Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover
Introduction The '''Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover''' has been presented every year since 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists to recognize achievement in the illustration of hardcover science fiction & fantasy. Each year the award recognizes works that were eligible for the award during the preceding year.
Winners and nominees YearWinnerOther nominees2002 '''Donato Giancola'''  for ''Ashling'' by Isobelle Carmody (Tor Books, 2001)* Bob Eggleton, for ''The Dragon Society'' by Lawrence Watt-Evans (Tor)* Don Maitz, for ''Kingdoms of Light'' by Alan Dean Foster (Warner Aspect)* Michael Whelan, for ''Otherland: Sea of Silver Light'' by Tad Williams (DAW)* Keith Parkinson, for ''The Pillars of Creation'' by Terry Goodkind (Tor)2003 '''Todd Lockwood'''  for ''The Thousand Orcs'' by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)* Alan Pollack, for ''Argonaut'' by Stanley Schmidt (Tor)* Mark Harrison, for ''Diuturnity's Dawn'' by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)* Bob Eggleton, for ''Resurgence'' by Charles Sheffield (Baen)* Michael Whelan, for ''Sorcery Rising'' by Jude Fisher (DAW)2004 '''Donato Giancola'''  for ''City'' by Clifford D. Simak (SFBC, 2003)* David Bowers for ''Paladin of Souls'' by Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos, October 2003)* Kinuko Y. Craft for ''Wolfskin'' by Juliet Marillier (Tor Books, June 2003)* Todd Lockwood for ''Transitions: The Artwork of Todd Lockwood'' (Collin & Brown, May 2003)* Don Maitz for ''The Fairy Rebel'' by Lynne Reid Banks (Delacort, May 2003)* Stephen Youll for ''Lord of Snow and Shadows'' by Sarah Ash (Bantam Spectra, July 2003)2005(tie) '''Rick Berry'''  for ''Queen of the Amazons'' by Judith Tarr (Tor Books, March 2004)  '''Tony DiTerlizzi'''  for ''The Wrath of Mulgarath: The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5'' by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, September 2004)  '''Donato Giancola'''  for ''The Nameless Day'' by Sara Douglas (Tor Books, July 2004)* Todd Lockwood for ''Glass Dragons'' by Sean McMullen (Tor Books, March 2004)* Ruth Sanderson for ''The Snow Princess'' by Ruth Sanderson (Little Brown, October 2004)* Stephen Youll for ''The Dragon's Son'' by Margaret Weis (Tor Books, July 2004)2006 '''Stephan Martinière'''  for ''Elantris'' by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, May 2005)* Kinuko Y. Craft, for ''The Divided Crown'' by Isabel Glass (Tor)* Daniel Dos Santos, for ''The Duke's Ballad'' by Andre Norton (Tor)* J. P. Targete, for ''The Fair Folk'' edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC)* Bob Eggleton, for ''The House of Cthulhu'' by Brian Lumley (Tor)* Jon Foster, for ''Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe'' by James M. Wood (Tor)* Charles Vess, for ''Singer of Souls'' by Adam Stemple (Tor)2007 '''Stephan Martinière'''  for ''River of Gods'' by Ian McDonald (Pyr, Mar 2006)* Jon Foster, ''The Demon and the City'' by Liz Williams (Night Shade Books, Aug 2006)* Donato Giancola, ''The Thirteenth House'' by Sharon Shinn (Ace, Mar 2006)* Todd Lockwood, ''Temeraire: In the Service of the King'' by Naomi Novik (SFBC, 2006)* James A. Owen, ''Here, There Be Dragons'' (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book One) by James A. Owen (Simon & Schuster, September 2006)2008 '''Donato Giancola'''  for ''The Outback Stars'' by Sandra McDonald (Tor Books, April 2007)* Alan M. Clark, ''Shades'' by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene (Cemetery Dance, November 2007)* Dan Dos Santos, ''Farseed'' by Pamela Sargent (Tor Books, March 2007)* Bob Eggleton, ''Dagon'' for ''The Taint and Other Novellas'' by Brian Lumley (Subterranean Press, November 2007)* Jon Foster, ''The Well of Ascension'' by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, August 2007)* Stephen Hickman, ''The Lifehouse Trilogy'' by Spider Robinson (Baen, December 2007)* Vance Kovacs, ''Seeing Redd'' by Frank Beddor (Dial Penguin, August 2007)* Todd Lockwood, ''The Orc King'' by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast, September 2007)* Stephan Martinière, ''Mainspring'' by Jay Lake (Tor Books, October 2007)* John Jude Palencar, ''Fatal Revenant'' by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam, October 2007)* John Picacio, ''The Margarets'' by Sheri S. Tepper (Eos, May 2007)2009 '''Donato Giancola'''  for ''A Book of Wizards'' edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008)* Stephan Martinière, for ''The Dragons of Babel'' by Michael Swanwick (Tor)* Scott Fischer, for ''An Evil Guest'' by Gene Wolfe (Tor)* Stephen Hickman, for ''Ghost Quartet'' edited by Marvin Kaye (Tor)* Todd Lockwood, for ''Quofum'' by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)* Dan Dos Santos, for ''Stalking the Vampire'' by Mike Resnick (Pyr)* John Picacio, for ''Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories'' by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor)2010 '''Matthew Stewart'''  for ''Valley of Shadows'' by Brian Cullen (Tor, Feb. 2009) 2011 '''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, August 2010)* Gregory Manchess, for ''Spectrum 17'' edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner (Underwood Books, November 2010)* John Picacio, for ''The Waters Rising'' by Sheri S. Tepper (Harper Voyager, August 2010)2012 '''Tom Kidd'''  ''Deathbird Stories'' by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean)* Stephan Martinière, for ''Prospero Regained'' by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Tor)* Lee Moyer, for ''Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kieran'' (Subterranean)* Cliff Nielsen, for ''The Tempering of Men'' by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (Tor)* Greg Staples, for ''The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard'' (Subterranean)2013 '''Todd Lockwood'''  ''The Wild Road'' by Jennifer Roberson (DAW, September 2012)* J.K. Drummond, for ''Deadhouse Gates'' by Steven Erikson (Subterranean Press, March 2012)* Bob Eggleton, for ''Gods of Opar'' by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey (Subterranean Press, June 2012)* Donato Giancola, for ''Range of Ghosts'' by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, March 2012)* John Picacio, for ''Hyperion'' by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, April 2012)* Sam Weber, for ''Quantum Coin'' by E. C. Myers (Pyr, October 2012)2014 '''Todd Lockwood'''''A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent'' by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, February 2013)2015 '''Julie Dillon'''''Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology''	edited by Peter Ahlstrom (Dragonsteel Entertainment, July 2014)2016 '''Todd Lockwood'''''Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent'' by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, March 2015)* Sam Weber, for ''Dune'' by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, 2015)* Lius Lasahido, for ''Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction'' by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tachyon Publications, May 2015)* Cynthia Sheppard, for ''Karen Memory'' by Elizabeth Bear (Tor Books, February 2015)* Richard Anderson, for ''The Dinosaur Lords'' by Victor Milán (Tor Books, July 2015)2017 '''Tran Nguyen'''''Kushiel's Dart'' by Jacqueline Carey (Subterranean, 2016)2018 '''Marc Simonetti'''''The Sword of Shannara'' by Terry Brooks (Grim Oak Press, August 2017)2019 '''Jon Foster'''''I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land'' by Connie Willis (Subterranean, April 2018)2020 '''Eric Wilkerson'''''Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky'' by Kwame Mbalia (Rick Riordan Presents, October 2019)2021 '''Corinne Reid'''''Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3''  edited by Jeszika Le Vye and Kira Night (Boneshaker Press, September 2020)* Tommy Arnold for ''Harrow the Ninth'' by Tamsyn Muir (Tor Books, August 2020)* Iris Compiet for ''The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra'' by Adam Cesare (Insight Editions Illustrated edition, October 2020)* Jason Mowry for ''Red Dragon'' by Thomas Harris (Suntup Editions, Fall 2020)* John Picacio for ''Black Sun'' by Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press, October 2020)
References
External links #  The Chesley Award section of the ASFA website#  Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Chesley awards