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Awards
Titles
Chronology
All the Weyrs of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey  Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Chesley Awards 1992
 cover illustration, hardback  nomination
Chesley Awards 1992
 monochrome, unpublished 
winner
“The Apotheosis of War”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1994
 monochrome art, unpublished  nomination
The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions
 Bantam Spectra
awards:
Hugo Awards 1994
 nonfiction book  nomination
Locus Awards 1994
 art book 
winner
“Bean Stalk”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2003
 color work, unpublished  nomination
Being a Green Mother
by Piers Anthony  Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Chesley Awards 1988
 cover, hardcover  nomination
Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan
 art book  Baby Tattoo, 2018
awards:
Locus Awards 2019
 art book  2nd place
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
by Robert A. Heinlein
awards:
Chesley Awards 1987
 cover illustration, paperback 
winner
Catspaw
by Joan Vinge  Warner
awards:
Chesley Awards 1989
 cover illustration, hardback  nomination
Chanur's Venture
by C. J. Cherryh  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 1985
 paperback cover  nomination
Chesley Awards 1985
 hardcover cover  nomination
“CK Unmasked”
 short fiction
awards:
Spectrum Awards 2012
 unpublished 
Gold Award
Elric at the End of Time
by Michael Moorcock  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 1985
 paperback cover  nomination
Empire of Grass
by Tad Williams  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 2020
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
The Final Encyclopedia
by Gordon R. Dickson  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 1985
 hardcover cover  nomination
Foreigner
by C. J. Cherryh  DAW; Legend
awards:
Hugo Awards 1995
 original artwork  nomination
Chesley Awards 1995
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
“Gift from the Sea”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2012
 product illustration  nomination
The Golden Key
by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott  Macmillan UK
awards:
British SF Association Awards 1998
 artwork  nomination
Chesley Awards 1997
 cover illustration, hardcover 
winner
Illusion
by Paula Volsky  Bantam Spectra
awards:
Hugo Awards 1993
 original artwork  nomination
Chesley Awards 1993
 hardback cover  nomination
“In a World of Her Own”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2017
 color work, unpublished 
winner
In Conquest Born
by C. S. Friedman  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 1988
 cover, paperback  nomination
The Integral Trees
by Larry Niven  Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Chesley Awards 1985
 hardcover cover 
winner
Invader
by C. J. Cherryh
awards:
Chesley Awards 1996
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
Job: A Comedy of Justice
by Robert A. Heinlein  Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Chesley Awards 1985
 hardcover cover  nomination
“The Leavetaking”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1994
 color art, unpublished  nomination
“The Little Sisters of Eluria”
by Stephen King  short fiction 
The Little Sisters of Eluria
, 2009
awards:
Chesley Awards 2010
 interior illustration  nomination
Locus Awards 2010
 nonfiction/art book  11th place
“Lumen 4”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1997
 color work, unpublished  nomination
“Lumen 5”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2010
 color work, unpublished  nomination
“Lumen 6.2”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2002
 color work, unpublished  nomination
The Madness Season
by C. S. Friedman  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 1991
 cover illustration, paperback book 
winner
(tie)
The Mageborn Traitor
by Melanie Rawn
awards:
Chesley Awards 1998
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
“Malthusian Wave”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1996
 color work, unpublished  nomination
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury  Bantam
awards:
Chesley Awards 1991
 cover illustration, paperback book  nomination
A Memory of Light
by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 2014
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder
 Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Hugo Awards 1988
 nonfiction book 
winner
Chesley Awards 1988
 artistic achievement  nomination
Locus Awards 1988
 nonfiction  2nd place
Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass
by Tad Williams
awards:
Chesley Awards 2000
 cover illustration, hardback book 
winner
Otherland: River of Blue Fire
by Tad Williams
awards:
Chesley Awards 1999
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
Otherland: Sea of Silver Light
by Tad Williams  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 2002
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
Paradise
by Mike Resnick  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 1990
 cover illustration, hardback  nomination
Worldcon Special Convention Award 1990
 original artwork  nomination
“Passage the Red Step”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1990
 color work, unpublished  nomination
“Peace”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2000
 color work, unpublished  nomination
Prudence II
awards:
Spectrum Awards 1997
 unpublished 
Gold Award
“Reach”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2001
 color work, unpublished 
winner
Spectrum Awards 2000
 unpublished 
Gold Award
The Renegades of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey  Ballantine Del Rey
awards:
Worldcon Special Convention Award 1990
 original artwork  nomination
“Retrospection”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2007
 color work, unpublished  nomination
“Rising”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2008
 color work, unpublished  nomination
Royal Assassin
by Robin Hobb
awards:
Chesley Awards 1997
 cover illustration, paperback  nomination
“The Seawall”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2009
 color work, unpublished  nomination
“Sentinels”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1987
 color, non-published 
winner
(tie)
“She”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 2004
 color work, unpublished 
winner
Something in My Eye: Excursions into Fear
(MW;
Arnie Fenner
&
Cathy Fenner
eds.)  Mark V. Ziesing
awards:
Locus Awards 1998
 art book  3rd place
Sorcery Rising
by Jude Fisher  DAW
awards:
Chesley Awards 2003
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
“Subterraneans”
 short fiction
awards:
Chesley Awards 1993
 color art, unpublished  nomination
The Summer Queen
by Joan D. Vinge  Warner Questar
awards:
Hugo Awards 1992
 original artwork 
winner
Chesley Awards 1992
 cover illustration, hardback 
winner
Tangled Up in Blue
by Joan D. Vinge  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 2001
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
The Way of Kings
by Brandon Sanderson  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 2011
 cover illustration, hardcover 
winner
Wind and Truth
by Brandon Sanderson  Tor
awards:
Dragon Awards 2025
 illustrative cover 
winner
Wonderworks
 Donning
awards:
Hugo Awards 1980
 nonfiction book  nomination
Locus Awards 1980
 art or illustrated book  4th place
Words of Radiance
by Brandon Sanderson  Tor
awards:
Chesley Awards 2015
 cover illustration, hardcover  nomination
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