Chesley Awards 2023
science fiction awards database
Date Announced: December 21, 2023
Winners announced: March 29, 2024
Where: Online
Eligibility Year: 2022
Winners announced: March 29, 2024
Where: Online
Eligibility Year: 2022
Hardback Illustration
- Winner: Manzi Jackson for Africa Risen by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds. (Tor)
- Omar Rayyan for Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions)
- Marcela Bolívar for Blackwater by Michael McDowell (Suntup Editions)
- Donato Giancola for The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams (Grim Oak Press)
- Tran Nguyen for The Dragon's Promise by Elizabeth Lim (Knopf)
- John Picacio for Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
Paperback/ebook Cover Illustration
- Winner: Luisa Preissler for The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow by Rachel Aaron (self-publishesd)
- Erin Vest for All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie (Tordotcom)
- Tom Kidd for Library of the Sapphire Wind by Jane Lindskold (Baen)
- Micah Epstein for The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (Orbit)
- Charles Vess for The Queen of Summer's Twilight by Charles Vess (NewCon)
Magazine Cover
- Winner: Tehani Farr for Eternus #1 Metal Variant Oct 2022
- Ed Binkley for Bourben Penn Mar 2022
- Zezhou Chen for Clarkesworld Jan 2022
- Daniel Conway for Clarkesworld Oct 2022
- JC Jongwon Park for Clarkesworld Feb 2022
Interior Illustration
- Winner: Omar Rayyan for Animal Farm by George Orwell (Suntup Editions)
- David A´lvarez for The Collector by John Fowles (Suntup Editions)
- Hilary Clarcq for Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Suntup Editions)
- Jason Mowry for Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Suntup Editions)
- Corinne Reid for “The Long View” by Susan Palwick (Tor.com 27 Apr 2022)
- Chris Sickels for “Seven Vampires: A Judge Dee Mystery” by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 16 Feb 2022) (Red Nose Studios)
- Bruce Brenneise for Sword of Destiny: Illustrated Edition by Andrzej Sapowski (Orbit)
Color Work, Unpublished
- Winner: “Steady”, Serena Malyon (watercolor and acryla gouache)
- “The Ecstasy of St. Joan”, Lauren Raye Snow (procreate and apple pencil)
- “Fear”, Donato Giancola (oils)
- “Firefly Queen”, Ed Binkley (acrylic & colored pencil)
- “The Singing Tree”, Mark Harrison (oils)
Monochrome Work, Unpublished
- Winner: “Listener”, Ed Binkley (colored pensil and acrylic)
- “The Blessing”, Jeff Echevarria (charcoal, graphite powder & panpastels)
- “A King's Futile Plea”, Gary Villarreal (graphite)
- “Pan's Labyrinth”, Greg Ruth (graphite on paper)
- “Rhythms”, Shawn E. Russell (graphite)
Three-dimensional Art
- Winner: “The Boatman”, Dug Stanant (mixed media)
- “Dove Dreams of Flying Ceramic”, Kristine Poole & Colin Poole (cold finish)
- “The Great Owl”, Dan Chudzinski (mixed media)
- “Love Note to Kay Nielsen”, Forest Rogers (mixed media)
- “Underwater”, Ornélie (polymer clay, acrylic paint, butterfly, glass bubbles)
- “Year of the Tiger Paper”, Nicole Lee Grosjean (mixed media)
Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Art Director
- Winner: Neil Clarke, for Clarkesworld
- Rebecca Dornsife, for Suntup Editions
- Christine Foltzer, for Tor.com
- Lauren Panepinto, for Orbit
- Lia Ribacchi, for Dark Horse Comics
Gaming-related Illustration
- Winner: “Discover the Impossible”, Ryan Pancoast (WofC Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
- “Baldur's Gate Harbor”, Bruce Brenneise (WofC Commander Legends)
- “Rith Liberated Primeva”, Victor Adame Minguez (WofC Dominaria United)
- “Soul of Emancipation”, Serena Malyon (WofC Streets of New Capenna)
- “Thought Scour”, Julie Dillon (WofC Double Masters 2022)
- “Vodalian Hexcatcher”, Dmitry Burmak (WofC Dominaria United)
Product Illustration
- Winner: “The Lighthouse”, Nico Delort (Mondo poster)
- The Dune Sketchbook, Greg Ruth (Mondo poster)
- Everything Everwhere All at Once, James Jean (a24)
- “Journey's End”, Annie Stegg Gerard (DragonCon)
- SILA poster for the Illustration West 61, Antonio Caparo (Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles)
- “The Witch”, Jessica Seaman (Mondo poster)
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