{"id":113,"date":"2011-04-25T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2011\/04\/25\/2011-hugo-award-finalist\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:44:59","slug":"2011-hugo-award-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2011\/04\/25\/2011-hugo-award-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Hugo Award Finalist!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p> $\"\"$ <\/a>Great news announced yesterday: I\u2019m a 2011 Hugo Award finalist in the Best Professional Artist category. Huge thanks to all who nominated me. Deeply appreciated! \ud83d\ude42 Heard a few questions yesterday from people who couldn\u2019t remember if I\u2019d won one of these already, and in one case, believed that I already had. LOL\n

For the record, this is my seventh consecutive Hugo nomination for Best Pro Artist, but no, I have not previously won a Hugo. I\u2019ve finished in second place the last three years. Will this be the magic year? I have no idea, and no say in the matter. That\u2019s up to you, the voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My 2010 published work can be found here<\/a> and includes cover art and over 20 interior illustrations for ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES<\/a> (pictured here, pub. by Ballantine\/Del Rey); cover art<\/a> for Lauren Beukes\u2019 Clarke Award-finalist ZOO CITY<\/a> (Angry Robot); and covers for Mark Chadbourn\u2019s DARK AGE<\/a> trilogy (such as THE DEVIL IN GREEN<\/a>), amongst several more.<\/p>\n

Very grateful and honored to be in the esteemed company of fellow Pro Artist nominees Daniel Dos Santos<\/a>, Bob Eggleton<\/a>, Stephan Martiniere<\/a>, and Shaun Tan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The full list of 2011 Hugo nominees is here<\/a>. Congrats to all! I\u2019ll be in Reno for Renovation: the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention<\/a> this August. Will be a great time and hope to see many of you out there.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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