Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover

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The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover has been presented every year since 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists 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.

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Winners and nominees

YearWinnerOther 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)
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 Martinière
for Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, May 2005)
2007 Stephan Martinière
for River of Gods by Ian McDonald (Pyr, Mar 2006) [1]
2008 Donato Giancola
for The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald (Tor Books, April 2007) [2]
2009 Donato Giancola
for A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008) [3]
2010Matthew Stewart
for Valley of Shadows by Brian Cullen (Tor, Feb. 2009) [4]
2011 Michael Whelan
for The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, August 2010) [5]
2012 Tom Kidd
for Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean) [7]
2013 Todd Lockwood
for The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson (DAW, September 2012) [9]
2014 Todd Lockwood
for A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, February 2013)
2015 Julie Dillon
for Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology edited by Peter Ahlstrom (Dragonsteel Entertainment, July 2014)
2016 Todd Lockwood
Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, March 2015) [10]
2017Tran Nguyen
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (Subterranean, 2016)
2018Marc Simonetti
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks (Grim Oak Press, August 2017)
2019Jon Foster
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis (Subterranean, April 2018)
2020Eric Wilkerson
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Rick Riordan Presents, October 2019)
2021Corinne Reid
Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3 edited by Jeszika Le Vye and Kira Night (Boneshaker Press, September 2020)
2022
2023Manzi Jackson based on the photography of CreativeSoul
Africa Risen edited by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, & Zelda Knight (Tor; November 2022)

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  1. The Chesley Award section of the ASFA website
  2. Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Chesley awards
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