2023 Chesley Awards Finalists

Best Hardback Illustration

• Marcela Bolívar for Blackwater by Michael McDowell (Suntup Editions)
• Donato Giancola for The Dragonborne Chair by Tad Williams (Grim Oak Press)
• Manzi Jackson for Africa Risen by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds. (Tor)
• Tran Nguyen for The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• John Picacio for Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
• Omar Rayyan for Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions)

Best Paperback/Ebook Cover Illustration

• Micah Epstein for The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
• Tom Kidd for Library of the Sapphire Wind by Jane Lindskold (Baen)
• Luisa Preissler for The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow by Rachel Aaron (self-published)
• Charles Vess for The Queen of Summer’s Twilight by Charles Vess (NewCon)
• Erin Vest for All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie (Tordotcom)

Best Magazine Cover

• Ed Binkley for Bourbon Penn 3/22
• Zezhou Chen for Clarkesworld 1/22
• Daniel Conway for Clarkesworld 10/22
• Tehani Farr for Eternus #1 Metal Variant 10/22
• JC Jongwon Park for Clarkesworld 2/22

Best Interior Illustration

• David Álvarez for The Collector by John Fowles (Suntup Editions)
• Bruce Brenneise for Sword of Destiny: Illustrated Edition by Andrzej Sapowski (Orbit)
• Hilary Clarcq for Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Suntup Editions)
• Jason Mowry for Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Suntup Editions)
• Omar Rayyan for Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions)
• Corinne Reid for “The Long View” by Susan Palwick (Tor.com 4/27/22)
• Red Nose Studios/Chris Sickels for “Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery” by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 2/16/22)

Best Color Work: Unpublished

• Ed Binkley for “Firefly Queen” (Acrylic & Colored Pencil)
• Donato Giancola for “Fear” (Oils)
• Mark Harrison for “The Singing Tree” (Oils)
• Serena Malyon for “Steady” (Watercolor and Acryla Gouache)
• Lauren Raye Snow for “The Ecstasy of St. Joan” (Procreate and Apple Pencil)

Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished

• Ed Binkley for “Listener” (Colored Pencil and Acrylic)
• Jeff Echevarria for “The Blessing” (Charcoal, Graphite Powder & Panpastels)
• Shawn E. Russell for “Rhythms” (Graphite)
• Greg Ruth for “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Graphite on Paper)
• Gary Villarreal for “A King’s Futile Plea” (Graphite)

Best Three-Dimensional Art

• Dan Chudzinski “The Great Owl” (Mixed Media)
• Nicole Lee Grosjean “Year of the Tiger Paper” (Mixed Media)
• Ornélie “Underwater” (Polymer Clay, Acrylic Paint, Butterfly, Glass Bubbles)
• Kristine & Colin Poole “Dove Dreams of Flying Ceramic” (Cold Finish)
• Forest Rogers “Love Note to Kay Nielsen” (Mixed Media)
• Dug Stanant “The Boatman” (Mixed Media)

Best Gaming-Related Illustration

• Bruce Brenneise for “Baldur’s Gate Harbor” (WofC Commander Legends)
• Dmitry Burmak for “Vodalian Hexcatcher” (WofC Dominaria United)
• Julie Dillon for “Thought Scour” (WofC Double Masters 2022)
• Serena Malyon for “Soul of Emancipation” (WofC Streets of New Capenna)
• Victor Adame Minguez for “Rith Liberated Primeva” (WofC Dominaria United)
• Ryan Pancoast for “Discover the Impossible” (WofC Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)

Best Product Illustration

• Antonio Caparo for SILA poster for the Illustration West 61 (Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles)
• Nico Delort for “The Lighthouse” (Mondo poster)
• Annie Stegg Gerard for “Journey’s End” (Dragon Con)
• James Jean for Everything Everywhere All at Once (a24)
• Greg Ruth for The Dune Sketchbook (Mondo poster)
• Jessica Seaman for “The Witch” (Mondo poster)

Best Art Director

• Neil Clarke for Clarkesworld
  Rebecca Dornsife for Suntup Editions
  Christine Foltzer for Tor.com
  Lauren Panepinto for Orbit
  Lia Ribacchi for Dark Horse Comics

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award

• Sanjulian/Manuel Pérez Clemente
• Roger Dean
• Gregory Manchess
• Mark Schultz
• Allen Williams

The awards are given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA). Voting (for ASFA members only) ends January 10, 2024.

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