The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Magazine Art is given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize achievements in the illustration of science fiction & fantasy magazines eligible in the year previous to the award.
Winners and nominees
Year Winner Magazine Other nominees1985 Bob WaltersAsimov's, December 19841987 Bob EggletonAsimov's, January 19871988 Terry LeeAmazing, January 1988 1989 Bob EggletonAsimov's, July 19881990 Frank Kelly FreasLaura Brodian Kelly-FreasMarion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Autumn 19891991 Bob EggletonAboriginal, January 19901992 David MattinglyAmazing, September 19911993 Michael WhelanAsimov's, November 19921994 Wojtek SiudmakAsimov's, December 19931995(tie)Bob EggletonAsimov's, August 1994Wojtek SiudmakAnalog, December 1994 1996Bob EggletonAnalog, January 19951997Bob EggletonFantasy & Science Fiction, May 1996 1998 Todd LockwoodDragon, August 1997 1999 Bob EggletonFantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998 2000 Bob EggletonFantasy & Science Fiction, August 1999 2001Todd LockwoodDragon, July 2000 2002James C. ChristensenThe Leading Edge #41, April 2001 2003Todd LockwoodDragon, December 2002 2004Bob EggletonFantasy & Science Fiction, July 2003 2005Omar Rayyan Spider, October 2004 2006Donato GiancolaAsimov's, September 2005 2007Renee LeCompteFantasy Magazine, Summer 2006 2008 Cory EnchCatska Ench The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 20072009 Matts MinnhagenClarkesworld #19, April 2008 ("Floating Fish") Bob Eggleton for Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2008 ("Hammerfall") David A. Hardy for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008 Maurizio Manzieri for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008 John Picacio for Asimov's Science Fiction, September 20082010 John PicacioAsimov's, September 2009 Adam Tredowski for Interzone #220, January/February 2009 Les Edwards for Cemetery Dance, October 2009 Bob Eggleton for Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2009 Kazuhiko Nakamura for Clarkesworld #38, November 2009 ("Brain Tower") David Palumbo for Heavy Metal, November 2009 David A. Hardy for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 20092011Nick GreenwoodOrson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show #17, June 2010 Julie Dillon for Clarkesworld #48, September 2010 ("Honeycomb") David A. Hardy for Analog, April 2010 Audrey Lazarev for Clarkesworld #50, November 2010 ("Soulhunter") Sergio Rebolledo for Clarkesworld #40, January 2010 ("Warm") James Ryman for Heavy Metal, January 2010 2012 Lee MoyerWeird Tales, Winter 2010/2011 Facundo Diaz for Clarkesworld #57, June 2011 ("Off Road") Laura Diehl for Fantasy, August 2011 Carly B. Sorge for Apex Magazine, September 2011 Dariusz Zawadski for Fantasy, May 20112013Ken BarthelmeyClarkesworld #74, November 2012 ("New World") Julie Dillon, Clarkesworld #73, October 2012 ("Breaking Through") Bob Eggleton Famous Masters of Filmland #262, July/August 2012 Martin Faragasso, Clarkesworld #71, August 2012 ("Space Journey") David Palumbo, Creepy #9, Dark Horse, July 2012 Craig J. Spearing, Dragon #418, December 20122014Dan Dos SantosFables #136, December 2013 Julie Dillon, Clarkesworld #87, December 2013 ("Elliptic") Maurizio Manzieri, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2013 Cynthia Sheppard, Bull Spec, Spring 20132015Julie DillonAnalog, April 2014 Matt Dixon, Clarkesworld #90, March 2014 ("Hollow") Wayne Haag, Interzone #253, July/August 2014 Patrick Jones, Analog, March 2014 Jae Lee, Batman/Superman #14 Peter Mohrbacher, Lightspeed #48, May 20142016Tran NguyenUncanny Magazine #4, May/June 2015 ("Traveling to a Distant Day") Maurizio Manzieri, Asimov's, October/November 2015 Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed #63, August 2015 Greg Ruth, Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1 shichigoro-shingo, Clarkesworld #109, October 2015 ("A-boushi-ya")2017Galen DaraUncanny Magazine #10, May/June 2016 (“Bubbles and Blast Off”) Elizabeth Leggett, Lightspeed #69, February 2016 David Palumbo, Aliens – Life and Death #1 ("Swallowed Whole") Paolo Rivera, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953 #1 Jeremy Wilson, Chimera Brigade #12018Ingrid KallickCricket Magazine, January 2017 Julie Dillon, Clarkesworld #128, May 2017 ("Darkess") Eddie Mendoza, Clarkesworld #130, July 2017 ("Genetics Lab") Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed #82, March 2017 ("The Worldless") Sergei Sarichev, Clarkesworld #126, March 2017 ("Jungle Deep")2019Arthur HaasClarkesworld #140, May 2018 ("Meeting") Cindy Fan, Strange Horizons, 19 November 2018 Donato Giancola, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April 2018 Sean Murray, Clarkesworld #141, June 2018 ("The Storkfriars") Greg Ruth, Stranger Things #2 (variant), 31 October 20182020Evan CagleBuffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1, August 2019 Yoshitaka Amano, Blood Borne #12, June 2019 Matt Dixon, Clarkesworld #152, May 2019 ("Vertigo") Tiffany England, Cricket Magazine, October 2019 ("Into the Wild Blue Yonder") Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed #104, January 2019 ("With Teeth Unmake the Sun")2021Francesca RestaClarkesworld #169, October 2020 ("Ancient Stones") Arjun Amky, Clarkesworld #170, October 2020 ("Alien Scout") Evan Cagle, Stranger Things: Into the Fire #4 (variant), 8 July 2020 Rodion Shaldo, Clarkesworld #168, October 2020 ("51") Tithi Luadthong, Lightspeed #123, August 2020 Tim O'Brien, Time, 17 August 2020 ("The Plague Election")20222023Tehani Farr Eternus #1 (metal variant), October 2022 Ed Binkley, Bourbon Penn #26, March 2022 Zezhou Chen, Clarkesworld #184, January 2022 ("Return to Heaven 7") Daniel Conway, Clarkesworld #193, October 2022 ("Art Block") JC Jongwon Park, Clarkesworld #185, February 2022 ("Talk")
References
External links The Chesley Award section of the ASFA website