Donato Giancola
2022
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams • Grim Oak Press
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2023 — hardback illustration — nomination
“Fear” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2023 — color work, unpublished — nomination
Analog Readers Poll 2023 — cover — 2nd place
2021
Asimov's Reader Poll 2022 — cover — winner
2020
Locus Awards 2021 — artist — 10th place
Analog Readers Poll 2021 — cover — 3rd place (tie)
2019
Middle-earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend • Dark Horse
awards:
• Locus Awards 2020 — art book — 4th place
Locus Awards 2020 — artist — 9th place
Analog Readers Poll 2020 — cover — winner
Asimov's Reader Poll 2020 — cover — 5th place
2018
Warrior by Terry Brooks • Grim Oak Press
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2019 — cover illustration, paperback or e-book — nomination
Chesley Awards 2019 — magazine illustration — nomination
Analog Readers Poll 2019 — cover — winner
Asimov's Reader Poll 2019 — cover — 3rd place
Spectrum Awards 2019 — grandmaster — winner
2017
Assassin's Price by L. E. Jr. Modesitt • Tor
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2018 — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2016
Chesley Awards 2017 — product illustration — winner
Locus Awards 2017 — artist — 9th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2017 — cover — 1st place
2015
“Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingal and Melian” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2016 — color work, unpublished — winner
Analog Readers Poll 2016 — cover — winner
2014
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire 2015 calendar
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2015 — product illustration — winner
Locus Awards 2015 — artist — 7th place
2013
“Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2014 — color work, unpublished — winner
Locus Awards 2014 — artist — 6th place
2012
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear • Tor
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2013 — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
“Joan of Arc” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2013 — color work, unpublished — nomination
Locus Awards 2013 — artist — 5th place
Analog Readers Poll 2013 — cover — 5th place
2011
Locus Awards 2012 — artist — 6th place
2010
Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola • Underwood
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2011 — interior illustration — winner
• Locus Awards 2011 — art book — 4th place
“St. George and the Dragon” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2011 — product illustration — nomination
“Mind Machine” • short fiction
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2011 — institutional — Silver Award
Locus Awards 2011 — artist — 4th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2011 — cover — 3rd place
2009
“Shaman's Loss” • short fiction
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2010 — unpublished — Silver Award
Locus Awards 2010 — artist — 7th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2010 — cover — 4th place
As Judge — Spectrum Awards 2009
2008
A Book of Wizards by Marvin Kaye, ed. • SFBC
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2009 — cover illustration, hardcover — winner
“The Wraith” by J. Robert Lennon • short fiction • Playboy Nov 2008
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2009 — interior illustration — winner
“Progeny” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2009 — color work, unpublished — nomination
Hugo Awards 2009 — professional artist — winner
Locus Awards 2009 — artist — 8th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2009 — cover — 4th place
2007
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald • Tor
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2008 — cover illustration, hardcover — winner
Crystal Dragon by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller • Meisha Merlin
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2008 — cover illustration, paperback — winner
“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2008 — gaming-related illustration — winner
“Season of Change” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2008 — monochrome work, unpublished — winner
“Red Sonja” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2008 — color work, unpublished — winner
Locus Awards 2008 — artist — 8th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2008 — cover — winner
2006
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn • Ace
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2007 — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes” • short fiction
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2007 — advertising — Silver Award
“Tristan and Isolde” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2007 — color work, unpublished — nomination
“Red Sonya” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2007 — monochrome work, unpublished — winner
Hugo Awards 2007 — professional artist — winner
Locus Awards 2007 — artist — 5th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2007 — cover — 2nd place
2005
“Prometheus” • short fiction
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2006 — advertising — Gold Award
“Boromir in the White Mountains” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2006 — color work, unpublished — nomination
Hugo Awards 2006 — professional artist — winner
Chesley Awards 2006 — cover illustration, magazine — winner
Locus Awards 2006 — artist — 11th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2006 — cover — 2nd place
2004
The Nameless Day by Sara Douglass • Tor
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2005 — cover illustration, hardcover — winner (tie)
Hugo Awards 2005 — professional artist — nomination
Locus Awards 2005 — artist — 4th place
Asimov's Reader Poll 2005 — cover — winner
2003
City by Clifford D. Simak • Science Fiction Book Club
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2004 — cover illustration, hardcover — winner
“Sword of Caldra” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2004 — gaming related illustration — nomination
“Gandalf” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2004 — color work, unpublished — nomination
Hugo Awards 2004 — professional artist — nomination
World Fantasy Awards 2004 — artist — winner (tie)
Chesley Awards 2004 — cover illustration, magazine — nomination
Locus Awards 2004 — artist — 4th place
2002
Star Wars Galaxies
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2003 — advertising — Silver Award
Hugo Awards 2003 — professional artist — nomination
Locus Awards 2003 — artist — 8th place
2001
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic by J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon & Sean Deming, [[-1-, illustrated by David Wenzel, adapted by -2- with -3-]] • Del Rey
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2002 — cover illustration, paperback — winner
Ashling by Isobelle Carmody • Tor
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2002 — cover illustration, hardcover — winner
“Shivan Dragon” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2002 — gaming related illustration — winner
Hugo Awards 2002 — professional artist — nomination
World Fantasy Awards 2002 — artist — nomination
Chesley Awards 2002 — artistic achievement — winner
Locus Awards 2002 — artist — 8th place
2000
2001, hello
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 2001 — editorial — Gold Award
Donato's Home Page (by DG, webmaster Slawek Wojtowicz)
awards:
• ASFA Web Award 2001 — Artist — Honorable Mention
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien • Science Fiction Book Club
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2001 — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant by Mary Gentle • Eos
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2001 — cover illustration, paperback — nomination
“Dracopaleontology” • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2001 — product illustration — winner
Hugo Awards 2001 — professional artist — nomination
Locus Awards 2001 — artist — 10th place
1999
“Ivy Scholar” (card art, Magic: the Gathering) • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 2000 — gaming-related illustration — nomination
Hugo Awards 2000 — professional artist — nomination
Locus Awards 2000 — artist — 7th place
1998
Earth to Universe: Do You Read
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 1999 — editorial — Silver Award
Icefalcon's Quest by Barbara Hambly
awards:
• Chesley Awards 1999 — cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
Five Worlds #3: Return by Al Sarrantonio
awards:
• Chesley Awards 1999 — cover illustration, paperback — nomination
“Archangel” (MagicTM cards package art) • short fiction
awards:
• Chesley Awards 1999 — product illustration — winner
Hugo Awards 1999 — professional artist — nomination
As Judge — Spectrum Awards 1998
1997
Jack Gaughan Award 1998 — winner
1996
Eggheads by Emily Devenport
awards:
• Chesley Awards 1997 — cover illustration, paperback — winner
1995
Lethe
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 1996 — book — Certificate (tie)
• Chesley Awards 1996 — cover illustration, paperback — nomination
1994
Otherness
awards:
• Spectrum Awards 1995 — book — Silver Award
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