2016 Chesley Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 2016 Chesley Awards, given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA), have been announced:

Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book

• Richard Anderson for The Dinosaur Lords, Victor Milán (Tor)
• Lius Lasahido for Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction, Hannu Rajaniemi (Tachyon)
• Todd Lockwood for Voyage of the Basilisk, Mark Brennan (Tor)
• Cynthia Sheppard for Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
• Sam Webber for Dune, Frank Herbert (The Folio Society)

Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book

• Julie Dillon for The Very Best of Kate Elliott, Kate Elliott (Tachyon)
• Tyler Jacobson for Beyond the Pool of Stars, Howard Andrew Jones (Tor)
• Jeffrey Alan Love for Wolfhound Century, Peter Higgins (Gollancz)
• David Palumbo for Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
• John Picacio for Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Finney (Simon & Schuster)

Best Cover Illustration – Magazine

• Maurizio Manzieri for Asimov’s (10-11/15)
• Reiko Murakami for Lightspeed #63 (8/15)
• Tran Nguyen for Uncanny #4 (5-6/15)
• Greg Ruth for Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1 (Dark Horse Comics 12/15)
• shichigoro-shingo for Clarkesworld #109 (10/15)

Best Interior Illustration

• Galen Dara for “Tuesdays with Molakesh the Destroyer”, Megan Grey (Fireside 1/15)
• Marcel Mercado for Southlands Bestiary (Pathfinder RPG) (Kobold Press)
• Peter Mohrbacher for Angelarium: Book of Emanations, Eli Minaya & Peter Mohrbacher (Magnetic)
• Tran Nguyen for “Transition Management Survey” (Chief Investment Officer 9/15)
• Sam Weber for Dune, Frank Herbert (The Folio Society)

Best Color Work – Unpublished

• Joseph Bellofatto for “Star Ship” (oil)
• Donato Giancola for “Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingal and Melian” (oil)
• Wayne Haag for “Desert Wreck” (oil)
• Jessica TC Lee for “Enchanted” (digital)
• Elizabeth Leggett for “After Hours” (digital)
• Mark Poole for “Memories” (oil)
• Eric Velhagen for “Felines” (oil)

Best Monchrome Work – Unpublished

• Rovina Cai for “Cold Wind”
• Jeremy Enecio for “Progeny” (graphite on moleskin)
• Travis Lewis for “Symbiosis” (graphite)
• Mark Molchan for “The Return” (graphite)
• Ruth Sanderson for “Invoking the Dragon” (ink & scratchboard)
• Chris Seaman for “Family Portraithausen” (acrylic)
• Allen Williams for “Bound” (graphite & gold leaf accent)

Best Three-Dimensional Art

• Devon Dorrity for “Flight of the Merrow” (clay & bronze)
• Thomas Kuebler for “Adelpha and Her Sister” (mixed)
• Stelios Mousarris for “Inception Coffee Table” (wood)
• Forest Rogers for “The Morrigan” (mixed)
• Virginie Ropars for “Okunoshima” (mixed)
• Vincent Villafranca for “Dark Day for the Metal Heads” (bronze)

Best Product Illustration

• Linda Adair for “Adolescence” (IlluXcon 8 promo art)
• Mitchell Bentley for Mitchell Davidson Bentley 2015 Calendar (Albon Lake & Atomic Fly Studios)
• Rovina Cai for “Black Hole” (Cosmos Tarot & Oracle Deck illustration from The Light Grey Art Lab)
• Jacob Murray for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game (2nd ed. box art, Fantasy Flight Games)
• John Picacio for “El Arbol” (Loteria card illustration, Lone Boy)
• Magali Villeneuve for George R.R. Martin: Song of Ice and Fire 2016 Calendar (Bantam)

Best Gaming – Related Illustration

• Clint Cearley for “Mind Rot” (Wizards of the Coast)
• Vincent Proce for “Guardian Automaton” (Wizards of the Coast)
• Anna Steinbauer for “Blessed Spirits” (Wizards of the Coast)
• Ryan Yee for “Fruit of the First Tree” (Wizards of the Coast)
• Min Yum for “Sandblast” (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Art Director

• Neil Clarke for Clarkesworld
• Irene Gallo for Tor
• Jeremy Jarvis for Wizards of the Coast
• Elizabeth Leggett for Lightspeed
• Lauren Panepinto for Orbit & Muddy Colors contributor
• Betsy Wollheim & Sheila Gilbert for DAW

Lifetime Artistic Achievement

• Kinuko Y. Craft
• David A. Hardy
• Gregory Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Wendy Pini
• Drew Struzan

The winners will be announced at the Chesley Awards ceremony during MidAmericCon 2, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, August 17-21, 2016 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City. For more, see the ASFA website.