The Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA) has just announced the final ballot for this year’s 24th annual Chesley Awards (for works done in 2008). The award winners will be announced Anticipation, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, in Montreal in August. Voting is open to members of ASFA.
The final ballot is:
Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book:
Dan Dos Santos for Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick (Pyr)
Scott Fischer for An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Donato Giancola for A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (Science Fiction Book Club)
Stephen Hickman for Ghost Quarter edited by Marvin Kaye (Tor)
Todd Lockwood for Quofum by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)
Stephan Martiniere for The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick (Tor)
John Picacio for Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor)
Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book:
Dan Dos Santos for Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
Michael Kormarck for Dragonforge by James Maxey (Solaris)
Todd Lockwood for The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd
John Picacio for Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders (Pyr)
J.P. Targete for The Turtle Moves! Discworld’s Story Unauthorized by Lawrence Watt Evans (Benbella)
Paul Youll for Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear (Roc)
Best Cover Illustration: Magazine:
Bob Eggleton for Asimov’s August 2008
David Hardy for Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008
Maurizio Manzieri for Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008
Matts Minnhagen for Clarkesworld April 2008
John Picacio for Asimov’s September 2008
Best Interior Illustration:
Donato Giancola for “The Wraith” by J. Robert Lennon (Playboy, November 2008)
Alan Lee for Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
John Picacio for Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock (Del Rey)
Adam Rex for Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex (Harcourt)
Shaun Tan for Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin)
Best Color Work: Unpublished:
Julie Bell for “The Wave in Her Heart” (oil)
Simon Dominic for “The Gift” (digital)
Donato Giancola for “Progeny” (oil)
Omar Rayyan for “Gizmo” (watercolor)
Raoul Vitale for “Lorca’s Cave” (oil)
Michael Whelan for “The Seawall” (acrylic)
Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished:
A.L. Ashbaugh for “Counterfeit” (graphite)
Simon Dominic for “Kraken” (digital)
Rebecca Guay for “Gweneuere” (pencil)
James Jean for “Hare” (oil)
Kate Lebherz-Gelinas for “Chiroptera” (pencil)
Best Three-Dimensional Art:
Brian Chan for “Wall-E” (paper/origami)
Akihito Ikeda for “Heart of Art” (mixed)
Laura Reynolds for “The Mushroom Gatherer” (mixed)
Forest Rogers for “Dark Harpy” (polyclay, copper foil, and gold leaf)
Vincent Villafranca for “The Celestial Itinerant” (bronze)
Best Product Illustration:
Volkan Baga for The Name of The Rose game box & promotional art (Ravensburger Spielevelag)
James Christensen for False Magic LE Canvas Print (Greenwich Workshop)
Dan Dos Santos for Hellboy II promotional art (Dark Horse & Universal Pictures)
Patrick Jones for Cyber Angel poster (IlluXCon 2008)
Justin Sweet for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian concept art (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Gaming-Related Illustration:
Volkan Baga for Stoic Angel Magic Card, Shards of Alara (Wizards of the Coast)
Tom Fleming for Firestorm VS System (Upper Deck)
Michael Kormarck for Angelic Benediction Magic Card, Shards of Alara (WotC)
David Palumbo for Cancel Magic Card, Shards of Alara (WotC)
Matt Stewart for Invincible Hymn Magic Card, Shards of Alara (WotC)
Best Art Director:
Matt Adelsperger of Wizards of the Coast
Scott Allie of Dark Horse Comics
Lou Anders of Pyr Books
Irene Gallo of Tor Books
Jeremy Jarvis of Wizards of the Coast
Bill Schafer of Subterranean Press
David Stevenson of Del Rey Books
Award for Artistic Achievement:
Julie Bell
Roger Dean
Dan Dos Santos
James Jean
Stephan Martiniere
Shaun Tan
The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 as ASFA’s peer awards to recognize individual works and achievements during a given year. The Chesleys were initially called the ASFA Awards, but were later renamed to honor famed astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell after his death in 1986. The awards are presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).