Shaun Tan
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Locus Awards: 3
Other Awards: 16
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 76
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 2 wins)
2011:
professional artist — winner
2010:
professional artist — winner
2009:
professional artist — nomination
2008:
The Arrival (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine)
— related book — nomination
2008:
professional artist — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(6 nominations; 3 wins)
2019:
artist — nomination
2011:
artist — nomination
2009:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic 2009)
— collection — nomination
2009:
artist — winner
2007:
artist — winner
2001:
artist — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2010:
artist — nomination
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(3 nominations)
2009:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin)
— interior illustration — nomination
2009:
artistic achievement — nomination
2008:
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine Books)
— interior illustration — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(28 nominations; 3 wins)
2025:
artist — 7th place
2023:
Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections (Walker Studio UK; Windy Hollow; Levine Querido)
— illustrated and art book — 2nd place
2023:
artist — 6th place
2022:
artist — 5th place
2020:
artist — 7th place
2019:
Cicada (Lothian; Levine 2019)
— art book — 4th place
2019:
artist — 5th place
2018:
artist — 7th place
2017:
The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin 2015; Arthur A. Levine; Walker UK)
— art book — 3rd place
2017:
artist — 7th place
2015:
artist — 3rd place
2014:
Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia; Hodder Children's; Levine 2014)
— art book — 5th place
2014:
artist — 5th place
2013:
artist — 4th place
2012:
artist — winner
2011:
The Bird King and Other Sketches (Windy Hollow)
— art book — 3rd place
2011:
artist — winner
2010:
artist — 3rd place
2009:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic 2009)
— nonfiction/art book — 5th place
2009:
artist — 4th place
2008:
The Arrival (Lothian 2006; Scholastic)
— art book — winner
2008:
artist — 3rd place
2007:
artist — 23rd place
2006:
artist — 27th place
2003:
artist — 17th place (tie)
2002:
The Red Tree (Lothian Books)
— art book — 10th place
2002:
artist — 10th place (tie)
2000:
The Rabbits (by John Marsden & ST) (Lothian Books)
— art book — 11th place
— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awards — for SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(10 nominations; 8 wins)
2019:
Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin)
— collection — winner
2019:
Cicada (Hachette)
— graphic novel/illustrated work — winner
2019:
Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin)
— graphic novel/illustrated work — nomination
2016:
The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin)
— graphic novel/illustrated work — winner
2014:
Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia)
— children's fiction — nomination
2009:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin)
— illustrated book/graphic novel — winner
2007:
The Arrival (Lothian)
— Golden Aurealis short story — winner
2007:
The Arrival (Lothian)
— young adult short story — winner
2001:
The Lost Thing (Lothian Books)
— Convenors' Award — winner (tie)
1999:
for artwork in The Rabbits
— Convenors' Award — winner
Ditmar Awards — for Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(15 nominations; 7 wins)
2019:
Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin)
— collected work — nomination
2016:
The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin)
— artwork — nomination
2014:
Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia)
— artwork — winner
2011:
Australis Imaginarium (FableCroft)
— artwork — nomination
2011:
The Lost Thing (by Andrew Ruhemann & ST)
— artwork — winner
2009:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin)
— artwork — winner
2007:
The Arrival (Lothian)
— artwork — nomination
2001:
The Lost Thing (Lothian Books)
— artwork — winner
2000:
(The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction)
artwork — winner
1999:
The Rabbits (a picture book) (Lothian Books)
— Australian professional artwork — nomination
1998:
“The Viewer”
— artwork/artist — nomination
1997:
for artwork in Eidolon and cover of The Stray Cat
— professional artwork — nomination
1996:
Cover of Eidolon 19
— artwork — winner
1995:
For artwork in Aurealisand Eidolon
— professional artwork — winner
1993:
“Relics”
— artwork — nomination
International Horror Guild Awards — for horror works, juried
(1 nomination)
2008:
The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine)
— illustrated narrative — nomination
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
“The Giants” (The Arrival)
— book — Silver Award
2005:
“Summer Reading Guide”
— editorial — Silver Award
2002:
“Sometimes You Just Don't Know What You're Supposed to Do” (The Red Tree)
— book — Silver Award
2001:
The Lost Thing (cover)
— book — Silver Award
1999:
The Rabbits: They Came by Water
— book — Gold Award
Writers and Illustrators of the Future — for stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)
1992:
Illustrators of the Future finalist
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