WINNERS: 2009 Chesley Awards

Posted on August 8, 2009 by John DeNardo in Awards // 0 Comments

The winners of the Chesley Awards, recognizing individual artistic works and achievements, have been announced:

BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: HARDBACK BOOK

Donato Giancola, A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008)

BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: PAPERBACK BOOK

John Picacio, Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders (Pyr, November 2008)

BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: MAGAZINE

Matts Minnhagen, Clarkesworld, April 2008

BEST INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION

Donato Giancola, “The Wraith” by J. Robert Lennon (Playboy, November 2008)

BEST COLOR WORK: UNPUBLISHED

Simon Dominic, The Gift, Digital

BEST MONOCHROME WORK: UNPUBLISHED

Simon Dominic, The Kraken, Digital

BEST THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART

Vincent Villafranca, The Celestial Itinerant, Bronze

BEST PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION

Dan Dos Santos, Hellboy II promotional art, Dark Horse & Universal Pictures

BEST GAMING – RELATED ILLUSTRATION

Volkan Baga, Stoic Angel, Magic Card, Shards of Alara, WotC

BEST ART DIRECTOR

Lou Anders, Pyr Books

AWARD FOR ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

Julie Bell

Congratulations to all the winners!

John DeNardo is the Managing Editor at SF Signal and a columnist at Kirkus Reviews. He also likes bagels. So there.