Charles Vess
Awards Summary
Major Awards: 6
Locus Awards: 8
Other Awards: 4
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 61
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(2 nominations; 2 wins)
2019:
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by written by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by CV) (Saga)
art book — winner
2019:
— professional artist — winner
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(11 nominations; 4 wins)
2024:
— artist — nomination
2023:
— artist — nomination
2022:
— artist — nomination
2021:
— artist — nomination
2019:
— artist — nomination
2014:
— artist — winner
2010:
— artist — winner
2005:
— artist — nomination
2003:
— artist — nomination
1999:
— artist — winner
1991:
“A Midsummer Night's Dream” (by Neil Gaiman & CV) (Sandman #19)
short story — winner
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(1 nomination)
2010:
for work including Neil Gaiman's Blueberry Girl
— artist — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(29 nominations; 8 wins)
2026:
— artist — nomination (pending)
2025:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (by Susanna Clarke, art by CV) (The Folio Society)
illustrated and art book — 2nd place
2025:
— artist — winner
2024:
— artist — nomination (pending)
2023:
— artist — winner
2022:
The Art of Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess's Stardust (Titan)
illustrated and art book — winner
2022:
— artist — winner
2021:
— artist — 2nd place
2020:
— artist — 4th place
2019:
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by CV) (Saga)
art book — winner
2019:
— artist — winner
2018:
— artist — 4th place
2017:
Walking Through the Landscape of Faerie (Faerie Magazine)
art book — winner
2017:
— artist — 5th place
2015:
— artist — 4th place
2014:
— artist — 3rd place
2013:
— artist — 6th place
2012:
— artist — 4th place
2011:
Instructions (by CV & Neil Gaiman) (Harper)
art book — 2nd place
2011:
— artist — 6th place
2010:
Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess (Dark Horse)
nonfiction/art book — 3rd place
2010:
— artist — 4th place
2009:
— artist — 5th place
2008:
— artist — winner
2007:
— artist — 3rd place
2006:
— artist — 5th place
2005:
— artist — 6th place
1999:
Stardust (by Neil Gaiman & CV) (DC/Vertigo)
art book — 4th place
1999:
— artist — 11th place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
1980:
— artist — nomination
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(13 nominations; 2 wins)
2023:
The Queen of Summer's Twilight by Charles Vess (NewCon)
paperback/ebook cover illustration — nomination
2019:
The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga)
cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2019:
The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga)
interior illustration — nomination
2019:
— lifetime artistic achievement — nomination
2012:
— lifetime artistic achievement — nomination
2010:
“Titania” (by CV & David Spence)
three-dimensional — nomination
2006:
Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple (Tor)
cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2006:
“Companions to the Moon”
color work, unpublished — winner
2005:
Medicine Road by Charles de Lint (Subterranean Press)
interior illustration — winner
2005:
“Mary Culhane”
monochrome work, unpublished — nomination
2004:
A Circle of Cats by Charles de Lint (Viking)
interior illustration — nomination
2004:
— artistic achievement — nomination
1996:
A Sorcerer and a Gentleman by Elizabeth Willey
cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
Mythopoeic Awards — for fantasy works in the spirit of the Inklings, voted by members of the Mythopoeic Society
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1999:
Stardust (by Neil Gaiman & CV) (DC/Vertigo; Avon 1999)
adult literature — winner
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2013:
“Tanglewood: I Didn't Know She Was a Bottle Witch”
book — Silver Award
2003:
A Circle of Cats
book — Gold Award
1995:
Books of Magic #2
comics — Silver Award
— As Judge —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
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