Jack Gaughan Award
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The Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist honors the memory of Jack Gaughan
. Because Jack felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, The New England Science Fiction Association
, Inc., presents the Gaughan Award annually to an emerging artist
(an artist who has become a professional within the past five years) chosen by a panel of judge
s.
The winner of the Gaughan Award is announced during Boskone
, NESFA's annual convention.
Jack Gaughan
Jack Gaughan was an American science fiction artist and illustrator who won the Hugo Award several times. Working primarily with Donald A...
. Because Jack felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, The New England Science Fiction Association
New England Science Fiction Association
The New England Science Fiction Association, or NESFA, is a science fiction club centered in the New England area. It was founded in 1967, "by fans who wanted to do things in addition to socializing"...
, Inc., presents the Gaughan Award annually to an emerging artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
(an artist who has become a professional within the past five years) chosen by a panel of judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
s.
The winner of the Gaughan Award is announced during Boskone
Boskone
This article is about the fictional organization in E.E. Smith's Lensman series. For the yearly BOSKONE science fiction convention, see Boskone ....
, NESFA's annual convention.
- 1986 Stephen HickmanStephen HickmanStephen Hickman is an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit. His efforts have brought an extra dimension to the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H. P....
- 1987 Val Lakey Lindahn
- 1988 Bob EggletonBob EggletonBob Eggleton is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist. Eggleton has been honored with the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times, first winning in 1994. He also won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book "Greetings From Earth"...
- 1989 Dell Harris
- 1990 Keith ParkinsonKeith ParkinsonKeith Parkinson was an American fantasy artist and illustrator known for book cover and game artwork for games such as EverQuest, Guardians, Magic: The Gathering and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.-Early life:...
- 1991 Richard Hescox
- 1992 Jody LeeJody LeeJody A. Lee is a professional fantasy artist from San Francisco known best for her book cover illustrations. Authors she has worked with include Mercedes Lackey, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and many others...
- 1993 Nicholas Jainschigg
- 1994 Dorian Vallejo
- 1995 Bruce JensenBruce JensenBruce Jensen is a US illustrator who has created book covers for science fiction authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson, Neal Stephenson, Charles Sheffield, Joe Haldeman, Linda Nagata, and Philip K. Dick. His covers were described by Nagata as "deftly illustrat[ing] the mood, the feeling of the book"...
- 1996 Charles LangCharles LangCharles Bryant Lang, Jr., A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.Early in his career he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by Carl Akeley for outdoor action shots...
- 1997 Lisa Snellings-Clark
- 1998 Donato GiancolaDonato GiancolaDonato Giancola is an American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration.-Biography:Donato Giancola was born in 1967 and raised in Colchester, Vermont, near Burlington, Vermont...
- 1999 BromBrom-People:*Gerald Brom, an American fantasy artist,*Robert Henry Brom, an American Roman Catholic bishop*Gustav Brom , Czech band leader*David Brom, American murderer Cor Brom*Cor Brom Dutch footballer...
- 2000 Stephen DanieleStephen Daniele-Works:Stephen Daniele has continued to produce interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1995, as well as cover art for Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs , the Dark Sun Campaign Setting , and Den of Thieves...
- 2001 Mark ZugMark ZugMark Zug is an artist and illustrator who is known for his work with the Septimus Heap series and Harlan Ellison's adaption of I, Robot. He has illustrated many collectible card games, including Magic: The Gathering and Dune, as well as books and magazines. He lives in Pennsylvania.- Biography...
- 2002 Terese NielsenTerese NielsenTerese Nielsen is a California-based freelance fantasy artist.-Career:Nielsen has gained a fan following mainly because of her illustrations for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering...
- 2003 Martina Pilcerova
- 2004 Justin Sweet
- 2005 Adam RexAdam RexAdam Rex is an American illustrator and author of children's books living in Tucson, Arizona.- Career :Adam Rex received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. He has contributed illustrations to Magic: The Gathering and other fantasy art and has illustrated several children's books...
- 2006 Scott M. Fischer
- 2007 Dan Dos Santos
See also
- Science fiction fandomScience fiction fandomScience fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or "fandom" of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy and in contact with one another based upon that interest...
- Science fiction artists
- List of science fiction awards