2009 Chesley Awards Nominations

Last month the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists published a list of suggestions for the 2009 Chesley Awards in each of its categories. Now, the ASFA announced the list of nominees for this year Chesley Awards, which will recognize the achievements in the SF and Fantasy art during the 2008. Here are the nominees of each category:

BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION, PAPERBACK:
- Dan Dos Santos - "Cry Wolf" by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
- Michael Komarck - "Dragonforge" by James Maxey (Solaris)
- Todd Lockwood - "The Stormcaller" by Tom Lloyd (Pyr)
- John Picacio - "Fast Forward 2" edited by Lou Anders (Pyr)

- J.P.Targete - "The Turtle Moves! Discworld's Story Unauthorized" by Lawrence Watt Evans (Benbella Books)

- Paul Youll - "Hell and Earth" by Elizabeth Bear (ROC)

BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION, HARDCOVER:
- Dan Dos Santos - "Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight" by Mike Resnick (Pyr)
- Scott Fischer - "An Evil Guest" by Gene Wolfe (Tor)
- Donato Giancola - "A Book of Wizards" edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC)
- Stephen Hickman - "Ghost Quartet" edited by Marvin Kaye (Tor)
- Todd Lockwood - "Quofum" by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)
- Stephan Martiniere - "The Dragons of Babel" by Michael Swanwick (Tor)
- John Picacio - "Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories" by L.E. Modesitt Jr (Tor)

BEST MAGAZINE COVER ILLUSTRATION:
- Bob Eggleton - Asimov's (August 2008)
- David A. Hardy - Fantasy & Science Fiction (June 2008)
- Maurizio Manzieri - Fantasy & Science Fiction (April 2008)
- Matts Minnhagen - Clarkesworld (April 2008)
- John Picacio - Asimov's (September 2008)

BEST THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORK:
- Brian Chan - Wall-E
- Akihito Ikeda - Heart of Art
- Laura Reynolds - The Mushroom Gatherer
- Forest Rogers - Dark Harpy
- Vincent Villafranca - Otherworldly Procession

BEST INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION:
- Donato Giancola - "The Wraith" by J. Robert Lennon (Playboy)
- Alan Lee - "Tales from the Perilous Realm" by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- John Picacio - "Elric: The Stealer of Souls" by Michael Moorcock (Del Rey)
- Adam Rex - "Frankenstein Takes the Cake" by Adam Rex (Harcourt)
- Shaun Tan - "Tales from Outer Suburbia" by Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin)

BEST UNPUBLISHED COLOR WORK:
- Julie Bell - The Wave in Her Heart
- Simon Dominic - The Gift
- Donato Giancola - Progeny
- Omar Rayyan - Gizmo
- Raoul Vitale - Lorca's Cave
- Michael Whelan - The Seawall

BEST UNPUBLISHED MONOCHROME WORK:
- A.L. Ashbaugh - Counterfeit
- Simon Dominic - Kraken
- Rebecca Guay - Gwenevere
- James Jean - Hare
- Kate Lebherz-Gelinas - Chiroptera

BEST PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION:

- Volkan Baga - "The Name of the Rose" box art & promotional art for the game (Ravensburger Spieleverlag)

- James Christensen - "False Magic" LE Canvas Print (Greenwich Workshop)
- Dan Dos Santos - promotional art for the film "Hellboy 2" (Dark Horse & Universal Pictures)
- Patrick Jones - "Cyber Angel" poster (IlluXCon)

- Justin Sweet - concept art for the film "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (Walt Disney Studios)

BEST GAMING ILLUSTRATION:
- Volkan Baga - "Stoic Angel", Magic Card: Shards of Alara (WotC)
- Tom Fleming - "Firestorm", VS System (Upper Deck)
- Michael Komarck - "Angelic Benediction", Magic Card: Shards of Alara (WotC)
- David Palumbo - "Cancel", Magic Card: Shards of Alara (WotC)
- Matt Stewart - "Invincible Hymn", Magic Card: Shards of Alara (WotC)

BEST ART DIRECTOR:
- Matt Adelsperger - Wizards of the Coast
- Scott Allie - Dark Horse Comics
- Lou Anders - Pyr Books
- Irene Gallo - Tor
- Jeremy Jarvis - Wizards of the Coast
- William Schafer - Subterranean Press
- David Stevenson - Del Rey

AWARD FOR ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT:
- Julie Bell
- Roger Dean
- Dan Dos Santos
- James Jean
- Stephan Martiniere
- Shaun Tan

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!