The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover has been given out every year since 1985 by ASFA 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. [edit] Winners and nominees | Year | Winner | Other nominees | | 2002 | Donato Giancola
for Ashling by Isobelle Carmody (Tor Books, 2001) | | | 2003 | Todd Lockwood
for The Thousand Orcs by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast, 2002) | | | 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) | | | 2006 | Stephan Martiniere
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 (by Marvin Kaye, ed.; 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 Martiniere
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), by James A. Owen, Simon and Schuster, Sept 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, 11/07
- Dan Dos Santos, Farseed by Pamela Sargent, Tor Books, 3/07
- Bob Eggleton, “Dagon” for The Taint and Other Novellas by Brian Lumley, Subterranean Press, 11/07
- Jon Foster, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books 8/07
- Stephen Hickman, The Lifehouse Trilogy by Spider Robinson, Baen, 12/07
- Vance Kovacs, Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor, Dial Penguin, 8/07
- Todd Lockwood, The Orc King by R.A. Salvatore, Wizards of the Coast, 9/07
- Stephan Martiniere, Mainspring by Jay Lake, Tor Books 10/07
- John Jude Palencar, Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson, Putnam, 10/07
- John Picacio, The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper, Eos, 5/07
| | 2009 | Donato Giancola
for A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008) | | [edit] References - The Chesley Award section of the ASFA Web Site
- Locus online news: 2009 Chesley Award Winners
- Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Chesley awards
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