008)
• Todd Lockwood: Quofum by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey, October 2008)
• Stephan Martiniere: The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick (Tor, January 2008)
• John Picacio: Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Tor, March 2008)

Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book
• Dan Dos Santos: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Ace, July 2008)
• Michael Kormarck: Dragonforge by James Maxey (Solaris, June 2008)
• Todd Lockwood: The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd (Pyr, November 2008)
• John Picacio: Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders (Pyr, October 2008)
• J.P. Targete: The Turtle Moves! Discworld’s Story Unauthorized by Lawrence Watt Evans (Benbella Books, August 2008)
• Paul Youll: Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear (ROC, August 2008)

Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
• Bob Eggleton: Asimov’s, August 2008
• David Hardy: Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
• Maurizio Manzieri: Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008
• Matts Minnhagen: Clarkesworld, April 2008
• John Picacio: Asimov’s, September 2008

Best Interior Illustration
• Donato Giancola: The Wraith by J. Robert Lennon (Playboy, November 2008)
• Alan Lee for Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2008)
• John Picacio: Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock (Del Rey, 2008)
• Adam Rex: Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex (Harcourt, September 2008)
• Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin, May 2008)

Best Color Work: Unpublished
• Julie Bell: The Wave in Her Heart, Oil
• Simon Dominic: The Gift, Digital
• Donata Giancola: Progeny, Oil
• Omar Rayyan: Gizmo, Watercolor
• Raoul Vitale: Lorca’s Cave, Oil
• Michael Whelan: The Seawall, Acrylic

Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished
• A.L. Ashbaugh: Counterfeit, Graphite
• Simon Dominic: Kraken, Digital
• Rebecca Guay: Gweneuere, Pencil
• James Jean: Hare, Oil
• Kate Lebherz-Gelinas: Chiroptera, PencilBest Three-Dimensional Art
• Brian Chan: Wall-E, Paper/Origami
• Akihito Ikeda: Heart of Art, Mixed
• Laura Reynolds: The Mushroom Gatherer, Mixed
• Forest Rogers: Dark Harpy, Polyclay, Copper Foil & Gold Leaf
• Vincent Villafranca: The Celestial Itinerant, Bronze

Best Product Illustration
• Volkan Baga: The Name of The Rose game box & promotional art, Ravensburger Spielevelag
• James Christensen: False Magic LE Canvas Print, Greenwich Workshop
• Dan Dos Santos: Hellboy II promotional art, Dark Horse & Universal Pictures
• Patrick Jones: Cyber Angel poster, IlluXCon 2008
• Justin Sweet: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian concept art, Walt Disney Studios

Best Gaming – Related Illustration
• Volkan Baga: Stoic Angel, Magic Card, Shards of Alara, WotC
• Tom Fleming: Firestorm, VS System, Upper Deck
• Michael Kormarck: Angelic Benediction, Magic Card, Shards of Alara, WotC
• David Palumbo: Cancel, Magic Card, Shards of Alara, WotC
• Matt Stewart: Invincible Hymm, Magic Card, Shards of Alara, WotC

Best Art Director
• Matt Adelsperger: Wizards of The Coast
• Scott Allie: Dark Horse Comics
• Lou Anders: Pyr Books
• Irene Gallo: Tor Books
• Jeremy Jarvis: Wizards of The Coast
• Bill Schafer: Subterranean Press
• David Stevenson: Del Rey Books

Award for Artistic Achievement
• Julie Bell
• Roger Dean
• Dan Dos Santos
• James Jean
• Stephan Martiniere
• Shaun Tan