The winners for the 21st edition of the Spectrum Fantastic Art Annual were announced this evening at the grand Midway theatre in Kansas City, at Spectrum Live, a weekend long celebration of fantastic art.
The Spectrum awards are chosen from over five thousand entrees. This year’s jurors were Cory Godbey, Anthony Kosar, George Pratt, Shelly Wan, and Allen Williams.
Congratultions to everyone, in particular Tran Nguyen for her gold medal on “Insects of Love,” a Tor.com short story coming later this month!
The gold and silver medalists are:
Advertising
Gold: Kent Williams—The Criterion Collection Lord of the Flies
Silver: Victo Ngai—A Tiger Beer Chinese New Year
Runners-up:
- Anita Kunz—Little Monsters
- Shu Yan—Go Into the Gate
- Gabriel Verdon—Hiversaires
Book
Gold: Nicolas Delort—The End of the Road
Silver: Scott Gustafson—Little Sambha and the Tiger with the Beautiful Purple Shoes with Crimson Soles
Runners-up:
- John Harris—Fire: the Road Beside the Wall
- Petar Meseldzija—The Golden Apple Tree 1
- Kirsti Wakelin—Dreamboats, Lilies, Koi and Chang Kuo-lao
Comics
Gold: Thomas Campi—The Red Door
Silver: Mark A. Nelson—Seasons, page 1
Runners-up:
- He Jie Mona—All Corners of the Country: The Lost Buildings #4
- David Palumbo—Aliens #1 cover
- Goni Montes—Clive Barker’s Next Testament #6
Concept Art
Gold: Theo Prins—Refugees
Silver: Vance Kovacs—John Carter Punches a Thark
Runners-up:
- Theo Prins—Kite City 2
- Brian Matyas—Messenger Girl
- Jamie Jones—Ackzero Interior
Dimensional
Gold: The Shiflett Bros.—Vertical Man-Tank, 1892
Silver: Colin and Kristine Poole—Hot Diggety Dog
Runners-up:
- Shaun Tan—Grimm Tales: Thousandfurs
- Jessica Dalvo—Don’t Mind Me
- Forest Rogers—Goblin Spider
Editorial
Gold: Tran Nguyen—The Insects of Love
Silver: Yuko Shimizu—Hair Tree
Runners-up:
- Nicolas Delort—Rumor of Angels
- Luo Xin—Recall
- Bill Mayer—Fragile Planet
Institutional
Gold: Bill Carman—Shared Eyewear
Silver: Justin Sweet—Blacksea
Runners-up:
- Rebecca Yanovskaya—Ascent of Man
- Ed Binkley—The Hag Griselle Pays a Visit
- Donato Giancola—Huor and Hurin Approach Gondolin
Unpublished
Gold: Omar Rayyan—The Long Walk Home
Silver: Yukari Masuike—Riding Horse on the Freezing Day
Runners-up:
- Jean-Baptiste Monge—Ode to the Moon
- Annie Stegg—Lilaia the Naiad
- Audrey Benjaminsen—Lady of Light
Grand Master: Iain McCaig
