Allen Koszowski

Allen Koszowski is an artist and illustrator in the Cthulhu Mythos who began as a fanwriter and fanartist providing content for a variety of zines in the 1970s. He continued to provide fanart even after he moved into professional illustration (with his first sale to Asimov's Science Fiction in 1982) and published his own magazine, Allen K's Inhuman Magazine in the 2000s-2010s.
== Awards ==
* Readercon Award (Small Press Writers and Artists Organization)
** 1987 - Best Artist
** 1988 - Best Artist
* Writers and Illustrators of the Future (Hubbard Prizes)
** 1992 - finalist - Illustrators of the Future
* World Fantasy Awards 
** 2002 - Best Artist
* Chesley Awards (Association of SF & F Artists)
** 2004 - nominated for “Cthulhu Takes on Washington” - Best Product Illustration
* British Fantasy Awards (British Fantasy Society)
** 2005 - nominated for Best Artist
== Interviews ==
* "Allen Koszowski" by uncredited, The Horror Show, Fall 1987
* "A Conversation with Allen Koszowski" by uncredited, Cemetery Dance Issue #3, 1990
* "Interview with Allen Koszowski" by Brian Lingard, Mythos Collector, Issue #4 Fall 2002
* "Allen Koszowski at Brian Lumley's Keoghcon V-2005" by uncredited, Lighthouse, June 2006
* "Allen Koszowski: Ink in His Blood" by R. B. James, Dark Discoveries #18, Winter-Spring 2011
== Gallery ==
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0011.jpg|Front cover, Midnight Fantasies Issue #3 (1976)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0013.jpg|Interior art, Midnight Fantasies Issue #3 (1976)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0017.jpg|Interior art, Midnight Fantasies Issue #3 (1976)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0018.jpg|Back cover art, Midnight Fantasies Issue #3 (1976). Portrait of August Derleth.
File:Cofc022.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #22 (1984)
File:Cofc026.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #26 (1984)
File:Tales After Dark 2.jpg|Front cover of Tales After Dark Issue #2 (1986)
File:Cofc040.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #40 (1986)
File:Cofc042.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #42 (1986)
File:Cofc043.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #43 (1986)
File:Cofc050.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #50 (1987)
File:Dagon17.jpg|Front cover Dagon #17 (with Dave Carson) (1987)
File:Dagon18-19.jpg|Front cover Dagon #18/19 - Ted Klein portrait (1987)
File:Dagon22-23.jpg|Front cover Dagon #22/23 (1988)
File:Cofc054.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #55 (1988)
File:Cofc062.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #62 (1989)
File:Cofc063.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #63 (1989)
File:Cofc066.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #66 (1989)
File:Cofc074.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #74 (1990)
File:Cofc079.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #79 (1991)
File:Cofc082.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #82 (1992)
File:Cofc089.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #89 (1995)
File:Cofc099.jpg|Front cover, Crypt of Cthulhu Issue #99 (1998)
File:The Ancient Track.jpg|Front cover of The Ancient Track Issue #2 (1999)
File:World of HP Lovecraft 5.jpg|Front cover of World of HP Lovecraft #5 (2003)
File:World of HP Lovecraft 8.jpg|Front cover of World of HP Lovecraft #8 (2011)
File:World of HP Lovecraft 9.jpg|Front cover of World of HP Lovecraft #9 (2013)
Category:Fanartists
== Zines/Collections/Archives ==
A full chronological bibliography is available from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database and from Galactic Central
=== Zines ===
Issue Year	Zine Name 	Contribution
1976 	Midnight Fantasies 	Issue #13 - interior art and front cover
1981 	Queer Madness 	Issue #3 - "Bela Lugosi" article art
1984-2001 	Crypt of Cthulhu 	Issue #22 - front cover
Issue #25 - interior art
Issue #26 - front cover and letter of comment
Issue #32 - interior art
Issue #33 - Re-Animator review
Issue #38 - interior art
Issue #40 - cover art and letter of comment
Issue #42 - cover art 
Issue #43 - cover art 
Issue #49 - interior art 
Issue #50 - cover art 
Issue #51 - letter of comment
Issue #52 - letter of comment
Issue #53 - letter of comment
Issue #54 - front cover and interior art
Issue #57 - letter of comment
Issue #62 - front cover
Issue #63 - front cover
Issue #66) - front cover
Issue #71 - letter of comment
Issue #73 - interior art
Issue #74 - front cover and interior art
Issue #75 - letter of comment
Issue #79 - front cover
Issue #82 - front cover
Issue #83 - interior art
Issue #89 - front cover
Issue #90 - interior art
Issue #92 - interior art
Issue #99 - front cover
Issue #106 - interior art
Issue #107 - interior art
1986 	Dagon 	Issue #15 - interior art
Issue #16 - interior art
Issue #17 - front cover
Issue #18/19 - front cover
Issue #21 - front cover
Issue #22/23 - front cover
1986 	Tales After Dark 	Issue #1 - front cover
Issue #2 - front cover
1999 	The Ancient Track 	Issue #2 - front cover
1997-2013 	World of H.P. Lovecraft	Issue #4 - art gallery
Issue #5 - front cover and interior art
Issue #8 - front cover and "Descent into Hell, BD part 1"
Issue #9 - front cover and "Descent into Hell, BD part 2"
== References ==