Michael Whelan


science fiction awards database

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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: 186

Times Served as Judge: 3

— Career and Special Awards —
winner

Spectrum Awardsfor SF/F/H artworks, juried
— grandmaster — winner

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

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

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

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

— professional artist — nomination

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

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

— professional artist — winner

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

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — winner

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

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

Wonderworks (Donning) nonfiction book — nomination

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

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

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Gift from the Sea” product illustration — nomination

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

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

“Lumen 5” color work, unpublished — nomination

“The Seawall” color work, unpublished — nomination

“Rising” color work, unpublished — nomination

“Retrospection” color work, unpublished — nomination

“She” color work, unpublished — winner

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

“Bean Stalk” color work, unpublished — nomination

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

“Lumen 6.2” color work, unpublished — nomination

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

“Reach” color work, unpublished — winner

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

“Peace” color work, unpublished — nomination

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

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

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

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb cover illustration, paperback — nomination

“Lumen 4” color work, unpublished — nomination

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

“Malthusian Wave” color work, unpublished — nomination

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

“The Leavetaking” color art, unpublished — nomination

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

— artistic achievement — nomination

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

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

“Subterraneans” color art, unpublished — nomination

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

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

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

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

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

— artistic achievement — winner

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

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

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

— artistic achievement — nomination

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— artist — 5th place

— artist — nomination (pending)

— artist — 4th place

— artist — 4th place

— artist — 3rd place

— artist — 3rd place

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

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — 3rd place

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — 2nd place

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

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

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

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

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

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

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

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

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

— artist — winner

— artist — 2nd place

— artist — 11th place

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

(Analog Oct 2012) — cover — winner

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Asimov's Jan 2005) — cover — winner

— cover artist — 2nd place

— cover artist — winner

— cover artist — 5th place

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

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

— artist — winner

International Horror Guild Awardsfor horror works, juried
(1 nomination)

— art — nomination

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

— pro artist — 3rd place

— pro artist — 3rd place

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — 3rd place

— pro artist — 2nd place

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— pro artist — winner

— professional artist — 8th place

— artist — winner

Spectrum Awardsfor SF/F/H artworks, juried
(4 nominations; 4 wins)

“CK Unmasked” unpublished — Gold Award

Reach unpublished — Gold Award

Prudence II unpublished — Gold Award

Worldcon Special Convention Awardspecial honors presented by the committee of the World SF Convention
(2 nominations)

Paradise by Mike Resnick (Tor) original artwork — nomination

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


— As Judge —
Spectrum Awardsfor SF/F/H artworks, juried
 



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