Spectrum 18 Awards

The 2011 Spectrum 18 Awards winners were announced in Kansas City MO, March 12, 2011.

Advertising

• Gold: “Narco Americano”, Ryohei Hase (Playboy)

• Silver: “The Fisherman’s Wife”, Sam Weber (The Society of Illustrators)

Book

• Gold: “God’s War”, David Palumbo (Night Shade)

• Silver: “White Trash Zombie”, Dan Dos Santos (DAW)

Comics

• Gold: “A Flight of Angels”, Rebecca Guay (Vertigo/DC Comics)

• Silver: “Sleep”, David Palumbo (Last Minute Comics)

• Silver: “Fables 96 Cover”, Joao Ruas (Vertigo/DC Comics)

Concept Art

• Gold: “Riven Earth”, Kekai Kotaki (ArenaNet)

• Silver: “Legends of Norrath Elemental Pact”, Tomaz Jedruszek (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)

Dimensional

• Gold: “Giant Fisherman”, David Meng

• Silver: “Wind Messenger”, Akihito

Editorial

• Gold: “Share One Planet”, Android Jones (leeWiArt)

• Silver: “Redd Wing”, Brom (Realms of Fantasy)

Institutional

• Gold: “Knight March”, Richard Anderson (ArenaNet)

• Silver: “Mind Machine”, Donato Giancola (The Richard J. Demato Gallery)

Unpublished

• Gold: “Pandora,” Rebecca Guay

• Silver: “Tigers Have Striped Skin, Not Just Striped Fur”, Scott Brundage
• Silver: “White Heat”,  J. S. Rossbach

All winning artwork will be included in Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Underwood), edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner. Winners will receive a Spectrum Award sculpted by Joseph DeVito, which rests on a base sculpted by Tom Banwell, with either a gold or silver engraved plate bearing the winner’s name. Jurors were Nathan Fox, Gregory Manchess, Shena Wolf, Jarrod Shifflett, Brandon Shiflett, Boris Vallejo, and Julie Bell. A detailed report of the judging process, with photos, is available at the Spectrum website.