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References
- ↑ "Critic’s Choice—Reviewing the 2021 Chesley Awards Nominations" by Donny Caltrider, Hipsters of the Coast, November 26, 2021.
- ↑ The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective by John Grant, AAPPL Artists' and Photographers' Press, Windsor Books, 2003, page 9.
- ↑ "Chesley Awards". Science Fiction Chronicle . Vol. 21, no. 1. December 1999. p. 4.
- ↑ "People in Business". The Tennessean . Nashville, TN. September 24, 2006. p. E5. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
The Chesley Awards, established in 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, are annual international awards presented during the World Science Fiction Convention and on some occasions when WSFC is on another continent, the North American Science Fiction Convention.
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