Both the Chesley and British Fantasy Awards announced their nominations with Tachyon artists Julie Dillon, Sarah Anne Langton, Lius Lasahido, Reiko Murakami, and John Picacio, not to mention editor Ellen Datlow all receiving recognition.

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Best Cover
Illustration: Hardcover Book

• Richard
  Anderson THE DINOSAUR LORDS by Victor Milan (Tor, July 2015)
• Lius
  Lasahido HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION by Hannu Rajaniemi
  (Tachycon, May 2015)
•  Todd
  Lockwood VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK by Marie Brennan (Tor, March 2015)
•  Cynthia
  Sheppard KAREN MEMORY by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, February 2015)
•  Sam Weber DUNE
  by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, April 2015)

Best Cover
Illustration: Paperback Book

• Julie Dillon THE
  VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT by Kate Elliott (Tachycon, February
  2015)
• Tyler
  Jacobson BEYOND THE POOL OF STARS by Howard Andrew Jones (Tor,
  October 2015)
• Jeffery Alan
  Love WOLFHOUND CENTURY by Peter Higgins (Gollancz, May 2015)
• David
  Palumbo BINTI by Nnedi Okorafer (Tor, September 2015)
• John
  Picacio INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS by Jack Finney (Simon &
  Schuster, October 2015)

Best Cover
Illustration: Magazine

• Maurizio
  Manzieri ASIMOV’S, Oct/Nov 2015
• Reiko
  Murakami LIGHTSPEED #63, August 2015
• Tran
  Nguyen UNCANNY #4, May/June 2015
• Greg
  Ruth ALABASTER: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BIRD #1, Dark Horse
  Comics, Dec. 2015
• shichigoro-shingo CLARKESWORLD #109, October 2015

Best Interior
Illustration

• Galen
  Dara “Tuesdays with Molakesh The Destroyer” by Megan Grey
  (FIRESIDE MAGAZINE #19)
• Marcel
  Mercado SOUTHLANDS RPG (Kobold Press, July 2015)
• Peter
  Mohrbacher ANGELARIUM: BOOK OF EMANATIONS by Peter Mohrbacher &
  Eli Minaya
• Tran
  Nguyen “Transition Management Survey” (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER,
  September 2015)
• Sam Weber DUNE
  by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, July 2015)

Best Color Work:
Unpublished

• Joseph
  Bellofatto STAR SHIP, Oil
• Donato
  Giancola BERON AND LUTHIEN IN THE COURT OF THINGAL AND MELIAN, Oil
• Wayne
  Haag DESERT WRECK, Oil
• Jessica TC
  Lee ENCHANTED, Digital
• Elizabeth
  Leggett AFTER HOURS, Digital
• Mark
  Poole MEMORIES, Oil
• Eric
  Velhagen FELINES, Oil

Best Monochrome
Work: Unpublished

• Rovina Cai COLD
  WIND
• Jeremy
  Enecio PROGENY, Graphite on Moleskin
• Travis
  Lewis SYMBIOSIS, Graphite
• Mark
  Molchan RETURN, Graphite
• Ruth
  Sanderson INVOKING THE DRAGON, Ink/Scratchboard
• Chris
  Seaman FAMILY PORTRAITHAUSEN, Acrylic
• Allen
  Williams BOUND, Graphite & Gold leaf accent

Best
Three-Dimensional Art

• Devon
  Dorrity FLIGHT OF THE MERROW, Clay & Bronze
• Thomas
  Kuebler ADELPHA AND HER SISTER, Mixed
• Stelios
  Mousarris INCEPTION COFFEE TABLE, Wood
• Forest Rogers THE
  MORRIGAN, Mixed
• Virginie
  Ropars OKUNOSHIMA, Mixed
• Vincent
  Villafranca DARK DAY FOR THE METAL HEADS, Bronze

Best Product
Illustration

• Linda
  Adair ADOLESCENCE – Promo art for IlluXcon 2016
• Mitchell
  Bentley MITCHELL DAVIDSON BENTLEY 2015 CALENDAR – Albon Lake &
  Atomic Fly Studios
• Rovina Cai BLACK
  HOLE – card for COSMOS TAROT & ORACLE DECK, The Light Grey Art
  Lab
• Jacob Murray A
  GAME OF THRONES: THE CARD Game – 2nd edition box art, Fantasy
  Flight Games
• John Picacio EL
  ARBOL – Loteria card, Lone Boy
• Magali
  Villeneuve GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: SONG OF ICE AND FIRE – 2016
  calendar, Bantam

Best Gaming –
Related Illustration

• Clint
  Cearley MIND ROT – Dragons of Tarkir Magic Card, WotC
• Vincent
  Proce GUARDIAN AUTOMATON – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
• Anna
  Steinbauer BLESSED SPIRITS – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
• Ryan Yee FRUIT
  OF THE FIRST TREE – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC
• Min Yum
  SANDBLAST – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC

Best Art Director

• Neil
  Clarke CLARKESWORLD magazine
• Irene Gallo Tor
  Books & Tor.com
• Jeremy
  Jarvis Wizards of the Coast
• Elizabeth
  Leggett LIGHTSPEED magazine
• Lauren
  Panepinto Orbit Books & Muddy Colors contributor
• Betsy Wolheim &
  Shelia Gilbert DAW Books

Lifetime Artistic
Achievement

• Kinuko Y. Craft
• David A. Hardy
• Greg Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Wendy Pini
• Drew Struzan

Best anthology

• AFRICAN MONSTERS,
  ed. Margrét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas (Fox Spirit Books)
• AICKMAN’S HEIRS,
  ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)
• BEST BRITISH HORROR
  2015, ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing)
• THE DOLL COLLECTION,
  ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
• THE 2ND SPECTRAL
  BOOK OF HORROR STORIES, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)

Best artist

• Ben Baldwin
• Vincent Chong
• Julie Dillon
• Evelinn Enoksen
• Sarah Anne
  Langton
• Jeffrey Alan Love

Best collection

• GHOST SUMMER:
  STORIES, Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
• MONSTERS, Paul Kane
  (The Alchemy Press)
• PROBABLY MONSTERS,
  Ray Cluley (ChiZine Publications)
• SCAR CITY, Joel Lane
  (Eibonvale Press)
• SKEIN AND BONE, V.H.
  Leslie (Undertow Publications)
• THE STARS SEEM SO
  FAR AWAY, Margrét Helgadóttir (Fox Spirit Books)

Best
comic/graphic novel

• BITCH PLANET, Kelly
  Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter
  (Image Comics) (#2–5)
• MS. MARVEL, VOL. 2:
  GENERATION WHY, G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona
  (Marvel)
• NIMONA, Noelle
  Stevenson (HarperTeen)
• RED SONJA, Gail
  Simone and Walter Geovani (Dynamite Entertainment) (#14–18)
• SAGA, Brian K.
  Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics) (#25–32)
• THE SANDMAN:
  OVERTURE, Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart (Vertigo)

Best fantasy
novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• GUNS OF THE DAWN,
  Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor)
• HALF A WAR, Joe
  Abercrombie (HarperVoyager)
• THE IRON GHOST, Jen
  Williams (Headline)
• SIGNAL TO NOISE,
  Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
• SORCERER TO THE
  CROWN, Zen Cho (Macmillan)
• UPROOTED, Naomi
  Novik (Macmillan)

Best
film/television production

• INSIDE NO. 9: THE
  TRIAL OF ELIZABETH GADGE, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (BBC
  Two)
• JESSICA JONES: AKA
  WWJD?, Scott Reynolds (Netflix)
• JONATHAN STRANGE &
  MR NORRELL, Peter Harness (BBC One)
• MAD MAX: FURY ROAD,
  George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris (Warner Bros.
  Pictures et al.)
• MIDWINTER OF THE
  SPIRIT, Stephen Volk (ITV Studios)
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE
  AWAKENS, by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt (Lucasfilm
  et al.)

Best horror novel
(the August Derleth Award)

• A COLD SILENCE,
  Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• THE DEATH HOUSe,
  Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
• LOST GIRL, Adam
  Nevill (Pan Books)
• RAWBLOOD, Catriona
  Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
• THE SILENCE, Tim
  Lebbon (Titan Books)
• WELCOME TO NIGHT
  VALE, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Orbit)

Best independent
press

• The Alchemy Press
  (Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards)
• Angry Robot (Marc
  Gascoigne)
• Fox Spirit Books
  (Adele Wearing)
• Newcon Press (Ian
  Whates)

Best
magazine/periodical

• BENEATH CEASELESS
  SKIES, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)
• BLACK STATIC, ed.
  Andy Cox (TTA Press)
• HOLDFAST MAGAZINE,
  ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
• INTERZONE, ed. Andy
  Cox (TTA Press)
• STRANGE HORIZONS,
  ed. Niall Harrison (Strange Horizons)

Best newcomer
(the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

• Becky Chambers, for
  THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Zen Cho, for
  SORCERER TO THE CROWN (Macmillan)
• Peter Newman, for
  THE VAGRANT (HarperVoyager)
• Steven Poore, for
  THE HEIR TO THE NORTH (Kristell Ink)
• Marc Turner, for
  WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL (Titan Books)

Best non-fiction

• THE ART OF HORROR:
  AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, ed. Stephen Jones (Applause Theatre &
  Cinema Books)
• FANTASY-FACTION, ed.
  Marc Aplin and Jennie Ivins (Fantasy-Faction)
• GINGER NUTS OF
  HORROR, ed. Jim Mcleod (Jim McLeod)
• KING FOR A YEAR, ed.
  Mark West (Mark West)
• LETTERS TO TIPTREE,
  ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
• MATRILINES, Kari
  Sperring (Strange Horizons)

Best novella

• Albion Fay, Mark
  Morris (Spectral Press)
• Binti, Nnedi
  Okorafor (Tor.com)
• The Bureau of Them,
  Cate Gardner (Spectral Press)
• The Pauper Prince
  and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)
• Witches of
  Lytchford, Paul Cornell (Tor.com)

Best short
fiction

• The Blue Room, V.H.
  Leslie (SKEIN AND BONE)
• Dirt Land, Ralph
  Robert Moore (BLACK STATIC #49)
• Fabulous Beasts,
  Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
• Hippocampus, Adam
  Nevill (TERROR TALES OF THE OCEAN)
• Strange Creation,
  Frances Kay (TENEBRIS NYXIES)
• When The Moon Man
  Knocks, Cate Gardner (BLACK STATIC #48)

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton