Year
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Winner
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Other nominees
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2002
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Donato Giancola for
Ashling by
Isobelle Carmody (
Tor Books, 2001)
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2003
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Todd Lockwood for
The Thousand Orcs by
R. A. Salvatore (
Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
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2004
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Donato Giancola for
City by
Clifford D. Simak (
SFBC, 2003)
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2005 (tie)
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Rick Berry for
Queen of the Amazons by
Judith Tarr (
Tor Books, March 2004)
Tony DiTerlizzi for The Wrath of Mulgarath:
The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5 by
Holly Black &
Tony DiTerlizzi (
Simon & Schuster, September 2004)
Donato Giancola for
The Nameless Day by Sara Douglas (
Tor Books, July 2004)
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2006
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Stephan Martinière for
Elantris by
Brandon Sanderson (
Tor Books, May 2005)
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2007
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Stephan Martinière for
River of Gods by
Ian McDonald (
Pyr, Mar 2006)
[1]
|
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2008
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Donato Giancola for The Outback Stars by
Sandra McDonald (
Tor Books, April 2007)
[2]
|
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Alan M. Clark for Shades by Geoff Cooper and
Brian Keene (
Cemetery Dance, November 2007)
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Dan Dos Santos for Farseed by
Pamela Sargent (
Tor Books, March 2007)
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Bob Eggleton for Dagon in The Taint and Other Novellas by
Brian Lumley (
Subterranean Press, November 2007)
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Jon Foster for
The Well of Ascension by
Brandon Sanderson (
Tor Books, August 2007)
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Stephen Hickman for The Lifehouse Trilogy by
Spider Robinson (
Baen, December 2007)
- Vance Kovacs for
Seeing Redd by
Frank Beddor (
Dial Penguin, August 2007)
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Todd Lockwood for
The Orc King by
R.A. Salvatore (
Wizards of the Coast, September 2007)
-
Stephan Martinière for
Mainspring by
Jay Lake (
Tor Books, October 2007)
-
John Jude Palencar for
Fatal Revenant by
Stephen R. Donaldson (
Putnam, October 2007)
-
John Picacio for
The Margarets by
Sheri S. Tepper (
Eos, May 2007)
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2009
|
Donato Giancola for
A Book of Wizards edited by
Marvin Kaye (
SFBC, April 2008)
[3]
|
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2010
|
Matthew Stewart for The Valley of Shadows by
Brian Cullen (
Tor, Feb. 2009)
[4]
|
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2011
|
Michael Whelan for
The Way of Kings by
Brandon Sanderson (
Tor, August 2010)
[5]
|
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2012
|
Tom Kidd for
Deathbird Stories by
Harlan Ellison (
Subterranean)
[7]
|
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2013
|
Todd Lockwood for
The Wild Road by
Jennifer Roberson (
DAW, September 2012)
[9]
|
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2014
|
Todd Lockwood for A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by
Marie Brennan (Titan Books, February 2013)
|
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2015
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Julie Dillon for
Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthologyedited by Peter Ahlstrom (Dragonsteel Entertainment, July 2014)
|
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2016
|
Todd Lockwood Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent by
Marie Brennan (
Titan Books, March 2015)
[10]
|
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2017
|
Tran Nguyen
Kushiel's Dart by
Jacqueline Carey (Subterranean, 2016)
|
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2018
|
Marc Simonetti
The Sword of Shannara by
Terry Brooks (Grim Oak Press, August 2017)
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2019
|
Jon Foster I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by
Connie Willis (Subterranean, April 2018)
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2020
|
Eric Wilkerson
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (
Rick Riordan Presents, October 2019)
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2021
|
Corinne Reid Encounters with the Imaginary Vol. 3 edited by Jeszika Le Vye and Kira Night (Boneshaker Press, September 2020)
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2022
|
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2023
|
Manzi Jackson based on the photography of CreativeSoul
Africa Risen edited by
Sheree Renee Thomas,
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, &
Zelda Knight (
Tor; November 2022)
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