Chesley Awards 2021
science fiction awards database
Winners announced: February 6, 2022
Where: Online
Eligibility Year: 2020
Where: Online
Eligibility Year: 2020
Cover Illustration, Hardcover
- Winner: Corinne Reid for Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3 by Jeszika Le Vye & Kira Night, eds. (Boneshaker)
- John Picacio for Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
- Iris Compiet for The Dark Crystal Bestiary: The Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thra by Adam Cesare (Insight)
- Tommy Arnold for Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tor)
- Jason Mowry for Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Suntup)
Cover Illustration, Paperback Or E-book
- Winner: Charles Urbach for Ghost Riders in the Sky by Timothy Zahn (Swallow's End)
- Scott Discher for Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler (Orbit)
- Rovina Cai for The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie (Tordotcom)
- Ben Zweifel for The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn by Tyler Whitesides (Orbit)
- Madolyn Locke for Valian Styrke: Knight of Fate by Reiter (Sylver Quill)
Magazine Illustration
- Winner: Francesca Resta for Clarkesworld #169
- Arjun Amky for Clarkesworld #170
- Evan Cagle for Stranger Things: Into the Fire #4 (Dark Horse)
- Tithi Luadthong for Lightspeed #123
- Tim O'Brien for Time Aug 2020
- Rodion Shaldo for Clarkesworld #168
Interior Illustration
- Winner: Iris Compiet for The Dark Bestiary by Adam Cesare (Insight)
- Ejiwa Ebenebe for “Boundless Unrivaled” (FIYAH #16)
- Micah Epstein for The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword by Garth Nix (Tordotcom)
- Michael Komarck for The Crippled God by Steven Erikson (Subterranean)
- Audrey Benjaminsen for Hearts in the Ground by G. V. Anderson (Tordotcom)
- Sija Hong for Monstrous Tales: Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from around the World (Chronicle)
- Jason Mowry for Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Suntup)
Color Work, Unpublished
- Winner: “The Selkie”, Kai Carpenter (oils)
- “Chapters Infinite”, Charles Urbach (color pencils)
- “Garden of Solitude”, Bruce Brenneise (digital)
- “Hothouse”, Marcel Bolivar (digital)
- “Lily Court”, Danny Schwartz (acrylic on board)
- “Luminous”, Rachel Quinlan (watercolor/ink)
- “Melody of Shattered Bars”, Amelia Leonards (watercolor/ink)
Monochrome Work, Unpublished
- Winner: “Unmasked”, Ashley Hankins (digital)
- “? (Yáng)”, Daria Aksenova (pen and ink)
- “Enchanted”, Marta Witkiewicz (graphite)
- “Romantic Storyteller”, Gary Villarreal (graphite)
- “Spring Ghosts”, Julia Lundman (graphite)
Three-dimensional
- Winner: “The Birdcage Bandit”, Lisa Sell (mixed media)
- “Air Tiara”, Sara Felix (mixed media)
- “Black Widow”, Thomas Kuebler (mixed media)
- “Dream of Quan Yin”, Forest Rogers (clay/mixed media)
- “Flight into Fantasy”, Leia Powell (stained glass)
- “Siren”, Karl Deen Sanders (brone on onyx base)
- “Wind Walker”, Tach Pollard (burnt hawthorn)
Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Art Director
Gaming-related Illustration
- Winner: “Sublime Epiphany”, Lindsey Look (Magic: the Gathering Core Set 2021)
- “Cuombajj Witches”, Seb McKinnon (Magic: the Gathering Commander Legends)
- Dissident Whispers cover, Jabari Weathers (Whisper Collective)
- Overlight: The Lost Spire of Tziuhquatl, Joanna Barnum (Renegade Game Studios)
- “Roswell Skateboard”, Christian Piccolo (Vicarious Visions)
- “The Whispering Heart”, Charles Urbach (Ulisses Spiele)
Product Illustration
- Winner: “A Clockwork Orange”, Wylie Beckert (MONDO Poster)
- “Ad Astra”, Greg Ruth (MONDO Poster)
- Genevieve Plush Mascot Plush, Heather Kreiter (Licensed for Gen Con)
- “The Invisible Man”, Jason Edmiston (MONDO Poster)
- La Maceta/The Flowerpot Loteria card, John Picacio (Lone Boy)
- “Nine Songs”, Te Hu (Mural for the 14th China International Comic Festival in Guangzhou)
- “Psyche”, Vanessa Lemen (Promo for Reckless Deck: PSYCHE)
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