The jury for the 17th annual Spectrum art competition has announced this year’s winners in a variety of categories. The winners (a Gold Award and Silver Award in each category) receive a sculpted award, and all the works selected by the judges will appear in Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, which will be published by Underwood Books in October.
The winners (by category) are:
Advertising:
Gold: Sam Weber, “Absinthe Drinker” for Dellas Graphics.
Silver: Craig Elliott, “Never the Twain” for C.E. Gallery
Book:
Gold: Omar Rayyan, for Mismantle—The Rage Tide (published by Hyperion Books)
Silver: Scott Gustafson, for A Confabulation of Dragons (published by The Greenwich Workshop)
Comics:
Gold: Steven Tabbutt, for The Incident (published by Rabid Rabbit)
Silver: Eric Orchard, for Cloud Cave 3 (published by Top Shelf Productions)
Concept Art:
Gold: Daniel Dociu, for “Wasp Hives”
Silver: Ritche Sacilioc for “Monuit Valley”
Dimensional:
Gold: Mark Newman, for “Eel Walker” (bronze)
Silver (tie): Jack Matthews, for Cover Girls of the DC Universe: “Catwoman” (DC Direct / painted resin)
Silver (tie): Virginie Ropars, for “Alba” (polymer, mixed media)
Editorial:
Gold: Chris Buzelli, for “Aging Tyger” (for Asset International/AI5000)
Silver: Sam Weber, for “The Crow Procedure” (for The Walrus)
Institutional:
Gold: Ed Binkley, for “The Mouse’s Return”
Silver: Michael J. Deas, for “Edgar Allan Poe” (for US Postal Service)
Unpublished:
Gold: Eric Fortune, for “Beyond the Past”
Silver (tie): Donato Giancola, for “Shaman’s Loss”
Silver (tie): Heather Theurer, for “Game of Chase”
Pictures of the winning works are available on this page.
The jury were Bill Carman (artist/educator at Boise State University), Kerry Callen (artist for Hallmark Cards), John Fleskes (publisher of Flesk Publications), Rebecca Guay (artist/founder of Illustration Master Class), and Iain McCaig (artist/film designer). The series editors are Cathy and Arnie Fenner.
Entries for Spectrum #18 will open later this year. Information on entering, the contest, and the books is available at the official Spectrum website.