The winners of the 2011 Chesley Awards we announced today at Renovation, the reno World Con. The Chesleys are given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists each year for excellence in genre art.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.

Click on the category headers to view the nominated work.

Paperback

Winner: Jason Chan, for Geist by Phillipa Ballantine; Ace, November 2010

Volkan Baga, for The Zombies of Oz by Christian Endres; Atlantis, November 2010

Jon Foster, for Dreadnought by Cherie Priest; Tor, September 2010

Todd Lockwood, for The Ragged Man by Tom Lloyd; Pyr, August 2010

Stephan Martiniere, for Ares Express by Ian McDonald; Pyr, August 2010

Anthony Palumbo, for Yarn by Jon Armstrong; Night Shade Books, 12/2010

John Picacio, for Elric: Swords and Roses by Michael Moorcock; Del Rey, December 2010

Dan Dos Santos, for Alien Tango by Gini Koch; DAW, December 2010



Winner: Michael Whelan, for The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson; Tor, August 2010

Kinuko Y. Craft, for Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington; Tor, November 2010

Don Maitz, for Blasphemy by Mike Resnick; Golden Gryphon Press, 08/2010

Gregory Manchess, for Spectrum 17 edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner;

Underwood Books, Nov. 2010

John Picacio, for The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper; Harper Voyager, August 2010



Winner: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #17; June 2010

Julie Dillon, for Clarkesworld #48; September 2010

David A. Hardy, for Analog; April 2010

Andrey Lazarev, for Clarkesworld #50; November 2010

Sergio Rebolledo, for Clarkesworld #40; January 2010

James Ryman, for Heavy Metal; January 2010



Winner: Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze

Thomas S. Kuebler, Scream Queen; mixed media

David Meng, Amphibiana; mixed media

Michael Parkes, The Letter; bronze

Jordu Schell, Ixana; mixed media

Vincent Villafranca, The Dogs of War; bronze



Winner: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola;

Jason Chan, Vilcabamba by Harry Turtledove; Tor.com, 2010

Jon Foster, Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure by Richard Parks; Tor.com, April 2010

Underwood Books, 10/2010

John Picacio, Elric: Swords and Roses by Michael Moorcock; Del Rey, December 2010

Keith Thompson, Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld; Simon Pulse, October 2010



Winner: Julie Dillon, Planetary Alignment; digital

Daren Bader, Isis; oil

David A. Hardy, Portals to Infinity; acrylic

Omar Rayyan, The Favorite; oil

Matthew Stewart, Waterfall Dragons; oil

Raoul Vitale, Torin’s Quest; oil



Winner: Ian Miller, Triptych; ink

Eric Braddock, Highborne; graphite & white charcoal on toned paper

Anthony Francisco, Tikbalang; digital

Ed Ko, Drawing for Beautiful Grim; pencil

Petar Meseldija, UNK!; pencil

David Palumbo, Zombie Girl; acrylic



Winner: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook; January 2010

Bob Eggleton, Dragon’s Domain: The Ultimate Dragon Painting Workshop; Impact, September 2010

Donato Giancola, St. George and the Dragon, promo art for Dragon*Con 2010

Lars Grant-West, Pact of the Blind, promo art for IlluXCon 3

David Palumbo, Transcend (aka Judgment), Heavy Metal tarot card; 2010



Winner: Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath); Sony Online Entertainment, 2010

Daarken, Harbor Serpent (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010

Kekai Kotaki, Gaea’s Revenge (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010

Howard Lyon, Eel Umbra (Magic card, “Rise of the Eldrazi” set); WotC, April 2010

Matthew Stewart, Bloodshot Trainee (Magic card, “Scars of Mirrodin” set); WotC, October 2010

L. A. Williams, Maritime Guard (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010



Art Director

Winner: Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast

Lifetime Artistic Achievement

Winner: Boris Vallejo