COVER ILLUSTRATION, HARDBACK

• Keith Parkinson, for Rusalka (by C. J. Cherryh; Ballantine Del Rey)
• Carol Heyer, for Beauty and the Beast (by Carol Heyer; Ideals Publishing Corp.)
• Gary Ruddell, for Hyperion (by Dan Simmons; Doubleday Foundation)
• Don Dixon, for Nemesis (by Isaac Asimov; Doubleday)
• Michael Whelan, for Paradise (by Mike Resnick; Tor)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, PAPERBACK

• Stephen Hickman, for Gryphon (by Crawford Killian; Ballantine)
• Richard Hescox, for The Gate of Ivory (by Doris Egan; DAW)
• Jody A. Lee, for Magic's Pawn (by Mercedes Lackey; DAW)
• James Gurney, for Quozl (by Alan Dean Foster; Ace)
• Thomas Canty, for The Silver Branch (by Patricia Kennealy; Signet)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, MAGAZINE

• Frank Kelly Freas & Laura Brodian Kelly-Freas, for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Autumn 1989
• Bob Eggleton, for Amazing Stories Mar 1989
• A. C. Farley, for Asimov's Sep 1989
• Gervasio Gallardo, for Omni Jan 1989
• Nicholas Jainschigg, for Asimov's Jun 1989

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION

• Todd Cameron Hamilton, for Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (by Jody Lynn Nye & Anne McCaffrey; Ballantine Del Rey)
• Janet Aulisio, for "Date Night" (by Robert R. Chase; Analog Jun 1989)
• Courtney Skinner, for "Eating Memories" (by Patricia Anthony; Aboriginal SF May/Jun 1989)
• Carol Heyer, for "Jim-Bob and the Alien" (by T. Serio & Vivian Vande Velde; Aboriginal SF May/Jun 1989)
• James Gurney, for Quozl (Flip-o-toon illustrations) (by Alan Dean Foster; Ace)

COLOR WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "Winsor McCay City", Tom Kidd
• "The Guardsmen", Todd Cameron Hamilton
• "Passage the Red Step", Michael Whelan
• "Reef Window", Dean Morrissey
• "A Stitch in Time", David A. Cherry

MONOCHROME, UNPUBLISHED

• "The Guardian", Ruth Thompson
• "Bad Moon Rising", Rick Lowry
• "Grandmother White Condor", Dawn Wilson
• "Gyr-Falcon", Holly Bird

THREE-DIMENSIONAL

• "Wave Born", Arlin Robins
• "The Divine Comedy", Nevenah Smith
• "Emerald Passage", Clayburn Moore
• "Flying King Cabinet", Robert Pitz
• "The Last Warrior", Guy Frechette

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Don Maitz (body of work)
• Jody A. Lee (general cover excellence)
• Real Musgrave (body of work)
• Kim Poor, & Nova Graphics (promotion of astronomical art)
• Darrell K. Sweet (general cover excellence)
• Shaman, Susan Seddon Boulet (Pomegranate Artbooks)

ART DIRECTOR

• Betsy Wollheim & Sheila Gilbert (DAW)
• Joe Curcio (Tor hardcover horror)
• Dwayne Flinchum (Omni)
• Diane Luger (Ace/Berkley)
• Jamie Warren (Bantam Spectra)

CONTRIBUTION TO ASFA

• David A. Cherry
• Maurine Dorris
• Matt Fertig
• Erin McKee
• Teresa Patterson