Lou Anders's Blog, page 27
August 28, 2013
Wik'13 (Writing & Illustrating for Kids)
There's a short interview up with me today at YA Sleuth, the blog of Middle Grade author F. T. Bradley, concerning my talk at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' Wik (Writing & Illustrating for Kids) conference this October 11-12.Thank you, F.T. Bradley. Now everybody go order her book, Double Vision.
August 27, 2013
DragonCon and WorldCon
Pyr Books will have a presence this coming weekend at both LoneStarCon 3, the 71s World Science Fiction Convention, in San Antonio, Texas and DragonCon, in Atlanta, Georgia. I (Lou Anders) be giving the Pyr Books Presents! panel at LoneStarCon 3, along with several attending Pyr authors, and my editorial assistant, Rene Sears, will be hosting her first panel at DragonCon at the exact time in Atlanta, also with attending authors. These are two different panels - no simulcasting or multiplexing going on - but lots of never before seen cover art at both. Please come by if you are attending either con. And if you can somehow attend both, we'd really like to meet you.
World Con3:00 PM, Friday
Pyr Books Presents!Room: 007CD (Convention Center)
Lou Anders with Ari Marmell, Chris Willrich, Sam Sykes
DragonCon
4:00 PM Friday*
Pyr Rising
Room: Regency V (Hyatt)
Rene Sears with Clay & Susan Griffith, Gabrielle Harbowy, E.C. Myers, Mike Resnick, Joel Shepherd
*Since Atlanta is an hour ahead of San Antonio, these two panels will be happening simultaneously.
World Con3:00 PM, FridayPyr Books Presents!Room: 007CD (Convention Center)
Lou Anders with Ari Marmell, Chris Willrich, Sam Sykes
DragonCon
4:00 PM Friday*
Pyr Rising
Room: Regency V (Hyatt)
Rene Sears with Clay & Susan Griffith, Gabrielle Harbowy, E.C. Myers, Mike Resnick, Joel Shepherd
*Since Atlanta is an hour ahead of San Antonio, these two panels will be happening simultaneously.
August 22, 2013
The Other Man of Steel
Years ago, in a galaxy far far away, I co-wrote and co-directed short, hopefully but not necessarily comedic, black-box theater in a crack neighborhood in Chicago. The theater was called The Playwrights' Center, it was about a block or two south of the Green Mill, and when we left late at night to catch the L home we'd see the lines of folks cuing up for drugs at the local crack houses. Good times.
There was a young kid named Michael in our plays. He slept on my couch more than once, we've played drinking games, etc... For about six months I directed him in a serialized story called The Cafe with No Name. He played the son of the cafe owner who happened to be bionic.
In one episode--I'd like to think one of the better ones--we had him fight the cafe owner's first born, the Evil Bionic Man (because, you know, that's what bionic people do). We turned on a strobe light and the two bionic people fought in slow motion, making the Steve Austin sound effects themselves, going "nnnna....nnnna....nnnnnaaa....nnnnnaaaa" as they punched each other with agonizing slowness.
It was fun. But it was amateurish, horribly written, best forgotten stuff. We often had more people on stage than in the audience.
But I've always wondered what happened to Michael. He was really talented, maybe the most talented person I worked with.
A few weeks ago, my friend journalist Eric Spitznagel messaged me to say he was interviewing a certain famous, Oscar-nominated actor and did I remember any details about when he acted for us in Chicago.
I looked him up on IMDB. And suddenly the penny dropped.
Eric told me after the interview that it turns out those Chicago days were formative for Michael. It was a time when he was seriously considering leaving acting, and the small, black box work he did renewed his faith in the craft and his ability.
I'm thrilled to see that the person I identified as the most talented really was, and did well by that talent. I'm honored to think I had a hand in keeping him on the path of acting. Mostly though, I'm cuffed that decades before Zack Snyder, I directed Michael Shannon in a super hero battle.
So yeah, it's kind of all my fault.
Here is Eric's interview with General Zod.
There was a young kid named Michael in our plays. He slept on my couch more than once, we've played drinking games, etc... For about six months I directed him in a serialized story called The Cafe with No Name. He played the son of the cafe owner who happened to be bionic.
In one episode--I'd like to think one of the better ones--we had him fight the cafe owner's first born, the Evil Bionic Man (because, you know, that's what bionic people do). We turned on a strobe light and the two bionic people fought in slow motion, making the Steve Austin sound effects themselves, going "nnnna....nnnna....nnnnnaaa....nnnnnaaaa" as they punched each other with agonizing slowness.
It was fun. But it was amateurish, horribly written, best forgotten stuff. We often had more people on stage than in the audience.
But I've always wondered what happened to Michael. He was really talented, maybe the most talented person I worked with.
A few weeks ago, my friend journalist Eric Spitznagel messaged me to say he was interviewing a certain famous, Oscar-nominated actor and did I remember any details about when he acted for us in Chicago.
I looked him up on IMDB. And suddenly the penny dropped.
Eric told me after the interview that it turns out those Chicago days were formative for Michael. It was a time when he was seriously considering leaving acting, and the small, black box work he did renewed his faith in the craft and his ability.
I'm thrilled to see that the person I identified as the most talented really was, and did well by that talent. I'm honored to think I had a hand in keeping him on the path of acting. Mostly though, I'm cuffed that decades before Zack Snyder, I directed Michael Shannon in a super hero battle.So yeah, it's kind of all my fault.
Here is Eric's interview with General Zod.
August 20, 2013
GenCon 2013
There's a first time for everything they say, and last week/weekend was my first ever GenCon, the "best four days in gaming," held at the Indiana Convention Center, August 15th to 18th, in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was a participant in the GenCon Writer's Sumposium, but also there as a fan and a curious former (and now I suppose it's time to admit renewed) gamer. My interest in RPGs has been growing over the past few years. I've acquired two shelves worth of new manuals. I count dozens of friends in the RPG industry. Pyr has published an RPG tie-in novel.
I'm backing quite a few RPG Kickstarters... It just seemed like a good thing to go and do.So, I arrived on Wednesday where good friend Howard Andrew Jones (The Desert of Souls,
Pathfinder Tales: Plague of Shadows)
picked me up at the airport. We checked into the Omni, then checked out the convention center, where we ran into friend James L. Sutter, Fiction Editor at Paizo, and New Friend Wesley Schneider, Paizo Editor-in-Chief. Then it was off to the Old Spaghetti Factory, for the Writer's Symposium dinner, where I got to meet Bradley P. Beaulieu who I've only ever known online, among others. Afterwards was the Diana Jones Award party, where I met Monti Cooke, Matt Forbeck, and Wil Wheaton. The night ended in a long discussion in the lobby of the Omni with Paizo Publisher and good friend Erik Mona.
Thursday I had lunch with Wolfgang Baur of Kobold Press, who I've known online for a while but never met face to face. Really good guy, who makes really good game product and publishes some really good How To books (every fantasy author should read the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding.)
Afterwards, I had most of the day to walk the floor, where I met Rick Meints and got to congratulate him on the success of The Guide to Glorantha Kickstarter.
That night, I got to sit down at the table and play an RPG run by Howard Andrew Jones, alongside Saladin Ahmed (Throne of the Crescent Moon)
, Dave Gross (Pathfinder Tales: Queen of Thorns)
, Scott Lynch (The Republic of Thieves)
, and Howard Tay(Schlock Mercenary: The Sharp End of the Stick,
Extraordinary Zoology)
. My friend and author Joel Shepherd (recently returned from New Delhi) was there was well, as part of a three con tour in support of his just-released 23 Years on Fire.
(Joel and I haven't seen each other in the flesh since 2006, so spending so much time together was fantastic.) I also got to spend a little time with Mary Robinette Kowal, who came in that evening.
Friday things kicked into high gear with four panels on the symposium, starting with back to back 8 and 9am panels! I was on a 2pm "Magic and Mysticism" panel with Brandon Sanderson, when afterwards, Rachel Feld, Director of Retail & Consumer Marketing came up to me. She was the one person I didn't get to meet a few weeks ago when I flew up to NYC a few weeks ago to meet everyone in Sales, Marketing & Publicity working on my book, there with Brandon, and so we were both thrilled to discover the other at GenCon. And Friday night roommates Howard Andrew Jones and Scott Lynch and I, along with Joel Shepherd, got, off-campus to Bosporus Istanbul Cafe, where the stuffed eggplant was incredible!
A word on the Writer's Symposium. I had no idea such an enormous and valuable symposium existed. Over 50 authors took part, including heavy hitters like James Dashner, David Farland, Mercedes Lackey, Patrick Rothfuss, and the aforementioned Sanderson. With over 110 hours of programming and so many talented panelists, I would be surprised if there is a larger and more star-studded genre writers symposium anywhere in the US. Marc Tassin deserves incredible kudos for pulling this off, as does his helper Molly Findley and everyone on his team who worked to make this happen. The symposium has apparently been growing every year. I hope GenCon knows what a valuable side-track they have running! Amazingly, the 8 and 9am panels had over 100 attendee (the room held 200 and often looked full) while the afternoon panels sometimes (though not always) had fewer. Marc explained that this is because the game rooms open at 10, so unlike other cons, early morning is prime time here. This about killed me. I lost my voice entirely, but still managed to give my solo "ScripTips" screenwriting for novelist talk on Saturday. I got my voice back for it, but the effort ragged me out completely.
Saturday afternoon I met up with good friends Matt Wilson (Chief Creative Officer, Privateer Press) (The Human Division)
and Liz Smith (Dammit Liz Productions). Then it was off to a dinner with Pierce Watters, Erik Mona, Chris Self from Paizo, Tom Doherty (founder Tor books) and Tom Doherty Jr., and some folsk from Margaret Weis Productions. A wonderful time, which finished with Tom Doherty telling me stories about the crazy days of Chicago magazine distribution. and Miles Holmes (Gameloft game designer, but look for his Road/Kill Kickstarter coming September 9th!). Then we were joined by John Scalzi
One last night of drinks with the Writer's Symposium, one final Sunday morning panel, one last coffee with Scott Lynch, then Howard Andrew Jones and I rode away into the sunset, though he had to lend me a suitcase to get all the RPG manuals I'd bought home! You were a great con GenCon. I'll definitely be back! Not sure if I'll be there next year or if it will be the year after. Let me roll for initiative.
August 19, 2013
PW Children's Bookshelf
I was out of town last week, but as I got on the airplane last Wednesday, I had this nice surprise. My recent good news made Publishers Weekly's Children's Bookshelf newsletter:
Phoebe Yeh has also acquired Frostborn by Lou Anders, book one in a three-book middle grade fantasy adventure series called Thrones and Bones, inspired by Norse myth and folklore. The book introduces Karn, who would rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones, and Thianna, half-frost giant, half-human, who team up when they are chased by wyverns, a dead Viking sea captain, and a 1200-year-old dragon. Publication is slated for 2014; Joe Monti of the Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency brokered the deal for world English rights.
August 8, 2013
Deal of the Day at Publishers Marketplace!
News of my recent three book deal was selected as the Deal of the Day at Publishers Marketplace!
Children's: Middle grade: Nebula, World Fantasy, Hugo and Chelsea Award editorial finalist Lou Anders's FROSTBORN, the first in a series beginning with the brave frost giant's daughter who befriends a cunning boy in a land inspired by Norse folklore as they become embroiled against warriors, wyverns, and the past, and FROSTFORGED, to Phoebe Yeh at Crown Children's, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in August 2014, by Joe Monti at Barry Goldblatt Literary(World English).
Film: Eddie Gamarra at The Gotham Group
I should point out that the credit list isn't quite accurate. I've actually won the Hugo and Chesley awards, but never been nominated for a Nebula (though I have been nominated for a Locus, a PKD, 6 more Hugos, 5 more Chesleys, and 3 WFC awards). Also the title of book two is probably changing. But I am grateful for such good exposure! And deeply grateful to my agent, editor, and publisher.
But if anybody wants to repeat this news (with my thanks!), a more accurate wording would be:
Children's: Middle grade: Hugo and Chelsea Award winning editor/art director Lou Anders's FROSTBORN, the first in a series beginning with the brave frost giant's daughter who befriends a cunning boy in a land inspired by Norse folklore as they become embroiled against warriors, wyverns, and the past, and two sequels, to Phoebe Yeh at Crown Books for Young Readers, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in August 2014, by Joe Monti at Barry Goldblatt Literary(World English).
Film: Eddie Gamarra at The Gotham Group
August 6, 2013
Now It Can Be Told...
I've been sitting on some news for a month, not allowed to talk until this press release, and just bursting at the seams. But now I can speak. And so, I'm tickled pink to tell you that...
Drum roll please...
I've sold a book. And not just a book, but three books, to
Joe and Lou take ManhattanObviously, I'm enormously grateful to my new editor Phoebe, to Barbara Marcus, RHCB president and publisher, and to my agent, the extraordinary Joe Monti. I'm thrilled to be working with them all. Recently, I was in New York City, where I got to sit down with seven people from Random House' sales and marketing departments, and I'm excited to work with them as well and very confident that I am in great hands. And the opportunity to be part of the first list from a brand new, prestigious imprint from the largest publishing house... oh my!
Frostborn is slated for an August 2014 debut. Watch this space, Facebook, and my Twitter account (@LouAnders) for updates.
Drum roll please...
I've sold a book. And not just a book, but three books, to 
Joe and Lou take ManhattanObviously, I'm enormously grateful to my new editor Phoebe, to Barbara Marcus, RHCB president and publisher, and to my agent, the extraordinary Joe Monti. I'm thrilled to be working with them all. Recently, I was in New York City, where I got to sit down with seven people from Random House' sales and marketing departments, and I'm excited to work with them as well and very confident that I am in great hands. And the opportunity to be part of the first list from a brand new, prestigious imprint from the largest publishing house... oh my! Frostborn is slated for an August 2014 debut. Watch this space, Facebook, and my Twitter account (@LouAnders) for updates.
July 14, 2013
Convergence 2013
Last weekend, July 4th to 7th, was CONvergence 2013, a convention held in Bloomington, MN that I've been hearing good things about for several years now. I had the privileged of being a Guest of Honor, and the double-thrill of having my good friends John Picacio, Paul Cornell, Melinda Snodgrass, and Charlie Jane Anders all there as Guests of Honor as well!
Attendance at the convention was apparently a record-breaking 6,789 persons, who somehow all fit inside the Double Tree hotel. And not only did they fit - the Double Tree has a large indoor courtyard and attendees rent rooms with patios opening on to it, strip the rooms of furnishings, and convert them into elaborately constructed party palaces. My son loved the Japanese Tea House, so every evening we stopped by for a different tea and biscuits. I probably went through half-a-hundred fruit smoothies at the Space Lounge. And while I didn't sample "Green" nor "Orange" in the Enterprise, I did get to stand on a teleporter and and pose as a communications officer on a Star Trek: TOS set.
It's hard to communicate the energy and enthusiasm at this show--even the
hotel staff are wearing CONvergence t-shirts throughout the weekend - or the friendliness and professionalism of the con. We were all of us very impressed by the opening ceremonies. When I heard I was going to be interviewed by a puppet mascot, I confess to a feeling of dread. Instead, the opening puppet show was of professional puppeteer quality - though how could it not be when Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) and Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) are regular guests? It was a blast. And now my son is in love with robot mascot Connie and her virtual evil twin.
Comic book artist Christopher Jones (Young Justice, The Batman Strikes!) is one of the founders of CONvergence, and kindly drew a unique badge for each one of the attendees. Mine is taking from my 2011 Hugo Award win. I'm 40 lbs heavier in that picture than I am now, but I'm also holding a glowing rocket, so hey. Really, I was just grinning and showing off my badge for hours after they gave it to me. Being animated by such a great artist was really something else. And speaking of something else...
My wrangler Andrew McKay was extraordinaire too, giving us a tour of the Mall of America--which everyone should see once. Actually, the aquarium is quite nice and the mirror maze was fantastic. The roller coasters looked amazing but - alas! - no one in my family does roller coasters but me. Also, I've never been able to sit still for a game at a con - too much to see and do - but my son was very curious about Munchkins and we weren't sure if it was age appropriate, so Andrew rounded up a game and ran one for us. We loved it and Steven Jackson has scored another customer.
Thursday night John Picacio, his assistant Tara Smith, and I snuck out to a dinner at Republic in downtown Minneapolis, where I had some great fish and chips, grilled vegetables with one of the spiciest habanero peppers I've had in a long while, and a fantastic (and fantastically named) beer called Dragon's Milk, which was rich, thick, and had the sort of bite you'd expect from a beer so called. The bartender was delighted that an appreciative audience had come from so far away and kept sending me free samples of his other wares all night too. Great place, great food and drink, great company. Highly recommended.
The whole weekend was marvelous, especially for being able to spend time with so many friends, the aforementioned guests, as well as Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, new friend Peter Lee (of WotC), and many more. I also got to put faces on some blogger's names and see some folk I haven't seen in a long while.
Huge thanks to Guest Co-Head Tanya Brody, Director Michael Lee, artist in residence and founding member Christopher Jones, my excellent wrangler Andrew McKay, programming head Craig Finseth, Picacio's wrangler Carly Buchanan who also helped me out a time or two and everyone working in front of and behind the scenes who made this such a magnificent time! You're a great con CONvergence. I hope to come back!
Attendance at the convention was apparently a record-breaking 6,789 persons, who somehow all fit inside the Double Tree hotel. And not only did they fit - the Double Tree has a large indoor courtyard and attendees rent rooms with patios opening on to it, strip the rooms of furnishings, and convert them into elaborately constructed party palaces. My son loved the Japanese Tea House, so every evening we stopped by for a different tea and biscuits. I probably went through half-a-hundred fruit smoothies at the Space Lounge. And while I didn't sample "Green" nor "Orange" in the Enterprise, I did get to stand on a teleporter and and pose as a communications officer on a Star Trek: TOS set.It's hard to communicate the energy and enthusiasm at this show--even the
hotel staff are wearing CONvergence t-shirts throughout the weekend - or the friendliness and professionalism of the con. We were all of us very impressed by the opening ceremonies. When I heard I was going to be interviewed by a puppet mascot, I confess to a feeling of dread. Instead, the opening puppet show was of professional puppeteer quality - though how could it not be when Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) and Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) are regular guests? It was a blast. And now my son is in love with robot mascot Connie and her virtual evil twin.
Comic book artist Christopher Jones (Young Justice, The Batman Strikes!) is one of the founders of CONvergence, and kindly drew a unique badge for each one of the attendees. Mine is taking from my 2011 Hugo Award win. I'm 40 lbs heavier in that picture than I am now, but I'm also holding a glowing rocket, so hey. Really, I was just grinning and showing off my badge for hours after they gave it to me. Being animated by such a great artist was really something else. And speaking of something else...
My wrangler Andrew McKay was extraordinaire too, giving us a tour of the Mall of America--which everyone should see once. Actually, the aquarium is quite nice and the mirror maze was fantastic. The roller coasters looked amazing but - alas! - no one in my family does roller coasters but me. Also, I've never been able to sit still for a game at a con - too much to see and do - but my son was very curious about Munchkins and we weren't sure if it was age appropriate, so Andrew rounded up a game and ran one for us. We loved it and Steven Jackson has scored another customer. 
Thursday night John Picacio, his assistant Tara Smith, and I snuck out to a dinner at Republic in downtown Minneapolis, where I had some great fish and chips, grilled vegetables with one of the spiciest habanero peppers I've had in a long while, and a fantastic (and fantastically named) beer called Dragon's Milk, which was rich, thick, and had the sort of bite you'd expect from a beer so called. The bartender was delighted that an appreciative audience had come from so far away and kept sending me free samples of his other wares all night too. Great place, great food and drink, great company. Highly recommended.
The whole weekend was marvelous, especially for being able to spend time with so many friends, the aforementioned guests, as well as Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, new friend Peter Lee (of WotC), and many more. I also got to put faces on some blogger's names and see some folk I haven't seen in a long while.Huge thanks to Guest Co-Head Tanya Brody, Director Michael Lee, artist in residence and founding member Christopher Jones, my excellent wrangler Andrew McKay, programming head Craig Finseth, Picacio's wrangler Carly Buchanan who also helped me out a time or two and everyone working in front of and behind the scenes who made this such a magnificent time! You're a great con CONvergence. I hope to come back!
July 2, 2013
2013 Chesley Award Nominations
The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists have announced the nominees for the 2013 Chesley Awards. The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 as ASFA's peer awards to recognize individual works and achievements not otherwise recognized by the Hugo Awards, during a given year and are named in honor of famed astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell. This year’s ceremony will take place at the 71st World Science Fiction convention, LoneStarCon 3, in San Antonio, TX, August 29th - September 2nd.
This year, Pyr is delighted to be represented on the ballot five times!
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Lance of Earth and Sky
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood,
The Dusk Watchman
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: John Picacio, The Creative Fire 
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Sam Weber, Quantum Coin 
2013 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
Here is the full list. Congratulations to all the nominees:
Dehong He: Lance of Earth and Sky by Erin Hoffman, Pyr, April 2012 Todd Lockwood: The Dusk Watchman by Tom Lloyd, Pyr, August 2012 John Jude Palencar: The Palencar Project edited by David G. Hartwell, Tor ebook, February 2012 John Picacio: The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper, Pyr, November 2012 Elena Vizerskaya: Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille by James Van Pelt, Fairwood Press, November 2012Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book
J.K. Drummond: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, Subterranean Press, March 2012 Bob Eggleton: Gods of Opar by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey, Subterranean Press, June 2012 Donato Giancola: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear, Tor, March 2012 Todd Lockwood: The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson, DAW, September 2012 John Picacio: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Subterranean Press, April 2012 Sam Weber: Quantum Coin by E. C. Myers, Pyr, October 2012
Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
Ken Barthelmey: Clarkesworld #74 November 2012 Julie Dillon: Clarkesworld #73 October 2012 Bob Eggleton: Famous Masters of Filmland #262 July/August 2012 Martin Faragasso: Clarkesworld #71 August 2012 David Palumbo: Creepy #9 Dark Horse, July 2012 Craig J. Spearing: Dragon #418 December 2012Best Interior Illustration
Brom: Krampus by Brom Harper, Voyager, Oct. 2012 Sam Burley: “Brother. Prince. Snake.” by Cecil Castellucci, Tor.com, July 2012 J. K. Drummond: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, Subterranean Press, Mar. 2012 Bob Eggleton: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, MBI/Easton Press, Dec. 2012 William O'Connor: Dracopedia The Great Dragons: An Artist's Field Guide and Drawing Journal by William O'Connor, Impact, June 2012Best Monochrome: Unpublished
Larry Elmore: “By the River,” oil Travis Lewis: “Deep,” oil & mixed media Joāo Ruas “Sides,” graphite Raoul Vitale: “Last of His Kind,” pencil Allen Williams: “Fawn,” graphiteBest Color Work: Unpublished
Julie Bell: “A Passion for the Future,” oil Donato Giancola: “Joan of Arc,” oil Lucas Graciano: “Guardianship,” oil Michael C. Hayes: “Procession,” oil Mark Poole: “Waiting on a Memory,” oil Soutchay Sougpradith: “Peacock Prophecy,” oil Raoul Vitale: “Safe,” oilBest Three-Dimensional Art
Dan Chudzinski: “Gus Gets a Jetpack,” mixed Michael Defeo: “Octopus,” resin David Meng: “Sashimi,” mixed Michael Parkes: “Startled Sky Nymph,” half life-size bronze James Shoop: “Ramautar,” bronze Vincent Villafranca: “Spaceman on the Verge,” bronze Cindy Wynn: “Alien Chair,” steelBest Gaming-Related Illustration
Lucas Graciano: “Dragon Swarm” (Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Artifacts & Legends) Paizo, October 2012 D. Alexander Gregory: “Chandra the Firebrand” (2013 Core Set Magic card) WotC, July 2012 David Palumbo: “Ereshkigal, Death Mistress” (“Legend of the Cryptids”) Applibot Inc., April 2012 James Ryman: “Princess of the Underworld,” (“Legend of the Cryptids”) Applibot Inc., April 2012 Sverlin Velinov: “Thundermaw Hellkite” (2013 Core Set Magic card) Wizards of the Coast, July 2012Best Product Illustration
Jim Burns: “The Wanderers” (IlluXCon 5 promotional art) Munchkin Press, November 2012 Dan Dos Santos: “The Dragon Empress” (Dragon*Con promotional poster) August, 2012 John Harris: “The Search” (Illuxcon 5 promotional art) Munchkin Press, Nov. 2012 Iain McCaig: Concept and character design for John Carter, Disney, March 2012 John Picacio: La Sirena Loteria card 2012Best Art Director
Lou Anders for Pyr Books Irene Gallo for Tor Lauren Panepinto for Orbit Books William Schafer for Subterranean Press Jon Schindehette for Wizards of the CoastAward for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Brom Larry Elmore David Hardy John Harris Gary Lippincott
This year, Pyr is delighted to be represented on the ballot five times!
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Lance of Earth and Sky
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood,
The Dusk Watchman
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: John Picacio, The Creative Fire
2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Sam Weber, Quantum Coin
2013 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou AndersHere is the full list. Congratulations to all the nominees:
Dehong He: Lance of Earth and Sky by Erin Hoffman, Pyr, April 2012 Todd Lockwood: The Dusk Watchman by Tom Lloyd, Pyr, August 2012 John Jude Palencar: The Palencar Project edited by David G. Hartwell, Tor ebook, February 2012 John Picacio: The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper, Pyr, November 2012 Elena Vizerskaya: Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille by James Van Pelt, Fairwood Press, November 2012Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book
J.K. Drummond: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, Subterranean Press, March 2012 Bob Eggleton: Gods of Opar by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey, Subterranean Press, June 2012 Donato Giancola: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear, Tor, March 2012 Todd Lockwood: The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson, DAW, September 2012 John Picacio: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Subterranean Press, April 2012 Sam Weber: Quantum Coin by E. C. Myers, Pyr, October 2012
Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
Ken Barthelmey: Clarkesworld #74 November 2012 Julie Dillon: Clarkesworld #73 October 2012 Bob Eggleton: Famous Masters of Filmland #262 July/August 2012 Martin Faragasso: Clarkesworld #71 August 2012 David Palumbo: Creepy #9 Dark Horse, July 2012 Craig J. Spearing: Dragon #418 December 2012Best Interior Illustration
Brom: Krampus by Brom Harper, Voyager, Oct. 2012 Sam Burley: “Brother. Prince. Snake.” by Cecil Castellucci, Tor.com, July 2012 J. K. Drummond: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, Subterranean Press, Mar. 2012 Bob Eggleton: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, MBI/Easton Press, Dec. 2012 William O'Connor: Dracopedia The Great Dragons: An Artist's Field Guide and Drawing Journal by William O'Connor, Impact, June 2012Best Monochrome: Unpublished
Larry Elmore: “By the River,” oil Travis Lewis: “Deep,” oil & mixed media Joāo Ruas “Sides,” graphite Raoul Vitale: “Last of His Kind,” pencil Allen Williams: “Fawn,” graphiteBest Color Work: Unpublished
Julie Bell: “A Passion for the Future,” oil Donato Giancola: “Joan of Arc,” oil Lucas Graciano: “Guardianship,” oil Michael C. Hayes: “Procession,” oil Mark Poole: “Waiting on a Memory,” oil Soutchay Sougpradith: “Peacock Prophecy,” oil Raoul Vitale: “Safe,” oilBest Three-Dimensional Art
Dan Chudzinski: “Gus Gets a Jetpack,” mixed Michael Defeo: “Octopus,” resin David Meng: “Sashimi,” mixed Michael Parkes: “Startled Sky Nymph,” half life-size bronze James Shoop: “Ramautar,” bronze Vincent Villafranca: “Spaceman on the Verge,” bronze Cindy Wynn: “Alien Chair,” steelBest Gaming-Related Illustration
Lucas Graciano: “Dragon Swarm” (Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Artifacts & Legends) Paizo, October 2012 D. Alexander Gregory: “Chandra the Firebrand” (2013 Core Set Magic card) WotC, July 2012 David Palumbo: “Ereshkigal, Death Mistress” (“Legend of the Cryptids”) Applibot Inc., April 2012 James Ryman: “Princess of the Underworld,” (“Legend of the Cryptids”) Applibot Inc., April 2012 Sverlin Velinov: “Thundermaw Hellkite” (2013 Core Set Magic card) Wizards of the Coast, July 2012Best Product Illustration
Jim Burns: “The Wanderers” (IlluXCon 5 promotional art) Munchkin Press, November 2012 Dan Dos Santos: “The Dragon Empress” (Dragon*Con promotional poster) August, 2012 John Harris: “The Search” (Illuxcon 5 promotional art) Munchkin Press, Nov. 2012 Iain McCaig: Concept and character design for John Carter, Disney, March 2012 John Picacio: La Sirena Loteria card 2012Best Art Director
Lou Anders for Pyr Books Irene Gallo for Tor Lauren Panepinto for Orbit Books William Schafer for Subterranean Press Jon Schindehette for Wizards of the CoastAward for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
Brom Larry Elmore David Hardy John Harris Gary Lippincott
July 1, 2013
Sidewise Awards for Alternate History
The judges for the the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have just announced the short list of finalists for the 2012 Sidewise Award, and Mark Hodder's
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon
has made the list. The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year. The winners will be announced at LoneStarCon 3, the 71st Annual World Science Fiction Convention the weekend of August 30, 2013, in San Antonio. Congratulations to Mark and all the nominees!
