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2023 Chesley Final Ballot

The final ballot has been released.  Members in good standing can vote and if you would like to become a member click here to join. Members go to the voting link on the members website. The ballot will be open until January 10th. 

Best Hardback Illustration 

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Marcela Bolívar Blackwater by Michael McDowell (Suntup Editions; Spring 2022) 

Donato Giancola The Dragonborne Chair by Tad Williams (Grim Oak Press; April 2022)

Manzi Jackson Africa Risen edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, & Zelda Knight (Tor; November 2022) 

Tran Nguyen The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim (Knopf Books for Young Readers; August 2022)

John Picacio Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Simon & Schuster / Saga Press; April 2022)

Omar Rayyan Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions; December 2022)

 

Best Paperback/Ebook Cover Illustration

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Micah Epstein The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit; August 2022)

Tom Kidd Library of the Sapphire Wind by Jane Lindskold (Baen; February 2022)

Luisa Preissler The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow By Rachel Aaron (Aaron Bach LLC; June 2022)

Charles Vess The Queen of Summer’s Twilight by Charles Vess (NewCon Press; September 2022)

Erin Vest All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie (Tordotcom; March 2022)

 

Best Magazine Cover

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Ed Binkley Bourbon Penn #26; March 2022

Zezhou Chen Clarkesworld #184; January 2022

Daniel Conway Clarkesworld #193; October 2022

Tehani Farr Eternus #1 Metal Variant; October 2022

J C Jongwon Park Clarkesworld #185; February 2022

 

Best Interior Illustration

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David Álvarez The Collector by John Fowles (Suntup Editions; March 2022) 

Bruce Brenneise Sword of Destiny: Illustrated Edition by Andrzej Sapowski (Orbit Books; December 2022)

Hilary Clarcq Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Suntup Editions; July 2022) 

Jason Mowry Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Suntup Editions; July 2022) 

Omar Rayyan Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions; December 2022) 

Corinne Reid “The Long view” by Susan Palwick (Tor.com; April 2022)

Red Nose Studios/Chris Sickels Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com; February 2022)

 

Best Gaming Related 

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Bruce Brenneise “Baldur’s Gate Harbor” (WofC Commander Legends; June 2022)

Dmitry Burmak “Vodalian Hexcatcher” (WofC Dominaria United; September 2022)

Julie Dillon “Thought Scour” (WofC Double Masters 2022; July 2022)

Serena Malyon “Soul of Emancipation” (WofC Streets of New Capenna; April 2022)

Victor Adame Minguez “Rith Liberated Primeva” (WofC Dominaria United; September 2022)

Ryan Pancoast “Discover the Impossible” (WofC Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty; February 2022) 

 

Best Product Illustration

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Antonio Caparo SILA poster for the Illustration West 61 (Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles; 2022)

Nico Delort The Lighthouse (Mondo; March 2022)

Annie Stegg Gerard Journey’s End (Dragoncon; August 2022)

James Jean Everything Everywhere All At Once (a24; March 2022)

Greg Ruth The Dune Sketchbook (Mondo; July 2022)

Jessica Seaman The Witch (Mondo; March 2022)

 

Best Color Work:  Unpublished

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Ed Binkley “Firefly Queen”; Acrylic & Colored Pencil

Donato Giancola “Fear”; Oils

Mark Harrison “The Singing Tree”; Oils

Serena Malyon ”Steady” Watercolor and acryla gouache 

Lauren Raye Snow “The Ecstasy of St. Joan”; Procreate and Apple Pencil 

 

Best Monochrome Work:  Unpublished

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Ed Binkley “Listener”; Colored Pencil and Acrylic

Jeff Echevarria “The Blessing”; Charcoal, Graphite Powder & Panpastels

Shawn E. Russell “Rhythms”; graphite

Greg Ruth “Pan’s Labyrinth”; graphite on paper

Gary Villarreal “A King’s Futile Plea”; graphite

 

Best Three Dimensional Art

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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

Christine and 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 Art Director

Neil Clarke Clarkesworld

Rebecca Dornsife Suntup Editions

Christine Foltzer  Tor.com

Lauren Panepinto Orbit Books

Lia Ribacchi  Dark Horse Comics

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sanjulian/ Manuel Pérez Clemente

Roger Dean

Gregory Manchess

Mark Schultz

Allen Williams