The Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists announced the 2017 Chesley Award Final Nomination List with Sarah Anne Langton for her cover to Lavie Tidhar’s acclaimed CENTRAL STATION and Tachyon contributors John Picacio, Julie Dillon, and Michael Whelan all receiving recognition.

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Best Cover
Illustration: Hardcover

• Dan dos Santos
  FABLES: CUBS IN TOYLAND by Bill Willingham  Vertigo, September 2016
• Todd Lockwood SUMMER
  DRAGON by Todd Lockwood DAW, May 2016
• Tran Nguyen
  KUSHIEL’S DART by Jacqueline Carey Subterranean Press, October 2016
• Cliff Nielsen LADY
  MIDNIGHT by Cassandra Clare McElderry Books, March 2016
• David Palumbo
  ARCANUM UNBOUNDED by Brandon Sanderson Tor, November 2016
• John Picacio IN
  THE HOUSE OF THE WORM by George R.R. Martin Baltimore Science Fiction
  Society, May 2016

John Picacio IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORM 

Best Cover
Illustration: Paperback or Ebook

• Tommy Arnold  A
  TASTE OF HONEY by Kai Ashante Wilson Tor.com Publishing, October 2016
• Julie Dillon
  BEYOND THE STARS: AT GALAXY’S EDGE by Assorted Authors Astral books
  Amazon Digital Services, August 2016
• Sarah Anne
  Langton CENTRAL STATION by Lavie Tidhar Tachyon Publications, May
  2016  
• Gene Mollica BREATH
  OF EARTH by Beth Cato Harper Voyager, August 2016
• Victo Ngai FOREST OF
  MEMORY by Mary Robinette Kowal Tor, March 2016

Julie Dillon BEYOND THE STARS

Best Cover
Illustration: Magazine

• Galen Dara UNCANNY
  Issue 10, May/June 2016
• Elizabeth Leggett
  LIGHTSPEED #69, February 2016
• David Palumbo
  SWALLOWED WHOLE, ALIENS – LIFE AND DEATH #1 Dark Horse, September
  2016
• Paolo Rivera HELLBOY
  AND THE B.P.R.D. 1953 Dark Horse, February 2016
• Jeremy Wilson
  CHIMERA BRIGADE #1 By Serge Lehman and Fabrice Colin  Titan Comics,
  October 2016

Best Interior
Illustration

• Rovina Cai “Tom,
  Thom” by K.M. Ferebee Tor.com, February 2016
• Kari Christensen
  Gethsemoni, COURT OF THE DEAD: CHRONICLE OF THE UNDERWORLD by Tom
  Gilliland Sideshow Collectibles 2016
• Tran Nguyen
  KUSHIEL’S DART by Jacqueline Carey Subterranean Press 2016
• Greg Ruth “Freedom
  is Space for the Spirit” by Glen Hirshberg Tor.com, April 2016
• Ivica Stevanovic THE
  BESTIARY edited by Ann Vandermeer Centipede Press, March 2016

Best Gaming
Related Illustration

• Mauricio Calle
  Encounter at Stygeon Prime- STAR WARS: THE CARD GAME Fantasy Flight
  Games 2016
• Cliff Childs
  Long-Finned Skywhale KALADESH card set WotC, Sept. 2016
• Ryan Pancoast
  Inventor’s Apprentice KALADESH card set  WotC, Sept. 2016
• Matthew Stewart
  Mastertrinketeer KALADESH card set WotC, Sept. 2016
• Ryan Yee Die Young
  KALADESH card set WotC, Sept. 2016

John Picacio La Corona (The Crown)

BEST PRODUCT
ILLUSTRATION

• Donato Giancola
  Portal Promotional art for Illuxcon
• Clark Huggins
  Advertisement for RECKLESS DECK Imagine FX, February 2016
• John Picacio La
  Corona (The Crown) LOTERIA Lone Boy
• Cynthia Sheppard
  2017 LLEWELLYN’S ASTROLOGICAL CALENDAR
• Greg Spalenka banner
  art to promote Roxana Illuminated Perfume 2016

Michael Whelan In a World of Her Own

Best Color Work: Unpublished

• John Harris The Ark, Oil
• Vanessa Lemen Holding On and Letting Go, Oil on canvas
• Miranda Meeks December, Oil
• Shreya Shetty The Dragon Charmer, Digital
• Michael Whelan In a World of Her Own, Acrylic

For more info about CENTRAL STATION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover and image by Sarah Anne Langton