As most regular Muddy Colors readers know, a few short weeks ago (on April 4th, to be precise) the awards for Spectrum 27 were presented at a heartwarming virtual awards ceremony orchestrated by Lauren Panepinto, Dan dos Santos, and Marc Scheff. As selected by jurors Alice Carter, Craig Elliott, Anthony Francisco, Courtney Granner, Forest Rogers, and Chie Yoshii, the awards are both a celebration of individual achievement and of the Fantastic Art Community as a whole. The ceremony was a wonderful 2-hour respite from the Covid-19 worry, stress, and gloom—and if you missed it, it is still available for viewing courtesy of Lauren and Marc.

So to close the month on a happy note—and as a companion to Kristine Poole’s earlier post about the presentation of the Muse Award at the opening of the ceremony—I wanted to call everyone’s attention again to this year’s honorees. Congratulations to the award recipients, to all the nominees, and to everyone with art selected for inclusion in the annual!

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GOLD – “The Shining” by Bartosz Kosowski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “Lilith” by Brom

Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “Ivywood Manor” by Rovina Cai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “The Three Lords of Shambhala” by Sija Hong

Comic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “Nightfall #1: Walk in the Woods” by Tim Probert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “Myre: Flora” by Claudya Schmidt

Concept Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “Devourer of Ghosts” by Tooth Wu (Wu Qinghao)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “Island Woodblock” by Ian Jun Wei Chiew

Dimensional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “Space Madness” by Dug Stanat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “Philosopher From The Past Coelacanth” by Michihiro Matsuoka

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “ruth, Lies & Uncertainty: Truth” by Red Nose Studio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “The Forest Yell” by Sam Araya

Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “The Stranger: The Seventh Faith” by John Jude Palencar (John Jude’s website is under construction)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “Claim The Firstborn” by Iain McCaig

Unpublished

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLD – “492” by Diego Fernandez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SILVER – “The Spoon Thief” by Daniel Zrom

Grand Master

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terryl Whitlatch

Spectrum 27: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art will be available in bookstores this Fall. Spectrum 28 will open for entries in October.