Jim Burns
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 22
Other Awards: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 109
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(14 nominations; 3 wins)
2006:
professional artist — nomination
2005:
professional artist — winner
2004:
professional artist — nomination
2003:
professional artist — nomination
2002:
professional artist — nomination
2001:
professional artist — nomination
2000:
professional artist — nomination
1999:
professional artist — nomination
1998:
professional artist — nomination
1996:
professional artist — nomination
1995:
professional artist — winner
1993:
Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams (Tor)
— original artwork — nomination
1990:
professional artist — nomination
1987:
professional artist — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(3 nominations)
2001:
artist — nomination
1999:
artist — nomination
1998:
artist — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(5 nominations; 4 wins)
2002:
artist — winner
2001:
artist — winner
1998:
artist — winner
1997:
artist — winner
1995:
artist — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(17 nominations; 14 wins)
2018:
The Ion Raider by Ian Whates (NewCon)
— artwork — winner (tie)
2016:
Pelquin's Comet by Ian Whates (Newcon)
— artwork — winner
2000:
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
— artwork — winner
2000:
The Dream Archipelago by Christopher Priest
— artwork — nomination
1999:
“Lord Prestimion” by Robert Silverberg (Interzone #138 Dec 1998)
— artwork — winner
1997:
Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt (HarperPrism)
— original artwork — winner
1996:
Seasons of Plenty by Colin Greenland (HarperCollins UK)
— artwork — winner
1995:
(Interzone #79 Jan 1994)
artwork — winner
1994:
Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz)
— artwork — winner
1993:
Hearts, Hands and Voices by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
— artwork — winner
1993:
Kaeti on Tour by Keith Roberts (Interzone #66 Dec 1992; Kerosina)
— artwork — nomination
1990:
Other Edens III by Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, eds. (Unwin)
— artwork — winner
1988:
1987 Worldcon Program Book
— artist — winner
1987:
(Interzone #16 Summer 1986)
artwork — nomination
1986:
artist — winner
1985:
artist — winner
1980:
artist — winner
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(17 nominations; 1 win)
2014:
lifetime artistic achievement — winner
2013:
“The Wanderers”
— product illustration — nomination
2012:
lifetime artistic achievement — nomination
2010:
“Pod Shift”
— monochrome work, unpublished — nomination
2007:
“Dryad of the Oak”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2005:
(Heavy Metal Mar 2004)
cover illustration, magazine — nomination
2003:
artistic achievement — nomination
1999:
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
1999:
(Analog Apr 1998)
cover illustration, magazine — nomination
1997:
(Analog Oct 1996)
cover illustration, magazine — nomination
1996:
(Analog Jul 1995)
cover illustration, magazine — nomination
1995:
artistic achievement — nomination
1994:
His Conquering Sword by Kate Elliott (DAW)
— paperback cover — nomination
1994:
(Analog Dec 1993)
magazine cover — nomination
1993:
Artificial Things by Karen Joy Fowler (Bantam)
— paperback cover — nomination
1993:
(Analog mid-Dec 1992)
magazine cover — nomination
1988:
The River of Time by David Brin (Bantam Spectra)
— cover, paperback — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(36 nominations)
2015:
The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal (Titan)
— art book — 5th place
2015:
artist — 5th place
2014:
artist — 16th place
2013:
artist — 16th place
2012:
artist — 13th place
2010:
artist — 15th place
2009:
artist — 13th place
2008:
artist — 11th place
2007:
artist — 12th place
2006:
Imago (Heavy Metal)
— art book — 4th place
2006:
artist — 7th place (tie)
2005:
artist — 14th place
2004:
artist — 3rd place
2003:
artist — 4th place
2002:
artist — 3rd place
2001:
artist — 4th place
2000:
Transluminal: The Paintings of Jim Burns (Paper Tiger)
— art book — 4th place
2000:
artist — 3rd place
1999:
artist — 5th place
1998:
artist — 7th place
1997:
artist — 5th place
1996:
artist — 7th place
1995:
artist — 7th place
1994:
artist — 5th place
1993:
artist — 6th place
1992:
artist — 8th place
1991:
artist — 12th place
1990:
artist — 4th place
1989:
artist — 6th place
1988:
artist — 2nd place
1987:
Lightship (by Chris Evans, text; JB, art) (Paper Tiger)
— nonfiction — 10th place
1987:
artist — 2nd place
1986:
artist — 11th place
1985:
artist — 7th place
1984:
artist — 13th place
1980:
Planet Story (by Harry Harrison, illustrated by JB) (Pierrot/A&W)
— art or illustrated book — 16th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(5 nominations)
1997:
“Starplex” (Analog Oct 1996)
— cover — 5th place
1996:
“Final Review” (Analog Jul 1995)
— cover — 4th place
1994:
(Analog May 1993)
cover — 5th place (tie)
1994:
“Young Again” (Analog Dec 1993)
— cover — 5th place (tie)
1993:
“Poles Apart” (Analog mid-Dec 1992)
— cover — 2nd place
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2015:
(Asimov's Feb 2014)
cover — 4th place
2004:
cover artist — winner
2000:
cover artist — winner
1999:
cover artist — 4th place
1996:
cover artist — 2nd place
1995:
cover artist — 5th place
1994:
cover artist — 3rd place
Interzone Readers Poll — for stories published in Interzone magazine, polled by readers
(3 nominations)
2012:
“The Ever-Dreaming Verdict...” (Interzone #236)
— art — 10th place
2008:
“Sphaira” (Interzone #209 Apr 2007)
— art — 2nd place
2007:
“Planet of Peril” (Interzone #205 Jul/Aug 2006)
— art — 3rd place
Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(2 nominations)
1996:
pro artist — 2nd place
1990:
pro artist — 2nd place
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