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Congratulations to John Picacio, Official Artist for Boskone 47, for his four Chesley Award nominations!

The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 as ASFA's peer awards to recognize individual works and achievements during a given year. The Chesleys were initially called the ASFA Awards, but were later renamed to honor famed astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell after his death in 1986. The awards are presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).

2009: The Chesley Awards Nominations
These listings are the Official Nominations on the Ballot for the Chesley Awards which will be presented at Anticipation in Montreal.  Here’s the entire list. http://www.asfa-art.org/chesley2009.html

John Picacio is on the ballot for paperback for Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders, Pyr, October 2008.

For hardcover for Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories by L.E. Modesitt Jr, Tor, 03/2008.  (Also nominated in this category are past Boskone Official Artists, Stephan Martiniere, and Donato Giancola.)

For magazine for Asimov's, September 2008.  (Also nominated in this category is past Boskone Official Artist, Bob Eggleton.)

For Interior for Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock, Del Rey, 2008. (Also nominated in this category is past Boskone Official Artist, Donato Giancola.)

And a congratulations to Boskone 46 Special Guest, Irene Gallo, for her nomination in the Art Director category.

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Space opera supremo Alastair Reynolds scores unprecedented ten-year, ten-book deal from Gollancz for his 'mean line in alien cultures and technology'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/22/alastair-reynolds-million-pound-deal

 

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Edit Tuesday: I'm going to post what I find when I find it, but with length tags, since I can do that very quickly—hopefully that will at least give readers some hints as to what they'll find behind the links.

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