#CoolArt: Spectrum 23 Award Winners

Winners of the 'Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' were announced at the Society of Illustrators on Saturday, May 7.

The Gold and Silver Award Winners in each of the categories - Advertising, Book, Comic, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional and Unpublished - plus Rising Star Award and the Grand Master Honouree are below.

ADVERTISING: GOLD AWARD - 'The Blessing of Athena' by Nicolas Delort

ADVERTISING: SILVER AWARD - '24 Hour Movie Marathon' by Joseph Qiu

BOOK: GOLD AWARD - 'Tom, Thom' by Rovina Cai

BOOK: SILVER AWARD - 'Sorcerer of the Wildeeps' by Karla Ortiz

COMIC: GOLD AWARD - 'Tribes of Kai, page 41' by Daren Bader

COMIC: SILVER AWARD - 'Drifter' by Nic Klein

CONCEPT ART: GOLD AWARD - 'King Louie’s Court' by Vance Kovacs

CONCEPT ART: SILVER AWARD - 'Journey to West' by Te Hu

DIMENSIONAL: GOLD AWARD - 'The Morrigan' by Forest Rogers

DIMENSIONAL: SILVER AWARD - 'Adelpha and Her Sister' by Thomas Kuebler

EDITORIAL: GOLD AWARD - 'Traveling To A Distant Day' by Tran Nguyen

EDITORIAL: SILVER AWARD - 'Family Portraithausen - A Tribute To Ray Harryhausen' by Chris Seaman

INSTITUTIONAL: GOLD AWARD - 'Exalted Angel' by Tyler Jacobson

INSTITUTIONAL: SILVER AWARD - 'Behind The Veil' by Julie Bell

UNPUBLISHED: GOLD AWARD - 'Bioluminescence' by Rob Rey

UNPUBLISHED: SILVER AWARD - 'Dust Devil' by Wayne Haag

RISING STAR AWARD: Victor Maury

GRAND MASTER HONOUREE: Mike Mignola