Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Magazine

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The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Magazine Art is given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize achievements in the illustration of science fiction & fantasy magazines eligible in the year previous to the award.

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Winners and nominees

YearWinnerMagazineOther nominees
1985Bob Walters Asimov's , December 1984 [1]
1987 Bob Eggleton Asimov's , January 1987 [1]
1988Terry Lee Amazing , January 1988 [1]
1989 Bob Eggleton Asimov's , July 1988 [1]
1990 Frank Kelly Freas
Laura Brodian Kelly-Freas
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine , Autumn 1989 [1]
1991 Bob Eggleton Aboriginal, January 1990 [1]
1992 David Mattingly Amazing , September 1991 [1]
1993 Michael Whelan Asimov's , November 1992 [1]
1994 Wojtek Siudmak Asimov's , December 1993 [1]
1995
(tie)
Bob Eggleton Asimov's , August 1994 [1]
Wojtek Siudmak Analog , December 1994 [1]
1996 Bob Eggleton Analog , January 1995
1997 Bob Eggleton Fantasy & Science Fiction , May 1996 [1]
1998 Todd Lockwood Dragon, August 1997 [1]
1999 Bob Eggleton Fantasy & Science Fiction , May 1998 [1]
2000 Bob Eggleton Fantasy & Science Fiction , August 1999 [1]
2001 Todd Lockwood Dragon, July 2000 [1]
2002 James C. Christensen The Leading Edge #41, April 2001 [1]
2003 Todd Lockwood Dragon, December 2002 [1]
2004 Bob Eggleton Fantasy & Science Fiction , July 2003 [1]
2005Omar RayyanSpider, October 2004 [1]
2006 Donato Giancola Asimov's , September 2005 [1]
2007Renee LeCompte Fantasy Magazine , Summer 2006 [1]
2008Cory Ench
Catska Ench
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , March 2007 [2]
2009Matts Minnhagen Clarkesworld #19, April 2008 ("Floating Fish") [1]
2010 John Picacio Asimov's , September 2009 [3]
2011 Nick Greenwood Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show #17, June 2010 [4]
2012 Lee Moyer Weird Tales , Winter 2010/2011 [6]
  • Facundo Diaz for Clarkesworld #57, June 2011 ("Off Road")
  • Laura Diehl for Fantasy, August 2011
  • Carly B. Sorge for Apex Magazine , September 2011
  • Dariusz Zawadski for Fantasy, May 2011 [7]
2013Ken Barthelmey Clarkesworld #74, November 2012 ("New World") [8]
  • Julie Dillon, Clarkesworld #73, October 2012 ("Breaking Through")
  • Bob Eggleton Famous Masters of Filmland #262, July/August 2012
  • Martin Faragasso, Clarkesworld #71, August 2012 ("Space Journey")
  • David Palumbo, Creepy #9, Dark Horse, July 2012
  • Craig J. Spearing, Dragon #418, December 2012
2014 Dan Dos Santos Fables #136, December 2013 [1]
2015 Julie Dillon Analog , April 2014 [1]
2016Tran Nguyen Uncanny Magazine #4, May/June 2015 ("Traveling to a Distant Day") [1]
  • Maurizio Manzieri, Asimov's , October/November 2015
  • Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed #63, August 2015
  • Greg Ruth, Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1
  • shichigoro-shingo, Clarkesworld #109, October 2015 ("A-boushi-ya")
2017Galen Dara Uncanny Magazine #10, May/June 2016 (“Bubbles and Blast Off”) [1]
2018Ingrid KallickCricket Magazine, January 2017 [1]
2019Arthur Haas Clarkesworld #140, May 2018 ("Meeting") [1]
2020Evan Cagle Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1, August 2019
  • Yoshitaka Amano, Blood Borne #12, June 2019
  • Matt Dixon, Clarkesworld #152, May 2019 ("Vertigo")
  • Tiffany England, Cricket Magazine, October 2019 ("Into the Wild Blue Yonder")
  • Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed #104, January 2019 ("With Teeth Unmake the Sun")
2021Francesca Resta Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 ("Ancient Stones")
2022
2023Tehani FarrEternus #1 (metal variant), October 2022
  • Ed Binkley, Bourbon Penn #26, March 2022
  • Zezhou Chen, Clarkesworld #184, January 2022 ("Return to Heaven 7")
  • Daniel Conway, Clarkesworld #193, October 2022 ("Art Block")
  • JC Jongwon Park, Clarkesworld #185, February 2022 ("Talk")

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