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Celebrating our 25th Anniversary
of the Chesley Awards

This year we presented the Chesleys at NASFiC: The 10th Occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, August 5th-8th, 2010, in Raleigh, NC. ASFA Tweeted the results to the world via our Twitter account (ASFAart), for the first time ever - so if you heard about it from someone else, it actually came from us LIVE as it was happening!

The following links go to galleries with images of the official 25th Anniversary, 2010 Chesley Award nominees for works eligible from 2009:

Categories

• Best Cover Illustrations - Hardback Books
• Best Cover Illustrations - Paperback Books
• Best Cover Illustrations - Magazine
• Best Interior Illustration
• Best Color Work - Unpublished
• Best Monochrome Work - Unpublished
• Best Three-Dimensional Art
• Best Gaming-Related Illustration
• Best Art Director
• Best Product Illustration
• Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement

Congratulations to the winners:

Best Cover Illustration, Hardback Book: Matthew Stewart for Valley of Shadows by Brian Cullen (Tor, Feb. 2009)
Best Cover Illustration, Paperback Book: Scott Altmann for The Mysterious Mr. Spine: Flight by Jason Lethcoe (Gosset & Dunlap, Aug, 2009)
Best Cover Illustration, Magazine: John Picacio for Asimov's, Sept. 2009
Best Interior Illustration: Gary Lippincott for Come to the Fairies Ball by Jane Yolen (Wordsong)
Best Color Work, Unpublished: Raoul Vitale for Unrequited, oil
Best Monochrome Work, Unpublished: Justin Gerard for Steampunk Wizard of Oz, watercolor
Best Three Dimensional Art: Vincent Villafranca for The Switching Hour, bronze
Best Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano for Silverwing (Legends of Norrath card) Sony Online Ent.
Best Product Illustration: Matthew Stewart for Battle Under the Mountain (Illuxcon 2 ID tag, info folder and show catalog), Munchkin Press
Best Art Director: Irene Gallo for Tor Books
Contribution to ASFA: Ingrid Neilson for work on the Chesley Awards for 20+ years
Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Greg Hildebrandt

Other News & Announcements

1. Check out our new Logo!
2. We have new membership categories: Single and Family - and we have eliminated both the Associate & Foreign categories
3. The new categories will roll-back to pre-2002 prices (yes, new lower rates!)
4. We are putting together a new forums and community network for members only
5. New membership packets are being developed for everyone - existing members and new sign-ups alike
6. The new packets will contain a certificate of membership, new membership cards, a lapel pin and a small ASFA sign for artists to hang on their show panels. The new membership cards will be your key to unlocking the new upcoming member benefits we are currently working to establish...

We have just confirmed a new joint membership program with the Illustration Exchange. During the 2010-2012 calendar years, new sign-ups and renewals for the Illustration Exchange Premium membership will also receive an ASFA membership and visa-versa. Get access to the Illustration Exchange's listings of original art, their galleries, forums and sales pages along with your ASFA membership. Now really is the best time to join!

Please stay tuned for more as we make this new ASFA a reality!

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ASFA is looking for volunteersPlease consider donating a few hours a week to help us revitalize your organization. We are always looking for talented people willing to help out with membership drives, forum moderation, web site updates, publications and publication content (and all the other things that do on behind the scenes). Contact US!