The art of Robert Jordan
01/02/2008 . Source: Jessica Martin 
US fantasy author Robert Jordan conducted the final judging and selected the 12 images that will appear in his 2009 Wheel of Time calendar just a few days before he passed away on September 16th, 2007 from the rare blood disease, amyloidosis. Tor Books has now announced the names of the artists that won. Buy Robert Jordan in the USA - or Buy Robert Jordan in the UK  Last spring, Robert Jordan announced a competition on his blog where artists would have the opportunity to submit original artwork based on the Wheel of Time for inclusion in a 2009 calendar.
He told SFcrowsnest.com at the time, "I know there is some really professional quality work because I have seen it. Style doesn't matter in this. Manga, hyper-realism, current cover-art. Whatever. Anything and everything is acceptable as a possibility. It will be the quality that counts, not the style. If you want to try it the way you think Rembrandt would have done it, go for it."
The competition ran from Tuesday, May 22nd through Wednesday, August 15th, and the initial judging was conducted under the supervision of a panel of judges from several Wheel of Time websites.
The artists that won are (in alphabetical order)...
Michael-James Anderson: "Into the Ways"
Susan Frech-Sims: "Aviendha in the Aiel Waste, Book 4"
James Keegan: "Mordeth Revealed"
Jared Magneson: "The Heart of the Stone"
Doug McCluer: "Couladin Surprises Mat"
Paul Pederson: "Night Stalkers"
Andrea Perurena: "Rand in The Fires of Heaven"
Matthew Ryan: "Child of the Light, Galad Damodred"
Kevin Ed Tinney: "The Caemlyn Waygate"
Joseph B. Trimarchi: "Battle at Whitebridge"
Joni Warden: "Sedai, Among Us"
Tess Wrathall: "A Lily in Winter"
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