2010 Chesley Awards nominees

The Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists has announced the 2010 Chesley Awards nominees. This year the Chesley Awards celebrate their 25th anniversary and the winners of the 2010 Chesley Awards, recognizing the works from 2009, will be presented at ReConStruction, the 10th Occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, which will be held between August 5th and 8th in Raleigh, NC.

Best Cover Illustrations – Hardback Books:
- Bob Eggleton – “Dragon’s Ring” by David Freer (Baen Books)
- Todd Lockwood – “A Magic of Nightfall” by S.L. Farrell (DAW)
- John Picacio – “Drood” by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press)
- Omar Rayyan – “Magic Mirrors” by John Bellairs (NESFA Press)
- Rohb Ruppel – “Visions of Never” edited by Patrick & Jeannie Wilshire (Vanguard Productions)
- Dan Dos Santos – “Green” by Jay Lake (Tor Books)
- Matt Stewart – “The Valley of Shadows” by Brian Cullen (Tor Books)
- Sam Weber – “Prospero Lost” by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Tor Books)

Best Cover Illustrations – Paperback Books:
- Scott Altmann – “Flight (The Mysterious Mr. Spines)” by Jason Lethcoe (Grosset & Dunlap)
- Volkan Baga – “Blutnacht Die Orc” by Stan Nicholls (Heyne)
- Jon Foster – “Boneshacker” by Cherie Priest (Tor Books)
- David Palumbo – “Stalking the Dragon” by Mike Resnick (Pyr)
- John Picacio – “World’s End” by Mark Chadbourn (Pyr)
- Dan Dos Santos – “Hunting Ground” by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
- Dave Seeley – “Young Flandry” by Poul Anderson (Baen Books)

Best Cover Illustration – Magazine:
- Les Edwards – “Cemetery Dance” (October 2009)
- Bob Eggleton – “Analog Science Fiction and Fact” (October 2009)
- David A. Hardy – “The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction” (October/November 2009)
- Kazuhiko Nakamura – “Clarkesworld” (#38)
- David Palumbo – “Heavy Metal” (November 2009)
- John Picacio – “Asimov's Science Fiction” (September 2009)
- Adam Tredowski – “Interzone” (February 2009)

Best Interior Illustration:
- Brom – “The Child Thief” (“The Child Thief” by Brom, Eos)
- Gary Lippincott – “Come to the Fairies' Ball” (“Come to the Fairies' Ball” by Jane Yolen, Wordsong)
- Gregory Manchess – “Conan of Cimmera” (“Conan of Cimmera, Volume 3”)
- John Picacio – “Salem's Lot” (“Knowing Darkness” edited by George Beahm, Centipede Press)
- Michael Whelan – “The Little Sisters of Eluria” (“The Little Sisters of Eluria” by Stephen King, Donald M. Grant)
- Mark Zug – “Bugs in the Arroyo” by Steven Gould (Tor.com)

Best Color Work – Unpublished:
- Eric Fortune – “Allure”
- Rebecca Guay – “Gwenevere”
- Patrick Jones – “Death of Diana”
- Raoul Vitale – “Unrequited”
- Michael Whelan – “Lumen 5”
- Mark Zug – “Helium”

Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished:
- Jim Burns – “Pod Shift”
- Eric Fortune – “Hollowed”
- Justin Gerard – “Steampunk Wizard of Oz”
- Sheila Rayyan – “Faces of You”
- L.A. Williams – “Lost Love”

Best Three-Dimensional Art:
- Tom Kuebler – “Grandma Hoodoo & Zombie John”
- Kris Kuksi – “Anglo-Parisian Barnstormer”
- David Meng – “Satyr's Head”
- Charles Vess – “Titania”
- Vincent Villafranca – “The Switching Hour”

Best Game-Related Illustration:
- Daren Bader – “Boarguts the Impaler” (“Drums of War”, World of Warcraft Trading Cards)
- Volkan Baga – “Joraga Bard” (“Zendikar”, World of Warcraft Trading Cards)
- Lucas Graciano – “Silverwing”
- Kekai Kotaki – “Lorthos the Tidemaker” (“Zendikar”, World of Warcraft Trading Cards)
- Todd Lockwood – “Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet” (“Zendikar”, World of Warcraft Trading Cards)
- Matthew Stewart – “Serendib Efreet” (“Magic the Gathering”)

Best Product Illustration:
- Scott Gustafson – “A Confabulation of Dragons”
- Kekai Kotaki – “Guild Wars 2” concept art
- Gregory Manchess – “Above the Timberline” greeting card
- Ian Miller – “Cthulhu Temple”
- Jordu Schell – “Avatar Na'vi character design”
- Matthew Stewart – “Battle Under the Mountain”

On the ASFA’s website, at the page dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Chesley Awards, you can find links to the galleries of all the wonderful illustrations nominated for the 2010 Chesley Awards.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!