Tachyon artists nominated for Chesley and British Fantasy Awards

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

Congratulations to all the nominees.


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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)
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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Unpublished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
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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
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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

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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
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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)
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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