COVER ILLUSTRATION, HARDCOVER

• John Jude Palencar, for Forests of the Heart (by Charles de Lint; Tor)
• Bob Eggleton, for Darkness Descending (by Harry Turtledove; Tor)
• Donato Giancola, for The Lord of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien; Science Fiction Book Club)
• Michael Whelan, for Tangled Up in Blue (by Joan D. Vinge; Tor)
• Kinuko Y. Craft, for The Tower at Stony Wood (by Patricia A. McKillip; Ace)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, PAPERBACK

• Jean-Pierre Targete, for Circle at Center (by Douglas Niles; Ace)
• Donato Giancola, for The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant (by Mary Gentle; Eos)
• Larry Elmore, for The Chick is in the Mail (by Martin H. Greenberg & Esther M. Friesner, eds.; Baen)
• Mark Zug, for The Clandestine Circle (by Mary H. Herbert; Wizards of the Coast)
• Don Maitz, for The Magic Dead (by Peter Garrison; Ace)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, MAGAZINE

• Todd Lockwood, for Dragon Jul 2000
• Brom, for Dragon Jun 2000
• Frank Kelly Freas, for Analog Oct 2000
• Jael, for Dreams of Decadence Summer 2000
• Joe Jusko, for Tomb Raider #6 Jul 2000
• Luis Royo, for Heavy Metal Nov 2000
• Chicon 2000 Program (cover A, 'Sue'), Bob Eggleton

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION

• Kinuko Y. Craft, for Cinderella (by Kinuko Y. Craft; North-South/SeaStar)
• Leo & Diane Dillon, for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (by Jules Verne)
• Omar Rayyan, for "A Dear Gazelle" (by Elizabeth E. Wein; Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Spring 2000)
• William Stout, for The New Dinosaurs (by William Stout)
• Ruth Sanderson, for Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (by Jane Yolen)

COLOR WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "Reach", Michael Whelan
• "Appointment with Death", Marianne Plumridge
• "Berry Market", Omar Rayyan
• "Dance of the Dead", H. Ed Cox
• "Daybreak", Lubov

MONOCHROME WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "A Wizard of Earthsea", Drew Willis
• "Anubis", Charles Keegan
• "Baby Dragon", Stanley W. Morrison
• "Enchanted Wood", Joel Keener
• "The Secret Garden", Jill Bauman

THREE-DIMENSIONAL

• "Millennium Angel" (resin), Sandra Lira
• "Bookstand" (red oak, slate, glass & sterling silver), Johnna Klukas
• "Frazetta's Barbarian" (bronze), Clayburn Moore
• "Goth Faery" (fimo), Wendy Froud
• "The White Dragon", Robert Belgrad

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Frank Kelly Freas
• Tom Kidd
• Don Maitz
• John Jude Palencar
• Lisa Snellings

ART DIRECTOR

• Irene Gallo (Tor Books)
• Jim Baen (Baen Books)
• Sheila Gilbert (DAW Books)
• Jon Schindehette (Art Director TSR book line & VP of Creative Services, Wizards of the Coast)
• Jamie Warren Youll (Bantam Books)

GAMING RELATED ILLUSTRATION

• Crucible: Conquest of the Final Realm, Ian Miller (FASA game book)
• "Forge of Fury", Todd Lockwood (Dungeons & Dragons modules for Wizards of the Coast)
• Star Ward RPG: Core Rule Book, Drew Struzan (Wizards of the Coast/Lucas Film Books)
• Staunch Defenders, Tristan Elwell (card art for Magic: The Gathering)

PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION

• "Dracopaleontology", Donato Giancola (Science Fiction Book Club flyer and calendar)
• "Angel", Kinuko Y. Craft (Christmas greeting card for Marcel Schurman Co.)
• "Boucat", Braldt Bralds (fine art print for The Greenwich Workshop)
• "Everquest: The Scars of Velius", Keith Parkinson (Sony/989 Studios computer game)
• "Redgar", Todd Lockwood (Wizards of the Coast promotional stand-up display)

CONTRIBUTION TO ASFA

• Todd Lockwood, Jon Schindehette & Wizards of the Coast (for assembling, designing & printing last year's Chesley Awards color brochure)
• Morgana (for running the ASFA suite at Chicon)
• Mel White (for reorganizing and maintaining the ASFA (Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists) website)

AWARD OF DISTINCTION

• Estate of Chesley Bonestell