2011 Chesley Award Winners
2011 was the 26th anniversary of the Chesley Awards - congratulations to all of the winners! Remember, only ASFA members are eligible to nominate and to vote. If you want to be one of the few people with the power to bestow a coveted Chesley Award - NOW is the time to join or re-up your membership!
2011 Chesley winners
Presented at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, August 17th-21th, 2011, in Reno, NV.
Best Cover Illustration, Hardback Book: Michael Whelan, for The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson; Tor, August 2010
Best Cover Illustration, Paperback Book: Jason Chan, for Geist by Phillipa Ballantine; Ace, November 2010
Best Cover Illustration, Magazine: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show #17; June 2010
Best Interior Illustration: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola; Underwood Books, 10/2010
Best Color Work, Unpublished: Julie Dillon, Planetary Alignment; digital
Best Monochrome Work, Unpublished: Ian Miller, Triptych; ink
Best Three Dimensional Art: Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze
Best Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath); Sony Online Entertainment, 2010
Best Product Illustration: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook; January 2010
Best Art Director: Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast
Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Boris Vallejo
2010 Chesley winners
Presented at NASFiC: The 10th Occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, August 5th-8th, 2010, in Raleigh, NC.
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Best Color Work, Unpublished: Raoul Vitale for Unrequited, oil
Best Monochrome Work, Unpublished: Justin Gerard for Steampunk Wizard of Oz, watercolor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