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1. Stop Motion Festival in Montreal
2. The Throne of Knives, (also forks and spoons)
3. Obit for Stephen Thorne, actor in Dr Who
4. Chesley Awards for SFF art, final ballot

1. Festival Stop Motion Montreal is coming back for an 11^th edition, next fall, from September 20 to 22 at Concordia University. In addition to the traditional film screenings and lectures, we will once again offer professional workshops, the week before the official launch of our festivities. Three workshops will be organized from September 16 to 20.

We invite you to submit your films today! Our 2019 call for entries is open now until June 30, 2019, and as always, submissions are free. To do so, simply use our new submission form supported by Zone Festival.

For short film competition details and how to submit your work, visit our website under Submit a film tab.

2. The Throne of Knives, (also forks and spoons): About 300 forks, knives and spoons are separated each day from the food remains of the Uppsala populace, by their local biogas plant. In order to, in a fun way, show how important it is to sort properly, Uppsala water has built a magnificent cutlery throne.

The cutlery throne consists of about 4,000 pieces of cutlery which corresponds to two weeks of cleaning. The cutlery has been washed and then welded together. The throne weighs  about120 kg.  About  3,5 tons of cutlery is sorted out from the waste every year,  which means around 100 000 pieces. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE THRONE

3. Stephen Thorne who acted in Dr Who and is noted for his work on audio books has passed away, aged 84.
Television credits were many and included roles in Z Cars, Crossroads, Sexton Blake, David Copperfield and Last of the Summer Wine.  His voice was suited to Radio work where roles included Aslan in The Magicians Nephew, Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings, and Colon in Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!. He has played many characters for Big Finish Audio productions including reprising the roles of Omega and Eldred. READ MORE HERE

4. 2019 Chesley Award Finalists (for 2018 Works):  This is the official final nomination list for the 34th annual ASFA awards, the Chesleys. The Chesleys, named for the great astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell, started in 1985 as a means for the Science Fiction and Fantasy art community to recognize individual works and achievements in a given year. This year’s awards are for works and achievements in the period from January 1st to December 31st 2018.

Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book, View Album here

• Tommy Arnold – Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Subterranean Press)
• Jensine Eckwall – Soulless Illustrated Edition by Gail Carriger (Orbit Books)
• Jon Foster – I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis (Subterranean Press)
• Michael Komarck – Low Chicago edited by George R. R. Martin (Tor)
• Maurizio Manzieri – The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press)
• John Jude Palencar – The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia by Christopher Paolini (Knopf)
• Charles Vess – The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press)
• Rebecca Yanovskaya – Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner (Redhook)

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Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book/Ebook, View Album here

• Melissa Gay – The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF, Vol 4 edited by David Afsharirad (Baen Books)
• Donato Giancola – Warrior by Terry Brooks (Grim Oaks Press)
• Nataša Ilin?i? – The Raven’s Ballad: A Retelling of the Swan Princess (Otherworld Book 5) by Emma Hamm (Self Published)
• Amanda Makepeace – Diabolical Plots Year Three Edited by David Steffen (Diabolical Plots, L.L.C.)
• John Picacio – Constance Verity Saves the World  by A. Lee Martinez (Simon & Schuster / Saga Press)
• Nicholas Sciacca – The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell (Saga Press)

Best Magazine Illustration, View album here

• Cindy Fan – Strange Horizons # 19 November 2018
• Donato Giancola – Analog March/April 2018
• Arthur Haas – Clarkesworld #140, May 2018
• Sean Andrew Murray – Clarkesworld Magazine #141, June 2018
• Greg Ruth – Stranger Things 2 Variant Cover, Dark Horse, October 31, 2018

Best Interior Illustration View album here

• Audrey Benjaminsen – “Triquetra” by Kirstyn McDermott (Tor.com)
• Jon Foster – Legion: Lies of the Beholder by Brandon Sanderson (Subterranean Press)
• Vanessa Lemen – The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin  (Easton Press)
• John Picacio – “Evernight” by Victor Milán (Tor.com)
• Charles Vess – The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press)
• Jeremy Wilson – Yellow by Bill Perry (Self-published online)

Best Gaming Related Illustration, View album here

• Kari Christensen – “Feasting Hunger” – Elder Scrolls Legends Houses of Morrowind  (Betheseda Softworks)
• Jesper Ejsing – “Bitterblossum” – Ultimate Masters Magic card (WotC)
• Lars Grant-West – “Glowspore” – Shaman Guilds of Ravinca (WotC)
• Howard Lyon – “Octopus Umbra” – Commander Magic card (WotC)
• Mitchell Malloy – “Frantic Search” – Ultimate Masters Magic card (WotC)
• Ryan Pancoast – “Knight of Autumn” – Guilds of Ravnica Magic card (WotC)

Best Product Illustration, View album here

• Devon Dorrity – “Dragonsteel” – Bronze & LED backlighting logo for Brandon Sanderson’s production company (Dragonsteel Entertainment)
• Rachel Quinlan – “Portal” – Promotional image for the Detroit Festival of Books
• John Jude Palencar – George R. R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar (Bantam)
• John Picacio – “La Musica” Lone Boy
• Charles Urbach – “The Pirate Queen” – Gary Con Promotional Art
• Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell – Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell’s Fantasy Calendar (Workman Publishing)

Best Color Work – Unpublished, View album here

• Julie Bell – Pegasus Befriends the Muses – Oil on wood
• Ingrid Kallick – The Gardener Of Souls – Acrylic on masonite
• Melissa Gay – Harvest – Oil
• Te Hu – 8 buddha: jingnangshou – Digital
• Mark Poole – Falling – Acrylic
• Eric Wilkerson – The Oba – Oil on Panel

Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished, View album here

• Michael Blank – The Midnight Encounter – Photoshop
• Emily Hare – Unburnt – Watercolor
• Yoann Lossel – Diane – Graphite, Gold Leaf, mixed
• Matthew Stewart – The Scroll of Isildur – Red Watercolor pencil and white pencil on toned paper
• Chris Wade – Failure To Launch: Grounded – Graphite Pencil
• Babs Webb – Vacant Memory – Powdered graphite on bristol

Best Three Dimensional Art , View album here

• Daria Aksenova – Metamorphosis – Paper
• Dan Chudzinski – Grim – Epoxy, Sculpt, Foam, Steel, Acrylic Paint
• Devon Dorrity – Lilith and the Serpent – Bronze
• Patrick Masson – Reflection – Fimo and Magic Sculpt
• Forest Rogers – Green Faun – Mixed
• Vincent Villafranca – Bane of Thieves – Bronze

Best Art Director

• Neil Clarke – Clarkesworld Magazine
• Irene Gallo – Tor Books/Tor.com
• Dawn Murin – Wizards of the Coast
• Lauren Panepinto – Orbit Books
• Cynthia Sheppard – Wizards of the Coast

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award

• Diane Dillon
• Jeff Easley
• Greg Manchess
• Iain McCaig
• Ruth Sanderson
• Allen Williams
• Charles Vess