Michael Whelan


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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 2

Major Awards: 32

Locus Awards: 31

Other Awards: 18

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 185

Times Served as Judge: 3

— Career and Special Awards —
Science Fiction Hall of Fame — selected by Science Fiction Museum and advisors
2009:
— winner

Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
2004:
— grandmaster — winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(31 nominations; 15 wins)

2006:
— professional artist — nomination

2002:
— professional artist — winner

2001:
— professional artist — nomination

2000:
— professional artist — winner

1999:
— professional artist — nomination

1998:
— professional artist — nomination

1997:
— professional artist — nomination

1996:
— professional artist — nomination

1995:
— professional artist — nomination

1995:
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (DAW; Legend) — original artwork — nomination

1994:
The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions (Bantam Spectra) — nonfiction book — nomination

1994:
— professional artist — nomination

1993:
(Asimov's Nov 1992) — original artwork — nomination

1993:
Illusion by Paula Volsky (Bantam Spectra) — original artwork — nomination

1992:
— professional artist — winner

1992:
The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Warner Questar) — original artwork — winner

1991:
— professional artist — winner

1990:
— professional artist — nomination

1989:
— professional artist — winner

1988:
Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder (Ballantine Del Rey) — nonfiction book — winner

1988:
— professional artist — winner

1986:
— professional artist — winner

1985:
— professional artist — winner

1984:
— professional artist — winner

1983:
— professional artist — winner

1982:
— professional artist — winner

1981:
— professional artist — winner

1980:
Wonderworks (Donning) — nonfiction book — nomination

1980:
— professional artist — winner

1979:
— professional artist — nomination

1978:
— professional artist — nomination

World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(9 nominations; 3 wins)

1988:
— artist — nomination

1985:
— artist — nomination

1983:
— artist — winner

1982:
— artist — winner

1981:
— artist — winner

1980:
— artist — nomination

1979:
— artist — nomination

1978:
— artist — nomination

1977:
— artist — nomination

British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination)

1998:
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott (Macmillan UK) — artwork — nomination

Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(55 nominations; 14 wins)

2020:
Empire of Grass by Tad Williams (DAW) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2017:
“In a World of Her Own” — color work, unpublished — winner

2015:
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Tor) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2014:
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2012:
“Gift from the Sea” — product illustration — nomination

2011:
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor) — cover illustration, hardcover — winner

2010:
“The Little Sisters of Eluria” by Stephen King (The Little Sisters of Eluria) — interior illustration — nomination

2010:
“Lumen 5” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2009:
“The Seawall” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2008:
“Rising” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2007:
“Retrospection” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2004:
“She” — color work, unpublished — winner

2003:
Sorcery Rising by Jude Fisher (DAW) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2003:
“Bean Stalk” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2002:
Otherland: Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams (DAW) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2002:
“Lumen 6.2” — color work, unpublished — nomination

2001:
Tangled Up in Blue by Joan D. Vinge (Tor) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

2001:
“Reach” — color work, unpublished — winner

2000:
Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams — cover illustration, hardback book — winner

2000:
“Peace” — color work, unpublished — nomination

1999:
Otherland: River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

1998:
The Mageborn Traitor by Melanie Rawn — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

1997:
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott — cover illustration, hardcover — winner

1997:
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb — cover illustration, paperback — nomination

1997:
“Lumen 4” — color work, unpublished — nomination

1996:
Invader by C. J. Cherryh — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

1996:
“Malthusian Wave” — color work, unpublished — nomination

1995:
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (DAW) — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination

1994:
“The Leavetaking” — color art, unpublished — nomination

1994:
“The Apotheosis of War” — monochrome art, unpublished — nomination

1994:
— artistic achievement — nomination

1993:
Illusion by Paula Volsky (Bantam Spectra) — hardback cover — nomination

1993:
(Asimov's Nov 1992) — magazine cover — winner

1993:
“Subterraneans” — color art, unpublished — nomination

1992:
All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey) — cover illustration, hardback — nomination

1992:
The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Warner Questar) — cover illustration, hardback — winner

1992:
for study for All the Weyrs of Pern — monochrome, unpublished — winner

1991:
The Madness Season by C. S. Friedman (DAW) — cover illustration, paperback book — winner (tie)

1991:
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Bantam) — cover illustration, paperback book — nomination

1991:
— artistic achievement — winner

1990:
Paradise by Mike Resnick (Tor) — cover illustration, hardback — nomination

1990:
“Passage the Red Step” — color work, unpublished — nomination

1989:
Catspaw by Joan Vinge (Warner) — cover illustration, hardback — nomination

1989:
— artistic achievement — nomination

1988:
Being a Green Mother by Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey) — cover, hardcover — nomination

1988:
In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman (DAW) — cover, paperback — nomination

1988:
for Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder — artistic achievement — nomination

1987:
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein — cover illustration, paperback — winner

1987:
“Sentinels” — color, non-published — winner (tie)

1985:
Chanur's Venture by C. J. Cherryh (Phantasia) — hardcover cover — nomination

1985:
The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R. Dickson (Tor) — hardcover cover — nomination

1985:
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven (Ballantine Del Rey) — hardcover cover — winner

1985:
Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey) — hardcover cover — nomination

1985:
Chanur's Venture by C. J. Cherryh (DAW) — paperback cover — nomination

1985:
Elric at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock (DAW) — paperback cover — nomination

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(53 nominations; 31 wins)

2024:
— artist — nomination -- pending

2023:
— artist — 4th place

2022:
— artist — 4th place

2021:
— artist — 3rd place

2020:
— artist — 3rd place

2019:
Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan (Baby Tattoo) — art book — 2nd place

2019:
— artist — 2nd place

2018:
— artist — 3rd place

2017:
— artist — 2nd place

2016:
— artist — winner

2015:
— artist — 2nd place

2014:
— artist — winner

2013:
— artist — winner

2012:
— artist — 2nd place

2011:
— artist — 2nd place

2010:
The Little Sisters of Eluria (by Stephen King, illustrated by MW) (Donald M. Grant) — nonfiction/art book — 11th place

2010:
— artist — winner

2009:
— artist — winner

2008:
— artist — 2nd place

2007:
— artist — 2nd place

2006:
— artist — winner

2005:
— artist — winner

2004:
— artist — winner

2003:
— artist — 2nd place

2002:
— artist — winner

2001:
— artist — 2nd place

2000:
— artist — winner

1999:
— artist — winner

1998:
Something in My Eye: Excursions into Fear (MW; Arnie Fenner & Cathy Fenner eds.) (Mark V. Ziesing) — art book — 3rd place

1998:
— artist — winner

1997:
— artist — winner

1996:
— artist — winner

1995:
— artist — winner

1994:
The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions (Bantam Spectra) — art book — winner

1994:
— artist — winner

1993:
— artist — winner

1992:
— artist — winner

1991:
— artist — winner

1990:
— artist — winner

1989:
— artist — winner

1988:
Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder (Ballantine Del Rey) — nonfiction — 2nd place

1988:
— artist — winner

1987:
— artist — winner

1986:
— artist — winner

1985:
— artist — winner

1984:
— artist — winner

1983:
— artist — winner

1982:
— artist — winner

1981:
— artist — winner

1980:
Wonderworks (Donning) — art or illustrated book — 4th place

1980:
— artist — winner

1979:
— artist — 2nd place

1977:
— artist — 11th place

— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)

2013:
(Analog Oct 2012) — cover — winner

Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(9 nominations; 3 wins)

2020:
(Asimov's Jan/Feb 2019) — cover — 3rd place

2015:
(Asimov's Sep 2014) — cover — 5th place

2014:
(Asimov's Jan 2013) — cover — 4th place

2011:
(Asimov's Aug 2010) — cover — winner (tie)

2008:
(Asimov's Jan 2007) — cover — 2nd place

2006:
(Asimov's Jan 2005) — cover — winner

1993:
— cover artist — 2nd place

1991:
— cover artist — winner

1990:
— cover artist — 5th place

Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(3 nominations; 1 win)

1982:
— artist — nomination

1981:
— artist — nomination

1980:
— artist — winner

International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(1 nomination)

2005:
— art — nomination

Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll — for SF/F works, polled by readers of Science Fiction Chronicle magazine
(15 nominations; 10 wins)

1997:
— pro artist — 3rd place

1995:
— pro artist — 3rd place

1994:
— pro artist — winner

1993:
— pro artist — winner

1992:
— pro artist — winner

1991:
— pro artist — winner

1990:
— pro artist — 3rd place

1989:
— pro artist — 2nd place

1988:
— pro artist — winner

1987:
— pro artist — winner

1986:
— pro artist — winner

1985:
— pro artist — winner

1984:
— pro artist — winner

1983:
— professional artist — 8th place

1982:
— artist — winner

Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
(4 nominations; 4 wins)

2012:
“CK Unmasked” — unpublished — Gold Award

2000:
Reach — unpublished — Gold Award

1997:
Prudence II — unpublished — Gold Award

Worldcon Special Convention Award — special honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(2 nominations)

1990:
Paradise by Mike Resnick (Tor) — original artwork — nomination

1990:
The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey) — original artwork — nomination


— As Judge —
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
 
2013, 2003, 1994



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