Chesley Award for Best Art Director

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The Chesley Award for Best Art Director is given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize the achievements of a science fiction or fantasy art director eligible in the year previous to the award.

The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, ASFA, is a non-profit, educational association, whose membership is made up of amateur and professional artists, art directors, art show managers, publishers and collectors involved in the visual arts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mythology and related topics. It is currently based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games.

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Winners and nominees

YearWinnerOther nominees
2004Irene Gallo (Tor Books)
  • Arnie & Cathy Fenner (Spectrum 10)
  • Howard & Jane Frank (The Haggard Project)
  • Dawn Murin (Wizards of the Coast)
2005Irene Gallo (Tor Books)
2006Irene Gallo (Tor Books)
2007Irene Gallo (Tor Books) [1]
2008Irene Gallo (Tor Books) [2]
2009Lou Anders (Pyr Books) [3]
2010Irene Gallo (Tor Books) [4]
2011Jon Schindehette (Wizards of the Coast) [5] [6]
2012Irene Gallo (Tor Books)

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References

  1. ↑ "Chesley Awards". Science Fiction Awards Watch. September 1, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Chesleys Have Landed". Science Fiction Awards Watch. November 19, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2009 Chesley Awards Winners". Locus . August 12, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2010 Chesley winners". Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. August 8, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Gallo, Irene (May 31, 2011). "2011 Chesley Award Finalists". Tor.com . Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2011 Chesley Awards Winners". Locus . August 11, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "2012 Chesley Awards Finalists". Locus . June 18, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  1. The Chesley Award section of the ASFA website
  2. Locus Index to SF Awards: Chesley Awards 2006
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