Chesley Awards

The Chesley Awards were presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) at Renovation on August 18. The Chesleys recognize excellence in speculative fiction art.

• Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book: Jason Chan, for Geist, by Phillipa Ballantine
• Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book: Michael Whelan, for The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
• Best Cover Illustration – Magazine: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, 6/10
• Best Interior Illustration: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth, by Donato Giancola
• Best Three-Dimensional Art: Mark Newman, “Eel Walker”; bronze
• Best Color Work—Unpublished: Julie Dillon, “Planetary Alignment”; digital
• Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished: Ian Miller, “Triptych”; ink
• Best Product Illustration: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising, by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook, 1/10
• Best Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano, “Amorphous Drake” Legends of Norrath
• Best Art Director: Jon Schindehette, for Wizards of the Coast
• Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Boris Vallejo

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