COVER ILLUSTRATION, HARDCOVER

• Matt Stewart, for The Valley of Shadows (by Brian Cullen; Tor)
• Bob Eggleton, for Dragon's Ring (by Dave Freer; Baen)
• John Picacio, for Drood (by Dan Simmons; Subterranean)
• Dan Dos Santos, for Green (by Jay Lake; Tor)
• Omar Rayyan, for Magic Mirrors (by John Bellairs; NESFA)
• Todd Lockwood, for A Magic of Nightfall (by S. L. Farrell; DAW)
• Sam Weber, for Prospero Lost (by L. Jagi Lamplighter; Tor)
• Robh Ruppel, for Visions of Never (by Patrick & Jeannie Wilshire; Vanguard)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, PAPERBACK

• Scott Altmann, for The Mysterious Mr. Spines: Flight (by Jason Lethcoe; Grosset & Dunlap)
• Volkan Baga, for Blutnacht Die Orc (from The Lord of the Rings) (by J. R. R. Tolkien; Heyne)
• Jon Foster, for Boneshaker (by Cherie Priest; Tor)
• Dan Dos Santos, for Hunting Ground (by Patricia Briggs; Ace)
• David Palumbo, for Stalking the Dragon (by Mike Resnick; Pyr)
• John Picacio, for World's End (by Mark Chadbourn; Pyr)
• Dave Seeley, for Young Flandry (by Poul Anderson; Baen)

COVER ILLUSTRATION, MAGAZINE

• John Picacio, for Asimov's Sep 2009
• Les Edwards, for Cemetery Dance Oct 2009
• Bob Eggleton, for Analog Oct 2009
• David A. Hardy, for F&SF Nov/Dec 2009
• Kazuhiko Nakamura, for Clarkesworld Magazine #38
• David Palumbo, for Heavy Metal Nov 2009
• Adam Tredowski, for Interzone Feb 2009

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION

• Gary Lippincott, for "Come to the Fairies' Ball" (by Jane Yolen; Come to the Fairies' Ball)
• Mark Zug, for "Bugs in the Arroyo" (Tor.com)
• Brom, for "The Child Thief" (by Brom; The Child Thief)
• Gregory Manchess, for "Conan of Cimmera" (by Robert E. Howard; Conan of Cimmera, Volume 3)
• Michael Whelan, for "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (by Stephen King; The Little Sisters of Eluria)
• John Picacio, for "Salem's Lot" (by George Beahm; Knowing Darkness)

COLOR WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "Unrequited", Raoul Vitale
• "Allure", Eric Fortune
• "Death of Diana", Patrick Jones
• "Gwenevere", Rebecca Guay
• "Helium", Mark Zug
• "Lumen 5", Michael Whelan

MONOCHROME WORK, UNPUBLISHED

• "Steampunk Wizard of Oz", Justin Gerard
• "Faces of You", Sheila Rayyan
• "Hollowed", Eric Fortune
• "Lost Love", L. A. Williams
• "Pod Shift", Jim Burns

THREE-DIMENSIONAL

• "The Switching Hour", Vincent Villafranca
• "Anglo-Parisian Barnstormer", Kris Kuksi
• "Grandma Hoodoo & Zombie John", Tom Kuebler
• "Satyr's Head", David Meng
• "Titania", Charles Vess & David Spence

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• Greg Hildebrandt
• Brom
• Larry Elmore
• Ian Miller
• Boris Vallejo

ART DIRECTOR

• Irene Gallo (Tor)
• Lou Anders (Pyr)
• Jeremy Jarvis (Wizards of the Coast)
• Jon Schindehette (Wizards of the Coast)
• Jerad Walters (Centipede)

GAMING-RELATED ILLUSTRATION

• "Silverwing", Lucas Graciano
• "Boarguts the Impaler", Daren Bader (Drums of War (World of Warcraft Trading Cards))
• "Joraga Bard", Volkan Baga (Zendikar (World of Warcraft Trading Cards))
• "Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet", Todd Lockwood (Zendikar (World of Warcraft Trading Cards))
• "Lorthos the Tidemaker", Kekai Kotaki (Zendikar (World of Warcraft Trading Cards))
• "Serendib Efreet", Matthew Stewart (Magic: the Gathering Trading Card)

PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION

• "Battle Under the Mountain", Matthew Stewart
• "Above the Timberline", Gregory Manchess (greeting card)
• "A Confabulation of Dragons", Scott Gustafson
• "Cthulhu Temple", Ian Miller
• "Guild Wars 2", Kekai Kotaki (concept art)
• "Na'vi character design", Jordu Schell (from Avatar)

CONTRIBUTION TO ASFA

• Ingrid Neilson (for work on the Chesley Awards for 20+ years)
• Mike Willmoth (for maintaining the organization of ASFA, 2007-2009)
• Patrick & Jeannie Wilshire (for hosting the Chesley Awards Ceremony at IlluXCon 2)