# Chesley Award

Der Chesley Award ist ein Kunstpreis, der seit 1985 für künstlerische Werke aus dem Bereich der Science-Fiction und Fantasy von der Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA) verliehen wird. Ursprünglich ASFA Award genannt, wurde der Preis nach dem Tod des Space-Art-Künstlers Chesley Bonestell 1986 ihm zu Ehren umbenannt.

## Kategorien

Der Preis wird in den folgenden Kategorien vergeben:
* Cover Illustration, Hardback Book: Umschlagbild, gebundenes Buch
* Cover Illustration, Paperback Or E-Book: Umschlagbild, Taschenbuch oder E-Book
* Cover Illustration, Magazine: Umschlagbild, Zeitschrift
* Interior Art: Illustration
* Color Work, Unpublished: nicht publiziertes farbiges Werk
* Monochrome Work, Unpublished: nicht publiziertes monochromes Werk
* Three-Dimensional Art: Skulpturen u. Ä.
* Artistic Achievement: Lebenswerk
* Art Director
* Gaming-Related Illustration: Illustrationen zu Spielen
* Product Illustration: Produktillustration
* Contribution To ASFA: Anerkennung der Arbeit für die ASFA

## Liste der Preisträger
### Cover Illustration, Hardback Book

| Jahr | Künstler | Werk |
| 2023 | Manzi Jackson | Africa Risen (Tor) |
| 2021 | Corinne Reid | Encounters with the Imaginery Vol. 3 (Boneshaker) |
| 2020 | Eric Wilkerson | Kwambe Mbalia: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Disney Hyperion) |
| 2019 | Jon Foster | Connie Willis: I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land (Subterranean) |
| 2018 | Marc Simonetti | Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara (Grim Oak) |
| 2017 | Tran Nguyen | Jacqueline Carey: Kushiel’s Dart (Subterranean) |
| 2016 | Todd Lockwood | Marie Brennan: Voyage of the Basilisk (Tor) |
| 2015 | Julie Dillon | Brandon Sanderson (Hrsg.): Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology (Dragonsteel) |
| 2014 | Todd Lockwood | Marie Brennan: A Natural History of Dragons (Tor) |
| 2013 | Todd Lockwood | Jennifer Roberson: The Wild Road (DAW) |
| 2012 | Tom Kidd | Harlan Ellison: Deathbird Stories (Subterranean) |
| 2011 | Michael Whelan | Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings (Tor) |
| 2010 | Matt Stewart | Brian Cullen: The Valley of Shadows (Tor) |
| 2009 | Donato Giancola | Marvin Kaye (Hrsg.): A Book of Wizards (SFBC) |
| 2008 | Donato Giancola | Sandra McDonald: The Outback Stars (Tor) |
| 2007 | Stephan Martiniere | Ian McDonald: River of Gods (Pyr) |
| 2006 | Stephan Martiniere | Brandon Sanderson: Elantris (Tor) |
| 2005 | Tony DiTerlizzi | Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi: The Wrath of Mulgarath: The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5 (Simon & Schuster) |
| 2005 | Donato Giancola | Sara Douglass: The Nameless Day (Tor) |
| 2005 | Rick Berry | Judith Tarr: Queen of the Amazons (Tor) |
| 2004 | Donato Giancola | Clifford D. Simak: City (Science Fiction Book Club) |
| 2003 | Todd Lockwood | R. A. Salvatore: The Thousand Orcs (Wizards of the Coast) |
| 2002 | Donato Giancola | Isobelle Carmody: Ashling (Tor) |
| 2001 | John Jude Palencar | Charles de Lint: Forests of the Heart (Tor) |
| 2000 | Michael Whelan | Tad Williams: Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass |
| 1999 | Kinuko Y. Craft | Patricia A. McKillip: Song for the Basilisk |
| 1998 | Bob Eggleton | Alan Dean Foster: The Howling Stones |
| 1997 | Michael Whelan | Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kate Elliott: The Golden Key |
| 1996 | Tom Kidd | Chris Bunch, Allan Cole: Kingdoms of the Night |
| 1995 | Janny Wurts | Janny Wurts: The Curse of the Mistwraith (HarperCollins UK) |
| 1994 | Tom Kidd | Allan Cole, Chris Bunch: The Far Kingdoms (Ballantine Del Rey) |
| 1993 | Don Maitz | Raymond E. Feist: Magician (Doubleday) |
| 1992 | Michael Whelan | Joan D. Vinge: The Summer Queen (Warner Questar) |
| 1991 | Keith Parkinson | C. J. Cherryh: Chernovog (DAW) |
| 1990 | Keith Parkinson | C. J. Cherryh: Rusalka (Ballantine Del Rey) |
| 1989 | Don Maitz | C. J. Cherryh: Cyteen (Warner) |
| 1988 | James Gurney | Tim Powers: On Stranger Tides (Ace) |
| 1987 | David Cherry | C. J. Cherryh: Chanur’s Homecoming |
| 1985 | Michael Whelan | Larry Niven: The Integral Trees (Ballantine Del Rey) |

### Cover Illustration, Paperback Or E-Book

| Jahr | Künstler | Werk |
| 2023 | Luisa Preissler | Rachel Aaron: The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow (Selbstverlag) |
| 2021 | Charles Urbach | Timothy Zahn: Ghost Riders in the Sky (Swallow's End) |
| 2020 | Amanda Makepeace | The Long List Anthology Volume 5 (Diabolical Plots) |
| 2019 | Amanda Makepeace | David Steffen: Diabolical Plots: Year Three (Diabolical Plots) |
| 2018 | Jaime Jones | K. Arsenault Rivera: The Tiger’s Daughter (Tor) |
| 2017 | Julie Dillon | Ellen Campbell (Hrsg.): Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge (Astral) |
| 2016 | Tyler Jacobson | Howard Andrew Jones: Beyond the Pool of Stars (Tor) |
| 2015 | Raoul Vitale | Kij Johnson (Hrsg.): Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (Pyr) |
| 2014 | Kerem Beyit | Chris Willrich: The Scroll of Years (Pyr) |
| 2013 | John Picacio | Brenda Cooper: The Creative Fire (Pyr) |
| 2012 | Matthew Stewart | Martha Wells: The Cloud Roads (Night Shade) |
| 2011 | Jason Chan | Phillipa Ballantine: Geist (Ace) |
| 2010 | Scott Altmann | Jason Lethcoe: The Mysterious Mr. Spines: Flight (Grosset & Dunlap) |
| 2009 | John Picacio | Lou Anders (Hrsg.): Fast Forward 2 (Pyr) |
| 2008 | Donato Giancola | Sharon Lee, Steve Miller: Crystal Dragon (Meisha Merlin) |
| 2007 | Daniel Dos Santos | Patricia Briggs: Moon Called (Ace) |
| 2006 | Tom Kidd | Harry Turtledove (Hrsg.): The Enchanted Completed (Baen) |
| 2005 | John Picacio | James Tiptree, Jr.: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tachyon Publications) |
| 2004 | Todd Lockwood | Elaine Cunningham: Tangled Webs (Wizards of the Coast) |
| 2003 | Tristan Elwell | Jane Yolen: Briar Rose (Tor/Starscape) |
| 2002 | Donato Giancola | J. R. R. Tolkien, Chuck Dixon, Sean Deming: The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic (Del Rey) |
| 2001 | Jean-Pierre Targete | Douglas Niles: Circle at Center (Ace) |
| 2000 | John Jude Palencar | Louise Marley: The Terrorists of Irustan |
| 1999 | John Jude Palencar | Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos |
| 1998 | Michael Dashow | Peter S. Beagle: The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and other odd acquaintances |
| 1997 | Donato Giancola | Emily Devenport: Eggheads |
| 1996 | Don Maitz | Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley: A Farce to Be Reckoned With |
| 1995 | Alan M. Clark | Carrie Richerson: Geckos (Roadkill Press) |
| 1994 | Bob Eggleton | Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois (Hrsg.): Dragans (Ace) |
| 1993 | David Cherry | Marion Zimmer Bradley (Hrsg.): Sword and Sorceress IX (DAW) |
| 1992 | David Cherry | Marion Zimmer Bradley (Hrsg.): Sword and Sorceress VIII (DAW) |
| 1991 | Don Maitz | Dave Duncan: Magic Casement (Ballantine Del Rey) |
| 1991 | Michael Whelan | C. S. Friedman: The Madness Season (DAW) |
| 1990 | Stephen Hickman | Crawford Killian: Gryphon (Ballantine) |
| 1989 | Jody Lee | Mercedes Lackey: The Oathbound (DAW) |
| 1988 | Don Maitz | Hugh Cook: Wizard War (Popular Library Questar) |
| 1987 | Michael Whelan | Robert A. Heinlein: The Cat Who Walked Through Walls |
| 1985 | Carl Lundgren | Alan Dean Foster: The Day of the Dissonance (Warner) |

### Cover Illustration, Magazine

| Jahr | Künstler | Zeitschrift | Ausgabe |
| 2023 | Tehani Farr | Eternus Nr. 1 Metal Variant | Oktober 2022 |
| 2021 | Francesca Resta | Clarkesworld Nr. 169 | |
| 2020 | Evan Cagle | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones Nr. 1 | August 2019 |
| 2019 | Arthur Haas | Clarkesworld | Mai 2018 |
| 2018 | Ingrid Kallick | Cricket | Januar 2017 |
| 2017 | Galen Dara | Uncanny | Mai/Juni 2016 |
| 2016 | Tran Nguyen | Uncanny | #4 Mai/Juni 2015 |
| 2015 | Julie Dillon | Analog | April 2014 |
| 2014 | Dan Dos Santos | Fables | #136 Dezember 2013 |
| 2013 | Ken Barthelmey | Clarkesworld | #74 November 2012 |
| 2012 | Lee Moyer | Weird Tales | Winter 2010/2011 |
| 2011 | Nick Greenwood | Intergalactic Medicine Show | Juni 2010 |
| 2010 | John Picacio | Asimov’s Science Fiction | September 2009 |
| 2009 | Matts Minnhagen | Clarkesworld Magazine | April 2008 |
| 2008 | Cory Ench, Catska Ench | F&SF | März 2007 |
| 2007 | Renee LeCompte | Fantasy Magazine | Sommer 2006 |
| 2006 | Donato Giancola | Asimov’s Science Fiction | September 2005 |
| 2005 | Omar Rayyan | Spider Magazine | Oktober 2004 |
| 2004 | Bob Eggleton | F&SF | Juli 2003 |
| 2003 | Todd Lockwood | Dragon | Dezember 2002 |
| 2002 | James C. Christensen | The Leading Edge | #41 April 2001 |
| 2001 | Todd Lockwood | Dragon | Juli 2000 |
| 2000 | Bob Eggleton | F&SF | August 1999 |
| 1999 | Bob Eggleton | F&SF | Mai 1998 |
| 1998 | Todd Lockwood | Dragon | August 1997 |
| 1997 | Bob Eggleton | F&SF | Mai 1996 |
| 1996 | Bob Eggleton | Analog | Januar 1995 |
| 1995 | Wojtek Siudmak | Analog | Dezember 1994 |
| 1995 | Bob Eggleton | Asimov’s Science Fiction | August 1994 |
| 1994 | Wojtek Siudmak | Asimov’s Science Fiction | Dezember 1993 |
| 1993 | Michael Whelan | Asimov’s Science Fiction | November 1992 |
| 1992 | David Mattingly | Amazing Stories | September 1991 |
| 1991 | Bob Eggleton | Aboriginal SF | Januar 1990 |
| 1990 | Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly-Freas | Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine | Herbst 1989 |
| 1989 | Bob Eggleton | Asimov’s Science Fiction | Juli 1988 |
| 1988 | Terry Lee | Amazing Stories | Januar 1988 |
| 1987 | Bob Eggleton | Asimov’s Science Fiction | Januar 1987 |
| 1985 | Bob Walters | Jack McDevitt: Promises to Keep (Asimov’s Science Fiction) | Dezember 1984 |

### Interior Art

| Jahr | Künstler | Werk |
| 2023 | Omar Rayyan | George Orwell: Animal Farm (Suntup Editions) |
| 2021 | Iris Complet | Adam Cesare: The Dark Bestiary (Insight) |
| 2020 | John Picacio | Leigh Bardugo: Ninth House (Flatiron) |
| 2019 | Vanessa Lemen | Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Easton) |
| 2018 | Gregory Manchess | Gregory Manchess: Above the Timberline (Saga) |
| 2017 | Greg Ruth | Glen Hirshberg: Freedom Is Space for the Spirit (Tor.com Apr 2016) |
| 2016 | Peter Mohrbacher | Eli Minaya, Peter Mohrbacher: Angelarium: Book of Emanations (Magnetic) |
| 2015 | Anna Balbusso, Elena Balbusso | Abra Staffin-Wiebe: Ekaterina and the Firebird (Tor.com, Januar 2014) |
| 2014 | Brian Kesinger | Walking Your Octopus (Baby Tattoo) |
| 2013 | Sam Burley | Cecil Castellucci: Brother. Prince. Snake (Tor.com) |
| 2012 | Julie Dillon | Michael Swanwick: The Dala Horse (Tor.com) |
| 2011 | Donato Giancola | Donato Giancola: Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth (Underwood) |
| 2010 | Gary Lippincott | Jane Yolen: Come to the Fairies’ Ball |
| 2009 | Donato Giancola | J. Robert Lennon: The Wraith (Playboy, November 2008) |
| 2008 | James Gurney | James Gurney: Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (Andrews McNeel) |
| 2007 | Omar Rayyan | Cricket |
| 2006 | Gerald Brom | The Plucker |
| 2005 | Charles Vess | Charles de Lint: Medicine Road (Subterranean Press) |
| 2004 | Todd Lockwood | Robert Silverberg: Crossing Into the Empire (Realms of Fantasy, Juni 2003) |
| 2003 | Scott Gustafson | Scott Gustafson: Classic Fairy Tales (Greenwich Workshop/Hallmark) |
| 2002 | Tom Kidd | H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds (Books of Wonder) |
| 2001 | Kinuko Y. Craft | Kinuko Y. Craft: Cinderella (North-South/SeaStar) |
| 2000 | James Gurney | James Gurney: Dinotopia: First Flight |
| 1999 | Brian Froud | Brian Froud, Terri Windling: Good Faeries/Bad Faeries |
| 1998 | Alan Lee | J. R. R. Tolkien: The Hobbit |
| 1997 | Todd Lockwood | Tanith Lee: Death Loves Me (Realms of Fantasy, August 1996) |
| 1996 | James Gurney | James Gurney: Dinotopia, the World Beneath |
| 1995 | Brian Froud | Terry Jones, Brian Froud: Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book |
| 1994 | Alan M. Clark | Robert Reed: The Toad of Heaven (Asimov’s Science Fiction Jun 1993) |
| 1993 | Alan M. Clark | G. David Nordley: Poles Apart (Analog, Mitte Dezember 1992) |
| 1992 | Bob Walters | Stephen King: It Grows on You (Weird Tales, Sommer 1991) |
| 1991 | Val Lakey Lindahn | L. A. Taylor: The Flowers, the Birds, the Leaves, the Bees (Analog, Juni 1990) |
| 1990 | Todd Cameron Hamilton | Jody Lynn Nye, Anne McCaffrey: Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern (Ballantine Del Rey) |
| 1989 | Alan Lee | Peter Dickinson: Merlin Dreams (Gollancz) |
| 1988 | Janet Aulisio | Amazing Stories, Mai 1987 |
| 1987 | Dell Harris | Analog |
| 1987 | Bob Walters | Michael Swanwick: Vacuum Flowers (Asimov’s Science Fiction Mitte Dezember 1986, Januar/Februar 1987) |
| 1985 | Dell Harris | Analog, März 1985 |

### Lifetime Artistic Achievement

| Jahr | Künstler |
| 2023 | Gregory Manchess |
| 2021 | Richard Corben |
| 2020 | Syd Mead |
| 2019 | Diane Dillon |
| 2018 | Alan Lee |
| 2017 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2016 | Kinuko Y. Craft |
| 2015 | John Harris |
| 2014 | Jim Burns |
| 2013 | Brom |
| 2012 | Moebius (Jean Giraud) |
| 2011 | Boris Vallejo |
| 2010 | Greg Hildebrandt |
| 2009 | Julie Bell |
| 2008 | Michael Wm. Kaluta |
| 2007 | John Jude Palencar |
| 2006 | John Picacio |
| 2005 | Omar Rayyan |
| 2003 | Tom Kidd |
| 2002 | Donato Giancola |
| 2001 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 2000 | Stephen Hickman |
| 1999 | Bob Eggleton |
| 1998 | Vincent Di Fate |
| 1997 | Don Maitz |
| 1996 | Thomas Canty |
| 1995 | Frank Frazetta |
| 1994 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 1993 | James Gurney |
| 1992 | James Gurney |
| 1991 | Michael Whelan |
| 1990 | Don Maitz |
| 1989 | Don Maitz, für First Maitz |
| 1988 | Frank Frazetta |
| 1987 | Alex Schomburg |
| 1985 | Carl Lundgren |