Maurizio Manzieri
@manzieriart.bsky.social
Illustrator | 2021 and 2022 Hugo Award Finalist as Best Professional Artist
Happy Holidays, my friends! 🎅🏻🌲
December 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy Holidays, my friends! 🎅🏻🌲
Wow, another wonderful piece of news to end 2025! I won the Asimov's SF Readers' Award for Best Cover of the Year for the fifth time (!),The award-winning illustration was inspired by Rory Harper's short story, 'Burning Grannies'. Thank you all for voting for me, and congrats to all the winners!
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wow, another wonderful piece of news to end 2025! I won the Asimov's SF Readers' Award for Best Cover of the Year for the fifth time (!),The award-winning illustration was inspired by Rory Harper's short story, 'Burning Grannies'. Thank you all for voting for me, and congrats to all the winners!
2025 FRANK R. PAUL AWARD - The DHL courier just knocked on my studio door to deliver the amazing trophy I just won! 🚀
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
2025 FRANK R. PAUL AWARD - The DHL courier just knocked on my studio door to deliver the amazing trophy I just won! 🚀
(ITA) - CORRIERE DELLA SERA daily newspaper, December 8th, 2025)- Illustrator Maurizio Manzieri, winner of the Frank R. Paul Award, says: "AI is repetitive, I always look for unique ideas" (Thanks to journalist Luca Castelli for the interview!)
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
(ITA) - CORRIERE DELLA SERA daily newspaper, December 8th, 2025)- Illustrator Maurizio Manzieri, winner of the Frank R. Paul Award, says: "AI is repetitive, I always look for unique ideas" (Thanks to journalist Luca Castelli for the interview!)
AetnaCon 2025, First panel with Aliette @aliettedebodard.com and Maurizio Manzieri: “the importance of ice cream in the life of us artists”
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
AetnaCon 2025, First panel with Aliette @aliettedebodard.com and Maurizio Manzieri: “the importance of ice cream in the life of us artists”
I’ve reached my hotel in Catania, Sicily, and I’m ready for AetnaCon 2025! Aliette de Bodard is going to join me and all the organization team for an unforgettable dinner together!
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve reached my hotel in Catania, Sicily, and I’m ready for AetnaCon 2025! Aliette de Bodard is going to join me and all the organization team for an unforgettable dinner together!
Aliette de Bodard and Maurizio Manzieri will be Guests at AetnaCon in Sicily, Italy, on December 6th… here is the full Program! Countdown activated… see you there! 👨🏻🎨
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Aliette de Bodard and Maurizio Manzieri will be Guests at AetnaCon in Sicily, Italy, on December 6th… here is the full Program! Countdown activated… see you there! 👨🏻🎨
As a Winner of the 2025 FRANK R. PAUL AWARD (Best Book Cover Art), I'll be receiving a trophy with a 3D printed topper of the “Tiger-bot” smashing a car, based on Frank R. Paul’s September 1935 Wonder Stories cover!!! 😍
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As a Winner of the 2025 FRANK R. PAUL AWARD (Best Book Cover Art), I'll be receiving a trophy with a 3D printed topper of the “Tiger-bot” smashing a car, based on Frank R. Paul’s September 1935 Wonder Stories cover!!! 😍
I’m so happy and proud about this achievement! My illustration THE GHOSTS OF MARS, commissioned as a cover art for "The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #8" edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social and inspired by a Dominica Phetteplace story, is the Winner of the 2025 Frank R. Paul Award!
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’m so happy and proud about this achievement! My illustration THE GHOSTS OF MARS, commissioned as a cover art for "The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #8" edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social and inspired by a Dominica Phetteplace story, is the Winner of the 2025 Frank R. Paul Award!
Reposted by Maurizio Manzieri
Great art! Amazing artist! @manzieriart.bsky.social
Great science fiction!
Great stories!
Get sci-fied:
www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-8
Great science fiction!
Great stories!
Get sci-fied:
www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-8
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great art! Amazing artist! @manzieriart.bsky.social
Great science fiction!
Great stories!
Get sci-fied:
www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-8
Great science fiction!
Great stories!
Get sci-fied:
www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-8
Announcing the anthology "THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION ON EARTH 3" edited by Allan Kaster! It includes stories by Greg Egan, Cory Doctorow, Nancy Kress, Pat Murphy, and many others. (Art by Maurizio Manzieri / Publisher: Infinivox SciFi / publication date: November 21, 2025).
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Announcing the anthology "THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION ON EARTH 3" edited by Allan Kaster! It includes stories by Greg Egan, Cory Doctorow, Nancy Kress, Pat Murphy, and many others. (Art by Maurizio Manzieri / Publisher: Infinivox SciFi / publication date: November 21, 2025).
COVER REVEAL**** Here is "THE GOBLIN GENERAL", the first fantasy novel created by the Nebula and Dragon Award Finalist Jonathan P. Brazee! (Semper Fi Press, USA 2025, Art by Maurizio Manzieri).
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
COVER REVEAL**** Here is "THE GOBLIN GENERAL", the first fantasy novel created by the Nebula and Dragon Award Finalist Jonathan P. Brazee! (Semper Fi Press, USA 2025, Art by Maurizio Manzieri).
Hugo finalists as Best Professional Artists from Seattle Worldcon! From the left: Alyssa Winans (6th nomination and 2025 Hugo Award winner!), Maurizio Manzieri (3rd nomination), Micaela Alcaino (2nd nomination). Photography by Kelcey Bauer.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hugo finalists as Best Professional Artists from Seattle Worldcon! From the left: Alyssa Winans (6th nomination and 2025 Hugo Award winner!), Maurizio Manzieri (3rd nomination), Micaela Alcaino (2nd nomination). Photography by Kelcey Bauer.
AETNACON 2025, December 6, 2025. You are all invited to the beautiful Sicilian setting of Villa Cosentino in Valverde (Catania, Italy) to meet the writer @aliettedebodard.com and the artist @manzieriart.bsky.social who has created many of her covers inspired by the Xuya Universe.
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
AETNACON 2025, December 6, 2025. You are all invited to the beautiful Sicilian setting of Villa Cosentino in Valverde (Catania, Italy) to meet the writer @aliettedebodard.com and the artist @manzieriart.bsky.social who has created many of her covers inspired by the Xuya Universe.
AETNACON 2025 -- Etna is calling you, ready to announce extraordinary guests for AetnaCon 2025, the Sicilian Science Fiction Convention scheduled for December 6th in Valverde (Catania, Italy). Illustration for the poster by Maurizio Manzieri.
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
AETNACON 2025 -- Etna is calling you, ready to announce extraordinary guests for AetnaCon 2025, the Sicilian Science Fiction Convention scheduled for December 6th in Valverde (Catania, Italy). Illustration for the poster by Maurizio Manzieri.
(ENG/ITA)
Yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner with the writer Ted Chiang, multiple Hugo Award winner. He is the author of wonderful works, including "Story of Your Life," adapted in the sci-fi movie "Arrival" by Villenueve. We talked extensively about science fiction, art and the universe.
Yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner with the writer Ted Chiang, multiple Hugo Award winner. He is the author of wonderful works, including "Story of Your Life," adapted in the sci-fi movie "Arrival" by Villenueve. We talked extensively about science fiction, art and the universe.
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
(ENG/ITA)
Yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner with the writer Ted Chiang, multiple Hugo Award winner. He is the author of wonderful works, including "Story of Your Life," adapted in the sci-fi movie "Arrival" by Villenueve. We talked extensively about science fiction, art and the universe.
Yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner with the writer Ted Chiang, multiple Hugo Award winner. He is the author of wonderful works, including "Story of Your Life," adapted in the sci-fi movie "Arrival" by Villenueve. We talked extensively about science fiction, art and the universe.
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to the anthology "THE YEAR'S TOP ROBOT AND AI STORIES" (sixth annual collection) edited by Allan Kaster! It includes stories by Greg Egan, Ken Liu, Lavie Tidhar and many others. (Art by Maurizio Manzieri / Publisher: @infinivoxsf.bsky.social )
October 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to the anthology "THE YEAR'S TOP ROBOT AND AI STORIES" (sixth annual collection) edited by Allan Kaster! It includes stories by Greg Egan, Ken Liu, Lavie Tidhar and many others. (Art by Maurizio Manzieri / Publisher: @infinivoxsf.bsky.social )
Get ready to spot me in action during the last two weekends of September! Stay tuned for the excitement!
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Get ready to spot me in action during the last two weekends of September! Stay tuned for the excitement!
The next few days will be quite challenging! My daughter got married on July 26, but we're planning an official celebration for Friday, August 29, with relatives coming from abroad and all over Italy! Greetings to everyone!
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The next few days will be quite challenging! My daughter got married on July 26, but we're planning an official celebration for Friday, August 29, with relatives coming from abroad and all over Italy! Greetings to everyone!
Dear Friends, here is my 2025 WorldCon Program!
See you there! 🚀
See you there! 🚀
August 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Dear Friends, here is my 2025 WorldCon Program!
See you there! 🚀
See you there! 🚀
NEW COVER just released!!! It's a signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover in the new sci-fi series SUPERNOVELLAS by INFINIVOX (1st volume: ELLIPSES by D. A. Xiaolin Spires / Cover by Maurizio Manzieri / Kickstarter coming August 11th). Check the link in the comments for more details!
July 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW COVER just released!!! It's a signed, numbered, limited edition hardcover in the new sci-fi series SUPERNOVELLAS by INFINIVOX (1st volume: ELLIPSES by D. A. Xiaolin Spires / Cover by Maurizio Manzieri / Kickstarter coming August 11th). Check the link in the comments for more details!
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE VOTING FOR THE HUGO AWARD CLOSES! This small portfolio features the cover for @aliettedebodard.com's novella IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP (Subterranean Press, 2024), included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET (Best Pro Artist), along with past covers created for the Xuya Universe 🚀
July 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE VOTING FOR THE HUGO AWARD CLOSES! This small portfolio features the cover for @aliettedebodard.com's novella IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP (Subterranean Press, 2024), included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET (Best Pro Artist), along with past covers created for the Xuya Universe 🚀
HUGO AWARDS ALERT! Only 6 days left until the voting for the HUGO AWARD closes! This small portfolio features the cover for Kelley Armstrong's novella SCHEMES & SCANDALS (Subterranean Press, 2024), included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET, along with some other past covers created for the same publisher.
July 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
HUGO AWARDS ALERT! Only 6 days left until the voting for the HUGO AWARD closes! This small portfolio features the cover for Kelley Armstrong's novella SCHEMES & SCANDALS (Subterranean Press, 2024), included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET, along with some other past covers created for the same publisher.
Only 9 days left until the voting for the HUGO AWARD closes! This Asimov's SF magazine cover features the Rory Harper's short story BURNING GRANNIES (2024)and it's included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET!
July 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Only 9 days left until the voting for the HUGO AWARD closes! This Asimov's SF magazine cover features the Rory Harper's short story BURNING GRANNIES (2024)and it's included in the HUGO VOTER PACKET!
The countdown begins for the Hugo Award voting, open until July 23rd! This year I'm a finalist in the Best Professional Artist category!💥🚀💥🚀💥🚀
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The countdown begins for the Hugo Award voting, open until July 23rd! This year I'm a finalist in the Best Professional Artist category!💥🚀💥🚀💥🚀