| Year
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Winner
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Other nominees
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| 2002
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Donato Giancola for Ashling by Isobelle Carmody (Tor Books, 2001)
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| 2003
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Todd Lockwood for The Thousand Orcs by R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
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| 2004
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Donato Giancola for City by Clifford D. Simak (SFBC, 2003)
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2005 (tie)
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Rick Berry for Queen of the Amazons by Judith Tarr (Tor Books, March 2004) Tony DiTerlizzi for The Wrath of Mulgarath: The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5 by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, September 2004) Donato Giancola for The Nameless Day by Sara Douglas (Tor Books, July 2004)
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| 2006
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Stephan Martinière for Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, May 2005)
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| 2007
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Stephan Martinière for River of Gods by Ian McDonald (Pyr, Mar 2006)[1]
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- Jon Foster, The Demon and the City by Liz Williams (Night Shade Books, Aug 2006)
- Donato Giancola, The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn (Ace, Mar 2006)
- Todd Lockwood, Temeraire: In the Service of the King by Naomi Novik (SFBC, 2006)
- James A. Owen, Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book One) by James A. Owen (Simon & Schuster, September 2006)
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| 2008
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Donato Giancola for The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald (Tor Books, April 2007)[2]
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- Alan M. Clark, Shades by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene (Cemetery Dance, November 2007)
- Dan Dos Santos, Farseed by Pamela Sargent (Tor Books, March 2007)
- Bob Eggleton, Dagon for The Taint and Other Novellas by Brian Lumley (Subterranean Press, November 2007)
- Jon Foster, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, August 2007)
- Stephen Hickman, The Lifehouse Trilogy by Spider Robinson (Baen, December 2007)
- Vance Kovacs, Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor (Dial Penguin, August 2007)
- Todd Lockwood, The Orc King by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast, September 2007)
- Stephan Martinière, Mainspring by Jay Lake (Tor Books, October 2007)
- John Jude Palencar, Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam, October 2007)
- John Picacio, The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper (Eos, May 2007)
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| 2009
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Donato Giancola for A Book of Wizards edited by Marvin Kaye (SFBC, April 2008)[3]
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| 2010
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Matthew Stewart for Valley of Shadows by Brian Cullen (Tor, Feb. 2009)[4]
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| 2011
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Michael Whelan for The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, August 2010)[5]
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| 2012
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Tom Kidd Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean)[7]
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| 2013
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Todd Lockwood The Wild Road by Jennifer Roberson (DAW, September 2012)[9]
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- J.K. Drummond, for Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson (Subterranean Press, March 2012)
- Bob Eggleton, for Gods of Opar by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey (Subterranean Press, June 2012)
- Donato Giancola, for Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, March 2012)
- John Picacio, for Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, April 2012)
- Sam Weber, for Quantum Coin by E. C. Myers (Pyr, October 2012)
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| 2014
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Todd Lockwood A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, February 2013)
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| 2015
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Julie Dillon Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology edited by Peter Ahlstrom (Dragonsteel Entertainment, July 2014)
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| 2016
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Todd Lockwood Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Titan Books, March 2015)[10]
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