COVER ILLUSTRATION, HARDCOVER

• Bob Eggleton, for The Howling Stones (by Alan Dean Foster)
• Don Maitz, for Corum: The Coming of Chaos (by Michael Moorcock)
• John Jude Palencar, for Lady of Avalon (by Marion Zimmer Bradley)
• Michael Whelan, for The Mageborn Traitor (by Melanie Rawn)
• Alan M. Clark, for Things Left Behind (by Gary Braunbeck)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, PAPERBACK

• Michael Dashow, for The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and other odd acquaintances (by Peter S. Beagle)
• Tom Canty, for Competitions (by Sharon Green)
• Stephen Youll, for A Game of Thrones (by George R. R. Martin)
• John Jude Palencar, for Jovah's Angel (by Sharon Shinn)
• Don Maitz, for Merlin's Harp (by Anne Eliot Crompton)
• Jody Lee, for The Stone Prince (by Fiona Patton)
• Todd Lockwood, for The Wayward Knights (by Roland Green)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, MAGAZINE

• Todd Lockwood, for Dragon Aug 1997
• Olivia De Berardinis, for Heavy Metal May 1997
• Bob Eggleton, for Analog Oct 1997
• Don Maitz, for Realms of Fantasy Apr 1997
• Barclay Shaw, for F&SF Apr 1997

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION

• Alan Lee, for The Hobbit (by J. R. R. Tolkien)
• John Howe, for A Diversity of Dragons (by Anne McCaffrey & Richard Woods)
• Nicholas Jainschigg, for "Grey" (by Mercedes Lackey; Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Autumn 1997)
• Todd Lockwood, for "On the Inside" (by Robert Silverberg; Science Fiction Age Nov 1997)
• Tom Canty, for "The Queen of Hearts" ("Fractures in Rhyme", Art Against AIDS Project)
• Rick Berry, for Repent Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman (by Harlan Ellison)

COLOR WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "The Astronomer Prince", Stephen Hickman (private commission)
• "Chasing the Wind", Don Maitz (displayed at LoneStarCon II)
• "Michael the Archangel", Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt (displayed at DragonCon 1997)
• "Perrin, Queen of Autumn", Jennifer Emmett Weyland (displayed at LoneStarCon II)

MONOCHROME WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "Silently Moving People", Joy Marie Ledet
• "Callisto", Jeff Pitarelli (displayed at DragonCon 1997)
• "Harlequin", Erin McKee (displayed at LoneStarCon II)
• "The Hatchling", Stanley W. Morrison (nomination withdrawn) (displayed at Oasis 11)
• "Mr. Buttons", Richard Kirk (displayed at DragonCon 1997)
• "Teenage Angst", Charles Keegan (displayed at DragonCon 1997)

THREE-DIMENSIONAL

• "Witchblade" (coldcast porcelain), Clayburn Moore
• "Dragonheart" (coldcast porcelain), The Schiflett Brothers
• "Gandalf the Gray" (mixed media), Daniel Horne
• "Princes Holly" (mixed media), Laura Reynolds
• "Reach" (bronze), J. A. Pippett

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Vincent Di Fate
• Rick Berry
• Olivia De Berardinis
• Alan Lee
• Syd Mead
• John Jude Palencar
• Bernie Wrightson

ART DIRECTOR

• Jamie Warren Youll (Bantam)
• Warren Lapine (DNA Publications)
• Don Puckey (Warner)
• David Stevenson (Random House/Ballantine)
• Matt Wilson (Wizards of the Coast)

CONTRIBUTION TO ASFA

• Janny Wurts
• Jane Frank
• Todd Lockwood
• Morgana
• Teresa Patterson