2014 Chesley Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2014 Chesley Awards, given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA), were announced:

Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book

• Jason Chan, for Lost Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell (Pyr)
• Kekai Kotaki, for  Quintessence by David Walton (Tor)
• Maurizio Manzieri, for Book of Iron by Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
• Todd Lockwood, for A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Tor)
• Michael Whelan, for A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
• Allen Williams, for “Light Reading”, Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Tor)

Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book

• Kerem Beyit, for The Scroll of Years by Chris Willrich (Pyr)
• Jason Chan, for Harbinger by Phillippa Ballantine (Ace)
• Julie Dillon, for Ancient Discovery: Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0 Book One (Crossed Genres)
• Justin Gerard, for Power Under Pressure by Andrew P. Mayer (Pyr)
• Dehong He, for Shield of Sea and Space by Erin Hoffman (Pyr)

Best Cover Illustration – Magazine

• Julie Dillon, for Clarkesworld #87 (12/13)
• Dan Dos Santos, for Fables #136 (12/13)
• Maurizio Manzieri, for F&SF (3-4/13)
• Cynthia Sheppard, for Bull Spec #8 & 9 (Spring 2013)

Best Interior Illustration

• Robert Hunt, for “Fire Above, Fire Below” by Garth Nix (Tor.com 5/13)
• Brian Kesinger, for Walking Your Octopus (Baby Tattoo)
• John Jude Palencar, for “A Terror” by Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com 7/13)
• John Picacio, for “The Button Man and the Murder Tree” by Cherie Priest (Tor.com 5/13)
• John Picacio, for “The Good Life” (Popular Science 6/13)
• Greg Ruth, for “Dragonkin” by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 7/13)
• Greg Ruth, for “The Running of the Bulls” by Harry Turtledove (Tor.com 3/13)

Best Three-Dimensional Art

• Devon Dorrity, for “Cecaelia, Queen of the Ocean” (clay)
• Thomas Kuebler, for “Krampus the Yule Lord” (mixed)
• David Meng, for “Leatherback” (resin)
• Michael Parkes, for “Goddess of the Hunt” (bronze)
• Forest Rogers, for “Goblin Spider” (Kato polyclay)
• Vincent Villafranca, for “Star Smith” (bronze)

Best Color Work—Unpublished

• Rhea Ewing, for “Ancestor Series – Neanderthal”
• Donato Giancola, for “Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin” (oil on linen)
• Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, for “Ships Passing in the Night” (watercolor)
• Dave Leri, for “Death Squealer” (oil on masonite)
• Annie Stegg, for “Lilaia the Naiad” (oil on paper)

Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished

• Justin Gerard, for “The Fox Princess” (pencil)
• Rebecca Guay, for “Tender Morsels” (graphite)
• Travis Lewis, for “Bone Collector” (graphite)
• John Picacio, for “La Luna”
• Ruth Sanderson, for “The Descent of Persephone” (scratchboard)

Best Product Illustration

• Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo, for “Jeannie’s Kitten” (IlluXCon 6 promo art)
• Mitchell Bentley, for 2014 Space Art Calendar (Atomic Fly Studios and Alban Lake)
• Julie Dillon, for 2014 Llewellyn’s Astrology Calendar (Llewellyn)
• Justin Gerard, for “Morzag! Lord of Destruction” poster
• Iain McCaig, for “Call of the Muse” (Spectrum 20 Call for Entries poster)
• John Picacio, for “El Arpa” (Loteria Card Illustration from Lone Boy)

Best Gaming-Related Illustration

• Lucas Graciano, for “The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield” (The Battle of Five Armies Board Game)
• Tyler Jacobson, for “Ruric: Thar the Unbowed” (Magic: The Gathering)
• Todd Lockwood, for “Observant Alseid” (Magic: The Gathering)
• David Palumbo, for “Serene Remembrance” (Magic: The Gathering)
• Steve Prescott, for “Prognostic Sphinx” (Magic: The Gathering)
• Chris Rahn, for “Ashen Rider” (Magic: The Gathering)

Best Art Director

• Lou Anders, for Pyr
• Irene Gallo, for Tor and Tor.com
• Lauren Panepinto, for Orbit
• William Schafer, for Subterranean Press
• Jon Schindehette, for Wizards of the Coast

Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement

• Jim Burns
• Kinuko Y. Craft
• Diane Dillon
• Drew Struzan

The winners will be announced at the Chesley Awards ceremony, to be held at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, August 14-18, 2014. For more, see the ASFA website.