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My 2025 Artwork Eligible for Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:50:41 +0000

Welcome to a selected portfolio about professional Art published in 2025! All these artwork are eligible for the 2026 Awards season… thanks for your consideration! (For the Credits, please read the captions under each image)

“The Chronolitographer’s Assistant” by Suzanne Palmer (Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August 2025)
© Must Read Magazines, a division of Must Read Books Publishing, 1 Paragraph Inc.

Official Poster for the Italian Festival “UTOPICA”, 1st Edition 2025

“3 Hard Shots at the Moon” (© Infinivox LLC. 2025)

Illustration: “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer, commissioned for
“The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9″ edited by Allan Kaster (Infinivox, 2025)

Intro: from sketch to finish

Maurizio Manzieri — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:31:23 +0000

My 2024 Artwork Eligible for Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:18:56 +0000

Welcome to a selected portfolio about professional Art published in 2024! All these artwork are eligible for the 2025 Awards season… thanks for your consideration! (For the Credits, please read the captions under each image)

“The Ghost of Mars” by Dominica Phetteplace (The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #8, Infinivox, 2024)

“Burning Grannies” by Rory Harper (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2024)

“In the Shadow of the Ship” by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press, 2024)

“3 Hard Shots at the Moon” (Infinivox. 2024). Publication Date: March 2025

“Schemes & Scandals” by Kelley Armstrong (Subterranean Press, 2024)

My Artwork Eligible for 2023 Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:39:03 +0000

Welcome to a selected portfolio about professional Art published in 2022! All these artwork are eligible for the 2023 Awards season… thanks for your consideration! (For the Credits, please read the captions under each image)

PAPERBACK COVER – “Mulberry and Owl” by Aliette de Bodard • Cover Art for “The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time #2″, edited by Allan Kaster • Client: INFINIVOX • Media: Digital. (Art © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Falling Off the Edge of the World’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Suzanne Palmer • Client: Asimov’s SF Magazine/Penny Publications • November/December 2022 • Art Director: Charlie Iwanicki • Media: Digital. (Art © 2022 Maurizio Manzieri.)

MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Sacred Cow’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes • Client: Analog Science & Fact/Penny Publications • November/December 2022 • Art Director: Carly Iwanicki • Media: Digital. (Art © 2022 Maurizio Manzieri.)

PAPERBACK COVER – “The Egg Collectors” by Lavie Tidhar • Cover Art for “The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction #6″, edited by Allan Kaster • Client: INFINIVOX • Media: Digital. (Art © 2022 Maurizio Manzieri.)

My Artwork Eligible for 2022 Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:45:53 +0000

Welcome to a selected portfolio about professional Art published in 2021! All these artwork are eligible for the 2022 Awards season… thanks for your consideration! (For the Credits, please read the captions under each image)

MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Broad Dutty Eater: A Sunken Story’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Nalo Hopkinson • Client: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction • November/December 2021 • Art Director: Gordon Van Gelder • Media: Digital. (Art © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Hanai’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Greg Bossert • Client: Asimov’s SF Magazine/Penny Publications • November/December 2021 • Art Director: Charlie Iwanicki • Media: Digital. (Art © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Flash Mob’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Meg Pontecorvo • Client: Analog Science & Fact/Penny Publications • March/April 2021 • Art Director: Carly Iwanicki • Media: Digital. (Art © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

PAPERBACK COVER – ‘The Bell Cannon Affair’ • Cover Illustration inspired to a novel by Dean Whitlock • Client: Boatman Press • May 2021 • Media: Digital. (Art and Cover Design © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

HARDBACK COVER – ‘L’Assiro’ (The Assyrian) • Cover Illustration inspired to a novel by Nicholas Guild • Client: Fanucci Edizioni • May 2021 • Art Director: Franca Vitali • Media: Digital. (Art © 2021 Maurizio Manzieri.)

My Artwork Eligible for 2021 Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:27:03 +0000

Welcome to a selected portfolio about professional Art published in 2020! All these artwork are eligible for the 2021 Awards season… thanks for your consideration! (For the Credits, please read the captions under each image). Note: Larger versions of these illustrations are available in the Portfolio Section of the website.

HARDBACK COVER – ‘Seven of Infinities’ • Cover Illustration inspired to a novella by Aliette de Bodard • Client: Subterranean Press • October 2020 • Art Director: Yanni Kuznia • Media: Digital. (Art © 2020 Maurizio Manzieri.)

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MAGAZINE COVER – ‘The Ossuary’s Passenger’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Robert Reed • Client: Asimov’s SF Magazine/Penny Publications • September/October 2020 • Art Director: Victoria Green • Media: Digital. (Art © 2020 Maurizio Manzieri.)

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MAGAZINE COVER – ‘Who Carries the World’ • Cover Illustration for a story by Robert Reed • Client: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction • May/June 2020 • Art Director: Gordon Van Gelder • Media: Digital. (Art © 2020 Maurizio Manzieri.)

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My Artwork Eligible for 2018 Awards

Maurizio Manzieri — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:45:15 +0000

Godspeed to everybody! Here is a selected portfolio about Art published/produced in 2017… enjoy the visit!

Cover Art for ASIMOV’S SF #JAN/FEB 2017 inspired to the story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles” by Sean Monaghan.

“Starlight Express” by Michael Swanwick (USA, F&SF, Sep/Oct 2017)

“The Prognosticant” by Matthew Hughes (USA, F&SF, May/Jun 2017)

“Finn’s Clock” by Dean Whitlock, Boatman Press

Concept Art for “The Tea Master and The Detective” by Aliette de Bodard (Unpublished)

Studio for “Crimson Birds by Small Miracles” by Sean Monaghan (Unpublished)

“Child on Dragon”, Christmas Card 2017

Illustration/Wallpaper: “Laniakea: The Absolute Colony” (crowdfunded project, 2017)

Artwork selected for IBA 6

Maurizio Manzieri — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:08:34 +0000

WOW! Thrilled to find out that my illustration STARLIGHT EXPRESS (cover art for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sep/Oct 2017) has been selected for Infected by Art‘s Volume #6! Thanks to the author: Michael Swanwick, publisher: Gordon Van Gelder, editor: Charles Coleman Finlay). I’ve been winning a placement in this series since Volume #2…this should mean something, shouldn’t it? You can find the illustration in the Website Portfolio or in my Artstation Page.

“Starlight Express” by Michael Swanwick (F&SF, Sep/Oct 2017)

Maurizio Manzieri — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:52:55 +0000

This was one of the best commissions to date! Fantasy & Science Fiction contacted me saying: “We have a story that seems like it’s meant for a Maurizio Manzieri cover!”: I accepted immediately of course and here you can see the result for the lovely story “Starlight Express” by Michael Swanwick. The author dedicated an entry of his blog to the artwork: http://floggingbabel.blogspot.it/2017/08/starlight-express-by-maurizio-manzieri.html

2017 Fantasy Basel Guest of Honor!

Maurizio Manzieri — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:09:34 +0000

I’m Guest of Honor for Fantasy Basel 2017, the Swiss Comic Con! You find me in Halle 2.2, Stand #568. Do not miss my panel on April 30, at 12pm, Podium 1, Messe Basel, titled: “Recipes for the Creation of a Fantastic Universe”.