2025 Frank R. Paul Awards Winners
Winners have been announced for the Frank R. Paul Awards, honoring “outstanding work in book and magazine cover art.”
Best Book Cover
- WINNER: Maurizio Manzieri for The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 by Allan Kaster, ed. (Infinivox)
- Stephen Andrade for I Want That Twink Obliterated! by Robert Berg, Trip Galey & C.L. McCartney, eds. (Bona)
- Lulu Chen for The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Bramble)
- Dan Dos Santos for Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
- Maurizio Manzieri for Schemes & Scandals by Kelley Armstrong (Subterranean)
- Kurt Miller for Mountain of Fire by Jason Cordova (Baen)
- Tran Nguyen for Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier (Clarion)
- Tomislav Tikulin for Adventures in Intergalactic Shipping by Matt Lieberman (NeoText)
- Eleonor Piteira for A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen (Del Rey)
- Alyssa Winans for Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis (DAW)
Book Cover Honorable Mentions
- Audrey Benjaminsen for Phantom of the Opera by Gastron Leroux (self-published)
- Julie Dillon for Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher (Tordotcom)
- Ashley Mackenzie for Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra)
- Maurizio Manzieri for In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
- Kurt Miller for The Down Deep by Catherine Asaro (Baen)
Best Magazine Cover
- WINNER: Zara Alfonso for Uncanny 5-6/24
- James Beveridge for On Spec Fall ’24
- Longque Chen for Clarkesworld 4/24
- Galen Dara for Uncanny 1-2/24
- Stefan Koidl for Cosmic Horror 11/24
- Tithi Luadthong for Lightspeed 4/24
- Maurizio Manzieri for Asimov’s 1-2/24
- Bruce Pennington for Galaxy SF 8/24
- John Picacio for Uncanny 9-10/24
- John Sumrow for Asimov’s 7-8/24
Magazine Cover Honorable Mentions
- Ninja Jo for Clarkesworld 7/24
- Stefan Koidl for The Dark 7/24
- Ana Niki for Worlds of Possibility 6/24
- Alex Ries for Clarkesworld 12/24
- Marco Zagara for Clarkesworld 3/24
Winners were announced at Philcon 2025, held November 21-23, 2025 in Philadelphia PA. Winners receive $500 and a trophy. For more information, see the official Frank R. Paul Award webpage.
For more information, see the official Frank R. Paul Award webpage.
