2013 Chesley Award Winners: Todd Lockwood and John Picacio

Dragon Con would like to congratulate guests Todd Lockwood and John Picacio for winning 2013 Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists Chesley Awards!

Todd won “Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book” for The Awakening, which was the cover for the novel The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson.

John won both “Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book” for The Creative Fire, which was the cover for the novel The Creative Fire: Book One of Ruby’s Song by Brenda Cooper, and “Best Product Illustration” for La Sirena, which is used for a card of the same name in the upcoming Loteria card deck by Lost Boy.

Congratulations!!

[Edit: And more congrats to John Picacio for also winning the Hugo for “Best Professional Artist”!]

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