2024 Frank R. Paul Award Nominees
The shortlist and honorable mentions have been announced for the Frank R. Paul awards, which honor “outstanding work in book and magazine cover art.”
Best Book Cover
- Pawel Dabrowski for Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance by Tobias S. Buckell (Apex)
- Serena Malyon for Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes (Harper Voyager)
- Maurizio Manzieri for The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 edited by Allan Kaster (Infinivox)
- Kurt Miller for Lineage by Monalisa Foster (self-published)
- Kurt Miller for Through the Storm by John Ringo & Lydia Sherrer (Baen)
- Tran Nguyen for Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indrapramit Das (Subterranean)
- Leo Nicholls for The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Titan)
- Tan Ho Sin for The Firelighters by Christopher G. Nuttall (self-published)
- Tomislav Tikulin for The Last Day and the First by Tim Lebbon (PS)
- Tomislav Tikulin for Mystery Murder Madness Mythos edited by Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons (PS)
Book Cover Honorable Mentions
- Julie Dillon for Unbreakable by Mira Grant (Subterranean)
- Tristan Elwell for Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor)
- Jaime Jones for Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
- Carson Lowmiller for Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Tor)
- Serena Malyon for The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan (Erewhon)
- Kurt Miller for Thermopylae Protoco by David Weber (Baen)
- David Vincent Palumbo for Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (Nightfire)
- Neil Roberts for Garro: Knight of Grey by James Swallow (Black Library)
Best Magazine Cover
- Pascal Blanche for Clarkesworld 6/23
- Antonio Javier Caparo for Uncanny 5-6/23
- Alan M. Clark for F&SF 11-12/23
- DOFRESH for Clarkesworld 10/23
- Grace Fong for Uncanny 9-10/23
- Sergio Rebolledo for Clarkesworld 7/23
- Raki Sy for Fiyah Winter ’23
- Tomislav Tikulin for Analog 9-10/23
- Eldar Zakirov for Analog 5-6/23
- Eldar Zakirov for Asimov’s 7-8/23
Magazine Cover Honorable Mentions
- Kent Bash for F&SF 1-2/24
- Dominic Harman for Asimov’s 3-4/23
- Austin Arthur Hart for Star*Line Winter ’23
- Kurt Miller for Prehistoric Times Spring ’23
- Tomislav Tikulin for Analog 1-2/23
Winners will be announced at NASFiC 2024, to be held July 18-21, 2024 in Buffalo NY. Winners will receive $500 and a plaque. For more information, see the announcement on the Frank R. Paul Award webpage.
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