Jack Gaughan Award

The Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist is an American award honoring the memory of illustrator Jack Gaughan. Because the latter felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, the New England Science Fiction Association, Inc., presents the Gaughan Award annually to an emerging artist (an artist who has become a professional within the past five years) chosen by a panel of judges.

The winner of the Gaughan Award  is announced during Boskone, NESFA's annual convention.


 * 1986 Stephen Hickman
 * 1987 Val Lakey Lindahn
 * 1988 Bob Eggleton
 * 1989 Dell Harris
 * 1990 Keith Parkinson
 * 1991 Richard Hescox
 * 1992 Jody Lee
 * 1993 Nicholas Jainschigg
 * 1994 Dorian Vallejo
 * 1995 Bruce Jensen
 * 1996 Charles Lang
 * 1997 Lisa Snellings-Clark
 * 1998 Donato Giancola
 * 1999 Brom
 * 2000 Stephen Daniele
 * 2001 Mark Zug
 * 2002 Terese Nielsen
 * 2003 Martina Pilcerova
 * 2004 Justin Sweet
 * 2005 Adam Rex
 * 2006 Scott M. Fischer
 * 2007 Dan Dos Santos
 * 2008 Shelly Wan
 * 2009 Eric Fortune
 * 2010 Tyler Jacobson
 * 2014 Sam Burley
 * 2016 Tommy Arnold
 * 2017 Kirbi Fagan
 * 2018 Alessandra Maria Pisano
 * 2019 Nicolas Delort
 * 2020 Iris Compiet
 * 2021 Hilary Clarcq
 * 2022 None Awarded
 * 2023 Martina Fačková
 * 2024 Alex dos Diaz