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Award Bibliography: Michael Whelan

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Place Year and Award Title Category
Nomination 1977 World Fantasy Best Artist
11 1977 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1978 World Fantasy Best Artist
Finalists 1978 Hugo Best Professional Artist
2 1979 Hugo Best Professional Artist
2 1979 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1979 World Fantasy Best Artist
Win 1980 Balrog Artist
1 1980 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1980 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1980 World Fantasy Best Artist
4 1980 Hugo Wonderworks Best Non-Fiction Book
4 1980 Locus Wonderworks Best Art or Illustrated Book
1 1981 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1981 Locus Best Artist
Win 1981 World Fantasy Best Artist
Nomination 1981 Balrog Artist
Win 1982 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1982 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1982 Locus Best Artist
Win 1982 World Fantasy Best Artist
Nomination 1982 Balrog Artist
Win 1983 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1983 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1983 Locus Best Artist
Win 1983 World Fantasy Best Artist
Win 1984 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1984 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1984 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1984 SF Chronicle Most Attractive Male Artist
Nomination 1985 Chesley Chanur's Venture Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1985 Chesley Chanur's Venture Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
Nomination 1985 Chesley Elric at the End of Time Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
Nomination 1985 Chesley Job: A Comedy of Justice Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1985 Chesley The Final Encyclopedia Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Win 1985 Chesley The Integral Trees Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Win 1985 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1985 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1985 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1985 World Fantasy Best Artist
Win 1986 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1986 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1986 Locus Best Artist
Win 1987 Chesley Sentinels (variant of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1990) Best Color Work - Unpublished
Win 1987 Chesley The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
Win 1987 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1987 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1988 Chesley Being a Green Mother Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1988 Chesley In Conquest Born Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
1 1988 Hugo Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder Best Non-Fiction Book
2 1988 Locus Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder Best Non-Fiction
Nomination 1988 Chesley Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder Award for Artistic Achievement
Win 1988 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1988 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1988 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1988 World Fantasy Best Artist
Nomination 1989 Chesley Catspaw Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 1989 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1989 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1989 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
Nomination 1989 Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement
3 1990 Hugo Paradise: A Chronicle of a Distant World Best Original Artwork
Nomination 1990 Chesley Paradise: A Chronicle of a Distant World Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1990 Chesley Passage the Red Step Best Color Work - Unpublished
4 1990 Hugo The Renegades of Pern Best Original Artwork
1 1990 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1990 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
3 1990 Hugo Best Professional Artist
5 1990 Asimov's Readers' Best Cover Artist
Win 1991 Chesley The Madness Season Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
Nomination 1991 Chesley The Martian Chronicles Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
1 1991 Asimov's Readers' Best Cover Artist
Win 1991 Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement
Win 1991 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1991 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1991 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 1992 Chesley All the Weyrs of Pern Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Withdrawn -- Nomination Declined 1992 Hugo All the Weyrs of Pern Best Original Artwork
Withdrawn -- Nomination Declined 1992 Hugo The Initiate Brother Best Original Artwork
1 1992 Hugo The Summer Queen Best Original Artwork
Win 1992 Chesley The Summer Queen Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Win 1992 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1992 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 1992 Locus Best Artist
Win 1992 Chesley Weyrworld Best Monochrome Work - Unpublished
Win 1993 Chesley Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1992 Best Cover Illustration - Magazine
3 1993 Hugo Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1992 Best Original Artwork
9 1993 Hugo Illusion Best Original Artwork
Nomination 1993 Chesley Illusion Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1993 Chesley Subterraneans Best Color Work - Unpublished
Win 1993 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1993 Locus Best Artist
2 1993 Asimov's Readers' Best Cover Artist
Withdrawn -- Nomination Declined 1993 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1994 Chesley The Apotheosis of War Best Monochrome Work - Unpublished
1 1994 Locus The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes / Visions Best Art Book
2 1994 Hugo The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes / Visions Best Non-Fiction Book
Nominations Below Cutoff 1994 Hugo The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes / Visions Best Original Artwork
Nomination 1994 Chesley The Leavetaking Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nominations Below Cutoff 1994 Hugo To Green Angel Tower Best Original Artwork
Win 1994 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
1 1994 Locus Best Artist
2 1994 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1994 Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement
2 1995 Hugo Foreigner Best Original Artwork
Nomination 1995 Chesley Foreigner Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 1995 Locus Best Artist
2 1995 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1995 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
Nomination 1996 Chesley Invader Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nominations Below Cutoff 1996 Hugo Invader Best Original Artwork
Nomination 1996 Chesley Malthusian Wave Best Color Work - Unpublished
1 1996 Locus Best Artist
2 1996 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1996 IHG Best Artist
Nomination 1997 Chesley Lumen 4 Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 1997 Chesley Royal Assassin Best Cover Illustration - Paperback
Win 1997 Chesley The Golden Key Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 1997 BSFA The Golden Key Best Artwork
1 1997 Locus Best Artist
2 1997 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1997 SF Chronicle Pro Artist
3 1998 Locus Something in My Eye: Excursions into Fear Best Art Book
Nomination 1998 Chesley The Mageborn Traitor Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 1998 Locus Best Artist
2 1998 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 1999 Chesley River of Blue Fire Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 1999 Locus Best Artist
3 1999 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Win 2000 Chesley Mountain of Black Glass Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Nomination 2000 Chesley Peace Best Color Work - Unpublished
1 2000 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 2000 Locus Best Artist
Win 2001 Chesley Reach (variant of Kingdom of Cages) Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 2001 Chesley Tangled Up in Blue Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
2 2001 Locus Best Artist
3 2001 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 2002 Chesley Lumen 6.2 Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 2002 Chesley Sea of Silver Light Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 2002 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 2002 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 2003 Chesley Bean Stalk Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 2003 Chesley Sorcery Rising Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
2 2003 Locus Best Artist
Win 2004 Chesley She Best Color Work - Unpublished
1 2004 Locus Best Artist
1 2006 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2005 (variant of Sword and Sorceress XVI) Best Cover Art
2 2006 Hugo Best Professional Artist
Nomination 2007 Chesley Retrospection Best Color Work - Unpublished
2 2008 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2007 (variant of L'Echelle) Best Cover Art
Nomination 2008 Chesley Rising Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 2009 Chesley The Seawall Best Color Work - Unpublished
1 2009 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 2010 Chesley Lumen 5 Best Color Work - Unpublished
Nomination 2010 Chesley The Little Sisters of Eluria Best Interior Illustration
11 2010 Locus The Little Sisters of Eluria Best Non-Fiction/Art
19 2010 Goodreads The Way of Kings Coverart
1 2010 Locus Best Artist
Nominations Below Cutoff 2010 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 2011 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2010 (variant of This Alien Shore) Best Cover Art
Win 2011 Chesley The Way of Kings Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
Win 2011 Nebula Solstice Award
2 2011 Locus Best Artist
Nominations Below Cutoff 2011 Hugo Best Professional Artist
1 2012 Analog Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2012 Best Cover
Nomination 2012 Chesley Gift from the Sea Best Product Illustration
2 2012 Locus Best Artist
Nominations Below Cutoff 2012 Hugo Best Professional Artist
4 2013 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2013 (variant of The Martian Chronicles) Best Cover Art
1 2013 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 2014 Chesley A Memory of Light Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 2014 Locus Best Artist
Nominations Below Cutoff 2014 Hugo Best Professional Artist
5 2015 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2014 (variant of The Smoke Ring) Best Cover Art
2 2015 Locus Best Artist
Nomination 2015 Chesley Words of Radiance Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
1 2016 Locus Best Artist
2 2017 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2016 (variant of Foundation's Edge) Best Cover Art
Win 2017 Chesley In a World of Her Own Best Color Work - Unpublished
2 2017 Locus Best Artist
Preliminary Nominees 2018 Gemmell Award The Witchwood Crown Ravenheart Award
3 2018 Locus Best Artist
2 2019 Locus Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan Best Art Book
Nominations Below Cutoff 2019 Hugo Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan Best Art Book
2 2019 Locus Best Artist
3 2020 Asimov's Readers' Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2019 (variant of Distant Stars) Best Cover Art
Nomination 2020 Chesley Empire of Grass Best Cover Illustration - Hardcover
3 2020 Locus Best Artist
3 2021 Locus Best Artist
4 2022 Locus Best Artist
Finalists 2023 Locus Best Artist
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