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Awards Summary

Career and Special Awards: 1

Major Awards: 5

Locus Awards: 3

Other Awards: 16

Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 75

— Career and Special Awards —
Peter McNamara Awardfor professional in the Australian SF field
winner

— Major Awards —
Hugo Awardsfor SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(5 nominations; 2 wins)

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — winner

— professional artist — nomination

The Arrival (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine) — related book — nomination

— professional artist — nomination

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

— artist — nomination

— artist — nomination

Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic 2009) — collection — nomination

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

— artist — winner

British Fantasy Awardsfor fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)

— artist — nomination

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

Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin) — interior illustration — nomination

— artistic achievement — nomination

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine Books) — interior illustration — nomination

— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awardsfor SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(27 nominations; 3 wins)

Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections (Walker Studio UK; Windy Hollow; Levine Querido) — illustrated and art book — 2nd place

— artist — 6th place

— artist — 5th place

— artist — 7th place

Cicada (Lothian; Levine 2019) — art book — 4th place

— artist — 5th place

— artist — 7th place

The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin 2015; Arthur A. Levine; Walker UK) — art book — 3rd place

— artist — 7th place

— artist — 3rd place

Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia; Hodder Children's; Levine 2014) — art book — 5th place

— artist — 5th place

— artist — 4th place

— artist — winner

The Bird King and Other Sketches (Windy Hollow) — art book — 3rd place

— artist — winner

— artist — 3rd place

Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic 2009) — nonfiction/art book — 5th place

— artist — 4th place

The Arrival (Lothian 2006; Scholastic) — art book — winner

— artist — 3rd place

— artist — 23rd place

— artist — 27th place

— artist — 17th place (tie)

The Red Tree (Lothian Books) — art book — 10th place

— artist — 10th place (tie)

The Rabbits (by John Marsden & ST) (Lothian Books) — art book — 11th place

— Other Awards —
Aurealis Awardsfor SF/F/H works published in Australia; juried
(10 nominations; 8 wins)

Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin) — collection — winner

Cicada (Hachette) — graphic novel/illustrated work — winner

Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin) — graphic novel/illustrated work — nomination

The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin) — graphic novel/illustrated work — winner

Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia) — children's fiction — nomination

Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin) — illustrated book/graphic novel — winner

The Arrival (Lothian) — Golden Aurealis short story — winner

The Arrival (Lothian) — young adult short story — winner

The Lost Thing (Lothian Books) — Convenors' Award — winner (tie)

for artwork in The Rabbits — Convenors' Award — winner

Ditmar Awardsfor Australian SF/F, voted by members of Australian National SF Convention
(15 nominations; 7 wins)

Tales from the Inner City (Allen & Unwin) — collected work — nomination

The Singing Bones (Allen & Unwin) — artwork — nomination

Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia) — artwork — winner

Australis Imaginarium (FableCroft) — artwork — nomination

The Lost Thing (by Andrew Ruhemann & ST) — artwork — winner

Tales from Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin) — artwork — winner

The Arrival (Lothian) — artwork — nomination

The Lost Thing (Lothian Books) — artwork — winner

(The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction) — artwork — winner

The Rabbits (a picture book) (Lothian Books) — Australian professional artwork — nomination

“The Viewer” — artwork/artist — nomination

for artwork in Eidolon and cover of The Stray Cat — professional artwork — nomination

Cover of Eidolon 19 — artwork — winner

For artwork in Aurealisand Eidolon — professional artwork — winner

“Relics” — artwork — nomination

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

The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine) — illustrated narrative — nomination

Spectrum Awardsfor SF/F/H artworks, juried
(5 nominations; 1 win)

“The Giants” (The Arrival) — book — Silver Award

“Summer Reading Guide” — editorial — Silver Award

“Sometimes You Just Don't Know What You're Supposed to Do” (The Red Tree) — book — Silver Award

The Lost Thing (cover) — book — Silver Award

The Rabbits: They Came by Water — book — Gold Award

Writers and Illustrators of the Futurefor stories and art by contest winners, juried
(1 nomination)

— Illustrators of the Future finalist



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